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How to preload a couple of free apps on IOS before giving to a new user.

I dont know if there is any easy way to do this, but I am looking to add a couple of free ios apps to iphones before we deploy them to users. Namely, the Outlook app and the Microsoft authenticator app.

I would like to deploy out phones to new staff with these apps already loaded. Outlook would be preconfigured with their company mail, etc.

At first glance I dont see how to do this without an Apple ID but was wondering if this can somehow be done with iTunes?

I do not want to obtain any software to do it...hoping there is a way that I am just not seeing.

Same would be true for iPads.

Thanks!

Eoin OSullivan

You're correct .. cannot be done without setting up an Apple ID on the device and installing them.

The only thing you can do is send an email with links to quickly install the apps once the users have registered an Apple ID on the devices.

To "provision" the device you need to use either a 3rd party MDM solution such as AirWatch (https://www.air-watch.com) or if you've apple mac computers you can use the free apple configurator application

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