Mac Management certificate is awarded to an IT professionals who can deploy and manage multiple Mac computers in an enterprise. These IT professionals will be able to handle the installation and configuration of tens, hundreds and even thousands of Mac computers. They will also be able to configure and manage these computers to interact with network service and resources together for transferring and receiving data. This Apple certificate can create a lot of career opportunities for an IT professional.

This certificate is obtained by passing Mac Management Basics Exam (9L0-414) from Apple. It is an online based examination and for clearing this, candidate should have minimum 80% score to pass this certification.

In order to obtain this certificate, one should have though in the basics of the following topics:

Installer package creation.

In this, one should have the understanding of installer packages, installer metapackages, adding developers ID into installers, obtaining developer's ID certificate, creating installers using command line, tracking installations of packages using receipts, creating installers with third party apps.

System image creation.

In this topic, one should know about Hands-off distribution, System Imaging Utility and its uses, NetInstall and NetRestore from Installer, using NetRestore from a prepared volume and Automations with System Image Utility and its various work flowcharts.

Deployment

In this topic, one should have understanding about deploying locally, installing using NetInstall and disk utility, deploying using minimal touch, configuring NetInstall server and deployment solutions from third party.

Remote Desktop Management

In this topic, one must know about remote management, enabling remote management, forming computer lists for Apple Remote Desktop, deploying and installing software remotely and generating and exporting report to a common server.

Policy managements

In this topic, one must have understanding of profile manager, its components, user and device groups, configuring profiles and distributing them, setting up profile manager server, configuring the server, getting Apple push notification certificates, enabling profile manager, creating device groups, locking, wiping and removing a device with profile manager and user portal and forcing management profiles.

Software update management

In this topic, one should know about update policies for softwares, update using servers of OS X, configuring software update server clients, installing the updates manually and software update services from third parties.

Software downloads cache

In this topic one should understand how Mac server registers one's PC to install softwares and resuming downloads even after it reconnects. He should know about the basic requirements from clients for caching server support, management of the cache service, comparison between cache and software updating services, managing the software download configuration and its caching process and the configuration needed for caching.

The best way to prepare for this exam is following the preparation guide provided by Apple Inc. for this exam and hands-on experience on two or more Mac Pcs. This exam will be easy when the candidate actually knows about what he is doing or reading. Proper time management and exam preparation can help one to pass this certification and thus develop a successful career based on this.