A 6-step plan for moving from Jamf to HaloFortress without an all-or-nothing cutover. Co-existence agents run both stacks side-by-side. Most fleets complete migration in 3-8 weeks.
Install the HaloFortress agent alongside your Jamf agent. Run in observe-only mode for 7-14 days while you translate policies. Cut over conditional access for a pilot ring, then expand by posture rings until Jamf can be retired. The first policy is live within 11 minutes of tenant provisioning.
Export your smart groups, configuration profiles, policies, and patch policies. HaloFortress ingests the export and shows what maps cleanly.
Push the HaloFortress macOS agent via Jamf. Both run cleanly side-by-side; HaloFortress reports posture without enforcing.
About 90% of Jamf configuration profiles translate to HaloFortress posture controls. The translator flags ones that need a human eye.
Move conditional access from your Jamf+Okta integration to HaloFortress Trust. Run both for a week to verify.
Switch your DEP/ABM token to HaloFortress so all new devices land on the new platform. Existing Jamf-managed devices migrate in rings.
After all rings are stable, remove the Jamf framework via HaloFortress. Most teams drop the Jamf line item at quarter-end.
Yes, especially for cross-platform fleets that want zero trust built in. Jamf is excellent on Apple alone but has no native Windows, Linux, or ZTNA story; most Jamf customers stack Okta plus a ZTNA vendor on top. HaloFortress ships all of this in one platform.
No. HaloFortress supports the full set of Apple configuration profiles, MDM commands, and DDM declarations. About 90% of Jamf configuration profiles translate cleanly. The remaining edge cases get a side-by-side review.
Mid-market fleets typically migrate in 4-8 weeks of calendar time. The first ring of users moves in about a week. Both agents co-exist throughout, so there is no all-or-nothing cutover risk.
Yes. HaloFortress is a fully Apple-supervised MDM with DEP/ABM/ASM enrollment, declarative device management, FileVault escrow, and managed Apple ID support.
We will pair you with a migration engineer who has done this for fleets your size. No cost during evaluation.