What is Apple Business Manager? Apple is well known for its device ecosystem, which is why many users prefer it over Windows. Thankfully, apple offers a tool to help businesses create a centralized device management policy. In this video, we'll discuss what Apple Business Manager is and how to add devices to A BM using Apple Configurator two. Before we begin, be sure to subscribe to Ninja One's IT Video Hub for more tech content like this. What is Apple Business Manager? Apple Business Manager streamlines device management through automated enrollment, bulk deployment and content distribution. Furthermore, it handles device supervision for enhanced security. A BM reduces costs and complexity by enabling zero-touch deployment and centralized administration. A BM facilitates device assignment to specific users or groups and provides device supervision for enhanced IT control. Content management in A BM simplifies the bulk purchasing and distribution of apps and books, ensuring that employees have the required tools. Managed Apple IDs allow organizations to create and manage corporate Apple IDs, providing access to company resources while maintaining it. Control. Federated authentication enable sign in using existing corporate credentials while role-based access control. RAC allows for granular permission management. Finally, A BM provides reporting and analytics with detailed device inventory, app usage tracking for optimization and license allocation management. For cost effective resource utilization, adding devices to Apple Business Manager, you need Apple Configurator two. In order to add iPhones and iPads to Apple Business Manager, connect the device to your Mac, then select it in Apple Configurator two from the dropdown menu, select manual configuration check add to Apple Business Manager is checked. Then uncheck the boxes next to Activate and complete enrollment. The next step is to set up the MDM server while you're still on Apple Configurator two. Open the MDM server dropdown menu and choose new server. Enter Apple Business Manager as its name, but leave the MDM server URL as is. If you receive an error message about the server URL, just click next to continue. Lastly, assign the server open. A BM go to devices, then filter set source to manually added and Apple configurator. Choose the devices you want to add. Click edit MDM server. Then assign your new MDM server. Apple's website has more detailed instructions and detailed information regarding this process. If your organization uses Apple Devices, A BM is a useful tool for streamlining device management. For more information, check out our official blog post on Apple Business Manager linked in the description below.