Security

Device supervision

During device setup, an organization can configure that device to be supervised. Supervision denotes that the device is owned by the organization, which provides additional control over its configuration and restrictions. With Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, supervision can be wirelessly enabled on the device as part of the mobile device management (MDM) enrollment process for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS devices, or enabled manually using Apple Configurator 2 for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS devices. In iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, supervising a device requires the device to be erased.

The following devices can be supervised:

iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 5 or later
Apple TV with tvOS 10.2 or later

The following devices are supervised automatically when enrolled in Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager:

iOS devices with iOS 13 or later
iPad with iPadOS 13.1 or later
Apple TV with tvOS 13 or later
Mac computers with macOS 10.15 or later

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