We are facing an issue with Platform SSO registration on macOS devices for AD-bound user accounts with Microsoft EntraID configuration.
We are using the Platform SSO payload on macOS devices integrated with Entra ID, and it works as expected — registration completes successfully, and the password syncs with the Entra ID password.
However, when we try the same on macOS devices with AD-bound (mobile) user accounts, the registration does not complete. To elaborate, the process successfully completes the initial WebView authentication but fails at the stage where Apple prompts for the password to sync the local macOS user’s password with the Entra ID password.
It does not display any error, and even after entering a valid password, the process does not proceed further. However, when we try the same on a non-AD user account, it works fine.
We have checked with Microsoft, and they confirmed that there are no restrictions on their side for AD-bound accounts. Since the issue appears to occur at the Apple system level, they advised us to reach Apple teams on this.
Could you please check and let us know how we can proceed with this?
Payload used:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>PayloadContent</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>AuthenticationMethod</key>
<string>Password</string>
<key>ExtensionIdentifier</key>
<string>com.microsoft.CompanyPortalMac.ssoextension</string>
<key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
<string>Extensible Single Sign-On Payload</string>
<key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.extensiblesso.B408A658-3DAF-41FF-8A5D-AE77B380CB7B</string>
<key>PayloadType</key>
<string>com.apple.extensiblesso</string>
<key>PayloadUUID</key>
<string>D506CAFD-C802-41F2-9C3E-DF5289C315FF</string>
<key>PayloadVersion</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>PlatformSSO</key>
<dict>
<key>AccountDisplayName</key>
<string>EntraID</string>
<key>AuthenticationMethod</key>
<string>Password</string>
<key>EnableCreateUserAtLogin</key>
<true/>
<key>LoginFrequency</key>
<integer>3700</integer>
<key>LoginPolicy</key>
<array>
<string>AttemptAuthentication</string>
</array>
<key>NewUserAuthorizationMode</key>
<string>Admin</string>
<key>UseSharedDeviceKeys</key>
<true/>
<key>UserAuthorizationMode</key>
<string>Admin</string>
</dict>
<key>ScreenLockedBehavior</key>
<string>DoNotHandle</string>
<key>TeamIdentifier</key>
<string>UBF8T346G9</string>
<key>Type</key>
<string>Redirect</string>
<key>URLs</key>
<array>
<string>https://login.microsoftonline.com</string>
<string>https://sts.windows.net</string>
<string>https://login.partner.microsoftonline.cn</string>
<string>https://login.chinacloudapi.cn</string>
<string>https://login.microsoftonline.us</string>
<string>https://login.microsoft.com</string>
<string>https://login-us.microsoftonline.com</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
<key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
<string>Platform SSO</string>
<key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
<string>42GBHOLAP04621.1BD5B6D9-640B-4DC3-9275-56DDD191A5FB</string>
<key>PayloadType</key>
<string>Configuration</string>
<key>PayloadUUID</key>
<string>58548FC6-38D9-4B28-9EDF-BEEAB03BAB23</string>
<key>PayloadVersion</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
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I registered in this summer, uploaded 2 apps. But recently I decided to add iAP to my apps, everything is ready, in Xcode sandbox everything works fine, but when I uploaded new version to TestFlight to test, when I tap on the subscription it says something like "Product not found". (I have added subscriptions to the app, and added them to the version before submitting, also, this version is in status "awaiting developer release" so I can tap a button and this new version with iAPs will be on App Store. But im unsure what to do, because exactly this verified by Apple's version is not working in TestFlight.)
In Business section of my Apple Developer Account in Agreements I only have agreement of free apps, but not about the paid apps.
When I registered I used my (R)(us)sian passport, I think this is the reason that I simply don't even have the agreement of paid apps to accept it.
I have multiple passports, and multiple EU debit cards. I emailed apple to change the location of my account (to another EU country), but they ghosted me. They sent me emails to upload documents about 4 or 5 times, every time I uploaded my another passport, got an auto email "thank you, we will write you in 2-3 days", but either they did not write me, or they said that the document is not in English (it isn't).
