🔥New Microsoft Defender for Endpoint simplified Onboarding experience for Android devices🔥

Whether your organisation supports BYOD, COPE, or fully-managed devices, robust security solutions are a must. MDE now offers a simplified onboarding experience for Android devices, making it easier than ever to protect your mobile workforce.

📌Key Benefits of the New Onboarding Process

✅Silent sign-on

✅Automatic permission granting,

✅Users are only prompted to grant essential permissions, making the process quicker and more streamlined.

✅The onboarding process is compatible with multiple Android profiles, including BYOD, COPE, and fully-managed environments, offering broad coverage and flexibility across different organizational needs.

📌Set up is straightforward

As an Admin:

✅Push the Defender for Endpoint app to the target user group.

✅Push a VPN profile to the user’s device.

✅In Apps > Application configuration policies, select Managed Devices. ✅Name the policy, choose Android Enterprise as the platform, select the appropriate profile type, and target the Microsoft Defender: Antivirus app.

✅Add runtime permissions, including Location access (fine) (not supported for Android 13+), POST_NOTIFICATIONS, and set them to Auto grant.

As a User:

✅Download the Company Portal app and set up your work profile with your credentials.

✅Follow prompts in the Company Portal to onboard the Defender for Endpoint app.

✅Open the Defender for Endpoint app, which will sign you in automatically and direct you to a permissions screen. Grant the necessary permissions to complete onboarding.

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