Where an organisation buys apps and books in bulk and rolls out the Apple devices it owns. Intune receives location (VPP) tokens from it, and it supplies devices to Automated Device Enrollment.
Also called now Apple Business.
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Terms in this definition
- WHERE
Limits a SELECT, UPDATE or DELETE to just the rows meeting a condition. Omit it, and the statement hits every row.
- Intune
Microsoft's device management service, once branded Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Its compliance policies are what the compliant-device grant in Conditional Access relies on.
- VPP
Apple's scheme for licensing apps in bulk, now folded into Apple Business Manager. Intune syncs those licences using location (VPP) tokens that each last twelve months.
- Automated Device Enrollment
Lets an organisation enrol the Macs, iPads and iPhones it purchased from Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager with zero touch. Supervision is on by default, enrolment takes place in Setup Assistant, and the devices sync to Intune using an enrolment program token.
Related terms
- Location token
Downloaded from Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, then uploaded into Intune, this file lets Intune sync volume-purchase apps and books and assign them. A token expires after a year.