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Today let’s have a look at Windows Phone 8 and how apps can be deployed to the devices.
We have two ways how we can deploy apps:
- Store (Marketplace) enrollment
- Company (IT) enrollment
Today I wanna give you a short overview how you can deploy your apps to the devices.
We have two ways to do this, we can submit the apps to the store (with the necessary certification) or you can deploy your apps “over the air” with your company’s IT.
Store deployment
I think the store deployment is nearly the same as it is now for Windows Phone 7 rollout. You have to run thru the Microsoft certification prozess. After certification then the app is availiable at the store for downloading and installing. I think this is the best way to bring your apps to the (end)consumers.
Company (IT) enrollment
Enterprise apps will not be submitted to Marketplace and now with the new features of Windows Phone 8 deployment it’s possible that a company (IT) can rollout “their” apps.
Let’s have a look at the TechEd 2012 “Enterprise App Ecosystem Overview” Slide (http://channel9 NULL.msdn NULL.com/events/TechEd/Europe/2012/WPH205):
(http://blogs NULL.tieto NULL.com/mobileworld/files/2012/08/appenroverview NULL.png)
Unmanaged Phones – Enterprise App Enrollment
First step is to generate an app enrollment token.
How to roll out the enrollment token?
1.Enterprise emails a link to the app enrollment token
2.User authenticates with domain credentials
3.User downloads and installs app enrollment token
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1.Enterprise emails app enrollment token using Information Rights Management (IRM)
2.User authenticates with IRM and installs app enrollment token
How to roll out the app?
1.Enterprise IT signs the XAP
2.XAP is posted to the private Enterprise App Store
3.User navigates to the Enterprise App Store (via web browser or client app) and selects the app to install
4.App is downloaded and installed on the phone
(http://blogs NULL.tieto NULL.com/mobileworld/files/2012/08/enrollmend_arch NULL.png)
Managed Phones Enterprise App Enrollment
Token rollout managed by MobileDeviceManagement, how to?
1.The phone initiates enrollment with MDM
2.MDM provisions certificates to the phone and sends the app enrollment token to the phone
3.Optionally, the user can install an app discovery app that provides access to apps in the enterprise store
App enrollment, how it could work?
1.Enterprise IT signs the XAP
2.XAP is posted in the App Catalog
3.User opens the app discovery app that displays all available apps and selects the app to install
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3.User browses the app catalog using the browser
4.App is downloaded and installed on the phone
(http://blogs NULL.tieto NULL.com/mobileworld/files/2012/08/companyHub NULL.png)
Some details about MDM you can find in my post “Window Pone 8 Security deep dive” (http://blogs NULL.tieto NULL.com/mobileworld/2012/07/17/windows-phone-8-security-deep-dive/).
There are a lot of questions about Company Hub, IT enrollment ….
If you have any questions, send them to me per eMail. I’ll try to answer all of them.
More details we’ll get after the Windows Phone 8 SDK launch (15th September ?).
In my next post let’s have a look at the UX guidelines for Windows 8 development, or should I post some development samples?
–stay tuned–
6 Comments
Hi,
We are Tier-1 suppliers to a few of Fortune 100 companies.
Is there a white paper from Microsoft on the process to deploy applications written on Windows Mobile 7.5 or Windows Mobile 8 within the boundary of an enterprise.
Where can I find more details about the Company Hub? How will it work? When do we get it?
Hi Abhijit and Bruno!
At this moment there is no existing white paper for deploying apps. After asking with Microsoft there are no details about company hub lunched. If there any news I’ll post these information in this blog. I think the informations will coming soon.
I am developing Windows 8 App for our company usage. My question to you is how easy is to do “Managed Phones Enterprise App Enrollment”. How much it is going to cost us.
@Raj I’m trying to get information about Company Roll-Out for Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps from Microsoft. Till now I haven’t feedback, but when I get some, I’ll blog it – so stay tuned.
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