Apple Platform Deployment
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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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- 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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LDAP MDM payload settings for Apple devices
You can configure LDAP settings to enable corporate directory services for users of an iPhone, iPad, or Mac enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) solution. Use the LDAP payload to enter settings for connecting to an LDAPv3 directory.
Note: LDAP connections don’t initiate a VPN connection; if the VPN hasn’t been established by another app, such as Safari, the LDAP lookup fails.
The LDAP payload supports the following. For more information, see Payload information.
Supported payload identifier: com.apple.ldap.account
Supported operating systems and channels: iOS, iPadOS, Shared iPad user, macOS user, visionOS 1.1.
Supported enrollment types: User Enrollment, Device Enrollment, Automated Device Enrollment.
Duplicates allowed: True—more than one LDAP payload can be delivered to a user or device.
You can use the settings in the table below with the LDAP payload.
Setting | Description | Required | |||||||||
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Account description | The display name for the account. | No | |||||||||
Hostname | The IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the LDAP server. | Yes | |||||||||
Account user name | The user name for the LDAP account. | No | |||||||||
Account password | The password of the LDAP account. If you leave this field empty, users must enter their password after the payload is installed on the device. | No | |||||||||
Use SSL | When the Use SSL option is selected and the server’s SSL certificate isn’t issued by a trusted certificate authority known to the devices, use the Certificates payload to add any root or intermediate certificates that are necessary to validate the server’s SSL certificate. | No | |||||||||
Search settings | Define the scope and search base for your LDAP server. | No | |||||||||
Note: Each MDM vendor implements these settings differently. To learn how various LDAP settings are applied to your devices and users, consult your MDM vendor’s documentation.