How to deploy Apple VPP apps

Download the server token

• Go to Apple Business Manager.
• Log in with your account credentials.
• Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar, click Preferences, then choose Payments & Billing.
• Select Apps and Books and scroll down to ‘Content Tokens’.
• Click on the Download button next to your required content token.

Configure VPP account settings

• Log in to your Hexnode portal.
• Navigate to Admin > Apple Business/School Manager and select Apple VPP.
• Click on the Add VPP Account button.
• Enter an Account Name and upload the VPP token file that you downloaded earlier.
• Click Save.

Purchase the required apps

• Sign in to Apple Business Manager. The account should have either ‘Administrator’ or ‘Content Manager’ roles to purchase Apps and Books licenses.
• Click on Apps and Books. Search and select the app or book you want to purchase licenses for.
• Go to Buy Licenses > Assign and choose the location to which the app or book licenses should be assigned.
• Specify the Quantity of licenses required and click Get.

App installation

To install the apps via the Install Application action:

• Navigate to Manage > Devices in the Hexnode portal.
• Select the devices to which the apps are to be distributed.
• Click on Actions > Install Application.
• Select the required apps from the window that appears.
• Click on Done.

To distribute apps via the Required Apps policy on your iOS/macOS devices enrolled in Hexnode:

• Go to Policies in the Hexnode portal.
• Click on New Policy > New Blank Policy.
• Provide a suitable Policy name and Description.
• Go to iOS/macOS > App Management > Required Apps and click Configure.
• Click +Add > Add App/Add Group to select the required apps or app groups from the app inventory.
• Click Done.
• Associate the policy with the target devices by navigating to Policy Targets.
• Click Save.

Managing VPP apps

To view all the VPP apps purchased from ABM/ASM, go to the Apps tab in the Hexnode portal. You can filter the apps by selecting the License Type as VPP and all the VPP apps will be listed.

Here you can see the total number of licenses purchased for each app and the number of licenses used. Click on the license type of any app to see all the details about that app.

You can also retire the app license here. Select the device you want to withdraw the license from and click Revoke License. This license can be reassigned to any other device later.

To refresh & sync VPP Accounts with Hexnode mdm  

• Go to Admin > Apple Business/School Manager > Apple VPP in the Hexnode portal.
  
  
  
• Click on the VPP Snyn button 

To revoke all the licenses associated with a VPP account in bulk:

• Go to Admin > Apple Business/School Manager > Apple VPP.
• Click on the VPP account name.
• Check the Reclaim Licences option in the dialogue box that pops up.
• Click Save.