MDM Integration: How to Find the MDM macOS Profile and EmailID in the Payload

Last updated: July 24, 2026

Purpose

To find the MDM profile and Email to share with Nightfall

Environment

  • MDM: Payload

    • Profile and EmailID

  • macOS: All Versions

Resolution

From the machine, open Terminal and run:

sudo profiles show -o stdout

  1. Locate the email and profile in question. Example:

    ProfileIdentifier = "com.random.abcdefgh12345678"
    ProfileItems =      (
                    {
              PayloadContent =          {
                ...
                Email = "john.doe@contoso.com";
  2. Take note of the ProfileIdentifier, ProfileItems, PayloadContent, and Email.

  3. Provide the complete profile payload to Technical Support

NOTE: The email and Profile in the payload to choose would be whatever is assigned to your MDM profile.