Apple mandates migration from Device Enrollment Program to Apple Business Manager/Apple School Manager before December 1, 2019

Apple mandates migration from Device Enrollment Program to Apple Business Manager/Apple School Manager before December 1, 2019

As Apple has advanced to Apple Business Manager (ABM)/Apple School Manager (ASM), which are dedicated portals for Enterprise and Education respectively, the support for Apple Deployment Programs will be withdrawn from the aforesaid date.


Apple has consolidated its standalone portals, Device Enrollment Program (DEP) and Volume Purchase Program (VPP) into a single cloud portal Apple Business Manager (or Apple School Manager). The consolidation has simplified device enrollment and app purchases for IT administrators. Further, the centralized management console provides enhanced admin delegation privileges to seamlessly deploy iOS devices, Mac machines, and Apple TVs in your organization, apart from being a minimal learning curve.


In addition to the capabilities of Apple Deployment Programs, which include  Device Supervision and  silent app installation among others, ABM offers several benefits:
  • Devices can be assigned to different servers by default, based on the device type which includes iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, and Apple TV.

  • As licenses for purchasing apps, books, and custom apps are location-based, they can be transferred between locations and shared between different purchasers within the same location.

  • You can have a Managed Apple ID which is specific to your organization, for employees who need administrative access to the ABM portal. The Managed Apple ID can be used to enroll employee-owned devices as well. 

  • Apps can be purchased using credit cards or simply using Purchase Orders (PO) which use purchase credits.

  • Role permissions can be edited. You can have admins based on locations, separate admins to manage devices and apps as well as admins who can create other admins.  

You can take advantage of the ABM's management capabilities right away by migrating to ABM using the steps given here.

 

The list of features, purchasing methods, and the countries supported by ABM are  available here .



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