[Gretchen Participant 14 July 2022 Gretchen Participant]

Hi @abbi, welcome to the club! We got your back. Have you considered using work profiles to separate personal apps from work apps? That would be the best way to go about it.

Here is a guide: https://www.hexnode.com/mobile-device-management/help/how-to-enroll-a-device-in-android-in-the-enterprise-as-profile-owner-using-hexnode-mdm/

I hope that helps!

[abbi Participant 14 July 2022 abbi Participant]

Thank you,@Gretchen, We will look into this. I am curious whether we have a middle ground where users don’t have to switch between profiles. There can be some friction when it comes to change. Btw, we use Samsung Knox devices for work. Will that be of help?

[Ethan Hexnode 14 July 2022 Ethan Moderator]

Hi @abbi,

Welcome to Hexnode Connect!

You are in luck! We have a workaround that might work for you. You can configure and deploy the Knox Service Plugin app on your Samsung Knox devices and utilize the Separate Apps configuration to sandbox third-party apps not vetted by IT admins from accessing confidential work data. Of course, it does not guarantee to be as secure as work profiles, but it sure is handy.

To deploy the Separate Apps configuration,

• First, Add the Knox premium key in the Hexnode portal Admin tab.
• Navigate to the Policies tab to add and approve the Knox Service Plugin app under Android > Knox Service Plugin.
• Configure the Knox Service plugin app by adding the Knox License key and toggle on Enable Separated Apps.
• List the package name of apps to be separated from work apps and specify the location of app installation.

 

• Save the configuration. Under the same policy, add Knox Service Plugin as a Mandatory app and associate the policy with target devices.

Once the policy is associated, the Knox Service Plugin app is installed on target devices. Now, The KSP app will install the listed Separated Apps to be installed in a securely separate folder.

We hope this meets your requirements. Feel free to ping us for any queries.

Regards,

Ethan Miller