What do I do?
Also, to my situation, someone of my family has a company in (R)(us)sia, and I have in EU (Estonia). Maybe if nothing will work out with "Individual account", I should change to my company? And what is better EU or (R)(us)sian?
Im new to this community, hope to hear an answer, or just an advice. Thank you!
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General
Tags:
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In-App Purchase
Business and Enterprise
Developer Program
Hey all, how long does bank account validation take typically? I have everything else in my paid agreement approved and showing active except the bank account. It says 24 hours but it has been over 3 days and there has been no progress.
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Business & Education
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The Center for Innovation in Education created a reading program designed to teach every single child to read, regardless of any supposed difficulty in learning. The Center conducted a ten-year study of its Reading Program’s effectiveness. Over those ten years, the Center placed 2,048 Reading Program kits in classrooms across America. More than 300,000 children took part in the Center’s study. Results: The Reading Program taught every single child to read in every single classroom, every single year, regardless of any child’s supposed reading readiness - including dyslexic, autistic, and even Down syndrome children. No failures then or in any of the many years that have followed.
Despite the Program’s success, educational publishers refused to publish it. Their refusals will be explained and hopefully counteracted in a book that is scheduled to be published in 2026. In response to publishers’ refusal to make the program available, the Center made it available as a free download from its website. The Center also made its program available as 14 free iPad apps.
While the apps can be searched for individually by their unique names, since the apps are interrelated and meant to complement one another, the first keyword assigned to all 14 apps was the same. That same keyword is still in its first position for every app.
The first keyword listed for each of the 14 apps is the word “Dekodiphukan”. That meant-to-be hard-to-read search word has worked well every year since the apps were introduced. However, in June of this year, that search term could find only 1 of the 14 apps.
We reported this problem to Apple Support on June 26th. It is now November, and the problem remains unresolved. The only response we receive each time we ask for an update on the resolution of this problem the answer every time is:
Reported search issues of this type require extensive review by Apple to determine whether it is valid and to confirm the appropriate action.
There is no other response. No update has ever been sent to us. There is no phone number I can find to call.
It was suggested to me by someone I spoke with in a different department at Apple Developers that I post my problem on the Developer Forum, in hopes that someone here can provide a suggestion for a way around this problem. Parents and teachers wishing to use our Reading Program with their children should not have to enter 14 different names to access our Reading Program.
I've account access level of developer. I want to create app specific password but go through the account but could not get any option to do so. Can somebody help me on this.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
I developed a Platform Single Sign-On extension and a corresponding extension for my IdP, which is Keycloak based. The code for both projects are here:
https://github.com/unioslo/keycloak-psso-extension
and
https://github.com/unioslo/weblogin-mac-sso-extension
I realized that, when using the Secure Enclave as the AuthenticationMethod, and according to Apple's documentation, the Extension doesn’t obtain fresh ID Tokens when they expire if the refresh token is still valid.
When using password as the Authentication Method, it fetches new ID tokens when they expire, without prompting the user for credentials, by using the refresh token.
My suggestion is that the same behavior should be implemented for Secure Enclave keys.
The thing here is that usually, on OIDC flows, the ID/Access tokens are short-lived. It would make sense for the extension to provide fresh ID tokens. It doesn’t seem to make sense for me that, when using passwords, the extension would fetch these tokens, and not when having the Secure Enclave key.
By not doing this, Apple almost forces the developer of an extension to fetch new ID tokens themselves, which doens’t make sense when it clearly provides fresh tokens when using passwords. It almost forces the developers to either implement that logic themselves, or to issue longer tokens, which is not so nice.
How so you deal with this? Do you simply use the refresh token as an authentication token, or do you do some sort of manual refresh on the extension?
Hi,
We developed a Platform SSO extension for our IdP, Keycloak. It would be great to get some feedback on it:
https://francisaugusto.com/2025/Platform_single_sign_on_diy/
We have been trying to figure out how to block Apple Private Relay in our enterprise so we can monitor and filter our employees traffic. We are able to block the Private Relay via this process:
We used this article from Fortinet to achieve this:
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-block-iCloud-Private-Relay-from-bypassing/ta-p/228629
This also appears to block the users ability to utilize Apple iCloud Drive Backups. They would like to allow that still.
