Apple TV management overview
You can manage your Apple TV in the same way you can manage your iPhone, iPad and Mac devices.
tvOS has added new device management capabilities, most of which are already present on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. These new features make it easy to configure an Apple TV for use in many common education and enterprise scenarios, from dedicated classroom or conference room AirPlay destinations to kiosks running custom apps in Single App Mode.
Apple TV with tvOS 10.2 or later can take advantage of the features listed next.
Supervision
If Apple TV is using Apple School Manager, Apple Business Manager or Apple Configurator 2, Apple TV can be supervised just like iOS and iPadOS devices. Some existing and new payloads and commands also require supervision.
Naming
If your Apple TV is supervised, you can set its name with a mobile device management (MDM) solution or Apple Configurator 2.
Auto Advance
Apple School Manager and Apple Business Manager make it possible to enrol an Apple TV in MDM and fully configure it by simply plugging in power and an Ethernet connection. If Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager settings have already been configured for that specific Apple TV, it powers up and enrols in MDM without any user input after a brief pause at the Siri Remote pairing step. This set-up allows MDM commands to:
Set the default language and region
Set the name of the Apple TV
Install configuration profiles to fully configure the Apple TV
Install apps
To pair a Siri Remote with an Apple TV, see If your Apple TV remote isn’t working.