Problem with distrubuting Apple App as JAMF In-House App

[nigelmarrion]

We are a private High School in Northern California and are about to implement a 1:1 iPad program for our 1800 students.

We decided that we did not want our students to be able to download any app they wanted from the Apple App Store and have elected to upload the Apple Apps we will provide (eg Keynote, Numbers etc) as JAMF In-House apps. We have bought sufficient VPP codes to cover our needs so we can alway demonstrate that we have legally purchased the apps we distribute this way. There are a couple of twists that need to be followed to make it work, but the end result is what we want. That is no App Store on the iPad but the ability to distribute Apple apps.

Neither Apple or JAMF officially support this solution.

Anyway enough of the background...

We have hit a problem with one app out of the 20 or so we have set-up this way, Pages. An iPad can download Pages as expected, but as soon as JAMF executes a inventory of the iPad, it removes Pages from the iPad.

Has anyone else encountered this?!

[brianvan]

be interested to know how you are doing this. We have a number schools who have been asking for something like this for the same reason.

Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

[nigelmarrion · Accepted solution]

We solved our own problem by not identifying the "In-House" app as a managed app.

[Sean_Ginn]

Nigel

How did you change these apps to not be managed?

Sorry for the reliving a dead discussion.

[nigelmarrion]

Sorry for the late reply.

In the App setting after the "'in house" app has been set up do not check "Manage app when possible"