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MDM solutions can be integrated with VPP, enabling your organization to purchase apps and
books in volume and assign them to specic users or groups. When a user no longer needs an
app, you can use MDM to revoke and reassign it to a dierent user. And each app or books is
automatically available for download on user’s Apple device. Once distributed, books remain the
property of the recipient and aren’t revocable or reassignable.
For more information, see:
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Volume Purchase Program for Business
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Volume Purchase Program Education
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Apple Deployment Programs Help
Note: The Volume Purchase Program isn’t available in all countries or regions.
Enroll in the Volume Purchase Program
To purchase apps in volume, you rst need to enroll and create an account with Apple. You
need to provide information about your organization, such as a D&B D-U-N-S number (if you’re
a business) and contact information. You also need to create an Apple ID that’s used only to
administer this program.
Purchase apps and books in volume
You use the Volume Purchase Program website to purchase apps and books for your business or
educational institution.
Use the Apple ID associated with your Volume Purchase Program account to log in to the
website. Search for the apps or books you want to purchase, then indicate the number of copies
you’re purchasing. You can pay with a corporate credit card or VPP Credit that you’ve procured
using a purchase order (PO). There’s no limit to the number of copies of an app or book that
you can purchase. Apps and books are then available for assignment via your MDM solution,
provided it’s linked to your VPP account and has a valid token.
Managed distribution
When you buy apps and books in volume, you distribute them via MDM using managed
distribution to assign apps and books to users on iOS 7 or later or OS X Mavericks or later.
When they no longer need the app or when they leave your organization, you can reassign
it to a dierent user. Books cannot be revoked after they’re assigned.
Before MDM is used to assign apps to users, you’ll need to link your MDM server to your
VPP account using a secure token. You can download this secure token to your MDM
server by accessing your account summary from the VPP store. For more information, see
Apple Deployment Programs Help.
In order for users to participate in managed distribution via VPP, they must rst be invited.
When a user accepts an invitation to participate in managed distribution, their personal Apple
ID is linked to your organization. The user doesn’t need to tell you what their Apple ID is, and
there’s no need for you to create and provide Apple IDs for their use. For education accounts,
you can create Apple IDs for students under the age of 13. For more information, see the
Apple ID for Students website.
It’s important to register and assign apps and books to VPP users in advance of sending an
invitation to the user. This provides more time for the assignment to propagate to the user’s
purchase history upon accepting the VPP invitation. Registering users and assigning apps and
books can happen at any time, including before the Apple devices are enrolled in MDM.
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