Invite Volume Purchase Program Purchasers to Apple School Manager, Apple Business Essentials, or Apple Business Manager

These are steps about how to invite a Volume Purchase Program-only account to your organization. To add a new account, learn how to add a new user in Apple School Manager or add a new user in Apple Business Manager.

1. Sign in to Apple School Manager, Apple Business Essentials, or Apple Business Manager.
2. Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar, click Preferences, then click Enrollment Information.
3. Click Invite VPP Program Facilitator at the bottom of the page. 
   
4. Enter the Apple ID of the Volume Purchase Program account that you want to invite in to your Apple School Manager, Apple Business Essentials, or Apple Business Manager, then click Invite.

The user receives an email with a link to join your organization. After they sign in to Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, they’ll be asked to upgrade their account. After they upgrade, they can start using Apple School Manager, Apple Business Essentials, or Apple Business Manager, and you'll see the account as a Content Manager in your main location. 

You can invite any of the following accounts to Apple School Manager, Apple Business Essentials, or Apple Business Manager:

• Program Facilitators: These accounts were created before February 2014. They can sign in to the Volume Purchase Program store, but they can't sign in to Apple Deployment Programs. 
• Agent accounts: These accounts were used to enroll in Volume Purchase Program for Education or Business at the Apple Deployment Programs website in February 2014 or later. 
• Admin accounts: These accounts were created at the Apple Deployment Programs website, but they're used only for Volume Purchase Program for Education or Business.

You can only invite accounts that meet all of the following requirements:

• Purchaser is of the same enrollment type (Education or Business)
• Purchaser uses the same D-U-N-S numbers (Business only)
• Purchaser is from the same country or region
• Purchaser has access to Volume Purchase Program for Education or Business and is not already a Managed Apple ID
• Purchaser has never had access to the Device Enrollment Program

Use SFTP to manage data in Apple School Manager.

Migrate to Apps and Books in Apple School Manager and in Apple Business Manager.