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A policy is a collection of one or more configurations. Each policy can be applied to one or more devices at the same time. Likewise, each device can be linked to one or more policies.
Available configurations
| Configuration | Description |
|---|---|
| AirPlay Security → | Applies AirPlay security settings that prevent unauthorized streaming to Apple TVs via AirPlay |
| App compliance → | Manages app-specific restrictions |
| Apple Configurator 2 configuration → | Applies a configuration profile (.mobileconfig) created with Apple Configurator 2 to devices |
| Single App Mode | Limits devices to a single app |
| Device settings | Configures general device settings (supervised devices only) |
| Device name | Configures the device name (supervised devices only) |
| Conference room → | Manages Conference Room mode |
| Restrictions | Manages device restrictions |
| Software update settings → | Controls the update behavior of devices, e.g. automatic installation and deferral of updates (tvOS 18.4 or later) |
| System updates | Manages updates of Apple devices (supervised devices only; deprecated, successor: Managed Software Updates) |
| Managed Software Updates → | Enforces operating system updates, targeting a specific version by a deadline (tvOS 18.4 or later, supervised devices only) |
| WiFi | Manages Wi-Fi settings |
| Time zone | Configures the time zone (tvOS 14 or later, supervised devices only) |
| Certificate | Selects a certificate to be installed on the device by default |
The WiFi, Certificate and Apple Configurator 2 configuration configurations can be added to a policy multiple times; all other configurations only once.