3, Now you can tap the 'V' button in the corner to change system and app volume easily!!! Notice: Only through the application to modify the volume, can the livetile update! V5.0 Support WP8.1 v4.0 new UI! V3.0 you can close vibrate and sound effect! V1.4 click to close sound,and bug fix v1.3 add sound effect. The volume level for an app is set relative to the current volume level for the OS. For example, if your volume is currently set to 50%, the volumes you set for an app will always be equal to, or less than 50% of the volume. If, with the system volume set to 50%, you set the volume slider for an app to its highest point, it will still only. This article covers frequently asked questions about the availability of Office from the Mac App Store, and the differences between downloading Office apps directly from Microsoft. Starting in January 2019, the following Office applications are available for download from the Mac App Store: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote., and OneDrive. Assign a volume-purchased app. Select Apps All apps. On the list of apps pane, choose the app you want to assign, and then choose Assignments. On the App name - Assignments pane, choose Add group then, on the Add group pane, choose an Assignment type and choose the Azure AD user or device groups to which you want to assign the app.
If you own Intel-based Macs, you can run OS X and Windows on one machine. In fact, it’s been possible to run Windows on a Mac for some time — with agonizing limitations. Near-extinct Mac models were loaded with Virtual PC emulation software could do Windows, too, but the program was painfully slow. Even if you find an old copy of the software, it won’t work with any current Macs.
Assign a volume-purchased app Select Apps All apps. On the list of apps pane, choose the app you want to assign, and then choose Assignments. On the App name - Assignments pane, choose Add group then, on the Add group pane, choose an Assignment type and choose the Azure AD user or device groups to which you want to assign the app.
Boot Camp software from Apple shook up the computing public upon its apocalyptic arrival in April 2006. Boot Camp graduated from beta, or near-finished, status with the arrival of Leopard. Boot Camp Assistant software is stored in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder.
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Boot Camp itself is free. You have to supply your own single-disc or downloadable full-install version of Windows; an upgrade disc won’t cut it.
It’s also important to note that you can use a 64-bit version of Windows, Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate), Windows 8, or Windows 8.1. Consult Apple support to see which Mac models are compatible with which versions of Windows. In its current incarnation, Boot Camp isn’t compatible with 32-bit versions of Windows.
Other requirements follow:
An Intel Mac with OS X version 10.6 or later
At least 2GB of RAM and 20GB of available space on the Mac’s storage drive that you want to donate to Windows
A blank CD or USB storage device that you’ll use for Windows software drivers
If you don’t run into snags, the entire installation should take about an hour.
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 are optimized for a touchscreen environment, though you can use it with a standard mouse and keyboard. For now, Macs don’t support touchscreen computing.
To install Windows 8 via Boot Camp, you still must have a legitimate Windows 8 license from Microsoft and a Win8 installation disc, assuming that you have an optical drive. If you don’t have an optical drive, you may be able to create a Windows installer from an ISO file downloaded from Microsoft on a USB flash drive that’s 8GB or larger.
Because snags are possible, back up all your important information on the Mac’s startup disk.
Basic training
Following are the basic steps to get through Boot Camp:
Run Boot Camp Assistant (in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder) to make sure that you have the latest firmware on your computer and to install any support software from Apple that you might need.
You’ll find any updates at Apple support. If you’re using a portable computer, make sure to connect the power adapter. You will also be given the option to create a Windows 7 (or later version) install disk for which you’ll need a USB flash drive and an ISO image downloaded from Apple.
Follow the prompts in Boot Camp Assistant to create a partition for Windows.
You’re essentially carving out an area of your hard drive for the Windows operating system,. This partition must be at least 30GB and can swell to the total free disk space on hand minus 30GB. If you don’t plan on doing much in Windows, keep the partition small.
Drag the divider to set the partitions for both OS X and Windows, or click Divide Equally to make equal partitions. You can’t resize a Windows partition after creating it, though you can replace it with a larger Windows partition.
If you have a Mac Pro with more than one internal hard drive, you can select which drive to partition. If any of this makes you nervous, know that you can remove the Windows partition later and go back to a single-partition Mac.
Insert the Windows CD or a USB flash drive with the Windows ISO file and then click Start Installation.
If you exited Boot Camp Assistant before installing Windows, open it again, choose Start the Windows Installer, and click Continue.
When you’re asked to choose the Windows partition, select the partition that says BOOTCAMP.
You may have to scroll down to see it.
Don’t erase any partitions that you see or create a new partition here. Failure to heed this warning could wipe out your entire Mac OS X startup disk.
(Optional) If you see a listing for Drive Options, click it; otherwise, proceed to Step 6.
Reformat the partition by using the Windows installer: Click Format.
