Configure locations in Apple Business Essentials

When you sign up for Apple Business Essentials, the first location is automatically created (called the primary location) and reflects your organization name. As you expand your use to other locations or offices, you can add more locations and edit their information. Additional locations can mirror physical locations or organizational units. Apps can then be provisioned to specific locations. User roles such as Content Manager and Staff can be assigned to locations.

There are two roles that have privileges for managing locations: Administrator (the role with the most privileges) and People Manager (which has the next largest set of privileges after Administrator).

Locations, MDM content tokens, and app assignments

If you didn’t make any app assignments using your primary location content token before you subscribed to Apple Business Essentials, your primary location becomes reserved. The token won’t appear, so you can’t link to a third-party MDM server to distribute apps. When the primary location is in use by Apple Business Essentials, “Business Essentials” appears under the location name.

If you did make existing app assignments using your primary location content token before you subscribed to Apple Business Essentials, a new location is created, named Apple Business Essentials. To view your apps and assign them from Collections, select the Apple Business Essentials location when obtaining licenses from the Apps and Books Store.

The Locations window in Apple Business Essentials, showing location options and location information for a selected organization.

Search for and view location information

In Apple Business Essentials, sign in with a user that has the role of Administrator or People Manager.
Select Locations in the sidebar, then select or search for a location in the search field. See How to search.
Select the location and view basic information about that location.
In some cases you’ll see connections made only by you.
Select your name at the bottom of the sidebar, then select Preferences to view more information about this organization—for example, any federated authentication configurations, the Managed Apple Account configurations for your users, and more.

Add a location

You can add locations. This is useful if you’re managing more than one remote location for your organization.

In Apple Business Essentials, sign in with a user that has the role of Administrator or People Manager.
Select Locations in the sidebar, then select the Add button at the top of the window.
Enter the new location information, then select Save.

Edit a location

You can edit any location except the primary one. This is useful if you’re managing more than one remote location for your organization.

In Apple Business Essentials, sign in with a user that has the role of Administrator or People Manager.
Select Locations in the sidebar, then select or search for a location in the search field. See How to search.
Select the location, then select the Edit button at the top of the window.
Edit the selected location, then select Save.

Delete a location

You can delete a manually created location. Before you do, accounts and app and book licenses must be transferred to another location.

In Apple Business Essentials, sign in with a user that has the role of Administrator or People Manager.
Select Locations in the sidebar, then select or search for a location in the search field. See How to search.
Select the Delete button .
Make sure you want to delete the location. This action can’t be undone.
Select Delete.

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Apple Business Essentials User Guide