Configure locations in Apple School Manager
When you sign up for Apple School Manager, the first location is automatically created (called the primary location) and reflects your organization name. As you expand your use to other schools, you can add more locations and edit their information. Additional locations can mirror physical locations or organizational units. Apps and Books can then be provisioned to specific locations. User roles such as Content Manager, Manager, Staff, Instructor, and Student can be assigned to locations.
There are three roles that have privileges for managing locations: Administrator (the role with the most privileges), Site Manager, and People Manager.
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 a user that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager, or People Manager.Tap 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’ll see connections made only by you.
Tap your name at the bottom of the sidebar, then tap Preferences
to view more information about this organization—for example, the Student Information Systems (SIS) you’re connected to, the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) you 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, that value overrides this location’s password policy and any password policy previously set for your students.
If password_policy is left blank in the .csv file, the default password policy for the students (in that location) is used for new student accounts and remains unchanged for existing student accounts. The password policy can be set as follows:
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with a user that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager, or People Manager.Tap Locations
in the sidebar, then search for a location in the search field. See How to search.Tap the Edit button
, then change the default password policy.Tap Save.
Add a location
You can add locations. This is useful if you’re managing more than one school or campus.
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with a user that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager, or People Manager.Tap Locations
in the sidebar, then tap the Add button 
at the top of the window.Enter the new location information, then tap Save.
Edit a location
You can edit any location except the primary one. This is useful if you’re managing more than one school or campus.
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with a user that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager, or People Manager.Tap Locations
in the sidebar, then search for a location in the search field. See How to search.Select the location, then tap the Edit button
at the top of the window.Edit the selected location, then tap 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) can’t be deleted using this task.
In Apple School Manager
, sign in with a user that has the role of Administrator, Site Manager, or People Manager.Tap Locations
in the sidebar, then search for a location in the search field. See How to search.Tap the Delete button
.Make sure you want to delete the location. This action can’t be undone.
Tap Delete.