Apple IDs for students and no payment card option

[Jehanzeb]

Good evening all,

 

We use legacy Meraki MDM so rely on Apple IDs to push apps and restrictions via Meraki. Previously when we used to setup Apple IDs we had to go to iTunes and review the account, normally it was pretty straight forward, you fill the details and when it comes to payment option you click on None and all setup and done. However this year iTunes review account does not show/provide None option. I did contact Apple to find out and one of the engineers told that Apple removed the option if we setup accounts via appleid.apple.com. So the question to people out there who are on the same boat,

1. Have you found an alternative to it other than signing up to paid MDM version?

2. Which Apple website do you use to register student Apple IDs ? (Please note: managed IDs do not allow to push apps)

3. If you have managed to find the none option when reviewing the account, what did you do to achieve that option please?

 

Your help will be highly appreciated.

P.S. I know the future lies in paid version of MDM and I might have tried all options available with regards to Apple IDs but even then I thought I would ask, perhaps someone else is in the same shoes as us found a solution?

 

Many thanks in advance

 

Kindest regards

 

J.

[Brimstone]

When Apple ID's were required to push apps to devices the best known method of creating an account without any debit/credit card attached is to buy a free app via iTunes on a PC/Mac without being signed in, this then creates the account set up process and none is given as an option at the end for payment.

[DGardiner]

Good evening all,

 

We use legacy Meraki MDM so rely on Apple IDs to push apps and restrictions via Meraki. Previously when we used to setup Apple IDs we had to go to iTunes and review the account, normally it was pretty straight forward, you fill the details and when it comes to payment option you click on None and all setup and done. However this year iTunes review account does not show/provide None option. I did contact Apple to find out and one of the engineers told that Apple removed the option if we setup accounts via appleid.apple.com. So the question to people out there who are on the same boat,

1. Have you found an alternative to it other than signing up to paid MDM version?

2. Which Apple website do you use to register student Apple IDs ? (Please note: managed IDs do not allow to push apps)

3. If you have managed to find the none option when reviewing the account, what did you do to achieve that option please?

 

Your help will be highly appreciated.

P.S. I know the future lies in paid version of MDM and I might have tried all options available with regards to Apple IDs but even then I thought I would ask, perhaps someone else is in the same shoes as us found a solution?

 

Many thanks in advance

 

Kindest regards

 

J.

 

it used to be that you had to try and buy a free app in itunes and it would then present the none option.

 

You should really just move to paid MDM or at worst use apples mdm thing in OSX server - device assignment is so much better to manage

[Jehanzeb]

it used to be that you had to try and buy a free app in itunes and it would then present the none option.

 

You should really just move to paid MDM or at worst use apples mdm thing in OSX server - device assignment is so much better to manage

 

I agree with your thoughts there, paid MDM is the way to go.

Kindest regards

 

J.

[Jehanzeb]

When Apple ID's were required to push apps to devices the best known method of creating an account without any debit/credit card attached is to buy a free app via iTunes on a PC/Mac without being signed in, this then creates the account set up process and none is given as an option at the end for payment.

 

Thanks Brimstone, I used iTunes on Macbook but didn't get the option but then again I didn't buy any free app. Will try this method.

 

Many thanks

 

Kindest regards

 

J.

[DGardiner]

I agree with your thoughts there, paid MDM is the way to go.

Kindest regards

 

J.

 

OSX Server is £10-£20 - if the place isnt wanting to commit to the contracts and tie-in a basic mac mini(if you dont already have a mac you can use) and osx server is a one off investment for full mdm, and the added bonus of caching service

[Jehanzeb]

OSX Server is £10-£20 - if the place isnt wanting to commit to the contracts and tie-in a basic mac mini(if you dont already have a mac you can use) and osx server is a one off investment for full mdm, and the added bonus of caching service

Thanks DGardiner, we already have a Mac Mini running caching server. If we hadn't one, it would have been a nightmare to support iPads in School. I agree we could use Profile Manager and set it up to support iPads but then migrating VPP and DEP and setting it all up again; it is time consuming.

 

Kindest regards

 

J.

[Jehanzeb]

Latest from Apple/iTunes support

 

Due to an update in our security features at Apple, any new Apple IDs created using the Simplified Apple ID account-create flow which is through appleid.apple.com will not have the option of ’None’ available.

 

Kindest regards

 

J.