Profile

A profile is a set of policies containing device configurations and settings. Profiles allow you to configure policies to control device functions and data — such as the camera, screen lock, Bluetooth, or firewall — quickly and efficiently.

With profiles, you can also install the Wi-Fi, VPN, and Exchange settings for your enterprise on user devices. Furthermore, profiles can be configured to run in specific situations, such as at a specific time, or when the device is running a specific application.

To add policies to a profile, see Configure profile policies by device platform. To link and deploy these policies, see Assign profiles to groups and organizations.

A device can only receive and apply one unique configuration for any given policy at a time. If multiple profiles with conflicting policies are assigned to the same group or organization, the policy from the group or organization with the highest priority gets applied. For instance, if a profile assigned to a group enables camera access, but a different profile assigned to the same group disables it, then the higher-priority profile’s camera policy will be applied for the whole group.

Disparate policies from multiple profiles apply if they don’t conflict with one other. To configure profile priority, see Set up the profile priorities.