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    <p>Apple offers two ways you can do this. (The third is jailbreaking.)</p> <p>The older way, an <a href="https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/" rel="nofollow">Enterprise membership</a>. This is more designed for large organizations with an IT department:</p> <ul> <li>$300 annually</li> <li>you deploy directly to the device</li> <li>terms of the contract say: may only deploy onto devices owned by the business (and yes, they can tell if you abuse this)</li> <li>apps last 1 year, must be re-signed and re-deployed</li> <li>kinda labor-intensive and fiddly, especially if the developer and device manager are different people, or use different signing keys; really needs an MDM system to work well</li> <li>since Apple doesn't review your code, you can use private API if you want. woo hoo.</li> </ul> <p><strong>There's a newer way, which I highly recommend: the <a href="https://developer.apple.com/programs/volume/b2b/" rel="nofollow">B2B App Store</a>.</strong></p> <ul> <li>works with your $100 developer membership</li> <li>deployment uses Apple for hosting, doesn't expire</li> <li>needs no special software; works well with <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id434433123?mt=12" rel="nofollow">Apple Configurator</a></li> <li>app is private to whoever you specify</li> <li>the business gets access by signing up for the free "<a href="http://www.apple.com/business/vpp/" rel="nofollow">volume purchase program</a>".</li> </ul> <p>In fact, the whole process is almost exactly like a normal app store app, <strong>except</strong> that the app is not public. Apple reviews it, puts it in the "secret" store. Developer specifies some Apple IDs; only those Apple IDs can see the app in the store (through the volume purchase interface.) They can install it, AND/OR generate redemption codes for it (which work for anyone.) It's very slick. There's a good <a href="https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2012/?include=311#311" rel="nofollow">2012 WWDC video about it</a> for dev program members.</p> <p><a href="https://developer.apple.com/programs/volume/b2b/" rel="nofollow">https://developer.apple.com/programs/volume/b2b/</a></p> <p>Both programs require the business to have a DUNS number. This is generally not a problem.</p>
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