Apple Enterprise PRograms

Apple offers a free program to all schools and verified businesses that links hardware purchases to your legal entity and allows volume purchase of apps and books from the App Store. It is Carbon’s belief that all business customers and educational institutions should join the program. Even if you have no immediate plans for a Device Management solution, enrollment in this service is free and will set a foundation for your future relationship with Apple. Don't hesitate. Sign up today. Contact Carbon and ask for help signing up. Or do it yourself! It is free. It is relatively simple. Visit Apple Business of Apple School to get started.

Apple Business or Apple School

Your first step is signing up. Before you begin, you must satisfy a few basic requirements. If you are a business, you must have a Dun & Bradstreet D‑U‑N‑S Number. Don’t have one? Go here to get one. If you are a school, reach out to your Apple EDU Rep for assistance or simply sign up online. The process is simple. Complete the form, wait for Apple to call, provide proof that you are who you claim to be, and then link your Apple Business account to your favorite reseller. Once setup, all hardware purchases should be bought under the program, linking the physical devices to your legal entity. Apple School is very similar but has some additional features. Work with your school to get setup. Many schools were automatically converted in the Summer of 2017 so you may already have access.

Click here to start with Apple Business or here to start with Apple School. This is the future and the future is now.

Device Enrollment pRogram (DEP)

The key feature of Apple Business and Apple School is the Device Enrollment Program. All hardware purchased (through Apple Business, Apple Education, Authorized Resellers, or ACN Sales Portals) can be linked to your business entity. Once hardware purchases are linked to your business or school, you can deploy an MDM (Jamf Pro, Jamf Now, Intune, Airwatch, and many others) and configure automatic enrollment and setup of your hardware. This includes Macs, iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Apple TVs. With the proper setup, you can achieve Zero-Touch deployment. Simply hand Apple products to your users and let them set up the devices. It takes minutes and can require as few as four mouse clicks. The Device Enrollment Program allows organizations to deploy thousands of machines with minimal to no IT touch in the fraction of the time of traditional imaging solutions. If you want to revolutionize your deployment procedures, run, don’t walk, to Apple’s Device Enrollment Program.

Watch Device Enrollment in action. This video is in real time, showing enrollment and configuration in as quick as 2.5 minutes. IT department not required!

Volume Purchasing Program (VPP)

If you are managing a collection of Apple IDs or if you are using one Apple ID on multiple (or all) devices in your organization, you are doing things all wrong! Stop! Just stop. Your job should not be managing Apple IDs… Waste no more time and sign up for Apple Business or Apple School and manage all of your iOS apps, macOS apps, and books from your MDM. Distribute these resources automatically using a device management console and let Apple’s built-in app update mechanism keep the apps up to date. No Apple IDs required! No manual patching. No packaging. Efficient, smooth and effective. And with Microsoft Office 365 now in the App Store, there is no better time to make your volume App Store Purchases. Make fleet management even easier and more efficient with VPP app distribution.