Activating

iOS

devices

When you or a user activates an

iOS

or

iPadOS

device with

BlackBerry UEM

, the device is associated with

BlackBerry UEM

so that you can manage devices and users can access work data on their devices.

You can activate devices with

BlackBerry UEM

with or without using

Apple Configurator

2 to prepare devices for activation. For more information about using

Apple Configurator

2, see Activating

iOS

devices using

Apple Configurator

2 in the Administration content

You can also enroll devices in the

Apple

Device Enrollment Program and assign enrollment configurations to devices using the

BlackBerry UEM

management console. The enrollment configurations include extra rules, such as "Enable supervised mode," that are assigned to the devices during MDM enrollment. For more information, see Activating

iOS

devices that are enrolled in DEP in the Administration content.

If devices are not enrolled in DEP, you can still prevent unsupervised devices from being activated using settings in the activation profile.