Apple configurator with iOS7

I'm having loads of problems with apple configurator since upgrading to iOS7. It hasn't reliably supervised or assigned ipads. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't! I can't assign pupils to devices and lots of the VPP codes I have purchased don't work.
I have updated all the software I can.
Is anyone else having problems or can give any solutions!!

Hi jenny142,
Unfortunately yes... many of us have been experiencing issues with iOS 7 and Apple Configurator 1.4. There are several other threads here discussing various issues. Hopefully some of the bugs will be fixed in a dot release of both iOS and AC.... hopefully soon!
~Joe

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