Apple Platform Deployment
- Welcome
- Intro to Apple platform deployment
- What’s new
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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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- 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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Apple device support for 5G Network Slicing
5G Network Slicing allows mobile network operators to customize traffic through a 5G Standalone network with specific Quality of Service (QoS) requirements for network latency, throughput, and packet loss. This allows a 5G network tailored to meet the needs of different types of apps and services, such as high-bandwidth video streaming, low-latency communications, and mission-critical business apps.
iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 offer the following features:
Simultaneous VPN and Network Slice usage: Enable the simultaneous usage of VPN and 5G Network Slicing, ensuring that activating a VPN doesn’t disrupt the functioning of Network Slices.
Expanded App Categories: Apps can now support 5G Network Slicing for Communication, Gaming, and Streaming app Categories. This allows apps to use multiple network slices based upon application category and network traffic type.
5G Network Slicing is supported on the following devices:
Model | 5G Network Slicing |
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All iPhone 16 models All iPhone 15 models All iPhone 14 models iPad Pro 13-inch and 11-inch (M4) models iPad Air 13-inch and 11-inch (M2) models iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) |
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All iPhone 13 models All iPhone 12 models iPhone SE (3rd generation) iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) iPad Air (5th generation) iPad mini (6th generation iPad (10th generation) |
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Important: Consult with the carrier to set up a network slice. The DNN assignments for network slicing may vary based on carrier, plan, or subscription.
Assigning a Network Slice
iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, or later, offer organizations the ability to assign specific network slices to Managed Apps on their carrier’s 5G Standalone network. This causes all traffic for a designated Managed App to be routed to the slice identified by a specified data network name (DNN).
iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 add the ability to for a designated Managed App to be routed to the slice identified by an App Category.
The ability to assign network slices is available through the corresponding MDM app installation and settings commands. For more information on Managed Apps, see Distribute Managed Apps.
You can use the following steps assign a Network Slice.
1. Verify Compatibility.
Ensure that your MDM solution supports iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, or later, and supports assigning a Network Slice to a Managed App.
Confirm that your iPhone or cellular iPad support 5G Network Slicing.
Check that your carrier uses a 5G Standalone network and has assigned a Network Slice for your use.
2. Assign Network Slice to a Managed App.
Use your MDM solution to assign the 5G Network Slice to a Managed App using a Data Network Name (DNN) or AppCategory name provided by your carrier. The network slice should begin with either “dnn:” or “appcategory:”
If necessary, update and install the Managed App.
3. Open the Managed App.
Upon first launch, users see an “Optimized 5G” notification informing you that the app is using the Network Slice.
An “Optimized 5G” option is also available in Settings > Cellular, allowing users to turn 5G Network Slicing on or off for all Managed Apps.