The University has an Apple Developer Account which units may use to sign and release their iOS and macOS applications to the relevant App Stores.
NSMS purchased a Developer Account with a signing identity for the University of Oxford when they became available several years ago. Apple only allow one developer identity per D-U-N-S number, and the University only has one number, so we have kept the management of this account and provide a best efforts service in administering it. Please note that since we do not receive compensation for our time it is not a formal service with an SLA.
There is a mailing list, apple-app-developers@maillist.ox.ac.uk which all members of the Apple Developer account should be signed up to. This is where any discussion about the Developer Account should take place.
For detailed information on what each level of membership entails, please see Apple's documentation. In summary:
There is only one agent account, and this is managed by NSMS. This is the account that can accept legal terms, create developer ID certificates and renew the account.
Each unit that wishes to use the Developer Account should nominate one person to be their developer admin. This person will have admin permissions on the Developer Account portal. The admin can change the app id of an application, and also sign them for distribution. Admins can also add new members, but we ask that they do not grant alter membership levels for any other person in the team.
Members can create development certificates and register devices to develop on. Please note that we suggest that you stick to a maximum of 5 development devices. This is because there is a maximum of 100 total for the entire University.
iTunes Connect allows developers to submit and release their apps on the relevant App Stores, and allows agents to transfer in apps from other Developer IDs. It has its own set of membership permissions which we are currently assessing, currently users can request the access they need on the mailing list.
