MDM Deployment

If you are using a Mobile Deployment Management (MDM) implementation in your environment, you can use it to deploy Vocera Collaboration Suite.

If you are deploying to devices running the Apple iOS operating system, the configuration file is a separate file in .xml format. For devices running the Android operating system, the configuration file is embedded in the .apk format installation file.

The Vocera Collaboration Suite configuration file contains the following field definitions:

Field Name	Description
LoginType	The method to log into this device. This is either shared or personal.
ServerIP	The IP address or fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the VMP Server. If this field is set to autodiscovervs, the server IP address is automatically entered - see Autoconfiguration of Vocera Collaboration Suite Devices for details.
ServerCertificateCheck	If this is set to true, check for a valid server certificate on first connection. If false, use the value of the Enforce server certificate validation on smartphone configuration option in the VMP Administrator to determine whether to check for a valid server certificate. See About Device Certificates for more information on device and server certificates.

The following is an example of the configuration file in .xml format.

<managedAppConfiguration>
   <version>3.4.0</version>
   <bundleId>com.vocera.vcs</bundleId>
   <dict>
      <string keyName="LoginType">
         <defaultValue>
            <value>shared</value>
         </defaultValue>
      </string>
      <string keyName="ServerIP">
         <defaultValue>
            <value>autodiscovervs</value>
         </defaultValue>
      </string>
      <boolean keyName="ServerCertificateCheck">
         <defaultValue>
            <value>false</value>
         </defaultValue>
      </boolean>
   </dict>
   <presentation defaultLocale="en-US">
      <field keyName="LoginType" type="input">
         <label>
            <language value="en-US">Login Type</language>
         </label>
         <description>
            <language value="en-US">Login type</language>
         </description>
      </field>
      <field keyName="ServerIP" type="input">
         <label>
            <language value="en-US">Server IP address</language>
         </label>
         <description>
            <language value="en-US">auto discover</language>
         </description>
      </field>
      <field keyName="ServerCertificateCheck" type="checkbox">
         <label>
            <language value="en-US">Certificate validation</language>
         </label>
         <description>
            <language value="en-US">Client Validate Certificate</language>
         </description>
      </field>
   </presentation>
</managedAppConfiguration>

Contact your Vocera representative for more information on how to deploy VCS in your MDM environment.