Apple Platform Deployment
- Welcome
- Intro to Apple platform deployment
- What’s new
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- 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 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
MDM restrictions for Apple TV devices
You can set restrictions for Apple TV devices enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) solution. The default state for all restrictions listed below is on unless the words “Default is off” are in the Restriction Functionality column.
Note: Not all restrictions are available in all MDM solutions, and they have the ability to change the default state for any restriction. To learn more about MDM restriction availability for your devices, consult your MDM vendor’s documentation.
Setting | Minimum supported operating system | Supervised | Restriction functionality | ||||||||
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Use of cameras | tvOS 17 | No | The FaceTime app is removed from the Home Screen and third-party apps can’t use Continuity Camera. | ||||||||
Prevent Apple TV from going to sleep | tvOS 13 | Yes | Users and tvOS can’t put the Apple TV to sleep. | ||||||||
Defer software updates | tvOS 12.2 | Yes | For more information, see Test and defer software updates. Default is off. | ||||||||
Turn on “Set Automatically” in Date and Time settings | tvOS 12.2 | Yes | Set Automatically is turned on and users can’t turn it off. | ||||||||
Proximity AutoFill | tvOS 12 | Yes | Users’ devices won’t advertise themselves to nearby devices for passwords by use of Proximity AutoFill. | ||||||||
Playback of explicit music, video, and podcast content | tvOS 11.3 | No | Explicit music or video content purchased from the iTunes Store or downloaded from the Podcasts app is hidden. Explicit content is flagged by content providers, such as record labels, when sold through the iTunes Store. | ||||||||
Explicit content in Apple Books | tvOS 11.3 | No | Explicit content purchased from Apple Books is hidden. Explicit content is flagged by content providers when sold through the Books app. | ||||||||
Ratings region | tvOS 11.3 | No | Ratings are set by selecting one of nine different regions. This setting can’t be disabled. The default is United States. | ||||||||
Define content ratings | tvOS 11.3 | No | The maximum allowed ratings are selected for movies, TV shows, and apps purchased in iTunes. | ||||||||
Restrict app usage | tvOS 11 | Yes | Any apps other than Settings can be placed on either an approved list or a disapproved one. To allow all Web Clips, you must add the value | ||||||||
Modify device name | tvOS 11 | Yes | Users can’t change the name of the device as shown in Settings > General > About. | ||||||||
AirPlay security | tvOS 10.2 | Yes | Users can’t use AirPlay to stream content to the Apple TV. | ||||||||
Pair with Remote app | tvOS 10.2 | Yes | Users can’t use the Apple TV Remote app to control Apple TV. | ||||||||