Is there a way to block iCloud Private Relay while still allowing iCloud Drive Backups to work? I am not finding a document listing the URL requirements for iCloud Drive Backups.
We currently have this solution in place:
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-allow-iCloud-private-relay/ta-p/383703
Basically this solution is allowing all Apple URL/IPs to go through the firewall and not be filtered. They would like to scan the traffic through. When scanning is enabled the firewall blocks the iCloud Private Relay traffic as it is blocked as being a proxy.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
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General
The profile expiration date is approaching, and no amount of inquiries will solve it.
Create a new profile
Download a new profile from Xcode
Press archive, press Distribute App, press Enterprise, and distribute
Invalid expiration date in profile of summary of review app.ipa content
I've tried everything that comes out by Googleing profiles, such as regenerating profiles, erasing caches, updating Xcode, updating macOS, deleting existing profile information, etc.
Expiration date different from the expiration date of the profile created in that menu is displayed.
The expiration date of the profile I created is December 8, 2026, and the previous certificate is January 22, 2026.
However, the profile information of the generated ipa is February 12, 2026.
So I can't distribute this app because I'm scared, and the expiration date is coming up. Users should have a period of time to update.
Get me a novice developer who's choking up.
I have a question regarding MDM functionality for iOS/iPadOS.
Background:
According to Apple's support page(https://support.apple.com/en-us/125073), since iOS 26.1, "Previous Wi-Fi configurations will be replaced when a new profile is installed."
We have observed that because of this change, when we apply a Wi-Fi configuration profile to an iPad via MDM, the manually configured network settings on the device (specifically, "Configure IPv4" and "Configure DNS") are reset to "Automatic". This erases the manually entered IP address, subnet mask, router, and DNS server addresses.
Goal:
We want to apply a Wi-Fi configuration profile from our MDM server to connect the device to a specific SSID, while preserving the manual IP and DNS settings that have been configured on the device.
Question:
Is there a way to prevent the IPv4 and DNS settings from being switched from "Manual" to "Automatic" when applying the configuration profile?
For example, is there a specific key-value pair we can add to the profile to either preserve the existing manual settings, or to explicitly define manual/static IP settings within the profile itself for iOS/iPadOS?
Reference: Sample Configuration Profile
Below is a simplified version of the Wi-Fi configuration profile we are currently using. This profile does not contain any keys for IP address configuration.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>PayloadContent</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>PayloadType</key>
<string>com.apple.wifi.managed</string>
<key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
<string>com.apple.wifi.managed.13E2E6B3-D4B9-4E23-888A-524B3ED40C38</string>
<key>PayloadUUID</key>
<string>13E2E6B3-D4B9-4E23-888A-524B3ED40C38</string>
<key>PayloadVersion</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>SSID_STR</key>
<string>SSID</string>
<key>EncryptionType</key>
<string>WPA</string>
<key>Password</key>
<string>Password</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>PayloadType</key>
<string>Configuration</string>
</dict>
</plist>
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Business & Education
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Apple Business Manager
Device Management
Does a payment that is processed within the app, that generates a QR-Code for the redeeming of a real-life-good (such as tickets, vouchers for drinks, etc.), fall under IN-APP-PAYMENT regulation, which would get a fee of 15-30% on top or can that payment be processed with an external mechanism such as Stripe?
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Hello folks,
I stumbled upon a weird CNContact serialization problem. I use the Contacts framework to update the AIM field, which is one of the instantMessageAddresses within a single Contact. Here is the simplified code I used:
func updateAIMFieldOn(contact: CNContact, aimValue: String) {
do {
guard let mutableContact = contact.mutableCopy() as? CNMutableContact else {
logger.error("[CM] Couldn't update contact with aim \(aimValue)")
return
}
var updatedAddresses = mutableContact.instantMessageAddresses
updatedAddresses.append(CNLabeledValue(label: "", value: CNInstantMessageAddress(username: aimValue, service: CNInstantMessageServiceAIM)))
mutableContact.instantMessageAddresses = updatedAddresses
let saveRequest = CNSaveRequest()
saveRequest.update(mutableContact)
try CNContactStore().execute(saveRequest)
logger.verbose("Contact's AIM updated successfully!")
