Does Enterprise Program Expiration Impact an Existing APNs Certificate for MDM?

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Hi,

I have a question regarding the relationship between the Apple Developer Enterprise Program membership and an existing APNs certificate used for MDM.

Current Situation

We are operating an MDM server.
We have already obtained a valid APNs certificate via the Apple Push Certificates Portal.
Our Apple Developer Enterprise Program membership is about to expire.
The only asset we have in the Enterprise account is the MDM CSR used during the APNs certificate issuance process.

Question

If the Apple Developer Enterprise Program Membership expires:

Will the existing APNs certificate remain valid until its expiration date?
Or will it become invalid immediately due to the account expiration?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Engineer OP

Apple

2w

For Enterprise accounts, and MDM issues, please contact AppleCare Professional Support by phone for assistance.

You can find the numbers for your relevant region here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/106932)

Then ask to be transferred to AppleCare Professional Support. For more information, please visit https://www.apple.com/support/professional/enterprise.

Answer 2

Device Management Engineer OP

Apple

2w

There are two type of certificates involved. The first is the MDM push certificate. An MDM server uses this to send MDM pushes to managed devices. It is associated with an Apple Account. The second is the MDM vendor certificate. The MDM vendor uses this to sign the CSR during the issuance process for an MDM push certificate. This is associated with an Apple Developer Program account or an Apple Developer Enterprise Program account. So you're asking what happens when the Apple Developer Program or Apple Developer Enterprise program account associated with an MDM vendor certificate expires?