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- Accessibility payload settings
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- AirPlay payload settings
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- AirPrint payload settings
- App Lock payload settings
- Associated Domains payload settings
- Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) payload settings
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- Calendar payload settings
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- Certificate Preference payload settings
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- 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
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- Fonts payload settings
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- Google Accounts payload settings
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- Identification payload settings
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- Kernel Extension Policy payload settings
- LDAP payload settings
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- Declarative app configuration
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- 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
- Maths 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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Directory Service MDM payload settings for Apple devices
You can configure Directory Service settings for Mac computers enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) solution. Use the Directory Service payload to add directory servers to a user’s Mac.
The directory server must be available to the Mac when the profile is installed or installation fails. To add LDAP servers for iPhone and iPad devices, use the LDAP payload.
The Directory Service payload supports the following. For more information, see Payload information.
Supported payload identifier: com.apple.DirectoryService.managed
Supported operating systems and channels: macOS device.
Supported enrolment types: User Enrolment, Device Enrolment, Automated Device Enrolment.
Duplicates allowed: True — more than one Directory Service payload can be delivered to a device.
You can use the settings in the table below with the Directory Service payload.
Setting | Description | Required | |||||||||
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Directory type | You can choose from LDAP or Active Directory. | Yes | |||||||||
Hostname | The IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the server. | Yes | |||||||||
Username and password | The username and password are optional for LDAP connections and required for Active Directory connections. | Varies | |||||||||
Client ID | The directory server client ID. | No | |||||||||
For information about using an Active Directory payload, see the Directory Utility User Guide. To add advanced Active Directory options, see Active Directory payload options.
Note: Each MDM vendor implements these settings differently. To learn how various Directory Service settings are applied to your devices, consult your MDM vendor’s documentation.