} catch {
logger.error("Couldn't update contact")
}
}
And after serializing the contact to data, and then deserializing, the contact got two AIM fields with the same value:
X-AIM;type=pref:some:part:of_my_aim_value
IMPP;X-SERVICE-TYPE=AIM;type=pref:some:part:of_my_aim_value
Why does it work in this manner? Is it possible that ":" char causes that? Format of my aim username is {some:part:of_my_aim_value}. I didn't find any information in the docs.
Thanks!
Hey everyone,
Is it possible and how to get Managed Apple ID (email) programmatically for user signed in to ipad through shared IPad feature ?
It would be good to have MDM independent solution, I mean API call to MDM service is not acceptable for us.
Maybe API call to ASM or ABM, or get that somehow on iOS device end... any advice ?
Thanks in advance,
Dima
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Microsoft are retiring the “Azure AD Graph API”.
We allow the use of Apple email apps in our M365 tenant via the “Apple Internet Accounts” Entra ID Enterprise Application, however this is using the “User.Read” permission from this retiring “Azure AD Graph API”.
My concern is that Apple email app’s will stop working in our tenant when Microsoft retire the “Azure AD Graph API” and this permission is removed, as this is an Apple managed Enterprise Application, we have no method of changing the permissions ourselves.
I have not been able to find any information on how the “Apple Internet Accounts” Entra ID Enterprise Application can be updated to use the required, newer “Microsoft Graph API” “User.Read” permission.
It is not possible for us to change the permissions on the “Apple Internet Accounts” Entra ID Enterprise Application in our tenant, my assumption is that Apple would need to deploy a newer version of Email app that uses the newer “Microsoft Graph API” “User.Read” permission, and we would then need to consent the use of this new permission in our tenant.
I would have thought Apple would have deploy this by now, but we have not seen any consent requests.
Does anyone have any information about how Apple are handling this Microsoft change and how we can pre-emptively update the “Apple Internet Accounts” Entra ID Enterprise Application to ensure that Apple email client continue to work in our tenant?
Many thanks.
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Business & Education
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General
I just want to add a in-app purchase project to my app,
steps:
1.i create a product in App Store Connect ,the product id is "com.buy.once.me"
2.in Xcode,i create " SubscriptionStoreView(productIDs:["com.buy.once.me"])" in a view
3. the view show "subscription unavailable the subscription is unavailable in the current storefront"
I don't know what the problem is ,anyone help me,thanks
how to contact 酷
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On google it's showing with in 24 for developer enrollment now waiting for 4th day no update at all
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Recently, we have encountered some users who have been unable to open the enterprise signature application after upgrading to version 18.3.2, without an IPS file. Through system logs, we found that signature verification has occurred SecKeyVerifySignature failed: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-50 "rsa_pub_crypt failed, ccerr=-7" UserInfo={numberOfErrorsDeep=0, NSDescription=rsa_pub_crypt failed, ccerr=-7} Waiting for the information, I will provide the obtained system logs below. The application package name that crashed is com. mobile. moonew
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Business & Education
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General
We have an office application used internally within our enterprise. The Provisioning Profiles (PP) for the app were about to expire, so we updated the PP and released a new version. However, we've encountered an issue where some users did not update their phones in time. After the app expired, they found it unusable and downloaded the new version, but the newly downloaded app also crashes on launch. Restarting the phone does not resolve the issue, and this primarily occurs on iOS 18.3.2. What could be the cause of this problem, and how should we address it?
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Hi Team,
After agreeing the Paid In-app purchase agreements, i have been asked to fill the tax forms of US Certificate of foreign status of beneficial owner and US substitute form W-8BEN-E.
Being an Indian Ed-tech company, we would like to know how should we approach this. Any help or support page or video on this can make our life easier.
Thanks
Team ACEplus.
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Business & Education
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