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Compare features of Android Enterprise with other enrollments
This doc provides a comparison on the features supported on Android devices enrolled via Android Enterprise and devices provisioned via other enrollment methods
Password
Password
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Device Password |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Work Profile Password |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ (Android 7+) |
Basic Restrictions
Basic Restrictions
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera |
✓ |
✓ (Android 10+) |
✓ (Android 10+) |
| USB Mass Storage (Samsung Knox 2.5+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| USB file transfer (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Home button (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Power Off (Samsung Knox 2.7+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Safe mode (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ (Below Android 7) |
✓ |
✗ |
| Airplane mode (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ (Android 10+) |
✗ |
| Lock screen shortcuts (Below Android 5 with Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Widgets on lock screen (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Screen Orientation (Samsung Knox 2.5+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Screen Timeout (Samsung Knox 2.5+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Wi-Fi (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Force Wi-Fi (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Bluetooth (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Force Bluetooth (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Mobile data (Samsung Knox 2.5+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| USB tethering (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Bluetooth tethering (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Portable Wi-Fi hotspot (Samsung Knox 2.6+) |
✓ (Below Android 8) |
✓ |
✗ |
| Data roaming (Samsung Knox 2.5+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Mock location (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| GPS (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Force GPS to fetch location (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ (Android 9+) |
✗ |
| Backup service |
✗ |
✓ (Android 8+) |
✗ |
| Allow MDM Administration removal (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
Advanced Restrictions
Advanced Restrictions
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microphone (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Screen capture (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Clipboard (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Copy contents between normal and work profiles |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
| Share via other apps (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Users can adjust volume |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ (Android 6+) |
| Make a call |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Receive calls (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| USB Host Storage (Samsung Knox 2.9+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Allow input methods |
✗ |
✓ (Android 10+) |
✓ (Android 10+) |
| Hide System Bars (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Hide Status Bar (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Hide Navigation Bar (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Split-screen mode (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Display dialogs/windows |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Keep Screen On while charging |
✗ |
✓ (Android 6+) |
✗ |
| NFC (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Android Beam (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Beam from the device |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Transfer data via bluetooth (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Configure Bluetooth |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Configure cell broadcast |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Configure cellular network |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Users can reset network settings |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Configure Wi-Fi |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Configure managed Wi-Fi profile |
✗ |
✓ (Android 6+) |
✗ |
| Configure hotspot and tethering (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Minimum Wi-Fi security level (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Setup Private DNS |
✗ |
✓ (Android 10+) |
✗ |
| Sync data in background (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Sync data with Google account (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| SMS (Samsung Knox 3.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Modify Accounts/Users (Samsung Knox) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Add Users (Samsung Knox 1.1+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Remove Users (Samsung Knox 1.1+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Configure user credentials |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Developer mode (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| USB debugging (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Modify settings (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Power saving mode (Samsung Knox 2.8+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Users can enable location sharing |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Factory Reset |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Advanced Factory Reset (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Read any connected physical external media |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Disable screen lock if the screen was turned off (Samsung Knox 2.0+) |
✓ |
✓ (Android 7+) |
✗ |
| Configure VPN (Samsung Knox 2.2+) |
✗ |
✓ (Android 6+) |
✓ |
| Automatically power off a device when power cable is detached (Samsung Knox 2.8+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Automatically power on a device when power cable is connected (Samsung Knox 2.6+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Set date and time automatically |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Set time zone automatically |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Allow users to modify date, time and time zone |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Lock Screen Camera |
✗ |
✓ (Android 5+) |
✗ |
| Trust Agents for Smart Lock |
✗ |
✓ (Android 5+) |
✓ (Android 6+) |
| Lock Screen Notifications |
✗ |
✓ (Android 5+) |
✗ |
| Unredacted Notifications |
✗ |
✓ (Android 5+) |
✓ (Android 6+) |
| Fingerprint Unlock |
✗ |
✓ (Android 5+) |
✓ (Android 6+) |
| Iris Scanner |
✗ |
✓ (Android 9+) |
✓ (Android 9+) |
| Face Unlock |
✗ |
✓ (Android 9+) |
✓ (Android 9+) |
| Install apps (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Uninstall apps (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Control apps |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Google Play Store (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Verify apps before install |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Install apps from unknown sources (Samsung Knox 1.0+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| App Runtime Permissions |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Parent profile app linking |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Allow cross-profile app communication |
✗ |
✗ |
✓ (Android 11+) |
| Factory Reset Protection (Google Account Verification) |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
Knox Service Plugin
Knox Service Plugin
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Service Plugin (Samsung Knox 3.2.1+) |
✓ (Android 9+) |
✓ (Android 8+) |
✗ |
Periodic Sync
Periodic Sync
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Periodic Sync |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
App Management
App Management
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required Apps (Samsung Knox) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Blocklist/Allowlist (Samsung Knox) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| App Catalog |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| App Configurations |
✗ |
✓ |
✓ |
| App Permissions |
✗ |
✓ (Android 6+) |
✓ (Android 6+) |
Networks
Networks
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wi-Fi |
✗ |
✓ (Android 6+) |
✗ |
| VPN (Samsung Knox) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| APN (Samsung Knox) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Security
Security
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificates (Samsung Knox) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Global HTTP Proxy (Samsung Knox 2.5+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Web Content Filtering (Android 6+ with Samsung Knox 2.6+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| OS Updates |
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
Accounts
Accounts
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email (Samsung Knox) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Exchange ActiveSync (Below Android 9 with Samsung Knox below 3.2.1) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Configurations
Configurations
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallpaper |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Boot/Shutdown Animation (Samsung Knox 2.5+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
Network Data Usage Management
Network Data Usage Management
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network Data Usage Management (Android 6+) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
File Management
File Management
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| File Management |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hexnode App Logs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Kiosk Lockdown
Kiosk Lockdown
| Feature | Generic Enrollment | Android Enterprise Device Owner | Android Enterprise Profile Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single App Kiosk |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Multi App Kiosk |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Background Apps (Samsung Knox) |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Digital Signage Display |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Launcher |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Peripheral Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Kiosk Exit Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Website Kiosk Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Advanced Website Kiosk Settings |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| Kiosk Screensaver |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
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