iOS 8 MDM / VPP and Paid Apps - silent install?

[craigw]

Hi there, trying to get someone who has real life experience doing this rather than linking to documents on the theory...

Scenario

100 school owned iPads

iOS8

1 apple ID used on all iPads

iPads in Supervised mode with Apple Configurator

Meraki MDM Solution

VPP program signed up

Link VPP to Meraki.

All restrictions removed on the iPads (not only allowed - but restrictions NOT turned on in Meraki profile).

 

Objective:

Deploy PAID apps silently to the 100 iPads over wireless (without prompting for user ID and password)

 

Testing so far:

Using redemption codes this does not appear to work - apps pop up when pushed but require Apple ID and password to be entered.

Auto download turned on or off / no difference.

 

I have not tried with User Assignment as with 1 Apple ID not sure how this would work.

 

Lots of posts with people saying this worked in iOS7 but no longer in iOS8?

Anyone actually got this working?

Many thanks

Wally

[tmoon-mint]

Managed distribution will sort this, but you cannot do that with only one apple ID. Needs to be one per device.

[Brimstone]

As above, in order to silently install apps you need;

 

Managed Distribution (link VPP to your MDM)

1 Apple ID per iPad

iPad needs to be Supervised

I would also turn off account changes in the profile you create to stop the students from signing out of the app store on the iPad, and turn off all content ratings for iTunes store content

 

Anyone telling you differently is either wrong or is using an undocumented and unsupported workaround.

[kennysarmy]

As above, in order to silently install apps you need;

 

Managed Distribution (link VPP to your MDM)

1 Apple ID per iPad

iPad needs to be Supervised

I would also turn off account changes in the profile you create to stop the students from signing out of the app store on the iPad, and turn off all content ratings for iTunes store content

 

Anyone telling you differently is either wrong or is using an undocumented and unsupported workaround.

 

Working for me .....as above....

 

APART from the problem that apps pushed down from Meraki appear on the iPad in a "waiting" state and won't complete the installation until the device is rebooted.

Edited November 26, 2014 by kennysarmy

[week2014]

Working for me .....as above....

 

APART from the problem that apps pushed down from Meraki appear on the iPad in a "waiting" state and won't complete the installation until the device is rebooted.

 

Using Bushel and the apps push down and install when we enroll Apple IDs silently or with an email invitation; however, we have to be in Supervision mode for silent installation to complete. When it wasn't supervised we'd still have to tap to install. Worked similarly with Meraki as well in our testing.