Those sorts of improvements, though technical, have big implications for a way enterprises deploy and secure Macs. Zero-touch enrollment — ordering a Mac that auto-registers with the company IdP the moment it’s powered on — is the holy grail of Apple fleet management. It reduces each administrative overhead and exposure from unprotected endpoints.
While Apple’s incremental advancements in macOS Tahoe bring optimism, in addition they raise the bar for ecosystem partners. Each Iru and Addigy plan to support the brand new PSSO and Authenticated Guest Mode capabilities, but they are saying full interoperability will depend on Apple maintaining stable APIs and documentation — a perennial criticism amongst enterprise developers.
And even with recent tools, few IT leaders expect overnight transformation. Dodd acknowledged that “macOS still relies on a username and password for authentication, so there may be an impedance mismatch with more modern, phishing-resistant, passwordless methods.” Once logged in, nevertheless, “the experience of using passkeys with macOS is sort of good,” he said, adding that “every enterprise needs to be taking a look at passkeys to level up security for critical apps and resources.”