Wow, this looks very promising... thanks for such a detailed procedure!
So I'm testing Apple Configurator on two new iPads and am curious about one thing. I deployed a free app (Pandora in this case) that I'd downloaded using my personal iTunes account ages ago. Once the iPad booted, I went to the App Store to check for updates. Pandora did need an update, but when I attempted to do so it wanted my personal iTunes credentials. I could not use another iTunes account, so it clearly remembers what iTunes account was used to originally download the app and requires that account to apply updates in the future.
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suppose I could create one iTunes account to manage all the devices of a particular client, but what happens when you try to use one iTunes account on, say, 30 devices? I thought there was a limit as to how many devices could be associated with one iTunes account.
If so, any other way to work around this?