diff --git a/frontend/__mocks__/mdmMock.ts b/frontend/__mocks__/mdmMock.ts
index 355bf7c4a6..62ec7b89f2 100644
--- a/frontend/__mocks__/mdmMock.ts
+++ b/frontend/__mocks__/mdmMock.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { IHostMdmData } from "interfaces/host";
-import { IMdmSolution, IMdmProfile } from "interfaces/mdm";
+import {
+  IMdmSolution,
+  IMdmProfile,
+  IMdmSummaryMdmSolution,
+} from "interfaces/mdm";
 
 const DEFAULT_MDM_SOLUTION_MOCK: IMdmSolution = {
   id: 1,
@@ -14,6 +18,19 @@ export const createMockMdmSolution = (
   return { ...DEFAULT_MDM_SOLUTION_MOCK, ...overrides };
 };
 
+const DEFAULT_HOST_SUMMARY_MDM_SOLUTION_MOCK: IMdmSummaryMdmSolution = {
+  id: 1,
+  name: "MDM Solution",
+  server_url: "http://mdmsolution.com",
+  hosts_count: 5,
+};
+
+export const createMockMdmSummaryMdmSolution = (
+  overrides?: Partial<IMdmSummaryMdmSolution>
+): IMdmSummaryMdmSolution => {
+  return { ...DEFAULT_HOST_SUMMARY_MDM_SOLUTION_MOCK, ...overrides };
+};
+
 const DEFAULT_MDM_PROFILE_DATA: IMdmProfile = {
   profile_uuid: "123-abc",
   team_id: 0,
diff --git a/frontend/interfaces/mdm.ts b/frontend/interfaces/mdm.ts
index 316295eae0..c7b4071fac 100644
--- a/frontend/interfaces/mdm.ts
+++ b/frontend/interfaces/mdm.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ export interface IMdmSolution {
   hosts_count: number;
 }
 
+/** This is the mdm solution that comes back from the host/summary/mdm
+request. We will always get a string for the solution name in this case  */
+export interface IMdmSummaryMdmSolution extends IMdmSolution {
+  name: string;
+}
+
 interface IMdmStatus {
   enrolled_manual_hosts_count: number;
   enrolled_automated_hosts_count: number;
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ interface IMdmStatus {
 export interface IMdmSummaryResponse {
   counts_updated_at: string;
   mobile_device_management_enrollment_status: IMdmStatus;
-  mobile_device_management_solution: IMdmSolution[] | null;
+  mobile_device_management_solution: IMdmSummaryMdmSolution[] | null;
 }
 
 export type ProfilePlatform = "darwin" | "windows";
diff --git a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/DashboardPage.tsx b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/DashboardPage.tsx
index 6053fcc0b4..77556c7254 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/DashboardPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/DashboardPage.tsx
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import {
 } from "interfaces/macadmins";
 import {
   IMdmStatusCardData,
-  IMdmSolution,
   IMdmSummaryResponse,
+  IMdmSummaryMdmSolution,
 } from "interfaces/mdm";
 import { SelectedPlatform } from "interfaces/platform";
 import { ISoftwareResponse, ISoftwareCountResponse } from "interfaces/software";
@@ -137,9 +137,11 @@ const DashboardPage = ({ router, location }: IDashboardProps): JSX.Element => {
   const [showOperatingSystemsUI, setShowOperatingSystemsUI] = useState(false);
   const [showHostsUI, setShowHostsUI] = useState(false); // Hides UI on first load only
   const [mdmStatusData, setMdmStatusData] = useState<IMdmStatusCardData[]>([]);
-  const [mdmSolutions, setMdmSolutions] = useState<IMdmSolution[] | null>([]);
+  const [mdmSolutions, setMdmSolutions] = useState<
+    IMdmSummaryMdmSolution[] | null
+  >([]);
 
