Volume Purchasing Registration for Users
- Last UpdatedOct 17, 2023
- 5 minute read
To assign volume content to users, you must register the users with volume purchasing. This involves setting up automatic registration for users with Managed Apple Accounts, and sending registration invitations to users with personal Apple Accounts.
Four distribution methods are supported:
- Automatically register only users with Managed Apple Accounts and skip invitation
Users in the scope of the invitation and have Managed Apple Accounts are automatically registered with volume purchasing without any invitation or prompt. Users in the scope of the invitation without Managed Apple Accounts are not invited or registered with volume purchasing.
- Send the invitation via email
An invitation URL is sent via email. If LDAP authentication is required, users are prompted to log in with their LDAP directory account credentials or a Jamf Pro user account.
- Prompt the user to accept the invitation
A notification that invites users to register displays on devices. Users only need to accept the invitation on one device, even if the invitation displays on multiple devices. On computers, users can also access the invitation in Self Service by clicking Notifications icon in the Self Service toolbar.
- Make the invitation available in Self Service only
The user can access the invitation in Self Service by clicking the Notifications icon on computers or tapping VPP Invitations on mobile devices. The user only needs to accept the invitation on one device, even if the invitation is shown on multiple devices.
Users with Managed Apple Accounts can be automatically registered with volume purchasing without any end user interaction.
The Automatically register with volume purchasing if users have Managed Apple IDs checkbox must be selected for the volume location used to invite and assign content to users with Managed Apple Accounts. For more information, see Volume Purchasing Integration in the Jamf Pro Documentation.
- In the Criteria pane, add the following device criteria that includes all Managed Apple Accounts in the smart group:
If users do not have Managed Apple Accounts, you must manually invite the users to register their personal Apple Accounts with volume purchasing.
Keep the following in mind when configuring invitations:
Users are connected to the App Store and prompted to enter their Apple Account to complete the registration process.
Invitations made available in Self Service are accessible on any device assigned to a user.
If a user receives more than one invitation, they must accept each invitation individually.
When users attempt to install apps and books before registering with volume purchasing, they are prompted to accept the invitation before the app or book installs.
A volume location integrated with Jamf Pro
For more information, see Volume Purchasing Integration.
One or both invitation distribution methods enabled:
A push certificate in Jamf Pro to send an invite via a notification
For more information, see Push Certificates.
An SMTP server in Jamf Pro for email invitations. If you also require users to authenticate with an LDAP directory account, you need and LDAP server set up in Jamf Pro.
For more information, see SMTP Server Integration and LDAP Directory Service Integration
An invitation is immediately sent to the users you specified. You can view the status of the invitation in the list of invitations.
To view invitation usage, select the invitation and then click Usage 
.
To resend an invitation that has not been accepted by users, select the invitation and click Resend 
.
You can redo the registration for a user that registered using an unintended Apple Account. This process temporarily revokes the apps assigned to the user and then reassigns the apps after the user accepts the new invitation. Depending on your environment, this process may take awhile.
Books assigned to the user remain associated with the unintended Apple Account.
- In Jamf Pro, click Users in the sidebar.
- Perform a simple or advanced user search. For more information, see the Simple User Searches or Advanced User Searches.
- Click the user you want to redo the volume purchasing registration for.
- Click Redo, and then click Volume Purchasing again.
A new invitation is immediately sent to the user.