Apple expands Device Enrollment Program

AND, expands to third party resellers!

Seriously, who's buying direct from Apple...

Well, I buy direct from Apple because I get better pricing from them than I do CDW or PCM. Of course, due to leasing issues I've been purchasing from CDW the last few purchases. :-)

"Finally "

: )

Here in Australia we rarely buy direct from Apple so expanding the program to include resellers is a big win for us

I buy direct from Apple. On select items, we get a better cost than CDW or others.

We had a ton of MacBooks already purchased before Apple rolled out DEP. Bought from Apple directly but using a personal account.

Anyone know if this will help us get them into DEP?

This is great, and Apple are including a few other countries that have traditionally been left behind on the first round of non-U.S rollouts.

Hi everyone,
Apple's announcement about the DEP expansion is pretty cool. I'm putting together a short press announcement about it, because of the impact it could have on our customers. Does anyone fancy being quoted on how it will affect the way they deploy new devices? Feel free to comment on my post below or email me directly at mia.harper@jamfsoftware.com.
Thanks!

It won't make much difference for classroom labs were we are using Casper Imaging, but for 1:1 education deployments and our corporate customers it means we can get the devices shipped straight to the user, knowing the inventory will be accurate.

Depending on the setups, the policies and general deployment processes are going to need some work but I do think this is going to streamline things.

Just FYI, we released some updated info yesterday.

General DEP for business page:
http://www.apple.com/business/dep/

Deployment Programs Help:
http://help.apple.com/deployment/programs

Unified Business & Education support area:
http://www.apple.com/support/business-education/

Hi Jared,

We've been using DEP for our Apple purchased iPads for some time now and it works well. What we haven't been able to do until now is enroll our iPhones as they are purchased directly from either AT&T or Verizon. My question is how do we go about getting their DEP Reseller ID from those 2 companies - is there a number we need to call - or should we contact our reps directly ( I don't get involved in the purchasing so I would have to talk to our telecom dept)?

Cheers

Paul

Yesterday we essentially opened up APIs for our partners so they can integrate into our systems. I'd say keep talking to your Verizon reps to ensure they know this is a priority for you.

Hi Jared,

we have contacted both our Verizon and our AT&T reps about getting their DEP Reseller ID's. AT&T came back and said they didn't have a clue what we were talking about (we're still waiting for Verizon's reply). Is there any documentation that we can point them to to help educate them?

Thanks

Paul