DeployingandManagingEpicAppswithMicrosoftIntuneIntroductionManyhealthcarefacilitiesuseMicrosoftIntunetomanagetheirmobiledevicesandtheappsonthosedevices.Thisdocumentisahow-toguideforcustomerswhoarebothMicrosoftIntunecustomersandEpiccustomers.

Ifthereisadditionalfunctionalityorintegrationthatyouneed,pleasecontactyourMicrosoftorEpicrepresentative.

MicrosoftIntuneMicrosoftIntuneisacloud-basedmobiledevicemanagement,mobileappmanagement,andPCmanagementproduct.WedonotexhaustivelycoverallIntunetopicsinthisdocument.Weonlycoverthosethatpertaintothescenariowefocuson:deployingandmanagingEpic’sHaikuandCantoappsinanIntunedeployment.

MoreinformationaboutMicrosoftIntunecanbefoundbyfollowingthelinkslistedinthereferencecontentthatislistedattheendofthisnote.

EpicMobileAppsHaikuandCanto,Epic'smobileapps,aredesignedtogivephysiciansElectronicMedicalRecord(EMR)accessoutsidetheclinicorhospitalandtoincreasephysicians'opportunitiestoprovidecare.ClinicianscanuseHaikuandCantotoreviewapatient'schart,respondtoInBasketmessages,prescribemedications,takeclinicalphotos,andcaptureprofessionalcharges.

WithRover,authorizedclinicalusersofEpic’selectronichealthrecordshavesecureaccesstotoolsforclinicalreview,patientlistmanagement,medicationadministration,specimencollection,vitals,andIntake&Output(I/O)rightontheirmobiledevice.

DeployingtheAppswithMicrosoftIntuneDeployingtheEpicmobileappsoniOSviaMicrosoftIntuneisafour-stepprocess:

1. AuthoraVPNpolicy.2. AuthoranAppConfigurationPolicy.3. AddtheappstoMicrosoftIntune.4. Deploytheappstogroupsofusers.

ThisdocumentisfocusedondeployingtheiOSapps.WhendeployingonAndroid,addinganddeployingtheappsisthesame,buttheVPNandAppConfigurationpoliciesaredifferent.

AlloftheseoperationsareperformedusingtheMicrosoftIntuneadministrationconsole.InordertousetheconsoleyouneedanIntunesubscription.Togetstarted,launchtheconsolebylogginginhere:https://manage.microsoft.com.

ThemanagementconsoleisaSilverlightapp,soyourbrowsermustsupportSilverlight.AddinganapptoMicrosoftIntuneisdonebyusingaMicrosoftClickOnceapp,soyourplatformmustsupportClickOnceapps.

AuthorAppConfigurationandVPNPoliciesAppConfigurationallowsyoutooptionallyspecifyXMLwithwhichtopreconfiguretheEpicapps.IfyouchoosetouseMicrosoftIntunetospecifytheconfiguration,usetheconfigurationkeyEpicMobileConfigurationURLandtheURLhostingyourconfigurationtoApple'smanagedappconfiguration.Pleaseseethe“ConnectSecurelytoYourInterconnectServer”sectionoftheSetupandSupportGuideinGalaxyformoreinformationoncreatingtheconfigurationfile.Additionally,IntunedocumentationhasmoredetailsonAppConfigurationandVPNsupport.

YoucreatethepolicybyselectingPolicy,thenConfigurationPolicies:

ClickAdd..,thenselectMobileAppConfigurationPolicyfromthelist:

TospecifytheconfigurationXMLthatwillbeusedtopreconfiguretheapp,usethefollowingformat(followingtheguidelinesfromEpictogettheexactURLstringbelow):

<dict> <key>EpicMobileConfigurationURL</key> <string>Epiccanto://handheld/config/ee7d5050489dea75e9a</string> </dict>

PastetheXMLintothepolicyscreen,asseenbelow.Validateitandthensaveit.

AVPNpolicyisanothertypeofpolicy,createdbychoosingVPNProfilefromthelistofconfigurationtemplates:

Whenbothpolicieshavebeencreated,youwillseethemlisted:

AddtheappstoMicrosoftIntuneNavigatetotheAppsscreenshownbelow,andclickAddApp.

IntheClickOnceappthatopens,chooseManagediOSAppfromtheAppStoreifdeployinganiOSapp,orExternallinkifdeployinganAndroidapp.

Aftermakingyourselection,youwillseethisscreen:

YournextstepistocopythedeeplinktotheHaikuorCantostoreappintotheURLdialog.Tofindthedeeplink,followthesesteps:

App DeepLinkEpicCantoappforiOS 1. Openthisdeeplinkinabrowser:

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic-haiku/id348308661?mt=82. WhenthebrowserresolvestheURLaddress,copythatURLaddressinto

yourclipboard.Forexample,theabovedeeplinkresolvestothisURLaddress:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic-canto/id395395172?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

3. PastetheURLaddressintotheboxforspecifyingtheURL.Seethescreenbelowthistable.

EpicHaikuappforiOS FollowthesamestepsasfortheEpicCantoapp,butstartwiththisdeeplink:https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic-haiku/id348308661?mt=8

RoverappforiOS FollowthesamestepsasfortheEpicCantoapp,butstartwiththisdeeplink:https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic-rover/id583359867?mt=8

ClickNexttocontinue.

Completetheappinfo.Notethatyouneedtouseaniconthatisnobiggerthan250x250pixels.

ClickNexttocontinue.

Selecttherequiredplatform.Inthiscase,EpicCantoisaniPadapp,soweselectaniPadrequirement:

ClickNextandreviewthesummaryinformation:

ClickUploadtocompletetheprocess.Youwillseethisscreenifyouhavecompletedthissuccessfully.

Closethedialog.

IfyouareaddingtheHaikuappforAndroid,youwillfollowthesamesteps,withthesedifferences:

1. Inthescreenbelow,select“Externallink”.2. WhenspecifyingthepathtotheGooglePlaystoreapp,enterthislinkdirectly:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epic.haiku.android

DeploytheapptogroupsofusersTodeploytheapp,selectitandopenitintheIntuneManagementconsole:

Double-clickittoopenit,thenclickManageDeployment.

Selectthegroups,addthemtotheselectedgroups,thenclickNext:

Choosethetypeofinstallation:

ChoosetheVPNpolicyyoucreatedearlier,andclickNext.

Next,choosetheAppConfigurationpolicyyoualsocreatedearlier:

ClickFinish.YoucannowlookatthelistofappsandseethatEpicCantoisdeployed:

WheretoLearnMoreEpicAppsContactyourEpicrepresentativeifyouhaveanyquestions.

MicrosoftIntunePleaseusetheonlinedocumentation:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/enterprise-mobility/

TheMicrosoftIntuneevaluationguide:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/understand-explore/get-started-with-a-30-day-trial-of-microsoft-intune

TheMicrosoftIntunequickstartguide:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/get-started/start-with-a-paid-subscription-to-microsoft-intune

AppConfigurationsupportinMicrosoftIntune:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/deploy-use/configure-ios-apps-with-mobile-app-configuration-policies-in-microsoft-intune

VPNsupportinMicrosoftIntune:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/deploy-use/vpn-connections-in-microsoft-intune