You’re using the reliable and secure NTFS file system, but you won’t be able to save files to Windows from Mac OS X, at least not without a techie workaround.
Follow the onscreen instructions to finish installing Windows.
Boot Camp 5.1 includes several Mac drivers so that Windows will recognize your trackpad, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, the iSight (or FaceTime) camera, the Eject key on the Mac keyboard, networking, audio, graphics, and so on.
A Boot Camp Control Panel for Windows and an Apple Boot Camp system-tray item will be added.
As with any new Windows computer, Microsoft requires that you activate your Windows software within 30 days.
Switching operating systems
You can go back and forth between OS X and Windows on your Mac, but you can’t run both operating systems simultaneously under Boot Camp. Instead, you have to boot one operating system or the other — thus, the name Boot Camp.
Restart your Mac, and hold down the Option key until icons for each operating system appear onscreen. Highlight Windows or Macintosh HD, and click the arrow to launch the operating system of choice for this session.
If you want OS X or Windows to boot every time, choose app → System Preferences, click Startup Disk, and choose the OS you want to launch by default.
You can perform the same function in Windows by clicking the Boot Camp system-tray icon and selecting the Boot Camp Control Panel. Click either the Macintosh HD or Windows icon, depending on your startup preference.
-->Apple lets you purchase multiple licenses for an app that you want to use in your organization on iOS/iPadOS and macOS devices using Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager. You can then synchronize your volume purchase information with Intune and track your volume-purchased app use. Purchasing app licenses helps you efficiently manage apps within your company and retain ownership and control of purchased apps.
Microsoft Intune helps you manage apps purchased through this program by:
- Synchronizing location tokens you download from Apple Business Manager.
- Tracking how many licenses are available and have been used for purchased apps.
- Helping you install apps up to the number of licenses you own.
Additionally, you can synchronize, manage, and assign books you purchased from Apple Business Manager with Intune to iOS/iPadOS devices. For more information, see How to manage iOS/iPadOS eBooks you purchased through a volume-purchase program.
What are location tokens?
Location tokens are also known as Volume Purchase Program (VPP) tokens. These tokens are used to assign and manage licenses purchased using Apple Business Manager. Content Managers can purchase and associate licenses with location tokens they have permissions to in Apple Business Manager. These location tokens are then downloaded from Apple Business Manager and uploaded in Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Intune supports uploading multiple location tokens per tenant. Each token is valid for one year.
How are purchased apps licensed?
Purchased apps can be assigned to groups using two types of licenses that Apple offers for iOS/iPadOS and macOS devices.
| Action | Device Licensing | User Licensing |
|---|---|---|
| App Store sign-in | Not required. | Each end user must use a unique Apple ID when prompted to sign in to App Store. |
| Device configuration blocking access to App Store | Apps can be installed and updated using Company Portal. | The invitation to join Apple VPP requires access to App Store. If you have set a policy to disable App Store, user licensing for VPP apps will not work. |
| Automatic app update | As configured by the Intune admin in Apple VPP token settings. If the assignment type is available for enrolled devices, available app updates can also be installed from the Company Portal by selecting the Update action on the app details page. | As configured by the Intune admin in Apple VPP token settings. If the assignment type is available for enrolled devices, available app updates can also be installed from the Company Portal by selecting the Update action on the app details page. |
| User Enrollment | Not supported. | Supported using Managed Apple IDs. |
| Books | Not supported. | Supported. |
| Licenses used | 1 license per device. The license is associated with the device. | 1 license for up to 5 devices using the same personal Apple ID. The license is associated with the user. An end user associated with a personal Apple ID and a Managed Apple ID in Intune consumes 2 app licenses. |
| License migration | Apps can migrate silently from user to device licenses only when using Required assignment type. | Apps cannot migrate from device to user licenses for any assignment type. |
Note
Company Portal does not show device-licensed apps on User Enrollment devices because only user-licensed apps can be installed on User Enrollment devices.
What app types are supported?
You can purchase and distribute public as well as private apps using Apple Business Manager.
- Store apps: Using Apple Business Manager, Content Managers can buy both free and paid apps that are available in the App Store.
- Custom Apps: Using Apple Business Manager, Content Managers can also buy Custom Apps made available privately to your organization. These apps are tailored to your organization's specific needs by developers with whom you work directly. Learn more about how to distribute Custom Apps.
Prerequisites
- An Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager account for your organization.
- Purchased app licenses assigned to one or more location tokens.
- Downloaded location tokens.
Important
- A location token can only be used with one device management solution at a time. Before you start to use purchased apps with Intune, revoke and remove any existing location tokens used with other mobile device management (MDM) vendor.
- A location token is only supported for use on one Intune tenant at a time. Do not reuse the same token for multiple Intune tenants.
- By default, Intune synchronizes the location tokens with Apple twice a day. You can initiate a manual sync at any time from Intune.
