Manage Android devices without GMS using Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Eswar KonetiEMS, IntuneLeave a Comment

I was recently helping out a customer who wanted to manage Android mobile devices using Endpoint Manager for users in China. What is different from managing Android mobile devices for users in China and out of China? There is a significant difference and it is due to the services available on an Android mobile device that is required for managing the devices using Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Endpoint Manager provides 2 ways of protecting the mobile devices which are MAM-WE (Application management without enrollment) and Device enrollment (MDM). Following are some of the major differences between MDM vs MAM (app protection policies): MDM (Mobile Device Management) MAM(Mobile Application Management) Enroll devices Publish Apps Provision settings, certs, profiles Configure and update apps Auto install apps Secure corporate data within mobile apps Report and messure device compliance Report app inventory and usage Remove corporate data Remove corporate data Reset device Remote wipe (Corporate … Read More

How to enable Android for Work in SCCM and Intune

Benoit LecoursIntune, SCCM6 Comments

Starting with SCCM 1702, mobile device management with SCCM and Microsoft Intune (Hybrid) now supports Android for Work device enrollment and management. You can manage compliance settings, wipe or delete Android devices, deploy apps, and collect software and hardware inventory. Users can download the Android company portal app from Google Play that lets them enroll Android for Work devices. Enable SCCM Android for Work The first step is to create a Google account and configure your Intune subscription to accept Android for Work devices. Refer to our previous blog post, if you don’t already have an active Intune subscription. Create a Google account that will be used as your Android for Work admin account. This account will be shared by the administrators in your team who manage Android devices. It will also be used to manage and publish and approve apps in the Play for Work console Once the account created, open … Read More

Understanding Devices Ownership and Wipe option in SCCM 2012

Benoit LecoursSCCMLeave a Comment

Download and own all parts of the blog series in a single PDF file. Use our products page or use the download button below. This blog post won’t be updated, only the document will be. [purchase_link id=”3885″ style=”button” color=”gray” text=”Add to Cart | Mobile Device Management guide” price=”yes”]   In Part 1 of this series, we prepared the Intune environment for mobile device management. We also make sure we got the Intune subscription account. In Part 2, we configured Active Directory and create users in Intune. In Part 3, we prepared our Configuration Manager server in order to link it to Intune using the SCCM connector. In Part 4, we enrolled an Apple iOS devices in SCCM. In Part 5, we enrolled an Android device in SCCM. In Part 6, we enrolled an Windows Phone device in SCCM. In Part 7, we created a compliance setting on a mobile device. In Part 8, we will cover some SCCM 2012 … Read More

Compliance Settings for Mobile Devices in SCCM

Benoit LecoursSCCM2 Comments

Download and own all parts of the blog series in a single PDF file. Use our products page or use the download button below. This blog post won’t be updated, only the document will be. [purchase_link id=”3885″ style=”button” color=”gray” text=”Add to Cart | Mobile Device Management guide” price=”yes”]   In Part 1 of this series, we prepared the Intune environment for mobile device management. We also make sure we got the Intune subscription account. In Part 2, we configured Active Directory and create users in Intune. In Part 3, we prepared our Configuration Manager server in order to link it to Intune using the SCCM connector. In Part 4, we enrolled an Apple iOS devices in SCCM. In Part 5, we enrolled an Android device in SCCM. In Part 6, we enrolled an Windows Phone device in SCCM. In Part 7, we will create a compliance setting on a mobile device. Now that our devices are enrolled, we … Read More

How to enroll an Android Device in SCCM

Benoit LecoursSCCM4 Comments

Download and own all parts of the blog series in a single PDF file. Use our products page or use the download button below. This blog post won’t be updated, only the document will be. [purchase_link id=”3885″ style=”button” color=”gray” text=”Add to Cart | Mobile Device Management guide” price=”yes”]   In Part 1 of this series, we prepared the Intune environment for mobile device management. We also make sure we got the Intune subscription account. In Part 2, we configured Active Directory and create users in Intune. In Part 3, we prepared our Configuration Manager server in order to link it to Intune using the SCCM connector. In Part 4, we enrolled an Apple iOS devices in SCCM. In Part 5, we will enroll an Android device. Android devices has a big market share along mobile devices. If your company has a BYOD approach and is pushing to manage all platforms, you will certainly need to enroll Android … Read More

Mobile Device Management with Intune and SCCM 2012

Benoit LecoursIntune, SCCM10 Comments

Managing Mobile devices is a challenge that all SCCM admins will face in the near future. With the rise of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), businesses need to have control over every asset used by their employees. With the various mobile operating systems (iOS, Windows Phone, Windows RT, Android), this task can be overwhelming but it’s not as complicated than it looks. You just need to understand the main concepts and apply the right method to each operating systems. Mobile Device Management has been introduced with SCCM 2012 SP1 and many enhancements have been made with the R2 release. Microsoft has also released new features in the past weeks which make the solution even better. It’s simply the most complete solution if you manage your devices through SCCM 2012 and have to manage mobile devices. We’ve compiled the full list of features in the Features List section of this post. A Microsoft … Read More