Deploying Packages to Devices

The following steps describe how you can use MobiControl to deploy packages onto mobile devices.

1. Create a package.

   A package is a set of software and data files that have been packed into a single compressed file. MobiControlprovides a tool called MobiControl Package Studio that allows you to quickly and easily create packages. For complex packages, Package Studio allows users to add scripts that get automatically executed at various points in the installation or uninstallation of the package. Please see the Creating Packages page for more information.

2. Create a deployment rule.

   When you create a deployment rule, you need to specify the package(s) to be deployed, and the devices to which the package(s) will be deployed. Please see the Deployment Rule page for more information.

3. Check the rule execution status.

   Once you have created a deployment rule, you may want to check to see if all of the devices have been provisioned with the packages specified in the rule. The execution status of the deployment rule is graphically represented in the execution chart on the Rules view (tab). MobiControl also provides a report called the "Deployment Rule Execution Summary Report." Please see the Generate Reports page for more information.

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