AppStation configuration steps overview

The configurations for AppStation are done in MobileIron Cloud. The following provides an overview of the configuration steps for deploying AppStation and pointers to the relevant content in the MobileIron Cloud Administrator Guide:

  1. Ensure that the option to Always require client for registrations is disabled. The option is available in Users > User Settings > Device Registration Setting. If the option is enabled, users automatically get emails for registering their device. However, the email provides instructions to register the device via the Go client and is not applicable for registering via AppStation.
  2. Create a user group to distribute AppStation and manually add users to the group.
    See "Creating a manually managed user group" in the MobileIron Cloud Administrator Guide.

  3. Create a dynamically managed device group with the rule "user group," which is equal to the user group created for AppStation.
    See "Adding a device group" in the MobileIron Cloud Administrator Guide.

    NOTE: If devices had been previously enrolled for MDM in a Cloud tenant, users will not be able to register with the same Cloud tenant using AppStation. To use AppStation, delete the devices from the Cloud tenant, then register with the same Cloud tenant using AppStation.
  4. Disable the Android enterprise configurations and change the distribution of the configurations to No Devices. The Android enterprise configurations are:
    • Android enterprise: Work Profile (Android for Work)
    • Android enterprise: Work Managed Device (Android for Work)
    • Android enterprise: Managed Device with Work Profile
  5. Create a MAM Only configuration for AppStation and assign it to the dynamically managed device group created for AppStation.
    See "MAM Only Configuration" in the MobileIron Cloud Administrator Guide.

  6. Add apps for distribution and assign the apps for distribution to the dynamically managed device group created for AppStation.

    NOTE: AppConnect apps require additional AppConnect-related configurations as well.

    See the MobileIron Cloud Administrator Guide for adding and configuring apps in MobileIron Cloud. Some relevant sections are:

    "Adding an app from a public store," "Adding an In-house app," "Configuring AppConnect Devices," "Configuring AppConnect Apps."

    IMPORTANT: Ensure that AppConnect apps are wrapped with Secure Apps Manager for AppStation. AppConnect apps wrapped with the regular Secure Apps Manager will not work with AppStation. AppConnect apps wrapped with the regular Secure Apps Manager can be pushed to AppStation. For information about wrapping AppConnect apps for Android, see the MobileIron AppConnect for Android App Developers Guide.
  7. Notify users to download and register AppStation.
    Automatic email notifications are not sent to device users to register with MobileIron Cloud. Use an alternate method, such as your enterprise email, to notify users to download the app and register with MobileIron Cloud. Device users download AppStation to their device directly from the Google Play Store. See What users see in MobileIron AppStation for Android for information about how device users can register their devices to your MobileIron Cloud instance and install apps from AppStation.