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Why is "Activate device admin app" displaying when setting up Outlook on Android?
It is difficult to explain why Android presents that possibility to the user that their personal data will be wiped, but it actually won't be. So don't worry. Outlook doesn't contain a specific policy "OS call" that would trigger such a thing. It's an app-level wipe, not a phone wide wipe. It could remove all Outlook app data that's synced from the work servers if too many incorrect password attempts occur at the lock screen.
These are the four policies enacted when a user grants device admin privileges to Outlook.
1. Encrypted-storage
2. Force-lock
3. Limit-password
4. Watch-login
The three policies that can wipe your device are setMaximumFailedPasswordsForWipe and two wipeData methods. All three of these require the USES_POLICY_WIPE_DATA Policy, which the Outlook app does not request.