-  const selectedMdmSolution = useRef<string | null>(null);
+  const selectedMdmSolutionName = useRef<string>("");
 
   const [munkiIssuesData, setMunkiIssuesData] = useState<
     IMunkiIssuesAggregate[]
@@ -619,7 +621,7 @@ const DashboardPage = ({ router, location }: IDashboardProps): JSX.Element => {
             selectedPlatformLabelId={selectedPlatformLabelId}
             selectedTeamId={currentTeamId}
             onClickMdmSolution={(mdmSolution) => {
-              selectedMdmSolution.current = mdmSolution.name;
+              selectedMdmSolutionName.current = mdmSolution.name;
               setShowMdmSolutionModal(true);
             }}
           />
@@ -727,7 +729,7 @@ const DashboardPage = ({ router, location }: IDashboardProps): JSX.Element => {
     }
 
     const selectedMdmSolutions = mdmSolutions?.filter(
-      (solution) => solution.name === selectedMdmSolution.current
+      (solution) => solution.name === selectedMdmSolutionName.current
     );
 
     return (
@@ -737,7 +739,7 @@ const DashboardPage = ({ router, location }: IDashboardProps): JSX.Element => {
         selectedTeamId={currentTeamId}
         onCancel={() => {
           setShowMdmSolutionModal(false);
-          selectedMdmSolution.current = null;
+          selectedMdmSolutionName.current = "";
         }}
       />
     );
diff --git a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDM.tests.tsx b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDM.tests.tsx
index ad49d09198..ab7f10494e 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDM.tests.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDM.tests.tsx
@@ -3,26 +3,27 @@ import { noop } from "lodash";
 import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { renderWithSetup } from "test/test-utils";
 
-import { createMockMdmSolution } from "__mocks__/mdmMock";
+import { createMockMdmSummaryMdmSolution } from "__mocks__/mdmMock";
 
 import MDM from "./MDM";
 
 describe("MDM Card", () => {
   it("rolls up the data by mdm solution name and render the correct number of MDM solutions", () => {
-    const { debug } = render(
+    render(
       <MDM
         onClickMdmSolution={noop}
         error={null}
         isFetching={false}
         mdmStatusData={[]}
         mdmSolutions={[
-          createMockMdmSolution(),
-          createMockMdmSolution({ id: 2 }),
-          createMockMdmSolution({ name: "Test Solution", id: 3 }),
-          createMockMdmSolution({ name: "Test Solution", id: 4 }),
-          createMockMdmSolution({ name: "Test Solution 2", id: 5 }),
-          createMockMdmSolution({ name: null, id: 6 }),
-          createMockMdmSolution({ name: null, id: 7 }),
+          createMockMdmSummaryMdmSolution(),
+          createMockMdmSummaryMdmSolution({ id: 2 }),
+          createMockMdmSummaryMdmSolution({ name: "Test Solution", id: 3 }),
+          createMockMdmSummaryMdmSolution({ name: "Test Solution", id: 4 }),
+          createMockMdmSummaryMdmSolution({ name: "Test Solution 2", id: 5 }),
+          // "" should render a row of "Unknown"
+          createMockMdmSummaryMdmSolution({ name: "", id: 8 }),
+          createMockMdmSummaryMdmSolution({ name: "", id: 9 }),
         ]}
       />
     );
diff --git a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDM.tsx b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDM.tsx
index 5a92c85469..e102869a4d 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDM.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDM.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import React, { useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { Tab, Tabs, TabList, TabPanel } from "react-tabs";
 import { Row } from "react-table";
 
-import { IMdmStatusCardData, IMdmSolution } from "interfaces/mdm";
+import {
+  IMdmStatusCardData,
+  IMdmSolution,
+  IMdmSummaryMdmSolution,
+} from "interfaces/mdm";
 
 import TabsWrapper from "components/TabsWrapper";
 import TableContainer from "components/TableContainer";
@@ -20,18 +24,23 @@ import {
   generateStatusDataSet,
 } from "./MDMStatusTableConfig";
 
