Configure locations in Apple School Manager
When you sign up for Apple School Manager, the first location is automatically created and reflects your organisation name. As you expand your use of Apple School Manager to other schools, you can add more locations and edit their information.
Search for and view location information
In some cases, such as connecting to a Student Information System (SIS) or uploading files, you will see connections made only by you.
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with an account that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager or People Manager.Click Locations in the sidebar, then search for a location in the Search field. See How to search.
Select the location and view basic information about that location, including the default password policy for your users.
In some cases you will see connections made only by you.
Click Settings at the bottom of the sidebar to view additional information about this organisation — for example, the Student Information Systems (SIS) that you are connected to, the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) that you have configured, the Managed Apple ID configurations for your users and more.
Edit default password policy location information
Important: If you enter password policy information in the CSV file for your students or staff, that value overrides this location password policy and any password policy previously set. If password_policy is left blank in the CSV file, the default password policy for the location is used for new accounts and remains unchanged for existing accounts.
If password_policy is left blank in the CSV file, the default password policy for the students at the location can be set as follows:
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with an account that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager or People Manager.Click Locations in the sidebar, then search for a location in the Search field. See How to search.
Click
, then change the default password policy.Click Save.
Add a location
You can add locations to Apple School Manager. This is useful if you are managing more than one school or campus.
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with an account that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager or People Manager.Click Locations in the sidebar, then click
at the top of the window.Enter the new location information, then click Save.
Delete a location
You can delete a manually created location. Before you do, all data must be transferred to another location. Locations created using your Student Information System (SIS) cannot be deleted using this task.
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with an account that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager or People Manager.Click Locations in the sidebar, then search for a location in the Search field. See How to search.
Click Delete Location.
Make sure you want to delete the location. This action cannot be undone.
Click Delete.