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Apple Business

With Apple Business (formerly Apple Business Manager), you can purchase iPhones, iPads, and Macs in volume for distribution within your organization.

Apple Business simplifies the deployment of mobile devices by providing the following features:

  • Configurable activation process
  • Over-the-air configuration
  • Automatic enrollment with Sophos Mobile

Preparation steps

To set up integration of Sophos Mobile with Apple Business, perform the following one-time steps:

  1. In Apple Business, set up Sophos Mobile as an external device management service.
  2. In Sophos Mobile, create Apple Business profiles that control device attributes specific to Apple Business. You can also customize the setup assistant that starts when the user switches on the device for the first time.

Deployment steps

To deploy a device through Apple Business, do as follows:

  1. Purchase the device from Apple or an Apple authorized reseller.
  2. In Apple Business, assign the device to Sophos Mobile.
  3. In Sophos Mobile Admin, assign an Apple Business profile to the device.
  4. Distribute the device to your user.
  5. When the user switches on the device for the first time, the customized setup assistant starts. The device enrolls with Sophos Mobile as a supervised device, and Sophos Mobile assigns the user to it.
  6. If required, you can transfer additional task bundles to the device.