
Intro to locations in Apple School Manager
When you sign up for Apple School Manager, the first location is automatically created and reflects your institution name. As you expand your use of Apple School Manager to other schools, you can add more locations and edit their information.

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
, tap Locations in the sidebar, then choose a location
to 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 Settings at the bottom of the sidebar to view additional information about this institution—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 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
, tap Locations in the sidebar, then select a location
you want to edit.
Tap Edit
, then change the default password policy.
Tap Save.