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 browsing management 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 and trademarks
What’s new in Apple platform deployment
New deployment and device management features for Apple devices and updates for the following operating systems:
iOS 26.2
iPadOS 26.2
macOS 26.2
tvOS 26.2
visionOS 26.2
watchOS 26.2
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.
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.
Migrate managed devices
A device management service can now enforce a minimum version of visionOS.
For more information, see Automated Device Enrollment and device management.
Added information about the Passcode Setup Assistant pane
Two conditions were added when this pane isn’t skipped.
For more information, see Manage Setup Assistant.
Added note about using Shortcuts with allowListedAppBundleIDs
Note to add com.apple.ShortcutsActions to the Restrict app usage (allowListedAppBundleIDs) array if a Shortcut action requires permission to run.
For more information, see Review device management restrictions.
Software update release dates
Added the latest software update release dates.
For more information, see Software release dates.
Enforce software update examples added
Added three examples of enforced software updates.
For more information, see Enforce software updates with device management.
Mac background tasks update
Added a note about background tasks not being closed in macOS 26.
For more information, see Manage login items and background tasks on Mac.
Declarative status report updates
Added content to get status of Background Security Improvement updates.
For more information, see Declarative status reports.
Wi-Fi and Ethernet specifications updates
Wi-Fi specifications have been updated for specific hardware models.
For more information, see Wi-Fi specification details for iPad models, Wi-Fi specification details for MacBook Pro models, and Wi-Fi specification details for Apple Vision Pro models.
Background Security Improvements
Added content on how to manage Background Security Improvements with a device management service.
For more information, see Background Security Improvements.
Wallpaper guidance
Links to the Apple Developer website were added to the Set Wallpaper command.
For more information, see Device management commands.