Apple no longer bundles open source services such as Calendar Server, Contacts Server, the Mail Server, DNS, DHCP, VPN Server, and Websites with macOS Server. Customers can get these same services directly from open-source providers. For more information, learn more about preparing for changes to macOS Server.
Apple continues to develop and support the other features of macOS Server, including Open Directory, Profile Manager, and Xsan management.
Profile Manager
Profile Manager provides enhanced management capabilities and support for management of new features in macOS, iOS, and tvOS.
- Configure an Apple Business Manager account
- Install App Store apps for tvOS
- Configure new restrictions, payloads, and commands:
For macOS
New Restrictions payload settings
- Allow proximity based password sharing requests
- Allow password sharing
- Allow password autofill
- Allow software update installation for non-admin users
New Dock payload settings
- Show Recents in Dock
New Exchange payload settings
- Use OAuth for authentication
New Smart Card payload settings
- Require Smart Card
- Enable screen saver on Smart Card removal
New Passcode payload settings
- Force password reset during next user authentication
New Security & Privacy payload settings
- Show personal recovery key
New Education payload settings
- Send to teacher-assigned Macs
New Xsan payload settings
- Ability to configure automatic mounts
- Ability to specify Distributed LAN Client mount preferences
For iOS
New Restrictions payload settings
- Allow proximity based password sharing requests (supervised devices only)
- Allow password sharing (supervised devices only)
- Allow password autofill(supervised devices only)
- Force automatic date and time (supervised devices only)
- Allow USB restricted mode (supervised devices only)
- Allow managed Contacts accounts to write to unmanaged accounts
- Allow unmanaged Contacts accounts to read managed accounts
- Disable eSIM (supervised devices only)
New Mail and Exchange payload settings
- Allow a user to enable or disable S/MIME signing
- Allow a user to modify the selection of the S/MIME signing certificate
- Allow a user to enable or disable S/MIME encryption
- Allow a user to modify the selection of the S/MIME encryption certificate
New Exchange payload settings
- Use OAuth for authentication
New Notifications payload settings
- Specify whether an app is allowed to send critical alerts
- Allow grouped notifications
- Show in CarPlay
New VPN payload settings for IKEv2 configurations
- Ability to specify DNS server addresses
- Ability to specify primary domain of the tunnel
- Ability to specify DNS search domains
- Ability to specify DNS supplemental match domains
New Setup Assistant pane Device Enrollment skip options
- iMessage & FaceTime and Screen Time
- Add Cellular Plan
Deprecated payloads
- macOS Server Accounts
New Commands
- Show SIM information
For tvOS
New Restrictions payload settings
- Allow proximity based password sharing requests (supervised devices only)
New Commands
- Install Updates (only appears in the Action pop-up menu when updates are available on the selected Apple TV or Apple TV devices within a group)