What’s new in device management within Sequoia?

In the session titled What’s new in device management, several updates were introduced for managing Apple devices, including those within the Sequoia framework. Here are the key highlights:

1. Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager:

   • Automated device enrollment is now available for Apple Vision Pro with VisionOS 2.0, allowing IT teams to enroll these devices into MDM during the setup assistant process.
   • New activation lock features to recover organization devices with activation lock inadvertently left on.
   • New software update controls for phased rollouts starting from the first beta.
   • Ability to manage and enable Safari extensions directly from MDM.

2. Platform Updates:

   • New configurations and payloads for VisionOS 2.0, including passcode policy domains and web content filter payloads.
   • New MDM commands like device lock and various settings sub-commands.
   • New disk management configuration for managing external and network storage.
   • Platform SSO enhancements to synchronize local account credentials with an identity provider.

3. Education Enhancements:

   • Enhancements to education-specific tools to make it easier to deploy managed Apple accounts in organizations.

For more detailed information, you can refer to the following chapters in the session:

• Apple Services
• Platform updates
• Education enhancements

If you need specific timestamps for any of these updates, please let me know!