Attachment 5, Accessing PennDOT iPad Applications.pdf

PennDOT Mobile applications (apps) are available to approved 3rd parties to allow business partners to benefit from the efficiencies they provide. The distribution method for these apps is through the Apple Volume Purchase Program (VPP) store. To access these apps, 3rd party business partners must first perform the following steps.

1. Ensure your iPad devices meet minimum hardware requirements PennDOT apps are designed to support iPad Air with a minimum of 16GB of storage and newer running iOS 10.1 or newer. The apps have been tested with iPad Air, iPad Air 2 or iPad Pro as well, but for ideal experience, iPad

Air 2 or newer is recommended. When procuring new ipads, wifi/cellular connection are both required to fully utilize our mobile applications. In addition, iPads must have a minimum of 4 GB of free disk space to allow for installing of apps and associated data.

2. Ensure your end users have access to CWOPA PennDOT Apps are configured using a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (CWOPA) credentials for authentication.

Therefore, any end user who will need access to the M-609 app must have valid CWOPA credentials. To obtain

CWOPA credentials, the 3rd Party Business owner must contact their PennDOT District personnel to complete an

OA HRSC-11 External Assignment form. Upon completion of that process, your PennDOT District personnel will contact the 3rd party Business owner. As the 3rd Party Business owner, it will be your responsibility to distribute the CWOPA credentials to your personnel and provide the documentation of how to change the temporary password provided prior to access the app. Information on that process will be provided by the District personnel.

3. Enroll in the Apple VPP All custom B2B apps will be made available to business partners through the Apple VPP store. This requires creating a Business Apple ID at deploy.apple.com. To register, you will need to provide a business phone number and email address, Dun & Bradstreet number, valid business address and a tax registration number, if applicable.

4. Notify PennDOT of your Apple ID and Requested Apps For security purposes, PennDOT iPad apps are provided only to approve business partners through the VPP store. This access is controlled by your Business Apple ID. Once you have registered, provide your business’s

Apple ID with the request to gain access to the M-609 app by contacting the PennDOT IT Service Desk at 717-

783-8330 or toll free 1-855-783-8330. Once your account has been approved and the apps made available, you will be contacted by PennDOT.

5. Download PennDOT Apps After receiving notification from PennDOT, the requested app will be downloadable through the Apple VPP store. A guide has been created to assist you in that process. Apple B2B Download Guide You will need to indicate the quantity of the app you need and a corresponding number of unique, redeemable codes will be generated.

6. Distribute PennDOT Apps to your Users After downloading the redeemable codes, you need to use a distribution method. You can either, (A) upload the redeemable codes into your own Mobile Device Management (MDM) software to distribute them or, (B) distribute the redeemable codes to your end users directly, via email or some other method. Regardless of

Attachment 5- Accessing P ennDOT iPad Applications for Business Partners file:///C:/O2010Temp/deploy.apple.com http://vpp.itunes.apple.com/us/store http://vpp.itunes.apple.com/us/store https://spportal.dot.pa.gov/PMO/MobileConstructionInspection/Team%20Site/Apple%20B2B/Apple%20B2B%20VPP%20App%20Download%20Guide.docx which method used, as mentioned before, the installation of the app will require the end user to have a valid personal Apple ID.

For more detail on enrolling in Apple VPP or Downloading and Distributing apps from the VPP Store, please refer to the

Apple VPP Business Guide.

https://www.apple.com/hk/business/docs/VPP_Business_Guide_USA_EN_Aug14.pdf