Sign in to Shared iPad with Apple School Manager
The Shared iPad sign-in process varies depending on how you have configured Apple School Manager. If you use federated authentication, the first time a user signs in, they enter their Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID or your identity provider (IdP) user name and a Shared iPad passcode. For user accounts that use Apple for authentication, the user enters their Managed Apple ID and their Managed Apple ID password.
In Apple School Manager passcode complexity can be set. For younger users, there is also an option to sign in using a shorter — four- or six-digit — numeric passcode. The MDM administrator can also set a passcode lock grace period — a number of minutes — during which users can unlock the iPad without a passcode (it locks itself automatically after 2 minutes of inactivity and is ignored with a Temporary Session).
Tip: You can bring up the Wi-Fi picker on Shared iPad while at the sign-in screen by pressing the Home button or Touch ID sensor twice, or the Sleep/Wake button twice on an iPad without a Home button.
Sign in to Shared iPad with Managed Apple IDs that use federated authentication
The user enters their Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID or their IdP user name and password.
If not done yet, the user is asked to create a Shared iPad passcode, then confirms it by entering it again.
The next time the user signs in, they do so with their Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID or your IdP user user name and new Shared iPad passcode.
Sign in to Shared iPad with Managed Apple IDs that use Apple authentication
When a user changes their password on Shared iPad, their Apple School Manager password is updated accordingly.
The user enters their Managed Apple ID and their Managed Apple ID password.
If the user signs in for the first time, the user is asked to update their current temporary password.
The next time the user signs in, they do so with their Managed Apple ID and their Managed Apple ID password.