Apple Platform Deployment
- Welcome
- Intro to Apple Platform Deployment
- What’s new
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- Declarative status reports
- Declarative app configuration
- Accessibility declarative configuration
- Apple Intelligence declarative configuration
- App settings configuration
- Audio accessory declarative configuration
- Authentication credentials and identity asset declaration
- Background task management declarative
- Calendar declarative configuration
- Certificates declarative configuration
- Contacts declarative configuration
- Content caching declarative configuration
- DNS settings declarative configuration
- DNS proxy declarative configuration
- Exchange declarative configuration
- Extensible SSO declarative configuration
- External intelligence declarative configuration
- Google Accounts declarative configuration
- Keyboard 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
- Network relay declarative configuration
- Packages declarative configuration
- Passcode declarative configuration
- Passkey Attestation declarative configuration
- Safari bookmarks declarative configuration
- Safari browsing management declarative configuration
- Safari extensions management declarative configuration
- Screen Sharing declarative configuration
- Service configuration files declarative configuration
- Siri declarative configuration
- Software Update declarative configuration
- Software Update settings declarative configuration
- Storage management declarative configuration
- Subscribed Calendars declarative configuration
- Web content filter plugin 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
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- Copyright and trademarks
Test software updates with the AppleSeed for IT beta program
AppleSeed for IT is a program specifically designed for enterprise and education customers committed to testing each new version of Apple beta software in their organizations. This program provides IT professionals and technology managers with an opportunity to evaluate the latest prerelease software versions in their unique work environments, offer feedback directly to Apple engineering teams through a dedicated feedback submission process, and participate in detailed testing plans and forum discussions with other participants.
iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, macOS 14.5, or later, make it easier than ever to manage beta program participation in an organization. Users can receive offers to enroll in beta programs even without an Apple Account in Settings or System Settings. Device management services can also automatically enroll devices during Setup Assistant when using Automated Device Enrollment, or remotely at a later time if the device is supervised and runs iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, or later. If necessary, a device management service has the option to remove a supervised device from beta programs, and restrict a user from manually enrolling. This removes the need for the user to perform manual steps, and allows for a streamlined process throughout the beta testing life cycle.
To offer AppleSeed for IT beta versions without the need for an Apple Account, a user with the role of administrator in Apple School Manager or Apple Business need to sign in to the AppleSeed for IT portal and accept the terms and conditions on behalf of their organization for the current beta period.
Although beta enrollment can be managed without the need for an Apple Account, organizations may want to consider providing participating users a Managed Apple Account so they can submit feedback directly to Apple. This also ensures submitted feedback is tied to their organization. If users select to submit their feedback for the team rather than as personal feedback, other users like the IT team can engage in submitted tickets and stay informed. For more information on team feedback, see Manage team feedback in Feedback Assistant on Mac in the Feedback Assistant User Guide.
Similar to software updates and upgrades, beta releases provided by those programs can be deferred on supervised devices and a declarative status report provides increased visibility and allows organizations to track beta program enrollments on managed devices.
Using the available configuration options, an organization can remotely enroll different devices into different beta programs and—combined with the option to defer beta and production releases—can be used to implement a phased testing and rollout approach starting right with the first beta release.
Note: The beta configuration and status report isn’t supported on devices using User Enrollment.