Company-owned devices for work and personal use

(Android 8.0+)

Setting up a company-owned device with a work profile enables the device for both work and personal use. On company-owned devices with work profiles:

Most app, data, and other management policies apply to the work profile only. The employee's personal profile remains private. However, enterprises can enforce certain device-wide policies and personal usage policies. Enterprises can use Block scope to enforce compliance actions on an entire device or only its work profile. Device disenrolling and device commands apply to an entire device.

To set up a company-owned device with a work profile, use one of the following provisioning methods (ensure that the enrollment token has "Personal usage" set to "Allowed"):

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QR code method

On a new or factory-reset device, the user (typically an IT admin) taps the screen six times in the same spot. This triggers the device to prompt the user to scan a QR code.