Introducing In-House Apps and Web Clips: iPhone & iPad App Deployment

Whether you're managing devices for a retail operation, healthcare facility, or service organization, your teams need the right tools to get their work done. While the App Store is great for public apps, you often need more flexibility in how you deploy internal proprietary (in-house) apps and web apps to your Apple mobile devices.

That's why we're excited to introduce two new Library Items that complete your app deployment toolkit in Kandji: In-House Apps and Web Clips. Combined with Kandji's existing management capabilities for apps from the Apple App Store, you now have everything you need to handle any app deployment scenario for your organization.

Turn Your Devices into Powerful Tools with In-House Apps

Need to deploy proprietary apps directly to your iPhone and iPad devices? Is Apple’s Custom Apps program not a good fit? Do you have intellectual property that must remain internal? Or do you need to be able to push out app updates at a moment’s notice?

With In-House Apps, you can skip the App Store entirely and push proprietary in-house apps right to your devices through Kandji.

Here's what you can do with In-House Apps:

• Deploy your proprietary in-house apps directly without going through App Store review
• Keep your proprietary applications private and secure
• Push updates quickly when you need to iterate
• Manage versions and distribution through Blueprints
• Upload and manage .ipa files right in Kandji

Real-World Impact: Streamlining Healthcare Operations

Imagine you're managing IT for a healthcare organization that has developed a proprietary patient care application. Your medical staff needs this app to access patient records, update charts, and coordinate care—all while maintaining strict privacy standards. With In-House Apps, you can:

• Deploy your proprietary healthcare app directly to staff iPad devices
• Push critical updates immediately without App Store delays
• Maintain complete control over app distribution and security
• Keep sensitive features within your organization

The result? Your medical team gets the tools they need faster, with the confidence that patient data remains secure and private.

Put Web Resources at Your Users' Fingertips with Web Clips

Your teams rely on web apps and resources every day. With Web Clips, you can now deploy bookmarks to these essential tools right to their device home screens. 

Web Clips gives you the power to:

• Create home screen shortcuts to any web app or resource
• Customize icons and labels for a professional look
• Manage access to browser UI controls for public-facing and kiosk applications
• Deploy alongside your other resources using Assignment Maps

Real-World Impact: Empowering Retail Operations

Consider a retail environment where your staff needs quick access to inventory systems, scheduling tools, customer service portals, or a web form. With Web Clips, you can:

• Create Library Items with branded home screen icons for any of these online systems
• Deploy the Library Items to your devices by adding it to a Blueprint
• Ensure consistent access to corporate resources across all store locations

By putting these tools just a tap away, your retail staff can spend less time navigating to resources and more time serving customers.

Your Complete App Deployment Solution

With these new additions, you now have a complete set of tools for all your app deployment needs in Kandji:

• Most commonly used apps through the Apple App Store
• Proprietary apps via In-House Apps
• Web-based resources through Web Clips

Each of these can be configured and deployed by adding the appropriate Library Item to your Kandji instance, and then deploying them to the right devices via a Blueprint.

Get Started Today

Ready to explore these new features? Both In-House Apps and Web Clips are available now to Kandji customers. Visit our knowledge base for detailed configuration guides, or reach out to our team to see these features in action.