With the ability to modify end-user environments and Managed Preferences from a central location, your IT department can to respond to a variety of demands as rapidly as they arise. The Casper Suite manages both system and user-level preferences through a simple user interface, scoping preferences to Computer Groups, User Groups from a directory service, Buildings, or Departments. Managed Preferences (also known as MCX) allow you to natively enforce the individual settings on any client computer. Over 250 default preferences are included with the JAMF Software Server (JSS).

Changing passwords for both user and administrator accounts is crucial to the security maintenance of your computing environment. The ability to determine when screensavers are activated and set password requirements to wake up computers can greatly strengthen security. In addition, the ability to sleep or shut down idle machines can be helpful to those organizations trying to combat rising energy costs.

The control of end-user environments is important to maintaining continuity and keeping machines clean, especially in educational environments. By resetting user environment settings upon login or logout, managers of kiosk machines can keep computers fresh and uniform from user to user.