AppleSeed for IT is Apple's beta testing program for organizations. It lets IT administrators and their teams evaluate pre-release versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and other Apple software before they're generally available. Through the program, your organization can test upcoming releases against your apps, configurations, and workflows, and when needed, submit feedback to Apple directly.
Once your Apple Business instance is registered for AppleSeed for IT and linked to Addigy, Addigy can surface applicable beta programs and beta settings Apple makes available to your organization so that you can manage them from a single place.
For full details on Apple's beta testing program for organizations, see Testing software updates with the AppleSeed for IT beta program.
Before You Begin
A few things need to be in place before AppleSeed for IT beta features become available in Addigy.
Register for AppleSeed for IT
Your Apple Business instance must be registered for AppleSeed for IT. To do this, an administrator needs to sign in to the AppleSeed for IT portal and accept the Beta Software Program Agreement for the current beta period. The agreement must be re-accepted at the start of each new beta period. Without this step, Addigy won't have any beta programs or beta settings to pull in and display.
Confirm the registered ABM instance is linked to Addigy
Addigy retrieves your organization's beta options via the MDM server (aka the ADE token) associated with your AppleSeed-registered Apple Business instance. Make sure the Apple Business instance you registered is the same one linked to your policy's MDM server. You can verify which MDM server is associated with a policy by going to Policies > (select policy) > Integrations & Settings > Automated Device Enrollment.
What You Can Manage and Deploy via Addigy
Once your organization is registered for AppleSeed for IT and linked to Addigy, you can use the following beta features. Minimum supported OS versions and any additional, feature-specific prerequisites are covered in each article below.
- Send Beta OS Versions - Enroll managed devices into beta OS programs, or offer beta tracks for users to opt into, all via Declarative Management. Managing Beta OS Updates via Addigy
- Send Beta Declarative Settings - Deploy declarative configuration settings that apply only to beta OS versions. Sending AppleSeed Declarative Settings via Addigy