Distributing apps to Groups

You can distribute and install Android apps silently without any user intervention as explained here. Silent distribution and installation of iOS apps can be done as explained here. In case you distribute Android apps to the App Catalog instead of silently installing them, the device user can uninstall the distributed apps, which is by default restricted in case of silentl installation. To test and deploy iOS enterprise apps seamlessly refer to this link.

Distribute apps to Groups

Follow the steps mentioned below to distribute the Apps from the App repository to the groups. To test and deploy enterprise apps seamlessly refer to this link.

On the web console, navigate to Groups and Devices
Click on Groups and select the list of Groups based on the platform as iOS /Android/Windows.
Click on Distribute Apps
Enable the Checkbox to Notify the end user after the App is distributed
Enable the Checkbox to Install Enterprise Apps silently (for iOS supervised devices and android SAFE and Knox devices), if required
Select the Apps from the list of Available Apps and move them to the Added Apps
Click on Save changes to distribute the Apps to the devices.

You have successfully distributed Apps to groups. The distributed Apps will be listed in the App Catalog of the user's mobile device. Users can click on it and install the Apps. In case of Knox, Google Play Store Apps and Enterprise Apps can be distributed to Devices whereas only Enterprise Apps can be distributed to Knox Containers. You can force install Enterprise Apps to iOS supervised devices, SAFE devices, Knox devices and Windows devices, without the user's intervention. The App will get installed automatically when the device is reachable by Mobile Device Manager Plus.

For devices provisioned as Profile Owner, different versions of the same application cannot exist, both inside and outside the work profile / container.

For enterprise apps, when an app is present in the personal space and a lower version of the same app is distributed to the work profile, the app installation fails. Similarly, when a higher version of the same app is distributed to the work profile, the app present in the personal space is updated to the version being distributed.
For Play Store apps, the version of the app in the personal space is updated to the version being distributed to the work profile.

Upgrade the enterprise apps

Enterprise Apps which are distributed using Mobile Device Manager Plus can be upgraded to the latest version, by following the steps mentioned below:

On the web console, navigate to Groups and Devices
Click on Groups and select the list of Groups based on the platform as iOS /Android/Windows Groups.
Under Actions click Upgrade icon against the App that needs to be upgraded.

The latest version of the App will be distributed to all the devices on which the App will installed. This does not require user intervention and will be done automatically when the device is reachable by Mobile Device Manager Plus server.

1.Enterprise apps distributed via MDM can be installed on the device, even if Play Store is restricted. To install enterprise apps without user intervention, refer to this.

2. In case you've added an unsigned enterprise app and have issues installing the same, it is recommended to have the app signed by the developer. To know more about app signing, click here. If you’re unable to instal a signed enterprise app to the App Repository, you can file an appeal here.

Remove apps from Groups

App which are distributed through Mobile Device Manager Plus can be removed. Apps which are not installed through Mobile Device Manager Plus cannot be removed using Mobile Device Manager Plus. To remove an App from Groups by following the steps mentioned below;

On the web console, navigate to Groups and Devices
Click on Groups and select the list of Groups based on the platform as iOS /Android/Windows Groups.
Click on Apps
Select the app to be removed
Under Actions, click on remove icon to remove the app.

You can see the status would be changed as marked for delete, and the App will be removed from all the Devices of the Group.