If you think my titles are wordy, check the official title of good old Robinson Crusoe! Anyway, today we will look at two important things: Using Managed Google Play feature called Closed Tracks to control app versions and update cycles in two scenarios:Multiple "deployment rings" for different device groupsDeveloper having customers with different update cyclesImportant... Continue Reading →
Enroll a Fully Managed non-GMS Android device using ADB
When dealing with non-GMS Android devices (specialized rugged devices, devices in China) one big challenge is actually enrolling them, since the code that enrolls a Fully Managed device is not part of AOSP. As I mentioned in my post about China, only a few vendors took care of this. In this post we you will... Continue Reading →
Android 11 COPE and the end of Internal apps
We know about the changes to Android 11 COPE, and how they affect the EMMs. One aspect that was slightly overlooked though, is what happens to Internal apps, which many organizations are still employing. We have recently released a KB, which caused a bit of panic between customers and colleagues. Let’s dive deeper and see... Continue Reading →
Use compliance data in Azure AD Conditional Access policies by integrating Workspace ONE UEM with Microsoft
The title says it all! The feature has been available for a while in a closed preview status, but with 2008 it has moved to Public Preview! Similarly, Microsoft moved the APIs on their side to Public Preview as well, listing VMware Workspace ONE as the ONLY (currently) supported EMM. Needless to say, we are... Continue Reading →
Android management in China – what are your options?
After I published the article regarding the enrollment of Android devices in closed networks, the hottest question was how to apply it for China. The answer is as usual “it depends”. If you want to know more – read on! What’s the problem?What options are available?What is the optimal approach? What’s the problem? Problem is... Continue Reading →
Enroll Android Enterprise devices in closed networks with Workspace ONE
As more customers migrate from the legacy Device Admin to Android Enterprise, I get more often questions about networks that have no Internet access (mostly rugged devices in retail, logistics, manufacturing, or high security cases such as police or healthcare IoT). So I think I’ll leave a quick guide/FAQ here. How does closed network enrollment... Continue Reading →
How to publish an app to customer’s Managed Play Store with Android Enterprise
As more organizations migrate to Android Enterprise (in light of Device Admin deprecation), I get this question more and more often from customers, partners, colleagues and developers alike. The model of application publishing with Managed Play Store is different than it previously was with Internal Apps. While Google has official documentation, many people still stumble... Continue Reading →
Click-to-Call – a new nifty feature for Android and Chrome
I discussed this by accident today, it's pretty simple and cool. When you click a telephone number of a webpage in Chrome (tel:XXX URL) on PC, you will get a popup offering you to call from your phone. The picture below explains it all, using VMware's phone number in Germany. You get a toast notification... Continue Reading →
RIP AirWatch Container – move to Hub Registered Mode
Yesterday, the end of general support announcement for AW Container (the app) was posted in VMware KB effective as of August 9 2020. This is a long expected move, but I know that there are still customers out there using it on unmanaged devices for MAM only mode. What can they do to replace the... Continue Reading →
VMware Launcher on Android Enterprise – nuances
I regularly get questions from customers and partners who used kiosk mode on older Device Admin devices with VMware (then AirWatch) Launcher, and have issues since they had migrated to Android Enterprise and Launcher 4.0+. In this post you will learn how to: Solve the most frequent (and annoying) issue when migrating Launcher setups to... Continue Reading →