Apple Business User Guide
- Welcome
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- Intro to Configurations
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- AirDrop configuration
- AirPlay configuration
- AirPrint configuration
- App Access configuration
- Apple Intelligence & Siri configuration
- Application Layer Firewall configuration
- Certificate configuration
- Content Caching configuration
- Custom configuration
- Data Management configuration
- Energy Saver configuration
- FileVault configuration
- Gatekeeper configuration
- iCloud configuration
- Lock Screen configuration
- Password and Screen Unlock configuration
- Software Update configuration
- VPN configuration
- Web Clip configuration
- Web Filter configuration
- Wi-Fi configuration
- Edit a configuration
- Apply Blueprints
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- Glossary
- Document revision history
- Copyright and trademarks
Sign in to Shared iPad
The Shared iPad sign-in process varies depending on how you’ve configured Apple Business. If you use federated authentication, the first time a user signs in, they enter their Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, or your identity provider (IdP) user name and a Shared iPad passcode. For user accounts that use Apple for authentication, the user enters their Managed Apple Account and their Managed Apple Account password.
Tip: You can bring up the Wi-Fi picker on Shared iPad while at the sign-in screen by pressing the Home button or Touch ID sensor twice or the Sleep/Wake button twice on an iPad without a Home button.
Sign in to Shared iPad with Managed Apple Accounts that use federated authentication
The user enters their Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, or their IdP user name and password.
If not done yet, the user is asked to create a Shared iPad passcode, then confirms it by entering it again.
The next time the user signs in, they do so with their Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, or your IdP user name and new Shared iPad passcode.
Sign in to Shared iPad with Managed Apple Accounts that use Apple authentication
When a user changes their password on Shared iPad, their Apple Business password is updated accordingly.
The user enters their Managed Apple Account and a temporary password generated in Apple Business.
If the user signs in for the first time, the user is asked to update their current temporary password.
The next time the user signs in, they do so with their Managed Apple Account and their Managed Apple Account password.