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What is the MDM overview for Apple devices?
MDM overview for Apple devices. This reference is designed for IT and MDM administrators. It contains all aspects of mobile device management (MDM) settings as defined by Apple. If you are an Apple developer, you can also refer to Device Management on the Apple Developer website.
What can I do with mobile device management settings?
Use mobile device management settings to create and install configuration profiles on your organization’s iPhone or iPad devices. Apple has developed a program for enterprise and education customers who want to test all prerelease changes to Apple software, preinstalled apps, and deployment-related apps for their organization.
What does Apple mean by mobile device management?
It contains all aspects of mobile device management (MDM) settings as defined by Apple. If you are an Apple developer, you can also refer to Device Management on the Apple Developer website. What is mobile device management (MDM)?
Do you need passcode to use MDM on iPhone?
Enrollment into MDM requires an administrator user name and password. Important: If the user knows the passcode, iPhone and iPad devices that aren’t supervised can have manually installed configuration profiles removed, even if the option is set to “never.”
Can a user enroll their own device in MDM?
Users can enroll their own devices in MDM, and organization-owned devices can be enrolled in MDM automatically using Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager. What is an enrollment profile? An enrollment profile is a configuration profile with an MDM payload that enrolls the device in the MDM solution specified for that device.
What are the mobile device management settings for IT administrators?
Apple has developed a programme for enterprise and education customers who want to test all pre-release changes to Apple software, pre-installed apps and deployment-related apps for their organisation. To browse the Mobile Device Management Settings for IT Administrators, click Table of Contents at the top of the page.
What are the payload settings for Apple devices?
Payloads can be used on various operating systems, and with users and devices (in some cases, they work only on devices that are supervised). Payload settings for Apple devices are detailed in the table below, which contains the following columns. Before you review the table below, understand what each column contains.