In Apple Business Manager you can purchase Apps and Books. The Apple Volume Purchase Program is to be discontinued.
If you have used the Apple Volume Purchase Program, this is a separate account from Apple Business Apps and Books.
You can either add both to the CapaInstaller Console or you can link the old VVP account to the Apple Business Apps and Books account.
Locations
In Apps and Books, Apple uses locations. A location is typically a physical location like a country or a site. The company name is automatically created as a site and can be used for purchasing apps and books.
It is not necessary to create any other locations. However if you have more locations, there will a server token for each location
To view or add locations browse to Apple Business Manager and navigate to Locations.
If you want to create a new location, use this guide from Apple.
Purchase Apps and Books
How to purchase Apps and Books
You can only purchase licenses. It is not possible to delete licenses!
- Login to Apple Business Manager and navigate to Apps and Books
- Type the name in the search field
- Select the location for the app and number of licenses
- Click Get and wait for the app to appear in the list
- Synchronize with Apple in the CapaInstaller console
How to add Apple Business Apps and Books to CapaInstaller Console
How to add Apple Business Apps and Books to CapaInstaller Console
If you have multiple locations have you download, add all the locations!
- Login to Apple Business Manager
- Navigate to Apps and Books
- Click Settings and select Apps and books
- Download the server token for the correct location
- Open the token file with notepad and copy the content
- In CapaInstaller Console, navigate to System Administration
- Right-click on Apple Volume Purchase Programs and select add
- On the wizard paste the copied content into the Token: field and click Retrieve VPP Account
- The content will now be synchronized and the licenses will appear in the console
Link VPP Account to Apple Business Apps and Books