Push purchased apps and books to users and user groups with Profile Manager
Apps and books you purchase through Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager can be pushed to users’ and groups’ devices automatically.
Note: When distributing apps and books to users with Managed Apple IDs from Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, the role who purchases apps and books must use their own Managed Apple ID from the same Apple School Manager organization.
Create users or bind to another supported directory service. For information, see Create a user account or Create a group in the macOS Server User Guide.
Install the Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager token. For information, see View app and book purchases in the macOS Server User Guide.
Use the Profile Manager
sidebar to select the user or group, then click Apps or click Books.A window appears showing all apps (or books) assigned to that user or group.
Choose Push Apps or Push Books in the Action pop-up menu
.A window appears letting you select apps to push for that user or group.
Note: Both in-house custom apps and books are pushed automatically.
Select the apps or books you want to push, click OK, then click Save.
The selected apps or books begin to download to the associated devices. Active Tasks in the sidebar shows the status of this task.
Note: If any apps that aren’t already installed on a device are pushed using the Push Apps task, they’ll be automatically removed when a user unenrolls from Profile Manager.