MattPanton

One more thing! With regards to blocking apps, in the list of blocked apps you can type in com.apple.Preferences as the Bundle Identifier of the Settings app, but when you apply the profile it says its invalid, any body had this or got around it as it seems the closest we mere mortals can get from the darn kids fiddling with the settings... (Error) MC: Failed to parse profile data. Error: NSError: Desc : The profile “Hide Settings App” is invalid. Sugg : The payload “Hide Settings App” is invalid. US Desc: The profile “Hide Settings App” is invalid. US Sugg: The payload “Hide Settings App” is invalid. Domain : MCProfileErrorDomain Code : 1000 Type : MCFatalError Params : ( "Hide Settings App" ) ...Underlying error: NSError: Desc : The payload “Hide Settings App” is invalid. Sugg : The field “blacklistedAppBundleIDs” contains the invalid value “com.apple.Preferences”. US Desc: The payload “Hide Settings App” is invalid. US Sugg: The field “blacklistedAppBundleIDs” contains the invalid value “com.apple.Preferences”. Domain : MCPayloadErrorDomain Code : 2000 Type : MCFatalError Params : ( "Hide Settings App" ) ...Underlying error: NSError: Desc : The field “blacklistedAppBundleIDs” contains the invalid value “com.apple.Preferences”. US Desc: The field “blacklistedAppBundleIDs” contains the invalid value “com.apple.Preferences”. Domain : MCPayloadErrorDomain Code : 2004 Type : MCFatalError Params : ( blacklistedAppBundleIDs, "com.apple.Preferences" ) Extra info: { isPrimary = 1; }

What about the apps where we've imported the redemption codes into Meraki and then distributed to staff?? Will they get lost when we remove the VPP token from MDM?

Hi Brimstone, Thanks for replying, there is a VPP token in Meraki at the moment, was put there before we migrated our redemption codes to Managed Dist. And now when we buy a free app in VPP store online it automatically appears in Meraki. We appreciate we've lost the codes given to staff with their own Apple IDs We have about 150 hence we're still on the old Meraki licensing model and can't upgrade (without cost) to the latest Meraki which would enable us utilise the per device distribution of apps. A catch 22 if there ever was one. M

Hi, We've gotten ourselves into a bit of a pickle. Meraki MDM (The free one) is being used with the VPP token to deploy apps to staff iPads who login with their own Apple IDs Apple Configurator 2 comes along we start to use it to configure student/trolley iPads, we begin the testing of deploying iPads, we get all the way through to deploying apps and decide we don't want to revoke the VPP token from Meraki and think its best to enrol student devices into the MDM and use it to deploy apps using the new Managed Distribution method where you purchase an app on the VPP store and then it appears in the MDM, this works fine except that you need the paid for Meraki to deploy apps in this way. The free version only allows you to deploy apps to an Apple ID based device. So my question after explaining all that is, what happens when you revoke the VPP token from Meraki MDM and put it into configurator ? Will all the apps we've deployed to staff via redemption codes be uninstalled and lost ? Or as I read Apples licensing model, the app is forever tied to the Apple ID and can't be moved to another, and when we stop using Meraki, the apps will remain installed and everyone is happy ? Diving in head first into a storm here... Thanks

Hi Guys, I've been following this thread for a while and wanted to clarify something. We bought 20x Pages redemption codes. We ask apply 15 to supervised iPads that don't use Apple IDs 1) What happens to the licenses applied to the iPads? Are they migrated to VPP Managed Distribution when we submit the form? 2) What happens to the 5 unredeemed codes we have ? Also separately why are people talking about creating Master Backups? Surely using the BP to mandate the home screen layout is what you want instead of preparing iPads using a backup of one?? Other than that I'm having a great time setting up AC2, using it to apply the wireless policy and restrictions policy. Then using the VPP token in Meraki MDM to deploy Apps wirelessly. If anyone else is attempting this there is a great video out there (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOBl-Gp66vI) Thanks