This guide outlines how administrators can search, import, and deploy both Android and iOS applications across enterprise-owned and employee-owned (BYOD) hardware using the Mobile Guardian Dashboard.
Application Deployment Methods
Mobile Guardian supports two primary application distribution workflows:
- Auto-Install: Automatically pushes and installs target applications directly onto eligible devices without end-user intervention (requires Supervised iOS or Android EMM/Zero-Touch enrollment).
- Self-Install (My Catalogue): Publishes selected applications to the My Catalogue section within the end-user's Mobile Guardian app interface, allowing employees to install approved corporate software on demand.
Importing Applications into the Dashboard
- Log in to the Mobile Guardian Dashboard and navigate to Applications on the left menu.
- Select your target operating system tab:
- Android: Click Android > Application Search.
- iOS: Click iOS > Application Search (or manage Volume Purchase Program Applications marked as VPP).
- Enter the application name in the search input field and click Search.
- Locate the desired application in the results list and click the Plus (+) icon to import the application to your corporate dashboard inventory.
Configuring Installation & Scope Settings
After importing an application, configure its distribution parameters, target device scope, and deployment behaviour:
- Targeting via Tags:
- Enter existing organisational tags (e.g., Executive, Sales-Team, Field-Ops) into the Add tags field to target specific hardware groups.
- Type a new tag name and press Enter to create a new targeting rule.
- Ownership Scope:
- Toggle access sliders to assign deployment rules to all Business-Owned Devices.
- Deployment Behaviour (Auto-Install vs. Self-Install):
- Configure distribution rules under the Auto-Install Settings tab for silent background delivery, or under Self-Install Settings to add the application to My Catalogue for the employee to self-install.
Avoid adding the exact same tag parameters to both Auto-Install and Self-Install options to prevent deployment rule conflicts.
- Click Save Changes to commit your distribution rules. Assigned applications will deploy or appear in My Catalogue during the next automated device sync cycle.