Description
App licenses from Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager can be distributed to either devices or users. This article provides additional information about these two assignment options and provides links to articles with deployment steps.
Device-assigned volume purchasing distribution
App license is assigned to managed devices by serial number and app is distributed to managed devices.
Apps distributed this way do not show in users' App Store purchase history.
Apps can only be updated by Jamf School.
No Apple Accounts are required, no user registration needed.
Please see Deploying Volume Purchasing apps with Jamf School to managed devices for the steps to deploy apps with this method.
User-assigned volume purchasing distribution
App license is assigned to a personal or managed Apple Account and the app is distributed to devices where that Apple Account is logged in.
Requires users to register with volume purchasing.
User must be assigned to a device in Jamf School.
Please see Deploying Volume Purchasing apps with Jamf School to users/Apple Accouns for the steps to deploy apps with this method.