Apple · Free course
Migrating Macs into Apple Business
How to move Macs safely from another organisation's control into your own Apple Business, from scoping ownership and Activation Lock to protecting user data, running the migration, and handover.
- Modules
- 8
- Time
- 2 h 28 min
- Level
- Intermediate
- Cost
- Free
What you'll learn.
- Why Macs need migrating, and why ownership in Apple Business and device management are separate things
- How to work out, device by device, whether a migration needs a wipe
- How to request a release from the outgoing organisation in the right order, so Activation Lock is cleared first
- How to prepare users so nothing is lost in the wipe, and how to communicate the migration clearly
- How to run attended and remote migrations, including adding Macs to Apple Business and escrowing the bootstrap token
- How to verify each device, produce a handover pack, and prevent a repeat migration
Who it's for.
IT support engineers, administrators and account managers responsible for Apple devices in a business, particularly those scoping, running or closing out a Mac migration.
Course outline.
- Module 1: Why Macs Need Migrating
- Module 2: Ownership, Supervision and Management
- Module 3: Working with the Outgoing Organisation
- Module 4: What Users Stand to Lose
- Module 5: Communicating the Migration
- Module 6: Attended Migration
- Module 7: Remote Migration
- Module 8: Verification, Handover and Prevention
Learn. Quiz. Earn a badge.
Short modules, a quick quiz after each one, and a badge when you finish the track. Pick up where you left off.
Start track →Is this course free?
Yes. Public courses in the Dr Logic Academy are free. You just need an Academy account to save your progress.
How long does it take?
About 148 minutes, across 8 short modules. Go at your own pace and pick up where you left off.
How does it work?
Each module ends with a short quiz. Pass them all to complete the track.
Do I earn a badge?
Yes. You earn a badge when you complete the track, and it shows on your Academy profile.
Can a Mac be migrated without erasing it?
Sometimes. Management can change without a wipe, but ownership cannot. The course shows how to work out which applies to each device before any work is scheduled.
Can migrations be done remotely?
In some cases. A dedicated module covers what a remote migration needs, the extra risks, and when to decline it and ship the device instead.
Which Macs can be added to Apple Business this way?
Macs with Apple silicon or a T2 chip. The course explains how to check this against serial numbers while scoping, not on the day.
