Device groups allow you to organize devices that share similar attributes. You can use these groups to install apps, profiles, and documents using Jamf School. Device groups can be used as the scope of management tasks. There are several ways to configure your device groups. For example, you can create three device groups: one with all students, one with all teachers, and one with all administrators. Also, you can create a device group for each class, grade, or location. It is recommended you create separate device groups for iOS, macOS, and tvOS devices to distribute profiles and apps because they vary based on device.
There are two types of device groups: smart groups and static groups. Smart groups are based on filtered criteria and have dynamic memberships. Static groups have fixed memberships that you manually assign. Group memberships are defined by the scope of the group. Scope is a set of rules, filters, and groups that gives you granular control over which computers and mobile devices receive remote management tasks.