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Apple ID Error

Hi!

I'm stumbling my way through getting our MDM all up and running, but I've made good process so far. Android is easy, Apple is a pain. Anyways, I've had mixed results with iOS. The issue I'm having now is whenever I try to push an app out, I will get a message on the iPhone saying the Apple ID cannot be used to make purchases. This is strange, as I have used this Apple ID before to download apps. I did reset the device and re-enrolled it before this message started appearing. I also noticed that I cannot remove the pre-installed apps when I hold onto them, which I could before I reset the device.

Does anyone have any ideas? We are enrolled in Apple Business, and I have created a couple of accounts in there to test out. I have other things I want to get working (Like home screen configurations and some other things), but this is more important. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks!

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0 Andrew Kapsch over 6 years ago

Oh, here's a screenshot of the message:
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0 SDU over 6 years ago in reply to Andrew Kapsch

Hi Andrew,

is the Apple ID in question maybe a Managed Apple ID?

Or is there maybe something wrong with the configured payment methods?

This error message does not come from Sophos Mobile and is completely triggered by iOS.

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Stefan
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0 Andrew Kapsch over 6 years ago in reply to SDU

The Apple ID is a Managed Apple ID. That notification pops up after signing into the iPhone for the first time. In the App Store, the Get button for every app (Paid and Unpaid) is grayed out.
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0 SDU over 6 years ago in reply to Andrew Kapsch
Hi Andrew,

according to this Apple website Managed Apple IDs App Store purchasing seems to be disabled.

To maintain a focus on education, these services are disabled for Managed Apple IDs:

App Store purchasing

iTunes Store purchasing

HomeKit connected devices

Apple Pay

Find My iPhone

Find My Mac

Find My Friends

iCloud Mail

iCloud Keychain

FaceTime (this is off by default, but your institution can turn it on)

iMessage (this is off by default, but your institution can turn it on)

https://support.apple.com/en-au/ht205918

Maybe this is the root cause of the issue?

Best regards

Stefan
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0 SDU over 6 years ago in reply to Andrew Kapsch
Hi Andrew,

according to this Apple website Managed Apple IDs App Store purchasing seems to be disabled.

To maintain a focus on education, these services are disabled for Managed Apple IDs:

App Store purchasing

iTunes Store purchasing

HomeKit connected devices

Apple Pay

Find My iPhone

Find My Mac

Find My Friends

iCloud Mail

iCloud Keychain

FaceTime (this is off by default, but your institution can turn it on)

iMessage (this is off by default, but your institution can turn it on)

https://support.apple.com/en-au/ht205918

Maybe this is the root cause of the issue?

Best regards

Stefan
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0 Andrew Kapsch over 6 years ago in reply to SDU

Good morning Stefan,

That might have something to do with it, but we aren't using Apple Education, we are using Apple Business. It seems like some of those features are on by default, but I turned them off in our Sophos MDM / DEP enrollment. I didn't see an option though for restricting app installations, so I'm not sure why it isn't allowing it.
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0 Andrew Kapsch over 6 years ago in reply to Andrew Kapsch

Hi, is there anymore information on this?
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0 b1n4ryPS over 6 years ago in reply to Andrew Kapsch

Hello Andrew Kapsch,

you can find a document here: https://beta.business.apple.com/static/docs/beta.pdf

But it looks like, you cant "buy" any Apps (free or paid) with a managed AppleID. You can use Apple VPP and buy apps.

After this you need to configure the option "assign apps to device".

Now the user can go into the Sophos Mobile Control App -> Apps. If he press install, the server assign the app to the device.

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