Set up Apple Business Manager integration
To integrate Sophos Mobile with Apple Business Manager, you must create a virtual MDM server for Sophos Mobile in Apple Business Manager.
Requirements
- You’ve enrolled your organization in Apple Business Manager and set up an administrator account for Apple Business Manager.
- You’ve uploaded a certificate for the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) to Sophos Mobile.
To integrate Sophos Mobile with Apple Business Manager, do as follows:
- On the menu sidebar, under SETTINGS, click Setup > Apple setup, and then click the Apple DEP tab.
- Click Download public key to download the Sophos Mobile public key certificate file for Apple Business Manager.
- Sign in to Apple Business Manager with an account that has the Administrator or Device Enrollment Manager role.
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Link your Apple Business Manager account to Sophos Mobile.
See Apple Business Manager User Guide: Link to a third-party MDM server in Apple Business Manager.
This step includes the following:
- Create an MDM server entry for Sophos Mobile.
- Upload the Sophos Mobile public key certificate file.
- Download a server token.
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In Sophos Mobile, on the Apple DEP tab, click Upload a file and select the server token you downloaded in the previous step.
- Click Save.
The server token is valid for one year.
Warning
When you create a new server token in Apple Business Manager, you must use the same Apple ID you used to create the initial token.