Volume Purchase Location Considerations

Consider the following when adding locations to volume purchasing in Jamf Pro:

• In Jamf Pro, a "location" refers to the configuration of a content token, found in Settings > Volume purchasing. In Apple School Manager, "locations" refer to the different server provisions you may have within your Apple School Manager instance and the content tokens therein. In Apple Business, these are referred to as "organizational units". For more information, see the following documentation from Apple:

  • Configure organizational units in Apple Business

  • Configure locations in Apple School Manager

• To avoid issues with content scoping and renewal dates, it is recommended that you do not configure multiple locations for the same distribution content.

• Each service token for the specific distributed content should only be allocated once. For example, if the service token you want to upload already exists in Apple's Profile Manager, delete the service token from Apple's Profile Manager before uploading it to Jamf Pro. This limitation includes a single server instance.

• If you upload a new token file to renew distributed content licenses, it is recommended that you do not delete the expired location from Jamf Pro before uploading the new server token file.

• If you configured a location for your distributed content licenses and later integrated your environment with Apple Business or Apple School Manager, it is recommended that you do not add a separate location for these licenses.

  Use the "Renew Service Token" button on the location Details tab to upload the new token (.vpptoken) that you acquired from Apple Business or Apple School Manager. This will allow Location to display for your token in Jamf Pro. When prompted, reclaim the content token to use it with your Jamf Pro instance. For information on how to obtain the token file, see:

  • Obtaining the Content Token from Apple Business

  • Obtaining the Content Token from Apple School Manager

  Note:

  It is recommended that you only use one Apple Business or Apple School Manager account to integrate with volume purchasing. Using more than one account makes it difficult to isolate the account causing the issues when troubleshooting.

• Deleting a location removes the instance from Jamf Pro but does not delete the settings in Apple Business or Apple School Manager.