- After you have imported the location token to Intune, do not import the same token to any other device management solution. Doing so might result in the loss of license assignment and user records.
Migrate from Volume Purchase Program (VPP) to Apps and Books
If your organization has not migrated to Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager yet, review Apple's guidance on migrating to Apps and Books before proceeding to manage purchased apps in Intune.
Important
- For the best migration experience, migrate only one VPP purchaser per location. If each purchaser migrates to a unique location, all licenses — assigned and unassigned — will move to Apps and Books.
- Do not delete the existing legacy VPP token in Intune or apps and assignments associated with existing legacy VPP token in Intune. These actions will require all app assignments to be recreated in Intune.
Migrate existing purchased VPP content and tokens to Apps and Books in Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager as follows:
- Invite VPP purchasers to join your organization and direct each user to select a unique location.
- Ensure that all VPP purchasers within your organization have completed step 1 before proceeding.
- Verify that all purchased apps and licenses have migrated to Apps and Books in Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager.
- Download the new location token by going to Apple Business (or School) Manager > Settings > Apps and Books > My Server Tokens.
- Update the location token in Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center by going to Tenant administration > Connectors and tokens > Apple VPP tokens and manually upload the token.
Upload an Apple VPP or location token
- Sign in to the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center.
- Select Tenant administration > Connectors and tokens > Apple VPP tokens.
- On the list of VPP tokens pane, select Create. The Create VPP token process is displayed. There are four pages used when creating a VPP token. The first is Basics.
- On the Basics page, specify the following information:
- Token Name - An administrative field for setting the token name.
- Apple ID - Enter the Managed Apple ID of the account associated with the uploaded token.
- VPP token file - If you haven't already, sign up for Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager. After you sign up, download the Apple VPP token for your account and select it here.
- Click Next to display the Settings page.
- On the Settings page, specify the following information:
Take control of token from another MDM - Setting this option to yes allows the token to be reassigned to Intune from another MDM solution.
Country/Region - Select the VPP country/region store. Intune synchronizes VPP apps for all locales from the specified VPP country/region store.
Warning
Changing the country/region will update the apps metadata and App Store URL on next sync with the Apple service for apps created with this token. The app will not be updated if it does not exist in the new country/region store.
Type of VPP account - Choose from Business or Education.
Automatic app updates - Choose from On or Off to enable automatic updates. When enabled, Intune detects the VPP app updates inside the app store and automatically pushes them to the device when the device checks in.
Note
Automatic app updates for Apple VPP apps will automatically update for both Required and Available install intents. For apps deployed with Available install intent, the automatic update generates a status message for the IT admin informing that a new version of the app is available. This status message is viewable by selecting the app, selecting Device Install Status, and checking the Status Details.
I grant Microsoft permission to send both user and device information to Apple. - You must select I agree to proceed. To review what data Microsoft sends to Apple, see Data Intune sends to Apple.
- Click Next to display the Scope tags page.
- Click Select scope tags to optionally add scope tags for the app. For more information, see Use role-based access control (RBAC) and scope tags for distributed IT.
- Click Next to display the Review + create page. Review the values and settings you entered for the VPP token.
- When you are done, click Create. The token is displayed in the list of tokens pane.
Synchronize a VPP token
You can synchronize the app names, metadata and license information for your purchased apps in Intune by choosing Sync for a selected token.
Assign a volume-purchased app
- Select Apps > All apps.
- On the list of apps pane, choose the app you want to assign, and then choose Assignments.
- On the App name - Assignments pane, choose Add group then, on the Add group pane, choose an Assignment type and choose the Azure AD user or device groups to which you want to assign the app.
- For each group you selected, choose the following settings:
- Type - Choose whether the app will be Available (end users can install the app from the Company Portal), or Required (end user devices will automatically get the app installed).
- License type - Choose from User licensing, or Device licensing.
- Once you are done, choose Save.
Note
The Available deployment intent is not supported for device groups, only user groups are supported. The list of apps displayed is associated with a token. If you have an app that is associated with multiple VPP tokens, you see the same app being displayed multiple times; once for each token.
Note
Intune (or any other MDM for that matter) does not actually install VPP apps. Instead, Intune connects to your VPP account and tells Apple which app licenses to assign to which devices. From there, all the actual installation is handled between Apple and the device.
