In the past, computer and mobile device enrollment was a tedious process, and it was a struggle to manage apps and eBooks in a cost effective way. Now, in conjunction with Apple’s DEP and VPP, the Casper Suite allows you to preconfigure the device enrollment process, customize the user setup experience, and distribute content to devices without even taking the devices out of the box before you hand them to users.

By preconfiguring the device enrollment process and customizing the user setup experience, you decide what steps users will take when they set up their devices. You can also assign content to users so that the content becomes available as soon as the users register with VPP. Additionally, when you assign apps to users, your organization retains ownership of the apps so that you can revoke and reassign them to new users at any time.

There are a several steps involved in enrolling devices and distributing content with DEP, VPP, and the Casper Suite:

1. Assign users to devices. This allows you to track which user is assigned to each device so that you can prompt users to register with VPP and then assign the desired content to them.

2. Integrate with DEP. This allows the JAMF Software Server (JSS) to use DEP so that you can preconfigure the device enrollment process and customize the user setup experience.

3. Prepare devices for enrollment and customize the user setup experience. This allows you to preconfigure device enrollment and customize the user setup experience by creating a PreStage enrollment. As a result, devices are silently enrolled with the JSS when the user turns on their device for the first time and completes the Setup Assistant.

4. Integrate with VPP. This integrates the JSS with your VPP account so that you can invite users to register with VPP and assign content to them.

5. Invite users to register with VPP. This allows users to register with VPP so that the content that is assigned to users will become available on their devices when it is distributed to them.

6. Assign content to users. This allows you to specify the content that you want to assign to each user so that it can be distributed quickly. Content is assigned to users using a VPP Assignment in the JSS.

7. Distribute content. This makes the apps and eBooks assigned to each user available on their devices or available to install from Self Service.

8. Revoke apps. This allows you to revoke apps from users and reassign them to new users.