If Apple Business Manager, Apple Business Essentials or Apple School Manager ask you to approve new terms and conditions

Apple sometimes updates the macOS, iOS, iPadOS or tvOS Software Licence Agreement, often when releasing a new OS version. When a Software Licence Agreement is updated, an Apple Business Manager Administrator, Apple Business Essentials Administrator or Apple School Manager Administrator must log in to the programme website to review and agree to the updated terms.

About administrators

The person who completes the initial programme enrolment also accepts the following Terms and Conditions on behalf of the enrolling organisation:

  • Apple Business Manager Agreement, Apple Business Essentials Agreement or Apple School Manager Agreement

  • macOS Software Licence Agreement

  • iOS and iPadOS Software Licence Agreement

  • tvOS Software Licence Agreement

  • Volume Content Terms

After completing enrolment, this person becomes the administrator in Apple Business Manager, Apple Business Essentials or Apple School Manager and can also designate up to four more administrators.

Accepting updated agreements

When Apple updates one of these agreements, any Apple Business Manager Administrator, Apple Business Essentials Administrator or Apple School Manager Administrator must sign in to the programme website to accept any new agreements.

If you don’t accept the agreements

Devices assigned to a Mobile Device Management (MDM) server in Apple Business Manager, Apple Business Essentials or Apple School Manager won’t be affected. If you erase all content and settings on a device, the device will still be assigned to the same MDM server, and the same settings will be applied during setup.

However, these conditions will apply until the new agreements have been accepted:

  • Apple School Manager instructors and managers can reset user passwords and send or print login information, but other site functions will be disabled. (Managers of provisional organisations may choose "Create a downloadable PDF and CSV". "Send as an email" is permitted only after an organisation is verified.)

  • Apple Business Manager or Apple Business Essentials managers can reset user passwords and send or print login information, but other site functions will be disabled.

  • In Apple Business Manager, Apple Business Essentials and Apple School Manager, you can’t assign new devices to your MDM server, even if you have selected the option to automatically assign new purchases to a specific MDM server.

  • Your MDM server may report an error message such as “403 T_C_NOT_SIGNED” when communicating with Apple’s device management servers.

  • Schoolwork users won’t be able to create, update or delete classes.

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