Manually add devices into Apple Business Manager using the Apple Configurator App

Episode 3 - For this Episode I look at how you can manually add Apple devices into Apple Business Manager (ABM) using the Apple Configurator App on a Mac device. This is great for when you have existing Apple devices not purchased through an enabled reseller or Apple themselves and empowers your IT admins to make use of or reuse Apple devices within the company's estate.

This is an important step when looking to manager your iOS or iPadOS devices for your enterprise.

00:00 Introduction
02:00 download and Install the Apple Configurator App
01:46 Create a Wi-Fi profile
03:57. Add an iPhone to your ABM tenant.
07:30. Assign uploaded Apple device to an Apple MDM server
08:04. Sync the Apple device to your Intune tenant.
08:59 Summary and finish

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[Col.Klink.]

what is a trust anchor certificate and where do I find it?

[rogerbond]

Good walkthrough but kind of blew through the adding trust anchor certificate steps about 5:45... what is that?

[JonJong]

I'm setting this up for the first time. At 5:48 where do I find/get the Trust Anchor Certificate?

[albertomartin]

5:44 you jumped there an important step… novice people don’t know what this certificated is or where to find it…

[AdanSensei]

Is a MAC notebook needed to do this, or can I download the apple configurator on an Iphone and enroll other phones from there?

[jamesablanco]

You have no idea how much you have helped my dayjob, bravo to you all!

[chrisd]

Hi Andy, are you able to use this same process to add a MacBook to a companies ABM in order to be able to manage it via Intune?

[joefitzy]

At 4:54 you say that it's important to "Assign your device to an MDM server before enrolling the device" but I don't know how to add a device to the MDM server.

[misterh]

At 5:44 and the next few seconds you say. "Now you're being asked for the Trust Anchor certificates, once you've added that..." OK HOW do you find that? HOW do you add that? Kind of an important step?

[MrSkotty]

Does the device running the Configurator App need to be enrolled in ABM as well?

[OlostA]

Hello, I have a question. I've been ejected from the enterprise program because we get to be at least 100 people in the company to develop with the enterprise certificate. Apple asked us to go to Apple Business Manager, but I don't understand how to compile my application under xcode and install it on our ipads. What is the process ? Best regards.

[inallcom]

Could you please help me? If I don't have Business Essentials, where can I find and download this trust "Anchor Certificate"?

[quentinabadie]

hey, thanks for your video, helped a lot. quick question, can I manually add various iPads or MacBooks ? or I need always to have it connected. thanks. regards

[almar]

Hello, thanks for this helpful guide. If i create a backup and do the enrollment on iphone, when i restore data from backup, it keeps the mdm configuration? or the wipe is mandatory and old data will be lost? Thanks

[dslfreak]

I've been looking high and low for a solid answer, I've been trying to figure out how to add mac computers to ABM, and something i've seen hinted at is that is only possible when using an iphone. you can use apple config ON a mac to add iphones, appletv, ipads, and ipads, but not can anyone shed some light on this?

[jamesjosephrooney]

Hi Andy - thanks for the video series it's really helpful. I've recently purchased a MAC and wanted to add it to apple BM manually. I didn't realise you needed an iPhone to do this so I've now acquired an Iphone.... So my question is what order do I need to get these devices enrolled? Ive got my apple business manager account setup and connected to Intune. But when I sign into the app store on my Mac to get the configurator app its greyed out. So I have to use another apple ID to get it. Now I've got it, do I first need to setup the configurator on my mac, enrol the iPhone & then use configurator on the iphone to enrol the mac? Thanks

[benphillips]

Where is episode 4 on this series, please? I am completely stuck on this method as you say at the end of this you're going to continue with next steps?

[sunnykgaming]

I want to add existing intune macos devices to Apple business manager. is that possible ?

[jefforlich]

Great video, thank you! I have a question concerning the supervision identity, and adding devices manually to ABM that already has devices added by an Apple rep/third party seller. If I create a new supervision identity in Configurator, does that affect any of the devices currently in ABM that were added by that 3rd party? Essentially, I am wondering if the supervision identity is limited to just the devices you add manually with that identity or if it affects current devices that were added with a different supervision identity.

Thank you!

[JDavis-pzbv]

I believe you also needed to check the device and then assign the profile in Intune. Then make sure device has a timestamp under "Last Contacted". Will not happen and configuration policies cant be assigned if profile is not assigned on that last page you had up.