iOS VPP applications overview

When you purchase content from the VPP store for your school or business, you can distribute your purchases directly to your users either by User Assignment or Device Assignment. Device assignment is the preferred method as it does not require an Apple ID/account association for each device.

What Will You Learn?

• Where to configure Application Settings
• What options are available
• How to set licenses to assign to devices

Distributing VPP Store Content via Device Assignment

Accessing the Application Settings

• Login: Log into the Mobile Guardian dashboard.
• Navigate to Applications: On the left-hand side panel, click on "Applications". You will be directed to the application list page.

Editing Application Settings

• Select Application: Once in the Application Management section, you will see all your applications listed. In line with the application you would like to distribute, click the edit icon on the right of the application.
• Redirect to Settings: Once you have selected the “Edit” icon, you will be redirected to the settings of the application in question.

Configuring Application Settings

• Best Practices:
  • Configure your applications based on tags or flags, ensuring you use either Auto-Install and/or Self-Install.
  • Ensure that devices are iOS 9 and above and that your application is configured for device-based assignment.

#Note: Do not add the same tags/flags to both auto-install and self-install as this may cause conflicts with installations.

• Prevent Removal of VPP Applications: This feature provides the admin the option to stop VPP applications from being removed from iOS 14 and above devices.

License Association and Application Push

• Next Sync: On the next sync, a license association will be performed (as long as licenses are available) and then automatically push the application to the devices.

Congratulations! You now know how to view the application overview and some best practices for distributing VPP store content via device assignment.

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