Template app updates for the end users

[tmeag]

I'm developing a template app which should be distributed over the app source store to the end clients. I've created an app workspace with the option for "template app development", added some reports to the new app and released it in the preproduction stage:

Further, I've installed the App on another tenant's account (in order to test how it will behave for end clients) using the Link. The installed version on my "end client" account is "Version 8". After that, I've made some changes and updated the app to "Version 9" and propagated it to the preproduction stage. Unfortunately, my end client hasn't received the update and sees the old "Version 8" app in his "Apps"-Workspace. 

My question is: how can I push the App Updates to the end clients? Does this happen automatically for "Production" apps, or is the update lifecycle the same as for "Preproduction" apps? What is the desired behaviour of different actors in the update procedure (e.g. App Dev Team, Power BI Admin at the client side, end clients)?

[TeigeGao]

Hi @tmeag ,

You can consider publishing your Template app to the AppSource, for more information, please refer to this document: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-template-apps-tips#publishing-on-appsource

Best Regards,

Teige

[tmeag]

Hi @TeigeGao ,

many thanks for your post! Unfortunately, the documentation does not include anything about template app updates and their propagation to the end users. My point of interest is, how I can push the updates to the end users after the app version increments. May be I've misunderstood the conception of app updates and the updates should not be propagated to the end users (but some notification to all users / power bi admins, which have acquired the app, should be sent). Right now I'm missing the conception of the "right" process for app updates propagation.

With kind regards