What does Apple’s Device Enrollment Program (DEP) facilitate for organizations?

Apple’s Device Enrollment Program (DEP) is designed to simplify the initial setup and management of Apple devices within an organization. By automating the Mobile Device Management (MDM) enrollment process during the device setup, DEP ensures that eligible devices are configured with the appropriate settings, policies, and applications right out of the box.

When a device is purchased through an authorized Apple reseller and assigned to an organization, DEP allows the device to automatically enroll in the organization's MDM solution when it is powered on for the first time or reset. This process enhances efficiency by eliminating the need for manual configurations and allows IT administrators to enforce policies and deploy apps without physical access to the device. As a result, the onboarding experience becomes seamless for both users and IT departments, enabling quicker deployment and management of devices across the organization.

Other options suggest manual configurations, streamlined app installation, and security audits, which are not the primary functions of DEP. Each of these options addresses aspects of device management but does not encompass the core objective of DEP, which is primarily focused on automating the enrollment process into MDM for eligible devices.