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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Deploy Apple TV
Apple TV has device management capabilities, most of which are already present on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. These features make it easy to configure an Apple TV for use in many common education and enterprise scenarios, from dedicated classroom or conference room AirPlay destinations to kiosks using Custom Apps in Single App Mode.
Apple TV with tvOS 10.2 or later can take advantage of the features listed next.
Auto Advance for Automated Device Enrollment with Apple TV
Auto Advance is an additional option for Automated Device Enrollment that allows you to skip all Setup Assistant panes automatically with an Apple TV that is plugged into power and Ethernet. If Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager settings have already been configured for that specific Apple TV, it powers up and enrolls in mobile device management (MDM) without any user input after a brief pause at the Siri Remote pairing step. This setup allows MDM commands to:
Set the default language and region
Set the name of the Apple TV
Install configuration profiles to fully configure the Apple TV
Install apps
Supervision
If the serial number of the Apple TV appears in Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, or is configured with Apple Configurator for Mac, Apple TV can be supervised just like iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. Some existing payloads and commands also require supervision. For more information, see About Apple device supervision.
Naming
If the Apple TV is supervised, the name can be set with an MDM solution or Apple Configurator.
MAC address broadcasting
In tvOS 15 or later, Apple TV no longer broadcasts its media access control (MAC) address. To prevent unwanted pairing attempts, a new key in the TV Remote payload for iPhone and iPad—TVDeviceName—can be used to remove Apple TV device names in the Apple TV remote widget.
AirPlay with Apple TV
Apple TV can be placed in conference rooms, classrooms, and other common areas. You can configure AirPlay to allow or restrict who can AirPlay to specific Apple TV devices. For more information, see AirPlay discovery.
Return to Service
Return to Service allows the process of resetting and reenrolling Apple TV devices in MDM to be fully automated over wireless network. In tvOS 18 or later, when the MDM solution sends the command to erase a managed device, it must provide the Wi-Fi details and define which MDM solution to enroll the device in.
If the device appears in Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, the MDM server configuration can be omitted. This triggers the device to check for an enrollment profile during activation. The device then erases all data and automatically proceeds through Setup Assistant using the previous language and region settings until it reaches the Home Screen, ready to be used.