Apple - iOS/iPadOS | Enterprise Applications

Use this application type to deploy Enterprise applications owned or managed by your organization to your Apple iOS and iPadOS devices. You must either upload the .ipa to SOTI MobiControl or give a link to the download location of the file.

Selecting the App Type

Use the Select Apps dialog box when adding an applications to your app policy. You do this when:

App Selection

App Source Select the Enterprise option.
Source Choose from one of the following application sources:
  • Import
  • Enterprise URL
Upload IPA File This option is available when selecting Import as the source. Select Browse to select an IPA file from your local or network file system or drag the file into the field.
Enterprise URL This option is available when selecting Enterprise URL as the source. Enter the URL of an enterprise application to download to the device from a third-party source instead of SOTI MobiControl. Select the arrow icon to download the app.
Note: The nightly maintenance job deletes orphaned macOS, iOS, and tvOS enterprise applications that are older than seven days.

Application Information

Review application information such as the display name, version, price, seller, and description.

Advanced Configurations

Select Configure when adding or editing an application in your app policy to open the Advanced Configurations dialog box, where you can further configure app settings.

App Details

Application Details A list of app details (read-only).

Installation Options

Deployment Type Select whether the application is a requirement.

If you select Suggested, the user can choose whether to install the application.

If you select Mandatory, the application installs automatically.
Request Device to Install Application (Unsupervised Device Only) Specify a maximum number of times to prompt the user to install the application if the Deployment Type is Suggested and the device was a unsupervised one.
Maximum Installation Attempts If you enable Request Device to Install Application, enter the maximum installation attempts for the application.
Configuration URI Enter a URI used to configure the application after installing it on the device.
Provisioning Profiles Browse for a provisioning profile file.
Remove App when Device is Unenrolled When turned on, the app automatically uninstalls from the device when you unenroll the device.
Prevent Application Data Back Up to iTunes and iCloud Blocks the app from uploading its data to iTunes and iCloud.

Managed App Config

Application Configuration

You can enable various configuration settings on the application.

Enter a value in the fields of the configuration settings that you want to apply to the device. You can use real values or macros. The following macros are also supported:

%DEVICEIDENTIFIER%
Device identifier
%ENROLLEDUSER_DOMAIN%
Enrolled user domain
%ENROLLEDUSER_EMAIL%
Enrolled user email
%ENROLLEDUSER_FIRST_NAME%
Enrolled user first name
%ENROLLEDUSER_UPN%
Enrolled user principal name
%ENROLLEDUSER_USERNAME%
Enrolled user username
%ENROLLEDUSER_LAST_NAME%
Enrolled user last name
%IP%
IP address
%MANUFACTURER%
Device manufacturer
%MODEL%
Device model
%PERSONALIZED_DEVICE_NAME%
Device name
%PHONENUMBER%
Phone number
%PLATFORM%
Device platform
%SERIALNUM%
Hardware serial number
Update Devices that Have Already Been Configured Update already configured devices.
Managed Associated Domains
This section lists domains associated with the app. This feature requires iOS 13 or later, and a managed app with the associated domain entitlement. It has the following controls:
  • Delete for each domain—Select to delete the domain.
  • Add (+)—Select to add a new domain to the list.

Update Options

Automatically Request Devices to Update App when App Policy is Updated with New Version Automatically request devices to update applications when newer versions appear in the app policy. The following device check-in triggers this request.

If you select this and the Update App Version in App Policy to the Latest Version in App Store option, SOTI MobiControl sends a request to devices. The requests ask devices to update applications to the policy's latest version. The policies update to require the latest version in the App Store.
Update App on Devices
Note: This feature is available when you update an app policy.
Select to push the update to all devices targeted by this app policy.
Note: This option is not supported for applications with device-based App Store licenses on iOS versions before 10.3.