Apple Business Essentials User Guide
- Welcome
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- Intro to federated authentication
- Intro to Google Workspace
- Use federated authentication with Google Workspace
- Intro to Microsoft Azure AD
- Use federated authentication with MS Azure AD
- Resolve Apple ID conflicts
- Get notified about user name conflicts
- Change a user’s domain information
- Transfer Apple services when federating
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- Intro to purchasing content
- Review content payment and billing information
- Select and purchase content
- Configure app installation and removal
- Monitor app installation status and license tracking
- Learn about Custom Apps
- Manage content tokens
- Transfer licenses
- Migrate content tokens
- Invite VPP purchasers
- Plan for migration to Apps
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- Intro to configuring settings
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- AirDrop settings
- AirPlay settings
- AirPrint settings
- App Access settings
- Application Layer Firewall settings
- Certificate settings
- Content Caching settings
- Configure a Custom setting
- Data Management settings
- Energy Saver settings
- FileVault settings
- Gatekeeper settings
- iCloud settings
- Lock Screen settings
- Password and Screen Lock settings
- Software Update settings
- VPN settings
- Web Clip settings
- Web Filter settings
- Wi-Fi settings
- Edit a setting
- Apply Collections
- Document revision history
- Copyright
Intro to federated authentication with Apple Business Essentials
You use federated authentication to link Apple Business Essentials to the following:
Google Workspace
Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)
As a result, your users can leverage their Google Workspace or Azure AD user names (User Principal Name) and passwords as Managed Apple IDs. They can then use those credentials to sign in to their assigned iPhone, iPad, or Mac and even to iCloud on the web.
Note: You can link to only Google Workspace or Azure AD, but not both at the same time.
To use federated authentication, your Apple devices must meet the following operating system requirements:
Usage | Minimum supported operating system | ||||||||||
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Federated authentication with Google Workspace | iOS 15.5 iPadOS 15.5 macOS 12.4 | ||||||||||
Federated authentication with Microsoft Azure AD | iOS 11.3 iPadOS 13.1 macOS 10.13.4 | ||||||||||
When Apple Business Essentials and Google Workspace or Azure AD are linked, users who sign in to Apple Business Essentials using their Google Workspace or Azure AD user name and password have those same credentials become their Managed Apple ID automatically. If a user is removed from Google Workspace or Azure AD, that user can be removed from Apple Business Essentials.