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

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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

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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

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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

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How to invite old VVP account to Apple Business

Login to Apple Business Manager
Navigate Settings and select Enrollment Information
Scroll down to Legacy VPP account
Click on Invite VPP Program Facilitator
Type the Apple ID and click Invite
Accept the invitation

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