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bastianguarda77's avatar
bastianguarda77
Level 1.5: Cupcake
29 days ago

Need Help with QR Enrollment for Multiple Devices in Educational Environment – Is External MDM Required?

Hi everyone,
I'm managing a large number of Android tablets in an educational environment. I'm trying to enroll the devices using Android Enterprise with QR code enrollment, but I'm having trouble getting the QR method to appear. So far, only Zero-Touch shows as an option, but most of our devices were not purchased through Zero-Touch resellers, so we can't use that method.

My main question is:

Is it strictly necessary to use an external MDM (like Miradore, Intune, etc.) to generate the QR code, or is there a way to create and use it directly from the Google Admin console or natively through Android Enterprise?

We want to deploy the tablets efficiently and avoid entering accounts manually. Ideally, each device would automatically enroll with our managed Google Play account by scanning a QR code after a factory reset. This is especially important in a school context, where we have many students and limited time for configuration.

We are already registered in Google Workspace, and the tablets are in a dedicated organizational unit for students. The admin account is managed, and we are using the Android Enterprise platform linked to our domain.

For reference, here are two YouTube videos showing the configuration steps I followed (which reflect our current setup):

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI-C_y1u8jE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h__pvfp559Q

 

Any advice or clarification would be greatly appreciated. Especially if there’s a native way to enable QR enrollment without needing a full external MDM platform.

Thanks in advance!

3 Replies

  • Rakib's avatar
    Rakib
    Level 2.2: Froyo
    28 days ago

    As far as I know, using google workspace as your MDM, I only know of is enrolling with login with your google workspace account.

     

    So the best advise from me is you is getting all the IMEI or serial number and pay your reseller some T&M and get all your devices registered in the Zero touch portal. Any reseller can register any device with Zero touch, not like with ABM where only the original reseller can register a device after selling the device.

  • Moombas's avatar
    Moombas
    Level 4.1: Jelly Bean
    26 days ago

    Is it strictly necessary to use an external MDM (like Miradore, Intune, etc.) to generate the QR code, or is there a way to create and use it directly from the Google Admin console or natively through Android Enterprise?

    The general answer to this is: No.
    If you know what data to enter to the QR code you also can create this by your own. 
    You can do this completely manual or use tools like this one from jasonbayton​ : https://bayton.org/qr-generator/

     

    But for your overall enrollment question, please see this article: https://support.google.com/work/android/answer/9412115?hl=en#zippy=%2Cset-up-a-new-device%2Cset-up-an-existing-device

     

    Instead of Zero-Touch see the note for the inventory in the mentioned link (I guess you are aiming to fully managed?).

  • Emilie_B's avatar
    Emilie_B
    Google Community Manager
    26 days ago

    Thank you for stepping in Moombas​ and Rakib​ 👏 

     

    bastianguarda77​ please let us know if these answers were helpful or if you still need additional help!