Apple’s Volume Purchase Program allows you to export a VPP token and then import that token into a server to create a connection between an MDM solution (e.g. Bushel, Apple’s Profile Manager, Casper, etc) and apps you purchase through the VPP portal. But what’s in a token? The VPP token is a base64 encoded file. You can cat the file and it will show you a bunch of garbly-gook (technical term): base64 --decode /Users/charlesedge/Desktop/kryptedcom.vpptoken But there’s more to it than all that. We can run the base64 command to see: base64 --decode /Users/charlesedge/Desktop/kryptedcom.vpptoken In some cases, this file can display improperly, if it fails use the following command: echo `cat…
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Add Your VPP Token To Profile Manager Running on Yosemite (OS X Server)
Apple began rolling out new features with the new Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) program last year. There are lots of good things to know, here. First, the old way should still work. You’re not loosing the stuff you already invested in such as Configurator with those codes you might have used last year with supervision. However, you will need an MDM solution (Profile Manager, Casper, Absolute, FileWave, etc) to use the new tools. Also, the new token options are for one to one (1:1) environments. This isn’t for multi-tenant environments. You can only use these codes and options for iOS 7 and OS X 10.9 and 10.10. Also, if you install…
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App Store Article on AFP548.com
I posted an article on the Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) for Business on afp548.com. It’s available here. I didn’t think to include a link to the Apple page on the VPP, but here it is.