iOS Enterprise Apps: How to roll out updates?

Question

If all the members of an organisation are issued with an iOS (iPhone and iPad) app binary which is signed under the Apple Enterprise Deployment scheme for ad-hoc deployment, how are updates managed? Must the users manually be sent an updated binary / be manually prompted (email etc) to download an updated binary ? Or is there a native mechanism to check if the remote .ipa has been updated, and prompt the user to update?

Many thanks

Answer 1

There is no native method, you will have to either inform the users of an update or build you own check in the app.

HockeyKit might be able to help you, although is ment for ad-hoc builds you might be able use it for enterprise app.

Answer 2

Another possibility is to use testflightapp.com. I manage an internal app that way. When you upload a new version all users registered will get an email and they can upgrade directly from the email (if it's on the device) or using the test flight web app.