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# Managed Application Configuration

Get app configurations from managed apps on a device.

## Discussion

This command allows the server to get the configuration of managed apps.

The response doesn’t include apps that Declarative Device Management is managing.

Refer to the following sections to determine supported channels and requirements, and to see an example request and response.

### Command availability

|||
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|Device channel            |iOS, macOS, Shared iPad, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS|
|User channel              |N/A                                             |
|Requires supervision      |N/A                                             |
|Allowed in user enrollment|iOS, macOS, visionOS                            |
|Required access right     |AllowAppInstallation                            |

### Example request and response

**Request:**

```plist
<?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>Command</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Identifiers</key>
        <array>
            <string>com.acme.myenterpriseapp</string>
        </array>
        <key>RequestType</key>
        <string>ManagedApplicationConfiguration</string>
    </dict>
    <key>CommandUUID</key>
    <string>0001_ManagedApplicationConfiguration</string>
</dict>
</plist>
```

**Response:**

```plist
<?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>ApplicationConfigurations</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>Configuration</key>
            <dict>
                <key>text</key>
                <string>myappsettings</string>
            </dict>
            <key>Identifier</key>
            <string>com.acme.myenterpriseapp</string>
        </dict>
    </array>
    <key>CommandUUID</key>
    <string>0001_ManagedApplicationConfiguration</string>
    <key>Status</key>
    <string>Acknowledged</string>
    <key>UDID</key>
    <string>00008020-000915083C80012E</string>
</dict>
</plist>
```

## Topics

### Commands and responses

[`ManagedApplicationConfigurationCommand`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/ManagedApplicationConfigurationCommand)

The command to get app configurations from managed apps on a device.

[`ManagedApplicationConfigurationResponse`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/ManagedApplicationConfigurationResponse)

A response from the device after it processes the command to get app configurations from managed apps on a device.



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