Microsoft auto updater daemon for mac#
Microsoft auto updater daemon install#

We've created an updated script and a new PPPC MobileConfig which provides JAMF and the Microsoft AutoUpdate tools the permissions it needs to run the AutoUpdate cycle.

Microsoft auto updater daemon install#

the latest release from Microsoft and if they don't match it'll download and install the latest release(We got un-lazy and made it work)! Update: We've updated it with some logic that will check the current version installed v.s. With a little bit of work its definitely possible to check the currently installed version and compare it to the one that will be downloaded. Please note: Every time the script runs it will download and install the package. This mitigates the issue(s) of not having the latest version of MAU and applications not updating because of it. For whatever reason this function was not working as intended/expected for us, so we shimmed a function in called 'downloadMAU()' this downloads and installs the latest release of MAU into its standard location. We didn't realize there was a new one released but what we have now works) calls to update the Microsoft AutoUpdater. The old script MSUpdateHelper4JamfPro.sh provided by (which is what we're currently using - we haven't tried the new one. This is where we think most of the issues are occurring with people's deployments. MobileConfig seems to not be updated to the latest security settings that we've determined JAMF, and the AutoUpdate tools need.

With the release of macOS 10.14 (Mojave), there were a lot of security changes namely PPPC restrictions that caused the command-line MSUpdate tool to not be able to communicate with the Microsoft AutoUpdate Daemon, and JAMF not having the correct PPPC permissions to run and interact with everything that it needed to. GitHub repo to our modified script and MobileConfigs:

Microsoft auto updater daemon for mac#

I imagine a lot of you are here to maybe see if this solution will work with possible issues you've been having on your AutoUpdating for Mac 2019, we've spent quite some time on it on and off, and I think we've come up with a solution that works well (at least in our environment).įirst off I'd like to start by giving credit to the people who've contributed to this for creating resources and utilities and providing the tools and scripts to make this work - And the countless hours of endless support given to the community.ĭuper51 a fellow co-worker of mine who helped immensely with the debugging and solution of this.Ĭarl Ashley for providing some useful documentation on viewing the MacOS TCC log to solve the PPPC violations that no one really knew were happening. Hello, fellow Mac Systems Administrators,