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nirispa
Feb 21, 2021Copper Contributor
iOS Outook sync to Contact app, protection from non managed apps
Hello, is it possible to protect synced contacts on a iOS device? Lets say I have a byod iPhone or a company owned one. And all my apps like Outlook etc. are managed and have app protection...
Tech_Mike
Feb 24, 2021Brass Contributor
nirispa Hi nirispa, maybe you can take a look at the discussion here: New contact sync scenario available with Outlook for iOS on enrolled devices - Microsoft Tech Community it´s basically the same requirement from what I understood in your post.
Regarding your link to iOS 12.1:
The main issue here is even though you can sync from managed (MEM) Outlook to contacts app, once the contacts are synced to the contacts app of iOS they are in an unmanaged app, meaning that you can´t control any further if e.g. WhatsApp gets access to them or not.
The second setting just controls, wether unmanaged apps can directly access contacts within a managed app like Outlook, which is not very useful for our case IMHO.
Mike
nirispa
Feb 25, 2021Copper Contributor
Hello Mike,
this seems like a solution. I have tried to deploy it but I get this error:
-2016341112 (iOS device is currently busy)
Also, my Company Portal keeps telling me that it can't set up my company mail because I still need to remove my company mail, even doe I am using a fresh setup iPhone with no email configured, Outlook was not installed before downloading the Company Portal (deploy Outlook and other apps).
I will keep trying and update this thread if I find a solution for this issue...
Thanks for the article as it helps and sheds light on the situation.
Br,
Stefan
this seems like a solution. I have tried to deploy it but I get this error:
-2016341112 (iOS device is currently busy)
Also, my Company Portal keeps telling me that it can't set up my company mail because I still need to remove my company mail, even doe I am using a fresh setup iPhone with no email configured, Outlook was not installed before downloading the Company Portal (deploy Outlook and other apps).
I will keep trying and update this thread if I find a solution for this issue...
Thanks for the article as it helps and sheds light on the situation.
Br,
Stefan