VPN Settings Overview For Apple Devices

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  • Welcome
  • Intro to Apple platform deployment
  • What’s new
  • Plan the deployment
    • Intro to device management
      • Declarative device management
        • Intro to declarative device management
        • Use declarative device management to manage Apple devices
      • Device management
        • Intro to device management profiles
        • Intro to device management payloads
      • About device supervision
    • Choose a deployment model
    • Device enrolment methods
      • Enrolment methods for Apple devices
      • Account-driven enrolment methods
      • User Enrolment and device management
      • Device Enrolment and device management
      • Automated Device Enrolment and device management
    • Deploy Apple TV
    • Deploy Apple Vision Pro
    • Deploy Apple Watch
    • Deploy shared devices
      • Shared device overview
      • Use Return to Service for Apple devices
      • Deploy Shared iPad
        • Shared iPad overview
        • Prepare Shared iPad
    • Choose a device management service
    • Device management migration
      • Plan your device management migration
      • Configure your new device management service
      • Migrate managed devices
    • Back up and restore managed devices
    • Use standards-based services
  • Prepare your environment
    • Deploy devices with Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager
    • Use Apple Configurator
      • Configure devices
      • Install apps with Apple Configurator
      • Add Apple devices to Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager
    • Configure your network for device management
    • Configure devices to work with APNs
    • Configure devices with mobile data connections
      • Prepare to use eSIMs with Apple devices
      • Use a device management service to deploy devices with mobile connections
      • Support for private 5G and LTE networks
      • Support for 5G Network Slicing
    • Prepare your Wi-Fi networks
      • Optimise your Wi-Fi networks
      • Review aggregate throughput for Wi-Fi networks
    • Speed up downloads
      • Intro to content caching
      • Set up content caching
      • Use DNS TXT records
      • Advanced content caching settings
      • Content caching from the command line
      • Content caching metrics
      • Set up a shared internet connection
  • Use identity services
    • Intro to Apple identity services
    • Extensible Single Sign-on on Apple devices
      • Intro to Single Sign-on
      • Enrolment SSO for iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro
      • Platform SSO for macOS
      • Kerberos SSO extension
    • Integrate Apple devices with Microsoft services
      • Integrate with Microsoft Entra ID
      • Integrate with Microsoft Exchange
      • Use Microsoft Exchange to identify an iPhone, iPad or Apple Vision Pro
      • Integrate Mac computers with Active Directory
  • About Managed Apple Accounts
    • About Managed Apple Accounts
    • iCloud for Managed Apple Accounts
  • Review the setup process
    • Manage Setup Assistant
    • Configure Setup Assistant in Apple TV
    • Set up local macOS accounts
  • Device management configuration options
    • Review declarative configurations
    • Plan your configuration profiles
    • Review device management payloads
    • Review device management restrictions
  • Manage software updates
    • About software updates
    • Software update process
    • Install and enforce software updates
    • Use device management to deploy software updates
    • Phases of Apple software update enforcement
    • Test software updates with the AppleSeed for IT beta programme
  • Distribute content
    • Intro to content distribution
    • Content distribution methods
    • Distribute apps
      • Distribute managed apps
      • Distribute Custom Apps
      • Distribute unlisted apps
      • Distribute proprietary in-house apps
      • Distribute packages to Mac computers
      • Get app bundle IDs
        • Bundle IDs for iPhone and iPad Apple apps
        • Bundle IDs for Apple TV Apple apps
        • Get the bundle ID for a Mac application
    • Manage organisational data
    • Manage login items and background tasks on Mac
  • Integrate with networks
    • How Apple devices join Wi-Fi networks
    • Connect to 802.1X networks
    • Wi-Fi roaming support
    • Cisco network enhancements
    • Wi-Fi and Ethernet specifications for Apple devices
    • Use VPN for secure access
      • VPN overview
      • Cisco IPsec VPN setup
      • Use a VPN proxy and certificate configuration
    • Use network relays
    • Filter content
    • Use AirPlay
  • Ensure device security
    • Intro to device management security
    • Background Security Improvements
    • Lock and locate devices
    • Erase devices
    • Activation Lock
    • Manage accessory access
    • Enforce password policies
    • Use persistent tokens
    • Use built-in network security features
    • Managed Device Attestation
      • Managed Device Attestation
      • Deploy Managed Device Attestation
    • Manage certificates
      • Intro to certificate management
      • Distribute certificates
    • Smart card integration
      • Intro to smart card integration
      • Smart card support on iPhone and iPad
        • Supported smart card functions on iPhone and iPad
        • Use a smart card on iPhone and iPad
      • Smart card support on Mac
        • Supported smart card functions on Mac
        • Use a smart card on Mac
        • Configure a Mac for smart card–only authentication
        • FileVault and smart card usage
        • Advanced smart card options
    • macOS system security
      • Startup security
      • System extensions in macOS
      • FileVault
        • Intro to FileVault
        • Use secure and bootstrap tokens
        • Manage FileVault with device management
      • Mac app security enhancements
  • Device management settings
    • Declarative configurations and status reports
      • Declarative status reports
      • 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
      • Maths and Calculator app declarative configuration
      • Passcode declarative configuration
      • Passkey Attestation declarative configuration
      • Safari browsing management 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
    • Device management lists
      • Device management service enrolment information
        • Device management service User Enrolment information
        • Device management payloads for Device Enrolment
        • Device management payloads for Automated Device Enrolment
      • Device management payload lists
        • Payload list for iPhone and iPad
        • Payload list for Mac
        • Payload list for Apple TV
        • Payload list for Apple Watch
        • Payload list for Apple Vision Pro
        • Payload list for Shared iPad
        • Payload list available in Apple Configurator for Mac
      • Device management restriction lists
        • Restrictions for iPhone and iPad
        • Restrictions for Mac
        • Restrictions for Apple TV
        • Restrictions for Apple Watch
        • Restrictions for Apple Vision Pro
        • Restrictions for supervised devices
        • Restrictions available in Apple Configurator for Mac
      • Device management command lists
        • Device management command list
        • Device management command settings options list
      • Device management query lists
        • Device information queries
        • Device network information queries
        • Operating system queries
        • Installed app queries
        • Security queries
    • Device management payload settings
      • 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
      • Mobile payload settings
      • Mobile 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
      • Fonts 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 settings
        • Wi-Fi settings
        • Ethernet settings
        • WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA2/WPA3 settings
        • Dynamic WEP, WPA Enterprise and WPA2 Enterprise settings
        • EAP settings
        • HotSpot 2.0 settings
        • Legacy Hotspot settings
        • Cisco Fastlane settings
        • Network Proxy Configuration 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 specifics
      • TV Remote payload settings
      • VPN device management settings
        • VPN device management settings overview
        • AppLayerVPN payload settings
        • IKEv2 settings
        • IPsec settings
        • L2TP settings
        • VPN Proxy settings
      • Web Clips payload settings
      • Web Content Filter payload settings
      • LDAP payload settings
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You can configure VPN settings for users of an iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision Pro or Apple TV that enrols in a device management service. Use the VPN payload to enter the VPN settings for connecting to your network. Users can’t modify the settings you specify in the configuration profile. You can set some VPN and Wi-Fi settings, such as 802.1X parameters, only by a configuration profile.

Note: An identity is required for some VPN configurations. Depending on the VPN configuration, a VPN payload may require that the associated Certificates payload contain the certificate associated with the identity.

The VPN payload supports the following. For more information, see

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