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
- Math 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
- Cellular payload settings
- Cellular 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
- Dock 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 settings
- TV Remote payload settings
- Web Clips payload settings
- Web Content Filter payload settings
- Xsan payload settings
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- Glossary
- Document revision history
- Copyright
What’s new in Apple platform deployment
New deployment and device management features for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro devices include updates for the following operating systems (or earlier):
iOS 18.6
iPadOS 18.6
macOS 15.6
tvOS 18.6
watchOS 11.6
visionOS 2.6
Note: This isn’t a full comprehensive list of all new and changed content in Apple Platform Deployment. For a more complete list, see the document revision history.
For information on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS 26, see the WWDC25 video What’s new in device management.
You can participate in testing these features using beta versions of the operating systems by signing up for AppleSeed for IT. For more information see the AppleSeed for IT portal.
Automated device enrollment options
A new column was added to show the minimum supported operating system versions for automated device enrollment options.
For more information, see Automated Device Enrollment and device management.
Platform Single Sign-on updates
Additional information added to address upcoming features in macOS 26.
For more information, see Platform Single Sign-on for macOS.
Software update release dates
Added the latest software update release dates.
For more information, see Software release dates.
Installing Apple apps
Device management service developers should use the bundle ID for apps developed by Apple.
For more information, see Installing apps using a device management service.