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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a world where millions of workers start new jobs without ever being in physical contact with colleagues 鈥� including the IT team. This has created big challenges for new hire onboarding as IT struggles to get new hires connected to the applications, files, and other corporate IT resources they need to access. With the addition of Zero-Touch Enrollment functionality in the cloud directory, both users and IT get a far better onboarding experience. For remote workers, this new feature means they can be productive upon receiving their new Macs without having to configure security, identity, and access protocols themselves or via support tickets to the IT department. This model for a single unified identity eliminates risk, complexities, and the cost associated with creating and managing user identities across multiple systems and having standalone device management.
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Resources:
- How One MSP Uses a Cloud Directory to Manage Remote Users & Devices, Reduce Costs
- [Webinar] Demystifying Mac Administration: Big Sur, Zero-Touch, and the Mac vs. PC at Work Debate
- Unify Device and Identity at Onboarding with Zero-Touch Enrollment
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