How to Invite users to VPP

Owned by Martin Gudme Søndergaard
Nov 14, 2023
2 min read

Invite users to VPP

Manually invite users

You can send invitations to devise users manually in Configuration Management by following the guide below.

  1. Right-click an iOS device and choose Invite to VPP.
  2. Select a VPP Account to invite the device used to.
  3. Fill out name and e-mail fields for the device user and click "Send Invitation".

You can only send VPP invitations to devices with iOS 8 or higher.


The user signed in to the device will receive a notification on this device asking to join the Volume Purchase Program. If the invitation is accepted, the users Apple ID will be associated with your VPP and the status of the VPP User in System Administration will change status from Registered to Associated.

If the user with the device cancels the dialog with the invitation, either by mistake or another reason, you can resend the same invitation again. When the invitation was first sent, a user was created in Apple's VPP with the information you supplied. Find this user in System Administration, right-click, and select resend the invitation. The user will have the status 'Registered' until the invitation is accepted or it is manually retired/deleted.

Invite to VPP during Enrollment

The simplest way of associating a VPP account with your user's devices is using an Enrollment Configuration. Correctly configured this will automate the linking process fully, and devices will be able to get licensed Apps from one of the VPP accounts already linked to CapaInstaller and/or give the user the option to choose one during enrollment. As part of the device enrollment, an invitation to the VPP will be sent to the device, and a VPP User will be created in your VPP Account with the status 'Registered'. Once the user accepts the invitation, the VPP User in System Administration will change the status to 'Associated', and will be linked to the Apple ID of the user who accepted the invitation on the device.