Installing applications on iOS

Mobile Guardian allows for 2 types of app installation on iOS: Auto Install and Self install .  Auto install pushes out to device automatically whereas Self install adds the application to the ‘My Catalogue’ section of the Mobile Guardian app.  Tags are used to assign the app accordingly. 

For auto-installs, the most important slider in the application settings is the ‘Assign to Device'.  This means the VPP licence is allocated to the device serial number and not an iTunes account.  If this is not selected, then the app will prompt the user for an iTunes account and will not install without this.

Using tags allows the mass assign of applications to devices which are using the same tag. At the same time you can assign the application to either home owned, school owned or both types of devices.

NB.  Using the auto-install option will result in the application being pushed to specified devices during the auto-install window defined by the user (Immediately, During school hours, After school hours, Weekend).

Assigning to specific devices using Tags

Step 1 - Select settings for application

After you have searched for and found the new application you want to install, you will be given the option to mass assign tags to it. To do this, in the Add these tags input field, start entering the name of the first tag you want to assign, and then select a tag from the drop-down list. To add a brand new tag, type a tag name and press Enter. 

Tags will be displayed as you add them. Click X if you want to remove a tag. 

Step 2 - Save specified settings

Click on the Add button to save your settings.

For a self-install, this process would be the same however with the tag being added to the 'Self Install' section on the right of the screen.  This would then add the application to the 'My Catalogue' section of the Mobile Guardian application on the device and this installation would be triggered by the end user.

Assigning app to all school or home owned devices

You may also assign a new iOS application to all school and home owned devices, both types of devices or neither.

Step 1 - Select settings for application

After you have searched for and found the new application you want to use the Auto-install Settings or Self-install Settings.

Under the Auto-install Settings, you will be given the option to assign it to all school owned devices, all school owned devices, both or neither.  This would replace the use of Tags.

In the latter case, you will have to assign applications manually at a later stage. 

In this example, the Assign to all school owned devices option is selected.

Step 2 - Save specified settings

Click on the Add button to save your settings.