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Global HTTP proxy configuration (iOS device policy)

Restriction

This configuration only applies to supervised devices.

With the Global HTTP proxy configuration you define a corporate proxy server.

Setting Description
Proxy

Select Manually to configure the connection details manually.

Select Automatic if you have a proxy auto-config (PAC) file.
Server The name (or the IP address) of the HTTP proxy.
Port The port number of the HTTP proxy.
Authentication The user name to connect to the proxy server.
Password The password to connect to the proxy server.
PAC URL The URL of the proxy auto-config (PAC) file.