Volume Purchasing Integration
Jamf Pro's volume purchasing integration syncs with Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager to automatically populate your apps and books in Jamf Pro for managed distribution to devices or users.
In Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, the Apps and Books section provides a central place to purchase content in volume. All purchased content is associated with a location-based service token. A default location is included, but you can create multiple locations to help you manage your content by office location, departments, or budget holder.
In Jamf Pro, each location token is uploaded to establish volume content syncing and make your apps and books are available for managed distribution. You can also view and search app information, such as the amount of used and available licenses for paid apps.
Volume Purchase Location Considerations
Consider the following when adding locations to volume purchasing in Jamf Pro:
To avoid issues with content scoping and renewal dates, it is recommended that you do not configure multiple locations for the same distribution content.
Each service token for the specific distributed content should only be allocated once. For example, if the service token you want to upload already exists in Apple's Profile Manager, delete the service token from Apple's Profile Manager before uploading it to Jamf Pro. This limitation includes a single server instance.
If you upload a new token file to renew distributed content licenses, it is recommended that you do not delete the expired location from Jamf Pro before uploading the new server token file.
If you configured a location for your distributed content licenses and later integrated your environment with Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, it is recommended that you do not add a separate location for these licenses.
Use the Details tab to upload the new token (.vpptoken) that you acquired from Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager. This will allow Location to display for your Apple School Manager token in Jamf Pro. When prompted, reclaim the service token to use it with your Jamf Pro instance. For information on how to obtain the token file, see the following Apple documentation:
button on the locationNote:It is recommended that you only use one Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager account to integrate with volume purchasing. Using more than one account makes it difficult to isolate the account causing the issues when troubleshooting.
Deleting a location removes the instance from Jamf Pro but does not delete the settings in Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager.
Adding a Volume Purchasing Location to Jamf Pro
To distribute paid apps and books purchased in volume, you must upload one or more location-based tokens to Jamf Pro.
You also choose the country associated with the location and can specify that all purchased content is populated in the app and eBook catalogs.
Adding Volume Purchasing Notifications
To make the managed distribution content management more efficient, you can enable a volume purchasing notification. This allows Jamf Pro to send you a daily email after the predefined condition is triggered. You can also specify the recipients to send the notification to. To properly configure a notification, at least one location must exist in Jamf Pro, and you must be logged in with a Jamf Pro user account that has full access or site access and an email address configured.
To add volume purchasing notifications, you need:
An SMTP server set up in Jamf Pro (For more information, see SMTP Server Integration.)
At least one location configured in Jamf Pro
Email notifications enabled for Jamf Pro user accounts (For more information, see Email Notifications.)
After adding a volume purchasing notification, you must enable it.