Apple officially announced the adoption of higher security requirements and advanced features to control artificial intelligence tools and permissions to enhance device protection.
Apple decided to adopt declarative management (DDM) as a basic standard in the macOS 27 and iOS 27 systems, thus ending the era of traditional mobile device management (MDM).
According to the company, this transformation represents a radical change in the way IT administrators control Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices, as the administrative and operational burden shifts from central servers to the devices themselves to become more independent, secure, and quick to respond.
The new declarative system is characterized by the ability to determine the required security status for the device in advance so that it can apply it automatically and immediately without the need to wait for continuous commands from the server, which significantly reduces pressure on enterprise networks and saves data consumption.
This updated standard also gives system administrators advanced powers to fully control the activation or deactivation of Apple’s artificial intelligence features, manage mandatory system updates, and protect application permissions, while providing a backward compatibility feature that ensures a smooth transfer of old administrative files without interruption of service.
Through this official step, Apple confirmed that traditional methods of managing updates will be permanently halted, obligating all developers of management services and institutions to fully transition and immediately adopt the declarative management standard to ensure continued effective control over current and future devices.
