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Apple Deployment Programs

Deployment Overview

These guides introduce you to the basic concepts for setting up, creating, and deploying devices or computers for new and existing networks.

iOS Deployment Overview
This document offers guidance on deploying iOS devices in your organization and helps you create a deployment plan that best suits your environment.
iOS Security Guide
Every iOS device combines software, hardware, and services designed to work together for maximum security and a transparent user experience.
iOS Deployment Reference
Using Apple Deployment Programs with a mobile device management (MDM) solution gives you greater flexibility and control over your deployments.
macOS Deployment Reference
macOS Sierra provides new ways to deploy your Apple devices. Using Apple Deployment Programs with a mobile device management (MDM) solution gives you greater flexibility and control over your deployme...
Integrating Enterprise Apps
Take advantage of iOS features that make your apps secure, easy for IT to manage at any scale, and optimized for corporate networks.
Managing Devices and Corporate Data on iOS
This document offers guidance on how essential IT control can be achieved while at the same time keeping users enabled with the best tools for their job.

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Device Enrollment Program Overview

Learn more about using mobile device management to automate device enrollment and distribute purchased apps to iOS and Mac devices.

Learn about device enrollment

Device Enrollment Program Guide

The Device Enrollment Program (DEP) is part of the Apple Deployment Programs (ADP), which help businesses easily deploy and configure iOS and macOS devices.

Deploy and configure devices

About Device Enrollment

Learn how Device Enrollment can help you simplify the initial setup and deployment of your devices.

Volume Purchase Program overview

The Volume Purchase Program (VPP) gives businesses a simple way to purchase apps and books in volume and distribute apps to devices.

Read the VPP overview

Volume Purchase Program Guide for Business

Learn more about finding, buying, and distributing apps and books in bulk within your organization.

Learn about VPP

Volume Purchase Program payment methods

Businesses or educational institutions that are part of the Apple Volume Purchase Program (VPP) can make volume purchases with the payment methods shown below. VPP customers can't use Apple Gift Cards or iTunes Gift Cards for VPP purchases.

View VPP payment methods

Get Apple apps through the Volume Purchase Program

Learn how your institution can get Pages, Numbers, Keynote, GarageBand, and iMovie apps for managed distribution.

Request iOS apps

Managing Devices and Corporate Data on iOS

This document offers guidance on how essential IT control can be achieved while at the same time keeping users enabled with the best tools for their job.

Learn about balancing IT control

Use Mobile Device Management to distribute apps purchased through the Volume Purchase Program (VPP)

Learn to deploy apps and books purchased through the Volume Purchase Program (VPP).

Read about distributing apps

Associate MDM Servers with DEP

Learn how to manage devices by linking your Mobile Device Management (MDM) service with your Device Enrollment Program (DEP) account.

Manage devices

Use Mobile Device Management and Find My iPhone Activation Lock

Learn how to use Mobile Device Management and Find My iPhone Activation Lock.

How to use MDM

About wireless roaming for enterprise

Learn about the roaming improvements to iOS 8 and later versions.

iOS Compatibility with Cisco QoS Fastlane & Adaptive 802.11r

Learn which iOS 10 devices support the latest enterprise Wi-Fi optimizations from Cisco.

Learn more about iOS compatibility

About VPN protocols for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

You can use your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to connect to a VPN. Find out which protocols, authentication methods, and certificates your device can use to connect to VPN servers.

See VPN protocols

Set up Exchange ActiveSync on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

When you add your Exchange ActiveSync account, you can sync your Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, and Notes wirelessly with your iOS device.

Learn about syncing wirelessly

Lists of available trusted root certificates in iOS

The iOS Trust Store contains trusted root certificates that are preinstalled with iOS.

Learn about the iOS trust store

Apple Configurator

Apple Configurator integrates with the Device Enrollment Program to automate MDM enrollment as well as the Volume Purchase Program to seamlessly distribute apps from the App Store.

Find out more about Apple Configurator

macOS Server

macOS Server makes it easy to share files, schedule meetings, synchronize contacts, develop software, host your own website, publish wikis, configure Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices, remotely access your network, and more.

Learn about macOS Server