Taking over app/folio building role

Hi all,
My firm has a published DPS app that I will be assuming responsibility for. Previously, a colleague uploaded/published (under his email) the folios that I created and he then built the app.
I'd like to update the folios and the app, using my credentials -- email, .p12's, etc., and I'd like it to be as transparent to the end users as possible. To be clear -- I'd prefer that the app merely appear to the user as an update -- with previously published folios appearing as updates as well. Here's my thinking and please let me know if I've missed something;
Email - may not be possible to update folios using my email and still have them be linked to the app? I may have to continue to use his email creds.
.p12 - I should be able to rebuild/update the app using my .p12/certificates/mobileprovisioning files, etc. and it wont show as a new app as long as I use the iTunes Connect tool to update.
Does this sound about right? Am I forgetting something?
BTW, we are both on the Apple Dev account.
thanks
dw

So it is possible to update an existing app and folios, invisibly to the end user, using new credentials. Yes it's posible. When you update the app, existing users will get an update as soon as it's approved by Apple. When the update is downloaded, it'll completely replace the old app with whatever content is published from the new e-mail.
To do so;
Republish the exisiting folios under the new email, but you must use the same ProductID from the previous published version/email.
On the iOS dev site, create new profiles (dev and dist), under the existing AppID.
That sound right?
The previously published folios wont show in the updated app, because theyre tied to the old email, through the old app. So I should leave the old folios in place for users that havent upgraded, correct? Correct, the old folios will be replaced with whatever is published from the new e-mail. So, if there's any folio from the old e-mail that you want to present and still be downloadable after the update, those folios needs to be published with the new e-mail too.
Also, if your app is enabled for subscription, the same Shared Secret Key from your iTunes Conntect In-App purchase must be copy-pasted into your new e-mail account using the DPS account administration panel for the subscription to entitle existing subscribers. Making sure the same product ID's for the old folios from the previous e-mail is used. Also the subscription product ID should remain the same.

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