Silent app distribution
IT admins can install and manage work applications silently in BigFix Mobile managed mobile devices without any user intervention.
If an organization needs to install and manage work applications that are mandatory for a user, IT admins can configure to do so silently without prompting the device user. Device users get the apps installed and ready to use.
IT admin can also update or remove an application silently.
Android
- Configure app distribution
In the Appstore App Policy, enable the option Distribute as an offer.
- Enable: To force install an app to a device remotely without any user intervention
- Disable: To add an app to a device's managed Play store app where the user can install the application
- Distribute apps
- To distribute work applications in BigFix Mobile managed Android devices, add Appstore App Policy defined in the WebUI to a policy group and deploy the policy group to an MDM server or to Android devices / device groups.
- Device user experience
- On Android devices that you have deployed the policy, device user can see the notification “Installing apps from your organization” from the Google Play Store. The apps (for which the Distribute as an offer option is enabled in the policy) are silently installed without user interaction.
Apple
VPP and custom apps are distributed to any enrollment type without prompting.
Public Appstore apps requires prompting on unsupervised devices and do not work on User Enrollments (BYOD).