Apple Platform Deployment
- Welcome
- Intro to Apple Platform Deployment
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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
- Managed Migration Assistant 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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WWDC26 Apple services updates
Note: The features discussed on this page are pre-release versions and may be incomplete, changed, or removed before final release.
Apple Business
Apple Business is a unified platform that empowers organizations with built-in device management, dedicated support, secure cloud storage, and powerful tools to strengthen customer engagement and brand presence across Apple’s ecosystem.
It brings together Apple Business Manager, Apple Business Essentials, and Apple Business Connect into one comprehensive solution—addressing both internal operations and external customer-facing strategies.
Apple Business is now available in over 200 countries and regions and allows organizations to enroll devices without manual intervention by their IT teams using Automated Device Enrollment. It also enables the use of Managed Apple Accounts to increase user productivity.
Apple Business includes the following features:
Managed Apple Accounts: Organization-managed identities that help keep work data secure.
Device management: Built-in device management service that works alongside any third-party device management service the organization chooses.
Volume licensing: Get apps in volume and assign them to devices or users.
Admin APIs: Automate device management tasks, for example, list device management services, devices, and inventory, manage assignment to device management services.
Locations on Apple Maps: Help customers discover businesses.
Tap to Pay on iPhone: Set up to accept payments on an organization’s iPhone devices. (U.S. only)
Branded Mail: Email from an organization appears with the organization’s logo. (U.S. only)
Subscriptions: Ability to purchase the following multi-seat subscriptions (U.S. only):
iCloud storage: 2 GB, 200 GB, or 2 TB.
AppleCare+ for Business: Service and support coverage.
Volume purchase app subscriptions
Later this year, a new volume licensing mechanism will be available for subscriptions in App Store apps. This allows IT teams to purchase and manage app subscriptions in Apple School Manager and Apple Business. IT teams can assign app subscriptions to users (not devices) using device management. Developers can manage availability of subscriptions available to organizations in Apple School Manager and Apple Business.
Important: This feature is for app subscriptions that auto-renew only, not one-time in-app purchases.
For more information, see the WWDC26 session Offer subscriptions to groups and organizations.
Additional device details available for device management services
With X-Server-Protocol-Version a device management service can retrieve the following additional details about device registered in Apple School Manager or Apple Business using the GetDeviceDetails endpoint to provide further insights into the fleet:
Wi-Fi MAC address
Bluetooth MAC address
EID, IMEI, and MEID for devices with a cellular connection
Whether the device is a replacement device
For a replacement device, further details can be retrieved using a new
GetReplacementDetailsendpoint. The response provides information, such as:Serial number of the original device
Serial number of the replacement device
Timestamp when the replacement occurred