Making Your App Private

If you would prefer your app to not be made publicly on the app store, we can help you distribute it to your staff privately.

iOS Apps

Apple offers two solutions to manage private iOS apps.

App Hosted by Apple - Accessed via Apple's Volume Purchasing Programme

1. Your app is made available through Apple as a B2B app. To give you access to the app, EzyStream will allocate an email address in your company which manages the internal access of your app.

2. You, or your IT team sign up to the Apple Volume Purchasing Programme - a part of the Apple Business Programme. Although your app will be free for you to access, this portal will let you see the app while not being available on the App Store.

   • Visit https://business.apple.com/ to signup for free. 

   • You'll need a DUNS number for your organisation which is also free. 

     1. You can check if you have one already here,
     2. Or request one here,
     3. Or call Dun & Bradstreet/Illion (0800362222) for help.
3. Provide EzyStream with your Organisation ID, and the Apple ID used to operate your Apple Business Account. Your Organisation ID number is available within the Apple Business Dashboard.
4. EzyStream will them send your app to be approved by Apple.
5. Once your app is approve, login to the Apple Business Store, and find your B2B app from EzyStream, and purchase (free) the number of links you'd like to distribute to your team. (Only Apple Business Accounts we have authorised access will see your app listing).
6. Once your purchase is complete, Apple will supply you with a CSV file with an unique URL for each copy of the app your requested/purchased.
7. Send the URL/Redeem code to each of your team:

• • If you operate a smaller team, emailing the URL or redemption code to each employee may be appropriate.
  • EzyStream can offer you an additional feature which imports the CSV Apple issues you and automatically allocates them to your users as they request them.
    To achieve this, we'll offer you a special URL (yourorganisation.ezystream.com) where if the user has the URL, they can request a link on either the App Store or the Play Store. Learn more about managing this service here.
  • Your organisation may also have Mobile Device Management (MDM) Systems in place to manage devices and the apps installed. 
  • Once redeemed/installed, app updates will appear for your team members in the App Store updates area in the same fashion that Store listed apps do.

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