End-User Prompts for VPP
The end-user will receive prompts for VPP app installation in a number of scenarios. The following table explains each condition:
| # | Scenario | Invite to Apple VPP program | App install prompt | Prompt for Apple ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYOD – user licensed (not User Enrollment device) | Y | Y | Y |
| 2 | Corp – user licensed (not supervised device) | Y | Y | Y |
| 3 | Corp – user licensed (supervised device) | Y | N | Y |
| 4 | BYOD – device licensed | N | Y | N |
| 5 | CORP – device licensed (not supervised device) | N | Y | N |
| 6 | CORP – device licensed (supervised device) | N | N | N |
| 7 | Kiosk mode (supervised device) – device licensed | N | N | N |
| 8 | Kiosk mode (supervised device) – user licensed | --- | --- | --- |
Note
It is not recommended to assign VPP apps to Kiosk-mode devices using user licensing.
Revoking app licenses
You can revoke all associated iOS/iPadOS or macOS volume-purchase program (VPP) app licenses based on a given device, user, or app. But there are some differences between iOS/iPadOS and macOS platforms.
| Action | iOS/iPadOS | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Remove app assignment | When you remove an app that was assigned to a user, Intune reclaims the user or device license and uninstalls the app from the device. | When you remove an app that was assigned to a user, Intune reclaims the user or device license. The app is not uninstalled from the device. |
| Revoke app license | Revoking an app license reclaims the app license from the user or device. You must change the assignment to Uninstall to remove the app from the device. | Revoking an app license reclaims the app license from the user or device. The macOS app with revoked license remains usable on the device, but cannot be updated until a license is reassigned to the user or device. According to Apple, such apps are removed after a 30-day grace period. However, Apple does not provide a means for Intune to remove the app using Uninstall assignment action. |
Note
- Intune reclaims app licenses when an employee leaves the company and is no longer part of the AAD groups.
- When assigning a purchased app with Uninstall intent, Intune both reclaims the license and uninstalls the app.
- App licenses are not reclaimed when a device is removed from Intune management.
Deleting VPP tokens
You can delete an Apple Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) token using the console. This may be necessary when you have duplicate instances of a VPP token. Deleting a token will also delete any associated apps and assignment. Deleting a token revokes associated app licenses but doesn't uninstall the apps.
Note
Intune cannot revoke app licenses after a token has been deleted.
To revoke the license of all VPP apps for a given VPP token, you must first revoke all app licenses associated with the token, then delete the token.
Renewing VPP tokens
You can renew an Apple VPP token by downloading a new token from Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager and updating the existing token in Intune.
To renew an Apple VPP token, use the following steps:
- Navigate to Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager.
- Download the new token in Apple Business (or School) Manager, by selecting Settings > Apps and Books > My Server Tokens.
- Update the token in Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center by selecting Tenant administration > Connectors and tokens > Apple VPP tokens.
- Select the VPP token you are renewing, click Edit on the Basics category, upload the new token on this page, and then save your changes.
Note
You must download a new Apple VPP or location token from Apple Business Manager and update the existing token within Intune when the user, who set up the token in Apple Business Manager, changes their password or the user leaves your Apple Business Manager organization. Tokens that are not renewed will show 'invalid' status in Intune.
Deleting a VPP app
Currently, you cannot delete an iOS/iPadOS VPP app from Microsoft Intune.
Assigning custom role permissions for VPP
Access to Apple VPP tokens and VPP apps can be controlled independently using permissions assigned to custom administrator roles in Intune.
- To allow an Intune custom role to manage Apple VPP tokens, in Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center, select Tenant administration > Connectors and tokens > Apple VPP tokens, assign permissions for Managed apps.
- To allow an Intune custom role to manage apps purchased using iOS/iPadOS VPP tokens under Apps > All apps, assign permissions for Mobile apps.
Additional information
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Apple provides direct assistance to create and renew VPP tokens. For more information, see Distribute content to your users with the Volume Purchase Program (VPP) as part of Apple's documentation.
If Assigned to external MDM is indicated in the Intune portal, then you (the Admin) must remove the VPP token from the 3rd party MDM before using the VPP token in Intune.
If status is Duplicate for a token, then multiple tokens with the same Token Location have been uploaded. Remove the duplicate token to begin syncing the token again. You can still assign and revoke licenses for tokens that are marked as duplicate. However, licenses for new apps and books purchased may not be reflected once a token is marked as duplicate.
Frequently asked questions
How many tokens can I upload?
You can upload up to 3,000 tokens in Intune.
How long does the portal take to update the license count once an app is installed or removed from the device?
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The license should be updated within a few hours after installing or uninstalling an app. Note that if the end user removes the app from the device, the license is still assigned to that user or device.
Is it possible to oversubscribe an app and, if so, in what circumstance?
Yes. The Intune admin can oversubscribe an app. For example, if the admin purchases 100 licenses for app XYZ, and then targets the app to a group with 500 members in it. The first 100 members (users or devices) will get the license assigned to them, the rest of the members will fail on license assignment.
Next steps
See How to monitor apps for information to help you monitor app assignments.
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See How to troubleshoot apps for information on troubleshooting app-related issues.