With the advent of Android Enterprise, OEM vendors have started allowing MDM solutions to configure OEM-specific settings on Android devices by distributing their respective OEMConfig apps. These apps use managed app configurations to apply the configured features on the devices. It provides additional management capabilities and granular control over the devices by letting you manage custom features such as control of barcode scanners, enabling advanced security features, etc. OEMConfig is applicable for Non-Samsung devices enrolled as Device Owner/Profile Owner and Samsung devices running Android 6.0 or later.
Follow the steps below to apply app configurations:
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Using MDM, you can only configure the settings included by the OEM vendor in their OEMConfig app. MDM doesn't validate or change the configurations provided by the OEM vendor. Contact the respective OEM vendor for assistance if any problem arises with the configured settings on the device. |
Supported OEMConfig apps |
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Other supported OEMConfig apps include
You can use dynamic variables to ease the process of setting up App Configurations. You can use dynamic variables to set up App Configurations for the first time before distributing it to devices/groups. Dynamic variables automatically prefetch the required data from enrollment information, thus easing the process for IT admins. The following dynamic variables are supported in MDM:
%username% - Fetches the user name of the device user.
%upn% - Fetches User Principal Name(UPN) associated to the user.
%email% - Fetches the e-mail address of the user.
%udid% - Fetches the UDID associated with the device
%imei% - Fetches the IMEI number associated with the device
%serialnumber% - Fetches the serial number associated with the device
%devicename% - Fetches the name associated with the device
%domainname% - Fetches the org domain, of which the user is a part of.
%apn_username% - Fetches the APN user name of the user.
%apn_password% - Fetches the APN password of the user.
%easid% - Fetches the EAS ID associated with the user.
See Also: | Configure Mobile Device Manager Plus, Device Enrollment, Location Tracking,App Management, Profile Management, Asset Management, Security Management , Reports |