Configuring iOS policies using device restrictions

The preceding recipe demonstrated how to use the new settings catalog to create a new profile for your iOS devices, but there is also the option to use a device restrictions policy, which is similar to that used with the Android devices in the previous chapter.

This recipe will demonstrate how to configure and automate your policy using the device restrictions profile type.

How to do it…

Follow these instructions:

1. As before, in the Intune console, select Devices and then iOS/iPadOS.
2. Click Configuration profiles and click New policy.
3. This time, instead of settings catalog, pick Templates and then Device restrictions. Click Create.
4. As usual, populate the basic details and click Next.

   Here, you can find all of the device restrictions grouped, but without the useful search functionality found in the settings catalog.

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