App management

Device Management for Apple enables you to manage and distribute apps purchased for your customers through Apple Business Manager. App management uses Apple content tokens. A content token is a mechanism for managing volume-purchased licenses within an organization for apps and content purchased through Apple Business Manager. Each customer requires a content token.

Before you can manage and distribute apps, you must:

  1. Ensure your customer has an Apple Business Manager account and has purchased at least one app using it.
  2. Sign into N-sight RMM with a user role that includes the Apps & Books permission.
  3. Ensure customer devices are enrolled in Device Management for Apple.
  4. Add a content token in Device Management for Apple for the customer.

We recommend you set your Apple devices to automatically install App Store app updates using Configuration profiles.

After a customer content token is added to Device Management for Apple, you can:

Updated: Nov 13, 2024