Today we’re announcing that Platform SSO for macOS is available in public preview with Microsoft Entra ID. Platform SSO is an enhancement to the Microsoft Enterprise SSO plug-in for Apple devices that makes usage and management of Mac devices more seamless and secure.
At the start of public preview, Platform SSO will work with Microsoft Intune. Additional mobile device management (MDM) providers will be added during the public preview. Please contact your MDM provider for more information on support and availability.
As part of this release, we’re introducing Microsoft Entra Join for macOS. This feature uses the Enterprise SSO plug-in to create a hardware-bound device record in Entra ID. Entra Join requires the use of an Entra ID organizational account.
In addition, we’re making three new ways to authenticate available, all configurable with MDM and available as part of Microsoft Entra ID Free:
Starting today, you’ll find updated documentation and tutorials for Platform SSO for macOS on Microsoft Learn to guide you through setup, deployment, usage, and troubleshooting.
If you haven’t already, you’ll want to take the following steps to help your organization prepare:
** Note that migration from non-shared keys on macOS 13 to shared keys (supported on macOS 14+) requires user re-registration of the device.
Through incremental releases over public preview, we’ll gradually introduce additional controls, reports, audit, and sign–in logging capabilities, plus APIs in Microsoft Graph to configure, query, and manage them. Please note that like Windows Hello for Business, some features may require a premium Entra ID license.
Brian Melton-Grace
Senior Product Manager, Microsoft
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