+export type IMdmSolutionTableData = Pick<
+  IMdmSummaryMdmSolution,
+  "name" | "hosts_count"
+>;
+
 interface IRowProps extends Row {
-  original: IMdmSolution;
+  original: IMdmSolutionTableData;
 }
 
 interface IMdmCardProps {
   error: Error | null;
   isFetching: boolean;
   mdmStatusData: IMdmStatusCardData[];
-  mdmSolutions: IMdmSolution[] | null;
+  mdmSolutions: IMdmSummaryMdmSolution[] | null;
   selectedPlatformLabelId?: number;
   selectedTeamId?: number;
-  onClickMdmSolution: (solution: IMdmSolution) => void;
+  onClickMdmSolution: (solution: IMdmSolutionTableData) => void;
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_SORT_DIRECTION = "desc";
@@ -65,22 +74,17 @@ const EmptyMdmSolutions = (): JSX.Element => (
   />
 );
 
-type IMdmSolutionMap = Record<string, IMdmSolution>;
+type IMdmSolutionMap = Record<string, IMdmSolutionTableData>;
 
-const reduceSolutionsToObj = (mdmSolutions: IMdmSolution[]) => {
+const reduceSolutionsToObj = (mdmSolutions: IMdmSummaryMdmSolution[]) => {
   return mdmSolutions.reduce<IMdmSolutionMap>((acc, nextSolution) => {
-    // The solution name can be null so we add an Unknown key to the
-    // accumulator in this case.
-    if (nextSolution.name === null) {
-      if (acc.Unknown) {
-        acc.Unknown.hosts_count += nextSolution.hosts_count;
-      } else {
-        acc.Unknown = Object.assign({ ...nextSolution });
-      }
-    } else if (acc[nextSolution.name]) {
-      acc[nextSolution.name].hosts_count += nextSolution.hosts_count;
+    // The solution name can be an empty string so we add a key for "Unknown"
+    // for this case.
+    const key = nextSolution.name || "Unknown";
+    if (acc[key]) {
+      acc[key].hosts_count += nextSolution.hosts_count;
     } else {
-      acc[nextSolution.name] = Object.assign({ ...nextSolution });
+      acc[key] = Object.assign({ ...nextSolution });
     }
 
     return acc;
diff --git a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDMSolutionsTableConfig.tsx b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDMSolutionsTableConfig.tsx
index 7a6ca8d05d..a7e3c933b8 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDMSolutionsTableConfig.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/cards/MDM/MDMSolutionsTableConfig.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { IMdmSolution } from "interfaces/mdm";
 
 import TextCell from "components/TableContainer/DataTable/TextCell";
 import InternalLinkCell from "../../../../components/TableContainer/DataTable/InternalLinkCell";
+import { IMdmSolutionTableData } from "./MDM";
 
 // NOTE: cellProps come from react-table
 // more info here https://react-table.tanstack.com/docs/api/useTable#cell-properties
@@ -58,16 +59,12 @@ export const generateSolutionsTableHeaders = (): IDataColumn[] => [
 ];
 
 export const generateSolutionsDataSet = (
-  solutions: IMdmSolution[] | null
-): IMdmSolution[] => {
-  if (!solutions) {
-    return [];
-  }
-
+  solutions: IMdmSolutionTableData[]
+): IMdmSolutionTableData[] => {
   return solutions.map((solution) => {
     return {
       ...solution,
-      displayName: solution.name ?? "Unknown",
+      displayName: solution.name || "Unknown",
     };
   });
 };
diff --git a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/components/MdmSolutionModal/MdmSolutionModal.tsx b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/components/MdmSolutionModal/MdmSolutionModal.tsx
index e8063c86d1..aeae56538e 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/components/MdmSolutionModal/MdmSolutionModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/DashboardPage/components/MdmSolutionModal/MdmSolutionModal.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const baseClass = "mdm-solution-modal";
 
 const SOLUTIONS_DEFAULT_SORT_HEADER = "hosts_count";
 const DEFAULT_SORT_DIRECTION = "desc";
+const DEFAULT_TITLE = "Unknown MDM solution";
 
 interface IMdmSolutionModalProps {
   mdmSolutions: IMdmSolution[];
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ const MdmSolutionsModal = ({
   return (
     <Modal
       className={baseClass}
-      title={mdmSolutions[0].name ?? "Unknown mdm solution"}
+      title={mdmSolutions[0].name || DEFAULT_TITLE}
       width="large"
       onExit={onCancel}
     >