Apple School Manager integration with Intune for Education and School Data Sync

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When setting up Apple School Manager for integration with Intune for Education, you may also configure Microsoft School Data Sync (SDS) to synchronize user accounts and attributes from Apple School Manager to Azure Active Directory.

Note

The option to sync with Apple School Manager does not create any groups. It is only designed to link their Apple ID with their O365 Account.

Prerequisites and Setup

Complete the process and steps noted on the Enable iOS device enrollment with Apple School Manager page below before proceeding to the SDS setup for Apple School Manager sync and integration:

Create an Apple School Manager Sync Profile in SDS

Once redirected to the SDS Sync Profile Setup Wizard, you will need to create a sync profile. This sync profile will connect to your Apple School Manager instance, and attempt to match the Apple ID of your users in Apple School Manager to the UserPrincipalName of your users in Azure AD. Once matched, user attributes in Apple School Manager are synced to users in Azure AD. Follow the steps below to complete this process:

  1. Login with a Global Admin account if prompted for credentials.

  2. Once logged in, SDS will automatically connect to Apple School Manager. ASM connection_C3_201774102755

  3. Enter a sync profile name in the text box (must be at least 3 characters). Profile Name_C3_201774103031

  4. Choose the domain suffix associated with your users in Azure AD. Domain Selection_C3_201774103154 To match users from Apple School Manager to Azure AD, the prefix value of the AppleID (portion before the @ must match the prefix value of the Azure AD UserPrincipalName (portion before the @). The domain suffix selected in SDS must also then append to the prefix value of the AppleID, to match against the users full UserPrincipalName in Azure AD. Here is an example:

    Example:

    AppleID = Wendy@contoso.com

    AppleID Prefix = Wendy

    SDS Domain Selection = FabrikamSchools.com

    UserPrincipalName in Azure AD = Wendy@FabrikamSchools.com

    For the user to sync successfully:

    AppleID Prefix + SDS Domain Selection = UserPrincipalName

    Example Results = User is successfully synced with Apple School Manager:

    Wendy + Fabrikam.com = wendy@FabrikamSchools.com

  5. Click Create profile. Create Profile_C3_201774103420

  6. Wait for the profile to be submitted. Create Profile Wait_C3_201774103525

  7. Refresh the page to ensure the profile is being setup. Profile status will become Setting up. Profile Setting Up_C3_201774103651

  8. Continue to refresh the page to ensure sync has started. The profile status should display one of the five sync stages of SDS. Sync In Progress_C3_201774103816

  9. Continue to refresh the page to ensure sync has completed successfully. Profile Setup complete_C3_201774103930

  10. Review any errors associated with the sync profile. If any users failed to match, you may need to update the AppleID in Apple School Manager or the UserPrincipalName in Azure AD to ensure the identities match successfully, in accordance with the criteria defined within the SDS sync profile. SDS will attempt to match all users within Apple School Manager under this single profile.