Greetings everyone, this blog aims to explain the various methods to onboard your Apple devices in Apple Business Manager for smooth management of your Apple devices, and Discover the best methods to seamlessly add and manage your Apple devices in Apple Business Manager.
What is Apple Business Manager?
Apple Business Manager is an online platform created to help administrators or organizations manage devices like iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, and Apple TV. Organizations can procure apps and books for distribution to devices and access features like Apple Managed ID, Federated Authentication, Device Enrollment, Content purchasing, and integration with MDM solutions like Microsoft Intune, Mobile Iron, and others.
To work with ABM the devices should be running the below OS
iPhone devices: iOS 7 or later.
iPad devices: iPadOS 13.1 or later.
Mac devices: OS X 10.9 or later.
Apple TV devices: tvOS 10.2 or later.
There are two ways to onboard devices to ABM
Devices bought directly from Apple, Participating Apple Authorized Resellers, or network/cellular carriers can be enrolled in ABM. Regardless of where they were bought, existing devices can be added to ABM using the Apple configurator. You may also inquire with the reseller about adding existing devices purchased from them.
Initially, we must add or authorize the reseller in ABM. For more details, please refer to this blog Manage Resellers In Apple Business Manager
Authorized Reseller or Apple Reseller
We can ask Resellers to add the devices to ABM when a new device is purchased
Step 1: Log in to Apple Business Manager
Step 2: To select a device, tap on the device option and use the search bar at the top to find it by entering the serial number. Admin can see the reseller details under Source and the Order Number
Apple Configurator
Apple Configurator is a tool developed by Apple for administrators to generate device configurations and implement them on devices. It is frequently utilized for enrolling Apple devices in Apple Business Manager (ABM) and leveraging the Apple Device Enrollment Program (DEP) for managing device provisioning with MDM solutions like Microsoft Intune. Apple Configurator facilitates manual device enrollment in Apple Business Manager, which is beneficial for devices already in use or where ABM is not supported by a reseller or in a particular country.
App | iPhone | iPad | Mac | Apple TV | App | iPhone | iPad | Mac | Apple TV | |
Apple Configurator for iPhone | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Apple Configurator for iPhone | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Apple Configurator for Mac | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Apple Configurator for Mac | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Apple Configurator is available for MAC and iOS / iPadOS device
Apple Configurator for Mac: This macOS application allows for a wide variety of configurations to be applied to devices, including security settings, passcodes, VPN setups, certificates, Wi-Fi settings, and applications.
Apple Configurator for iPhone is an application for iPhone that enables administrators to register Mac devices with T2 or M1 chips running macOS 12.0.1 or newer in Apple Business Manager.
Older Mac devices can only be added to Apple Business Manager at the purchase moment, through the wholesaler, or by entering the order number in Apple Business ManagerTo learn how to add Apple devices to Apple Business Manager with Apple Configurator, please consult the articles provided below.
Conclusion
This blog explains methods to onboard Apple devices in Apple Business Manager for smooth management and discover the best ways to add and manage them.
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