Apple Platform Deployment
- Welcome
- Intro to Apple platform deployment
- What’s new
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- Declarative status reports
- Declarative app configuration
- Authentication credentials and identity asset declaration
- Background task management declarative
- Calendar declarative configuration
- Certificates declarative configuration
- Contacts declarative configuration
- Exchange declarative configuration
- Google Accounts declarative configuration
- LDAP declarative configuration
- Legacy interactive profile declarative configuration
- Legacy profile declarative configuration
- Mail declarative configuration
- Maths and Calculator app declarative configuration
- Passcode declarative configuration
- Passkey Attestation declarative configuration
- Safari extensions management declarative configuration
- Screen Sharing declarative configuration
- Service configuration files declarative configuration
- Software Update declarative configuration
- Software Update settings declarative configuration
- Storage management declarative configuration
- Subscribed Calendars declarative configuration
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- Accessibility payload settings
- Active Directory Certificate payload settings
- AirPlay payload settings
- AirPlay Security payload settings
- AirPrint payload settings
- App Lock payload settings
- Associated Domains payload settings
- Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) payload settings
- Autonomous Single App Mode payload settings
- Calendar payload settings
- Mobile payload settings
- Mobile Private Network payload settings
- Certificate Preference payload settings
- Certificate Revocation payload settings
- Certificate Transparency payload settings
- Certificates payload settings
- Conference Room Display payload settings
- Contacts payload settings
- Content Caching payload settings
- Directory Service payload settings
- DNS Proxy payload settings
- DNS Settings payload settings
- Fonts payload settings
- Domains payload settings
- Energy Saver payload settings
- Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) payload settings
- Exchange Web Services (EWS) payload settings
- Extensible Single Sign-on payload settings
- Extensible Single Sign-on Kerberos payload settings
- Extensions payload settings
- FileVault payload settings
- Finder payload settings
- Firewall payload settings
- Fonts payload settings
- Global HTTP Proxy payload settings
- Google Accounts payload settings
- Home Screen Layout payload settings
- Identification payload settings
- Identity Preference payload settings
- Kernel Extension Policy payload settings
- LDAP payload settings
- Lights Out Management payload settings
- Lock Screen Message payload settings
- Login Window payload settings
- Managed Login Items payload settings
- Mail payload settings
- Network Usage Rules payload settings
- Notifications payload settings
- Parental Controls payload settings
- Passcode payload settings
- Printing payload settings
- Privacy Preferences Policy Control payload settings
- Relay payload settings
- SCEP payload settings
- Security payload settings
- Setup Assistant payload settings
- Single Sign-on payload settings
- Smart Card payload settings
- Subscribed Calendars payload settings
- System Extensions payload settings
- System Migration payload settings
- Time Machine payload specifics
- TV Remote payload settings
- Web Clips payload settings
- Web Content Filter payload settings
- LDAP payload settings
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- Copyright
Enrolment methods for Apple devices
There are three main methods of device enrolment into mobile device management (MDM) solutions. One of those methods — Device Enrolment — has two different ways for a user to enrol: account-driven; profile-based. When you enrol Apple devices into an MDM solution, depending on the enrolment method, those devices can be supervised. Supervision generally denotes that the device is owned by the organisation, which provides additional control over its configuration and restrictions. The table below summarises the enrolment methods and whether they result in the device being supervised. For more information on supervision, see About Apple device supervision.
Enrolment method | Minimum supported operating system versions | Supervised upon MDM enrolment? |
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iOS 15 iPadOS 15 macOS 14 visionOS 1.1 | No | |
iOS 17 iPadOS 17 macOS 14 visionOS 1.1 | No (iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision Pro) Yes (Mac) | |
iOS 4 iPadOS 13.1 OS X 10.7 tvOS 9 | No (iPhone, iPad, Apple TV) Yes (Mac) | |
iOS 13 iPadOS 13.1 macOS 10.14.4 tvOS 13 watchOS 10 visionOS 2.0 | Yes |
Note: Not all enrolment options are available in all MDM solutions. To learn which MDM enrolment options are available for your devices, consult your MDM vendor’s documentation.
How enrolment methods help to protect the user’s privacy
The table below shows what information and capabilities are available to an MDM solution depending on the enrolment method. For more information on additional data separation capabilities supported by account-driven enrolment methods, see Account-driven enrolment methods.
Depending on the method used to enrol the device into an MDM solution, information about the user, their data and the device vary. Account-driven User Enrolment and account-driven Device Enrolment provide the user with the most privacy and data separation. Profile-based Device Enrolment and Automated Device Enrolment provide IT administrators with the most control over the device.
Note: The table below illustrates key differences of enrolment methods but isn’t a fully comprehensive list.
MDM ability | Account-driven User Enrolment | Account-driven Device Enrolment | Profile-based Device Enrolment | Automated Device Enrolment |
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Enforceable restrictions | Unsupervised only | Unsupervised only | All | |
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Remotely erase managed data |
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Configure per-app VPN |
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Install and configure Managed Apps |
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Query the operating system version number |
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Query unique device identifiers like serial number |
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Query the device’s time zone |
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Query the device phone number |
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Query the roaming status |
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Query list of all apps |
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Configure VPN |
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Remotely erase all content and settings |
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Require complex passcode or password |
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Enforce software updates |
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Enforce and manage FileVault |
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Set the device name in macOS |
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Manage Activation Lock in macOS |
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Take over management of a personal app |
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Manage Activation Lock in iOS, iPadOS and visionOS |
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Configure Always-On VPN |
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Configure a global HTTP proxy |
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Set the device name in iOS, iPadOS and visionOS |
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Turn on Managed Lost Mode |
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Query the device location |
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Collect frequency of app usage |
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View personal calendars, contacts, mail, notes, reminders |
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View iMessage or SMS messages |
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View FaceTime or phone call logs |
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View Safari browser history |
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