What is Bulk Enrollment in Applivery?

It's a single action that creates one enrollment per employee for a whole list of people, so you don't have to repeat the Enroll device form for each one.

Where do I find the bulk enrollment option?

In the Applivery Dashboard, go to Devices and open the dropdown next to the + Enroll device button. Select + Enroll multiple devices.

What happens if an employee doesn't exist yet?

Applivery creates them automatically. Type an email address that isn't in your directory and it becomes a new Device Employee as part of the batch.

Can I apply a different policy to each employee in a batch?

No. A batch applies the same policy to every enrollment it creates. If people need different policies, create one batch per policy.

Do I have to choose a management mode?

Only on Android, where you choose how the Devices will be managed. On AOSP it's always Device owner, and Apple and Windows don't ask for one.

Do bulk enrollments behave differently from single ones?

No. Each one is an ordinary enrollment: it appears in the Devices list, carries its own instructions and expiration, and can be revoked or extended the same way.

What happens if an employee never uses their invitation?

The enrollment expires when its Expire after period ends. You can extend it instead of creating a new batch.

Is Bulk Enrollment available on every plan?

No. It's a plan-gated feature, so on a plan that doesn't include it the option won't create the enrollments.

Bulk Enrollment: Enroll Many Devices at Once with Applivery

Once you have your Policies configured, you can start enrolling Devices. Creating them one at a time is fine for a handful of people, but for onboarding a whole team, opening a new office or refreshing a fleet, Applivery lets you invite everyone at once. Let's take a look at it.

Bulk Enrollment creates one enrollment per employee: you add a list of people, and each one gets their own enrollment in the Devices list, with its own instructions and its own expiration. It works for Apple, Android, AOSP and Windows — the form is the same one you already know, only asking for a list of employees instead of a single one.

Creating a bulk enrollment

Once in the Applivery Dashboard, navigate to Devices 1. Next to the + Enroll device button, open the dropdown and select + Enroll multiple devices 2.

Configure the enrollment settings

Fill out the form as follows:

Platform: Choose the platform for this batch.
Management mode: On Android, choose how the Devices will be managed.
Employees: The people you want to invite. Start typing to search your existing employees, or enter a new email address directly — an enrollment will be created for each employee you add.
Policy: The Policy the Devices will have applied once enrolled.

Note

If an employee's email is not found, a new employee is created automatically. You don't need to add anyone to your directory beforehand.

Review the optional settings

Expand More options for the rest:

Tags: Organize, group, and filter the resulting Devices.
Display name: A friendly name to identify the Devices among the others.
Expire after: How long the enrollments remain usable. Once the time passes, they stop working.
VPP Location (Apple): App licenses will be associated automatically to the Devices from this Apple Business location.
Skip personal info (Apple): Skips the personal information steps during setup.
Send instructions email to employee: Notifies each person with the steps to enroll. When enabled, you can also set the Instructions language and add a custom message.

Create the enrollments

Click Create enrollments — the button shows how many are about to be created, one per employee.

Each enrollment is then added to the list of Devices with a pending state, the assigned Policy, and its expiration countdown. Click on any of them to display its details and instructions, exactly as you would with an individual enrollment.

Warning

A batch applies one Policy to everyone in it. If different people need different Policies, create one batch per Policy — or assign them conditionally using Smart Attributes.

What the employee receives

If you chose to send the instructions email, each employee gets their own message with the steps for their platform and management mode. From their point of view nothing indicates they were part of a batch — the enrollment is individual, and so is the code or QR they receive.

The enrollment instructions vary by platform, and are covered in each platform's enrollment article:

Key Takeaways

One action creates one enrollment per employee.

Employees that don't exist yet are created automatically.

A batch applies the same policy to every enrollment it creates.

Each enrollment behaves exactly like one created individually.

Unused invitations can be extended instead of recreating the batch.