Apple VPP Announced

Apple have announced a global expansion of VPP (Volume Purchase Plan) which is well overdue and will be music to many of Equanets BYOD clients.

This has been extended to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

IT procurement within the United States has come to appreciate the ease at which VPP enables them to distribute apps to their iPhone and iPad equipped userbase.

What is VPP?

VPP was created to give IT the ability to push pertinent business applications to a sizeable userbase.

Any application on the App Store can be purchased for distribution, meaning you can now pre populate your enterprise application stores with free, home grown and purchased applications.

App distribution: where to begin

First you'll need to create a volume purchasing account with Apple. Once you've created your account, you decide which application/s you would like to purchase for your users in the Business Store.

After your purchase has been completed, you will be sent a VPP File, which contains VPP Codes that can be sent to users.

The quantity purchased will correlate with the number of codes provided in this package.

Using a mobile device management (MDM) solution turns provides IT with an easy deployment platform to iOS devices.

MDM eliminates the need for manual app distribution, it gives you the power to track provisioning, manage licenses, and monitor compliance of your userbase.

Looking at BYOD but are confused about where and how to start? then contact us to see how our approach can expedite your project.