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If your MDM platform allows you to deploy a Configuration Profile and a Package, Zappl will be supported. For advanced configuration and integration with your MDMs current application store i.e. Jamf Self Service, the MDM solution will need to support script deployments.
With Zappl, we pride ourself on security and believe the safest place for you to obtain your application updates are from the vendors website itself. Our technology is designed to monitor your device, identify if an update is required, download from the software vendors website and install without impacting the users experience.
No. We have always had a clear vision with Zappl, and that is the user experience must remain our focus. Zappl can be configured to your requirements as an administrator, but in its default form we will notify users that updates are required. If it is convenient, the apps will save the data, close the application, perform the update and re-open back where you were. You don’t need to logout or restart and it’s a great time to grab a coffee.
No. Our aim was to develop Zappl from the ground up using Swift. We also wanted to move away from centrally hosting packages, and instead have the Zappl agent obtain any updates from the software vendors themselves.
Zappl has a dedicated web portal that allows your team to monitor compliance of your devices. This is in the form of a compliance dashboard, device or application view, so you can quickly focus in on a group of users or applications. If you prefer a scheduled overview of your compliance, a PDF report can be scheduled to be emailed at your chosen date or time period.
Yes. Zappl runs independently to the MDM system and will monitor and update any 3rd party application that we currently support in our app catalog. With the increase of shadow IT practices within the enterprise, where users prefer to use their own applications and tools, we will actively patch these, even if they are not a company deployed application.
Yes. We have a combination of universal and architecture-specific apps in our catalog. If the app has separate installers for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, the Zappl agent determines the architecture of the computer and then downloads the relevant installer.
Yes. Some apps are still designed to run only on Intel Macs. For this reason, we install Rosetta as part of the Zappl setup process on Apple Silicon Macs that don’t already have it. This ensures these devices can install apps requiring Rosetta immediately after Zappl is installed.
Zappl comes with a very customisable Configuration Profile that allows you to be very granular with your update notifications. In its simplest form you can configure Zappl not to run on a device if a particular application is in focus I.e. Zoom, Google Chat or Microsoft Teams. We can also schedule it to not interrupt users on specific times or days if you know you have a deadline to hit.
See our Security page.
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