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5 Deploying iPhone Applications
You can distribute iPhone and iPod touch applications to
your users.
If you want to install iPhone OS applications that you’ve developed, you distribute the
application to your users, who install the applications using iTunes.
Applications from the online App Store work on iPhone and iPod touch without any
additional steps. If you develop an application that you want to distribute yourself,
it must be digitally signed with a certificate issued by Apple. You must also provide
your users with a distribution provisioning profile that allows their device to use the
application.
The process for deploying your own applications is:
 Register for enterprise development with Apple.
 Sign your applications using your certificate.
 Create an enterprise distribution provisioning profile that authorizes devices to use
applications you’ve signed.
 Deploy the application and the enterprise distribution provisioning profile to your
users’ computers.
 Instruct users to install the application and profile using iTunes.
See below for more about each of these steps.
Register for Application Development
To develop and deploy custom applications for iPhone and iPod touch, you need to
register for the iPhone Enterprise Developer Program at www.apple.com/developer.
Once you complete the registration process, you’ll receive instructions for enabling
your applications to work on devices.