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  • 1.  Groups and App bundles - Best practices

    Posted 01/07/21 12:04 PM
    Hey, Happy New Year!

    As per the title really, I have up until recently added apps into the catalog and have them pushed out - standard.

    I have now a diverse client who wishes to have particular apps pushed to certain devices and other apps pushed to other devices, staff and management e.g.

    It seems to me (and I admit I could be doing something wrong) that I can only create a group for these devices once all the devices have been enrolled. Is this correct?

    I know that I can push apps to groups but this leads on to my App bundle query.

    If I create a separate bundles for both Android and iOS and push these out to the device groups, how would it manifest on the device - Would it install a folder with the apps inside?

    Happy to trial and error but it's quite a large client and I'm pushed for time so was seeking some pointers/advice.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Bryn Abbott
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  • 2.  RE: Groups and App bundles - Best practices

    Posted 01/08/21 07:26 AM

    I have similar requirements with a number of customers.  Here is the workflow I followed:

    1. Create the user
    2. Create a user group specific to the app distributions as needed
    3. Assign the appropriate users to this group
    4. Set the distribution for each required app for this group of users. 

     

    I prefer this over app bundles and it is easy to add additional apps or remove apps from distributions as needed. 

     

    Thanks,

     

    Mitch Lauer

    connecTel  Wireless  

    159 Perry Highway, Suite 200

    Pittsburgh, PA 15229

    216-970-6981 | Cell

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    412-339-5765 | Direct Dial

     






  • 3.  RE: Groups and App bundles - Best practices

    Posted 01/08/21 11:33 AM
    Thanks Mitch

    I think I follow, I've been trying to do device groups, maybe why it's not working out.

    I'll have a play, appreciate your response.

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    Bryn Abbott
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  • 4.  RE: Groups and App bundles - Best practices

    Posted 01/08/21 01:31 PM

    The distributions should work on both user and device groups, albeit a little faster on user groups as device groups get evaluated at a slower pace.

    The bundles themselves don't impact the installation experience, but they will be viewable in the app catalog as a bundle, so users can easily trigger install if "instant install" is not being leveraged.



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    Matt Shaver
    System Architect
    IBM
    mshaver@us.ibm.com
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  • 5.  RE: Groups and App bundles - Best practices

    Posted 01/11/21 02:17 PM
    Thanks for the responses fellas, much appreciated.

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    Bryn Abbott
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