Apple Business Essentials release notes

Find out about the updates and changes we're making to Apple Business Essentials. Updates are cumulative, so when you launch Apple Business Essentials it will have all of the latest features. You can see all of the features included with each release below.

August 2025

Options for configuring app removal have been updated. Learn more

July 2025

• Administrators can now download a list of email addresses for unmanaged Apple Accounts used on their verified domains that have signed in to certain Apple web services. Learn more

• Apple Business Essentials now shows the physical MAC addresses for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interfaces for organisation-owned iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Vision Pro devices. Learn more

April 2025

Administrators now have the ability to manage the “Assign Devices” and “Add or Remove Devices” privileges for the Device Enrolment Manager role. Learn more

February 2025

Added support for additional restriction keys for the Visual Intelligence Summary, Notes Transcription Summary and External Intelligence Workspace ID features of Apple Intelligence. Learn more

January 2025

Apple Business Essentials now shows additional information about how a device was released. Learn more

December 2024

• Added support for the ability to see IMEI and EID numbers from eligible mobile devices. Learn more

• Added support for additional restriction keys for External Intelligence Integrations for Apple Intelligence. Learn more

• Added support for managing user access to sync Image Playgrounds results and FaceTime call history. Learn more

October 2024

• Added support for managing features of Apple Intelligence and Siri. Learn more

• Administrators can prevent new unmanaged Apple Accounts from being created on domains that have been verified by the organisation. Learn more

• Administrators can request that existing Apple Accounts using an organisation’s verified domain be transferred to a managed account owned by the organisation or the email address associated with the account be changed to keep it personal. Learn more

June 2024

Organisations can now turn off Activation Lock on devices they own. Learn More

March 2024

Added support for allowing Managed Apple IDs to add employee badges to Apple Wallet in iOS 17.4 and later. Find out more

February 2024

Added the ability to manage the availability and installation of iOS, iPadOS and macOS software updates. Find out more

January 2024

Added support for federating with Custom Identity Providers. Find out more

November 2023

• Access Management for Apple Services is now available and allows organisations to control which Apple services and features users can access. Find out more

• Admins can select which account-driven enrolment method they would like for Mac, iPhone and iPad devices. Find out more

October 2023

Mac computers can now enrol in Apple Business Essentials using account-driven device enrolment. Find out more

September 2023

Added the ability to distribute Web Clips. Find out more

August 2023

Added the ability to deploy custom settings. Find out more

March 2023

• Added support for configuring content caching settings. Learn more

• Added the ability to install apps assigned to users automatically and remove apps unassigned from users automatically. Learn more

February 2023

Added support for managing login items and background tasks in macOS. Learn more

January 2023

• Added Get Started page

• Added Web Content Filter. Learn more

• Added support for new AirPlay settings. Learn more

October 2022

• Added support for Sign in with Apple at Work & School. Learn more

• Added support for enabling beta features. Find out more

• Added the ability to configure Data Management settings. Learn more

September 2022

• Added the ability to configure App Access settings. Learn more

• Added the ability to configure Software Update settings for macOS. Learn more

August 2022

 Added support for installing application packages on Mac. Learn more

June 2022

Administrators can now choose to use repair credits to pay for a repair, or add the cost to their monthly bill. Learn more

April 2022

Added support for federated authentication with Google Workspace. Learn more

March 2022

Apple Business Essentials is a new subscription for small businesses that seamlessly brings together device management, 24/7 support* and cloud storage, so your small business can manage every employee’s iPhone, iPad and Mac easily – every step of the way. Learn more