Intune Management Capabilities for Samsung Devices
Dear Team, Greetings, I would like to better understand the management capabilities available for Samsung Android devices, with Intune . Specifically, I am looking for clarity on whether these devices can be fully managed through Intune instead of relying on the Samsung Knox management tool, including support for application deployment, patch distribution, firmware updates, and other administrative functions. Any slides reference would be good for my internal discussion ?.
We have all our devices on Samsung Knox; I would like to try using Android Zero-Touch enrollment as well. Is that possible?
We got all our new company Samsung phones added into Samsung Knox. None of the distributors we work with are Android Zero Touch partners; we've asked them to join and they probably won't any time soon. I read that there's been some effort to unify Samsung Knox and Android Zero Touch, although in many cases it still seems like EMMs have better support for Android Zero Touch whereas Samsung would prefer you use their in-house EMM. We would like to try using the Android Zero Touch enrollment as well. Unlike Samsung, it seems like I can't even register my own customer account. So my questions: is there any possible way to get just a Zero Touch customer account set up, with no devices added, when none of the resellers I actually bought a device from are Android partners? Also, is there some way I could get some of our Knox enrolled devices to use Zero Touch?
Fido2 key and their issues using them on Android
First, do Android support using Fido2 keys on Android? Yes, it does support both using bluetooth, NFC and USB authentication. For reference: https://developers.google.com/identity/fido/android/native-apps But does it mean that it is straight forward to use it in a enterprise environment without hiccups? No, the support lacks many features that both Windows and iOS has supported for long time. If I buy a modern Fido2 with OTP support, will it work straight out of the box for using the USB? No, you need to disable the OTP support first. Here is how you can do that from yubikey manager, this works for Yubikey. Other vendors might have something similar. But for Fido2 keys without OTP support, it should work out of the box for USB-C, like Google titan. Why this happens, dont know. Can we use NFC for Entra ID authentication like we can on Windows and iOS? No. Android does not currently support CTAP2 for NFC, only for USB-C input. CTAP1 (FIDO U2F) supports certificate based authentication, but CTAP supports user verification with PIN and biometrics. Entra ID requires UV (user verification) before accepting login. As far as I know, there is also support for bluetooth. But I dont have any fido2 keys that support bluetooth yet. So why does this matter? With Android you can have shared devices with secure login for multiple users with a single log in for all supported apps, auto log off and many other possibilities. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/msal-shared-devices Other sources/discussions: https://www.reddit.com/r/yubikey/comments/1oncuh2/whats_the_point_of_nfc_on_android/ https://www.reddit.com/r/yubikey/comments/13tlzoc/fido2_inconsistent_across_windowsandroid/ https://fidoalliance.org/specifications/Intermittent QR Code Provisioning Failures with Identical Source Code
I am experiencing inconsistent behavior with QR code provisioning for Android Enterprise and am seeking guidance from the community. The Issue: QR code provisioning works intermittently, but the failure pattern is inconsistent. A provisioning QR code generated from a specific APK build will work reliably. However, subsequent builds of the exact same source code from the same Android Studio project will sometimes fail. The device displays a generic "Contact your IT admin" error. What I've Verified: The APK is properly signed and the checksum in the QR code is correct. The server delivers the APK with the correct application/vnd.android.package-archive MIME type. The DeviceAdminReceiver is correctly declared in the manifest and the associated XML resource exists. The package name and component name in the QR code are 100% accurate. Comparing a "working" APK and a "failing" APK in APK Analyzer shows no differences in the core components (package name, receivers, resources). Question: Has anyone else encountered this? Are there known issues with Android's provisioning service being sensitive to certain aspects of the APK build output that are not related to the core functionality or signature? Any insight into how to achieve consistent, reproducible builds for provisioning would be greatly appreciated.
GSF ID not generated after device enrollment on Android 15
Hi everyone, We’re facing an issue with devices running Android 15 — after successfully enrolling them in our Android Enterprise setup (Device Owner / Fully Managed mode), the Google Services Framework (GSF) ID is not being generated. This issue did not occur on Android 13 or 14; the GSF ID was available immediately after enrollment. However, on Android 15, the GSF ID remains empty even after waiting and rebooting. We’ve already tried: Factory reset and re-enrollment Checking Google Play Services version Ensuring the device is connected to the internet Waiting for Play Store sync Despite that, the GSF ID is still missing. Could anyone confirm if there’s a known change in Android 15 related to GSF ID generation, or if additional permissions/configuration are required for enterprise-enrolled devices to obtain it? Any guidance or workaround would be greatly appreciated.
Question to Enterprise Factory Reset Protection
Hello, we have a question to EFRP: If you specify a google account which can unlock FRP on this device in the future, does this google account have any other special permissions on that device or is it just like any other google account if logged in? Our Security Office wants to know that to be sure there is no other security concerns with configuring central EFRP accounts. If you have any technical references or KB articles to this topic, it would be highly appreciated. :) Thank you in advance
