# VPP Tokens

## What

VPP (Volume Purchase Program) Tokens from Apple allow us to utilize licenses purchased for App store resources on our FileWave server. You may have one or many VPP tokens.

## When/Why

In ABM/ASM (Apple Business Manager / Apple School Manager) terminology tokens are created and allow access to licenses purchased within a location. The VPP tokens section of the Sources View allows you to Add, Edit and Remove VPP tokens.

## How

Adding a new token is done by simply clicking the plus icon (![](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-07/mtr1YCGiVh5H1Gwk-embedded-image-g8lcwcsa.png)). Editing and removal are done through the actions menu, and removal is only possible if all payloads are removed beforehand.

Whether adding a new, or refreshing an existing, token, the steps are the same, and and require the token from Apple:

![](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-07/fVNMuBXgXXdg2GJg-embedded-image-74kdaccs.png)

1. Download the appropriate location based token from ABM/ASM
2. Upload the Token to FileWave
3. Set the Country/Language as needed
4. Provide a local descriptive name for the Token
5. Specify where you would like VPP payloads to be created (default is root)

<table id="bkmrk-be-aware-that-if-you"><tbody><tr><td>Be aware that if you attempt to import a VPP token already in use on another system, FileWave will warn you as shown:

![](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-07/VjGCTutXalgwc35E-embedded-image-pa92duoq.png)

Only import a token in this circumstance if you are certain it will not interfere with another MDM server.

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