Android Enterprise

Getting started with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Android

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Microsoft recently declared Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) for Android – previously known as Microsoft Defender ATP for Android – general available. That’s really good news and also a really good trigger for a new blog post. MDE for Android provides protection against phishing, unsafe network connections, and malicious apps. All events and alerts around those subjects will be available in the Microsoft Defender Security Center and will be used to determine the risk level of the device. To add-on to that, through the connection with Microsoft Intune that risk information can be used to determine the compliance of the device with the company policies and to determine the eventual access of the device to company data. In this post I want to start with …

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Getting started with Android Enterprise Corporate-Owned devices with Work Profile

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Microsoft has recently declared the Android Enterprise Corporate-Owned devices with Work Profile deployment scenario (sometimes also referred to as management scenario) feature complete. That’s really good news and also a really good trigger for a new blog post. This time I’ll skip the different deployment scenarios and use cases, as I’ve written about those here and here. Just to create a good starting point, I’ll start with a quick summary about the main characteristics of this specific deployment scenario in the table below. These characteristics will help with determining if this deployment scenario will fit on the use case. For a complete overview with the different deployment scenarios, please refer to my previous post around this subject. Note: Keep in mind that the user experience …

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Android Enterprise corporate-owned dedicated devices and Azure AD shared device mode

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This week is all around the Android Enterprise corporate-owned dedicated devices deployment scenario. That deployment scenario is designed to address the typical kiosk-type devices, which are often referred to as the corporate-owned, single-use (COSU) use case. This week is specifically focused on enrolling those devices in to Azure AD shared device mode. That mode will provide users with a single sign-on and single sign-out experience across all of the participating apps on the device. In other words, users will be able to sign in to the device and will automatically be signed in to any participating apps. That enables an organization to provide a little personalized experience across dedicated devices that are shared between multiple users. In this post I’ll have a look at the …

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Getting familiar with Microsoft Tunnel Gateway

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This week is a follow-up on my post of a few weeks ago about getting started with Microsoft Tunnel Gateway. In that post I’ve showed how to get started with Microsoft Tunnel Gateway and in this post I want to show how to get more familiar with Microsoft Tunnel Gateway. Getting to know the installation location, getting to know the configuration files, getting to know the log files and getting to know a few important commands for more information. All of that will eventually help with getting more familiar with Microsoft Tunnel Gateway. In this post I’ll look a few directories, files, logs and commands. Also in that order. Directories Let’s start with a few directories. Actually, one directory and a few sub-directories. After the installation …

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Getting started with Microsoft Tunnel Gateway

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This week is all about the just, during Microsoft Ignite 2020, released Microsoft Tunnel Gateway (often referred to as Microsoft Tunnel or Tunnel). Microsoft Tunnel Gateway is a new solution that can provide iOS and Android devices with access to on-premises resources. In other words, Microsoft Tunnel Gateway is a VPN solution. The best part of Microsoft Tunnel Gateway is that it fully integrates with a Microsoft 365 solution and that it’s included in the existing Microsoft Intune license. That integration is also one of the strongest points of Microsoft Tunnel Gateway, as it also provides single sign-on capabilities and even conditional access. All of that with a relatively simple deployment. Also, to work with Microsoft Tunnel Gateway, Microsoft released the Microsoft Tunnel app for …

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Android Enterprise and Microsoft Intune: And the previously missing use case

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This week is all about an addition to my previous post about the device management jungle of Android Enterprise. In that post I already did a brief look at the future and what Android 11 would bring to the table. At that time Microsoft Intune did not yet support a deployment scenario to address the Corporate-Owned, Personally Enabled (COPE) use case. The good news is: that has changed! Microsoft Intune now contains the deployment scenario Corporate-Owned Work Profile, which is currently still in preview, and that deployment scenario can address the COPE use case. With this blog I want to provide a refreshed overview of the different deployment scenarios and the use cases that are addressed. However, the main focus of this post is the …

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Creating a custom look-and-feel across Android Enterprise fully managed devices

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This week is all about Android Enterprise fully managed devices. More specifically, this week is all about creating a single look-and-feel across all Android Enterprise fully managed devices by using the Microsoft Launcher app. Similar to working with Android Enterprise dedicated devices and using the Managed Home Screen app. The Microsoft Launcher app provides many configuration options that can be configured by using an app configuration policy. That in combination with the recently introduced feature to configure the Microsoft Launcher app as the default launcher, enables the administrator to create a custom look-and-feel across all Android Enterprise fully managed devices. In this post I’ll show how to add the Microsoft Launcher app, how to configure the Microsoft Launcher app and how to configure the default …

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Android Enterprise and Microsoft Intune

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This week is all about the device management jungle of Android Enterprise. I should have discussed this subject a long time ago, but better late than never. Especially when I’m still seeing many question marks when discussing Android Enterprise. With the release of Android 10.0 coming to the different existing Android devices now, the purpose of this post is to create an overview of the different enterprise deployment scenarios of Android Enterprise, including the Microsoft Intune specific additions, and the different related enrollment methods. Everything focussed on providing a good starting point for managing Android devices. The main trigger is the nearing end of Android device administrator with the release of Android 10.0. Earlier I provided the steps for simplifying the migration of Android device …

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Simplifying the migration of Android device administrator to Android Enterprise work profile management

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This week is all about a recently introduced feature that will help organizations with their move away from Android device administrator managed devices to Android Enterprise work profile management. That is a very welcome feature as Google is decreasing device administrator support in new Android releases, which makes difficult for Microsoft Intune (and any other MDM-solution) to adequately manage Android device administrator managed devices starting with Android 10. The feature in Microsoft Intune that will help with moving away from Android device administrator managed devices is a compliance setting that will enable organizations to block devices in a structured manner and to provide a direct migration path to Android Enterprise work profile management. In this post I’ll show how to create and configure a device …

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Block Android device enrollment for specific device manufacturer

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This week is all about restricting the enrollment of Android devices. More specifically, about a very recently introduced feature which is the ability to block Android device enrollment based on the manufacturer of the device. That enables the organization to prevent Android devices of specific manufacturers from enrolling in Microsoft Intune. That can be useful when the organization has a specific policy for allowed device manufacturers. In this post I’ll walk through the configuration steps, followed with the end-user experience. Starting with this post, I’ll provide both the configuration steps via the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center portal and the configuration location in the Graph API (including the related JSON-snippet) as part of the configuration steps. Configuration steps Now let’s start by having a look at the …

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