Is there a way to block Android for Work users to connect to Office 365 with apps that are installed outside of the work profile? For example on my Android for Work capable device I have a work profile with eg. Outlook, which I can use to read my mail. However, i'm also able to use the Outlook app in my personal space to connect to Office 365, I was kinda expecting to only be able to connect to Office 365 from my work profile (?)

No, however, you can use Intune Mobile Application Management to wipe the data from the personal profile which should address the concern.https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/app-management

Yeah that's what I figured, but still I think its strange that you can't restrict access to O365 to just the work profile. If I still need to have all kind of MAM policies, why would I still want/need Android for Work capability? It feels like AfW doesn't really add anything extra in regards of security....

We use compliance policies and Conditional Access to address this. The personal side of the device is never considered compliant so CA stops them from ever signing into something like Outlook on the personal side of their device.

abra07 We normally create multiple compliance policies for each os etc. This one is an example of an android workprofile compliance policy When this is configurede you could create an CA policy something like this*Target the proper platforms: *Target the client apps *Of course select the users 🙂 and make sure you create an exclusion group for every ca policy you make*Target the apps (or choose office 365)*And to make sure to require compliant devices

Hi Avadhootfacctumcom, Try CA with Filter for devices. My setup is like this:CA policy: block O365 outside workprofileAssignmentstestuser@yourtenant.com Cloud apps or actionsOffice 365 Conditions:Device platformsinclude: Android Conditions:Filter for devicesInclude filtered devices in policyRule syntax:device.operatingSystem -ne "AndroidForWork"GrantBlock Filter for devices works a bit tricky: Specially the behavior with the different types of device states like: registered/unregistered/managed/unmanaged. I'm using an Include with negative operators here to make sure the policy does apply. Please note: The OS type I'm targeting here is Not equals AndroidForWork. This means that every attempt made from other Android OS types (like AndroidEnterprise) will also be blocked. If you have other Android enrollment profiles, you will have to take that into account when you create your filter. With this setup, I'm able to work with Outlook within the work profile, but it will block the sign-in when I try to add a work account outside the work profile. My sign-in logs confirm this behavior: Try this with a test account and see if it works. If you only want to block Exchange Online, you could also choose "Office 365 Exchange Online" instead of "Office 365" Oktay

Disallow O365 access from 'outside' of the Android for Work work profile?

Joe Stocker
Bronze Contributor
Nov 10, 2017
No, however, you can use Intune Mobile Application Management to wipe the data from the personal profile which should address the concern.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/app-management
- KeesHuizer
  Brass Contributor
  Nov 10, 2017
  Yeah that's what I figured, but still I think its strange that you can't restrict access to O365 to just the work profile.
  
  If I still need to have all kind of MAM policies, why would I still want/need Android for Work capability? It feels like AfW doesn't really add anything extra in regards of security....
- Deleted
  May 07, 2019
  HelloJoe Stocker
  I have review this answer, and I would like to know if is this still valid or does now exist some way to achieve blocking access from non work profile apps to, for example, Outlook?
  
  Thanks in advanced
- Mike Sharratt
  Copper Contributor
  Feb 20, 2021
  Joe Stocker
  it seems to make the separation of the work profile completely pointless if you cannot stop users from accessing company data from (the same) apps that they have installed in their personal profile.
  
  We have a work profile setup, with outlook and the other office apps installed, which we can manage and wipe if needed, but there seems to be no way to prevent the user from also installing the same apps in the personal profile and then directly accessing the company data from those with, no way of controlling it (yes i know we could use MAM, but then why bother with the work profile at all)
  
  The original post/reply is from some time ago now so I'm hoping Microsoft might have improved the situation since then with new options or policies etc to control this?
  - dimag7
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 22, 2021
    Mike Sharratt
    Hey i'm having the same issue
    cant see the point working with "work profile" as long as the user can use the same app on personal profile . It makes no sense
    365 must change that

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