Deploying software update declarations for automatic OS upgrades using Blueprints in Jamf Pro

One of the management options Jamf Pro provides with Blueprints is sending DDM declarations to managed Macs run macOS software updates automatically. This is comparable to Jamf Pro’s managed software update functionality, which also provides the ability to send a DDM declaration to run software updates.

Previously, the only option for deploying software update declarations via Blueprints was to specify an individual OS version. Now there is a new option for upgrading the OS version to the latest version a particular Mac can support.

For those familiar with Jamf Pro’s managed software update functionality, the new software update declaration functionality provides the following update options:

• Download and schedule to install
• Latest version based on device eligibility

The Latest version based on device eligibility functionality in the managed software update functionality tells the managed Mac to download and install the latest version of macOS that a particular Mac can support. The Blueprints software update declaration functionality provides that same experience, where you can do the following:

• Set that you want the managed Macs to update their OS version to the latest version of macOS a particular Mac can support.
• Set a deadline that you want to have your Macs updated by.

For more details, please see below the jump.