Setup guide · from scratch

Sign up for Apple Business Manager and create the admin Managed Apple Account

Create your organisation's free Apple Business Manager account — the portal that owns every Apple token and app licence. Needs a brand-new work email and D-U-N-S verification (allow several business days), so start this FIRST.

one-time human step · Apple Business Manager (business.apple.com)assisted guide — Decolla walks you through this

This is a one-time human step. It runs through Apple Business Manager (business.apple.com), which requires an interactive sign-in no MDM or API can perform for you. Decolla keeps it frictionless: the wizard shows these exact steps at the moment you need them, and flags what to bring back (a token, a file, an ID).

Step 1. Open a web browser and go to https://business.apple.com/.

Screenshot: ABM landing page before sign-up (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

Step 2. Click 'Sign up now' (or 'Enroll now').

Screenshot: The sign-up / enroll entry button (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

Step 3. Enter your organisation's LEGAL name, optional website, and country/region.

Screenshot: Organisation details form filled in (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

Step 4. For the admin email use a WORK email that is NOT already tied to any Apple ID, iCloud or App Store account — it becomes the top administrator Managed Apple Account.

Screenshot: Admin email field (redact the address) (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

Step 5. Enter your real, legal human name — job-title placeholders like 'IT Admin' are rejected by Apple.

Screenshot: Name entry field (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

Step 6. Provide a verification contact Apple can telephone (name, email, role of a CEO/CTO/CFO).

Screenshot: Verification contact form (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

Step 7. Enter the one-time code Apple emails you, then the second code sent to your phone.

Screenshot: Two-code verification entry screen (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

Step 8. Sign in, open Settings and enter your organisation's D-U-N-S Number (get one free from Dun & Bradstreet first if needed); Apple verifies over several business days.

Screenshot: Settings > D-U-N-S Number entry field (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

Step 9. Watch the organisation status until it reads verified.

Screenshot: Verification pending / verified organisation status (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

Step 10. Once verified, accept the Apps and Books / VPP terms and conditions.

Screenshot: Apps and Books terms-accepted confirmation (captured during a live customer build — coming to this page)

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