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Compare features of Android Enterprise with other enrollments
This document provides an architectural comparison of the features supported on Android endpoints enrolled via Android Enterprise versus devices provisioned via legacy deployment workflows.
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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