Automatically Register Users with VPP

As part of Apple Education Support, the JSS allows users that have Managed Apple IDs to automatically register with Apple's Volume Purchase Program (VPP) so users do not need to complete the registration process. This involves enabling automatic VPP registration for the VPP account and then creating the VPP invitation that includes the users in the scope of the invitation.

Requirements

To automatically register users with VPP, you need a VPP account set up in the JSS. (For more information, see the Integrating with VPP section of the Casper Suite Administrator's Guide.)

Enabling Automatic Registration for the VPP Account

The first step to automatically register users with VPP is to enable automatic VPP registration for the VPP account. This allows you to create a VPP invitation with automatic VPP registration options.

  1. Log in to the JSS with a web browser.

  2. In the top-right corner of the page, click Settings images/download/thumbnails/12987938/Settings_icon.png .

  3. Click Global Management.

  4. Click VPP Accounts images/download/thumbnails/5150156/VPP_Accounts.png .

  5. Click the VPP account you want to enable automatic VPP registration for.

  6. Select Automatically register with VPP if users have Managed Apple IDs.

  7. Click Save.

Creating a VPP Invitation

After you enable automatic VPP registration, you need to create a VPP invitation that includes the users in the scope and configure the invitation to automatically register the users.

  1. Log in to the JSS with a web browser.

  2. Click Users at the top of the page.

  3. Click VPP Invitations.

  4. Click New images/download/thumbnails/12987751/New_icon.png .

  5. Use the General pane to configure basic settings for the invitation.
    Note: The invitation is automatically added to the site that the VPP account belongs to.

  6. Do one of the following:

    • To automatically register only the users in the scope of the invitation that have Managed Apple IDs, select the "Automatically register only users with Managed Apple IDs and skip invitation" option from the Distribution Method pop-up menu.
      Users that have Managed Apple IDs are automatically registered with VPP and do not receive an invitation or get prompted to register with VPP. Users that do not have Managed Apple IDs do not receive an invitation and are not registered with VPP.

    • To automatically register users in the scope of the invitation that have Managed Apple IDs and send an invitation to the users that do not have Managed Apple IDs, select the Automatically register with VPP if users have Managed Apple IDs checkbox.
      Users that have Managed Apple IDs are automatically registered with VPP and do not receive an invitation or get prompted to register with VPP. Users that do not have Managed Apple IDs receive the invitation via the method selected from the Distribution Method pop-up menu.
      Note: This checkbox is only displayed if the Automatically register with VPP if users have Managed Apple IDs option is enabled for the VPP account.

  7. Click the Scope tab and configure the scope of the invitation.
    Note: If the site of the VPP account is changed at any point, users that do not belong to that VPP account's site are removed from the scope of the invitation.

  8. Click Save.


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