App version management in Android Enterprise – Managed Play Closed Tracks and their nuances

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...

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...

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...

Google Play Managed iFrame in Workspace ONE UEM (AirWatch) – App Collections

In two previous posts dedicated to the Managed Google Play iFrame we have covered Private Apps and Web Apps. The last feature of the iFrame interface is called Collections and allows you to organize the Work Play Store app layout, as well as shoot yourself in the foot a few times... As usual, the Collections...

Google Play Managed iFrame in Workspace ONE UEM (AirWatch) – Web Apps

In the previous post I have covered adding Private apps via the Google Play Managed iFrame for Android Enterprise. This time let's deal with the Web Apps (links, web clips). Honestly, it is much quicker to add a web application to WorkspaceONE Identity Manager and expose via the WS1 Intelligent Hub, but if you really...

Google Play Managed iFrame in Workspace ONE UEM (AirWatch) – Private Apps

In this post I will show a simple way to manage Private (Internal) Android Applications in Managed Play Store with WorkspaceONE UEM (AirWatch) using the Play Store Managed iFrame. This is important since it's basically the only way to push Private apps to Android Enterprise Work Profile or COPE devices. Android Enterprise is awesome, but...

Do Android Enterprise and GMS mean the end of differentiation for Android Device and EMM vendors?

After publishing my post regarding tightening the screws on non-GMS devices and gradual move towards all-GMS in the Enterprise, I have received a response, which was very representative of what I was thinking last year, when digesting all the Android Enterprise news [formatting and edit by me]: AOSP was or still is the major [vendor] ...