Office of Information Technology

Casper Management Suite

What is the Casper Management Suite?

A unified and extensible framework for Mac OS X and iOS client management.
 

Why this program?

The Casper Management Suite provides a more efficient way of managing and installing software on Mac OS X computers and iOS mobile devices. It offers features and functions that provide the Office of Information Technology with best practice strategies to meet the challenges of supporting Mac OS X and iOS in the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Statewide system.

How do I get the Casper Management Suite?

Enrolling in the Casper Management Suite

  • Go to the Casper Management Enrollment Page 
    • Please Note: When enrolling your Mac into the Casper Management Suite make sure you are the primary user of the machine.
  • Login with your UA Username and Password
  • Follow the on screen guide to installing Casper

What should Casper Management Suite users expect?

Customers that have a Mac OS X system can take advantage of the Casper Management Suite and have the ability to download and install software hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Statewide system.  

How can I tell if my Casper Management Suite is working?

The Casper Management Suite called OIT Self Service can be found in your Applications folder in Mac OS X. You can use your UA Username and Password to login and if you are successful in logging into the OIT Self Service suite that will verify that Casper Management is working correctly. 

What is the upgrade process for the Casper Management Suite

The Casper Management suite will seamlessly upgrade whenever there have been changes to the server and will not require any user interaction.