Description
Leveraging Apple Business Essentials subscriptions can offer extra iCloud storage to Managed Apple Accounts. The following instructions provide a step-by-step guide on incorporating subscription benefits for Managed Apple Accounts utilized on Jamf Now managed devices.
Note: Apple Business Manager does not currently allow adding extra storage plans to employee Managed Apple Accounts.
Incorporating Subscriptions on your Managed Device
Preliminary step — Verify that the Managed Apple Account is not linked to an existing Apple Business Essentials plan. If it is, when that Managed Apple Account is signed into the Settings app, the device will identify the Apple Account as a Work Account forcing device enrollment into Apple Business Essentials. This will cause enrollment into Apple Business Essentials to fail because the Jamf Now management profile is already installed on the device.
Click Users > Add to create a Managed Apple Account in Apple Business Essentials for the user.
Sign into the Apple Account on the device associated with the user.
Determine whether the user will be added to an Existing Plan or require a New Plan to be created. Plans can be created and managed under the Subscriptions tab in Apple Business Essentials. It's recommended to use the Employee Plan.
Assign the User to the plan during Plan creation or when editing an existing plan.
The Managed Apple Account signed in on the device should reflect the added subscription benefit. In the case of added iCloud storage, they should see the iCloud storage increase to the amount set in the Plan in Apple Business Essentials.