Android Enterprise vs Legacy Android (Device Admin APIs)
- 2. Android Enterprise vs Legacy Android (Device Admin APIs) Criteria Android Enterprise Legacy Android (Device Admin APIs) Support • Offers consistent set of APIs to control & manage the device & apps. • Roadmap from Google to add more features to expand capabilities and enable more management types • Offers limited set of Device Admin APIs to control & manage the device. • Google is fully deprecating support for Device Admin APIs by 2019. Standardization Standardized - Introduced in 2014 with Android 5.0 (Lollipop) version as an optional solution. Google made it mandatory component for all the GMS-certified manufactures from Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Fragmented – Due to the opensource platform device manufacturers can add their own flavor of EMM SDK to manage & control the device using OEMConfig. For Example – Samsung Knox (SAFE), etc. Updates Security patches & OS upgrade from device manufacturers delivered within 90 days, guaranteed for three years. Not guaranteed & may take more than 180 days for patch delivery. Containerization • Provide containerized support at OS level for corporate & personal data separation. • Deploy enterprise settings using App configs • Able to containerize public apps as well • Partial support for few device manufacturers who has implemented their own flavor of EMM SDK with containerization support. For example – Samsung Knox (SAFE) • Containerization of public apps not available Compliance Enforcement • Automatically restrict access to the enterprise data, if device is not compliance with security policies. • Device level encryption is mandatory • Location sharing management • Factory reset protection management • Screen capture management • Mobile Threat Detection Service – Play Protect • Partially supported for few device manufacturers who has implemented their own flavor of EMM SDK • Mobile Threat Detection Service – Play Protect
- 3. Android Enterprise vs Legacy Android (Device Admin APIs) Criteria Android Enterprise Android Native (Device Admin APIs) User Experience • Seamless user experience when a configuration is pushed to smart device • Manage enterprise apps using dedicated enterprise Google Appstore • Silent apps distribution (install/uninstall) • Android’s Verify App • App approval workflow • App license management • Auto App updates • Remote debugging support • GDPR ready • Inconsistent user experience for most of the Android devices as each device manufactures implement their own flavor of EMM APIs • Silent apps distribution is not available • No availability for out of the box GDPR readiness Out of the Box Device On- boarding Zero-touch enrolment available for Android 8.0 and above Not available – traditional on-boarding • Android Enterprise give you the opportunity to host enterprise apps on Google Play as well as on the on-premise. • One time charge of 25$ is applicable to host enterprise apps on Google Play. • Corporate users can access Enterprise Google Play store by private channel. • On-Premise hosting of apps will not: - • have silent apps distribution • have auto updates • have out of the box app license management
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