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Best way to deploy apps with SMC

Bl0ckS1z3

I just started with smc server. In my company we using a local installed server.

The most functions in smc are very clear to me. But there is one thing I won't understand. What is the best way to deploy updates/new apps.

I read that it  is possible - if you can download the apk file  somewhere and have a signed ssl certificate - to deploy the app directly from the smc server.

I tried that but I failed because we don't have a signed certificate yet.

The other way is to link to google playstore. But if you do that you will need an extra google play account for every mobile device? Or do you share one account over devices?

Is this possible? I think not.

Is there a way to have something like a corporate account in play store.

What's best bractise on this?

We have some mobile phones used as service devices (like barcode readers), will never get  installed new apps. So I really don't want to connect them with google play. But if I want to update the apps on it to fix for security I need that, isn't it?

How do deal with?



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    Bl0ckS1z3,

    On the menu sidebar, under CONFIGURE, click Apps and then select the platform for which you want to add the app.
    The Apps view is displayed.

    Click Add app and select Android package or iOS package.

    The Edit Android package or the Edit iOS package view is displayed.

    Enter a Name and a Version for the new package. The name field is mandatory. In the field App identifier, you can enter the identifier for the app.

    Note: If you do not know the exact identifier, leave this field empty. For iOS apps the identifier is usually entered automatically.
    You can provide the apps through the Enterprise App Store and define them as recommended or required. They are then displayed in the Recommended or Required section of the Enterprise App Store. To do so, select Recommended (unmanaged) or Required (unmanaged) in the Type dropdown list. For iOS apps you can select Recommended (managed) or Required (managed). If you do so, the app is pushed as a managed application to the end-user device as soon as the user selects to install it.

    If you select Server-initiated installation only, installation can only be triggered by the Sophos Mobile Control web console.
    In the Description text field, you can enter a description for the new application package.

    Next to Operating systems, click Show and select the operating system versions the new package applies to.

    Note: For Samsung KNOX devices the Install in KNOX container option is available. Select it, if you want the app to be installed in a KNOX container. The option is only visible if a KNOX Advanced license key has been provided in System setup.

    Click Upload a file to directly upload the package to the web console. Browse for the package and click Open.

    Click the Save button.

    The app is available for installation. It is displayed in the Apps view. If you have configured the software as Recommended or Required, it is displayed in the Enterprise App Store of the Sophos Mobile Control client on the end user device for download. Users can select it for installation.

    The installation process runs unattended or with very little user interaction. For further information on installing required and recommended apps on devices, see the Sophos Mobile Control user help at

    docs.sophos.com/.../index.htm

    PaulD
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