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rbritton69
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Jan 23, 2025

Android OS Config - Getting / Setting

Hi All:

We are in the middle of enrolling 400 Samsung A9+ Android 14 devices into Intune. Enrollment is going well. Previously, we were on a legacy version of Airwatch. We are using ComPortal, Microsoft Launcher, and have published a dozen or so apps. All is operating fine.

We've deployed 200+ devices so far and are migrating the rest through this February.

As a healthcare company, we use a mobile EMR that requires the Android devices to have their time and timezone set. Out of the box, the Samsung A9+ enrolled devices are set to 'automatically set time' and 'automatically set timezone'. 

There are NO configuration properties in Intune to set these. 

My question is this:

I need the ability to gather and report on Android OS configuration settings which Intune doesn't offer. MS Graph API doesn't seem to offer them, though TBH, I'm still looking into this.

I need the ability to SET configuration properties in Android that Intune doesn't have as a part of the CONFIGURATION Policies.

I'd love to know:

 

  1. Are there any Microsoft Intune Apps (such as the Launcher) that may give us more granular control of the Android settings? Not App Settings, but OS settings.
  2. Is there a 3rd Party or Samsung App that we can deploy that may give us some of these options?
  3. FOr those of you using Intune for Android device management, what are you doing to control and report on device information that Intune doesn't provide?

I would think there would be some type of deployable app to be able to control (set) and (get) Android OS information. There are numerous settings we'd like to be able to SET or GET.

 

New to Android MDM, somewhat new to Intune. We've been using Intune to manage iPhones for a few years now. But using it for Android OS devices is brand new to us. Pardon my lack of knowledge here.

 

Hope some of you may be able to help share some expertise. 

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  • luchete's avatar
    luchete
    Steel Contributor

    Hi rbritton69!

    Currently, Intune doesn’t offer much granularity for OS-level settings like time and timezone, but there are a couple of things you could try. First, you could look into Samsung’s Knox Mobile Enrollment or Knox Configure, which can offer more control over Android devices, including time and timezone settings. Additionally, you could explore using custom configuration profiles or scripts in Intune, though that may require some advanced setup. For gathering device info, you might be able to use custom reports through the Microsoft Graph API to pull some of the data you're missing. As for third-party apps, some MDM solutions have more granular control, but you’d need to test if any of those meet your needs.

    Hope it helps!

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