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Installing and Uninstalling Group Apps

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In group apps, you can install or uninstall privately uploaded applications—also known as Enterprise Applications—and Store apps in a group immediately. The applications can be installed or uninstalled on devices actively communicating with Esper. 

In this article: 

Install or Uninstall App

This section also lets you schedule an application installation or uninstallation for a specific point in the future. To schedule an installation, navigate to the Scheduled Install tab. Learn more about Scheduling App Installations.

Step 1: To install an application on all the devices in the group, go to the group in Devices & Groups. You may need to adjust your View to List: Groups. 

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Then select the group. Press the Actions dropdown and select App Management. 

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Step 1: To install an application on all the devices in the group, go to the group in Devices & Groups and select the More Actions dropdown ellipsis button (...). You may need to expand the side panel.

App Uninstall works the same way. Select Uninstall from the dropdown instead.

Then select Properties.

Screenshot

Select Install from the Select Application Action dropdown.

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Step 2: Device info shows the number of devices and their Last Seen status. 

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Step 3: Select the application you want to install from the Select App dropdown.

You can type the first few letters of the application’s name into the search box to quickly find the application.

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Step 4: Select the application version. If you select the check box for manage configurations, you will be prompted to enter JSON code.

Use managed configurations to manage most applications.

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Notes:

  1. Manage configurations can be applied to Android devices 5.0 or above.

  2. All applications will accept the JSON values, but changes will only happen for apps that allow configuration changes.

  3. Manage configurations cannot be applied to a Google Play store application while installing it. However, an installed application can have managed configurations.

The following is a sample code for Chrome (version 86 and above) Manage Configuration:

{"URLBlocklist":[
              "example.com",
              "https://ssl.server.com",
              "hosting.com/bad_path",
              "https://server:8080/path",
              ".exact.hostname.com",
              "file://*",
              "custom_scheme:*",
              "*"],
              "SafeBrowsingProtectionLevel":1,
          
              "HomepageLocation":"https://www.chromium.org", "CookiesBlockedForUrls":[
              "https://www.example.com",
              "[*.]example.edu"
              ],
                "DefaultGeolocationSetting":3     
              }

The following is a sample code for Chrome (Version below 86) Manage Configuration:

{"URLBlacklist":[
          "example.com",
          "https://ssl.server.com",
          "hosting.com/bad_path",
          "https://server:8080/path",
          ".exact.hostname.com",
          "file://*",
          "custom_scheme:*",
          "*"],
          "SafeBrowsingProtectionLevel":1,
          
          "HomepageLocation":"https://www.chromium.org", "CookiesBlockedForUrls":[
          "https://www.example.com",
          "[*.]example.edu"
          ],
            "DefaultGeolocationSetting":3     
          }

Click the links to find out more about JSON Settings and Accessibility Settings.

You can check the history of application installation/schedules. Click the View link under the manage configurations column to see the JSON code.

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You can also view the managed configurations by clicking the information icon. On the slide-out, click on the view configuration link.

Step 5: Once you’ve selected an application, its details will appear in the Application Details Preview section.

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Step 6: You can check the status of the installation. If a command fails or is queued for too long, check the device's network connection and Last Seen status.

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