In our help articles Create MDM policies – Configure restrictions for managed devices, Create policies for iOS/iPadOS devices and Create policies for Android devices, we showed you how to create new policies for your managed devices. In this article, we will use Android as an example to show you how to distribute these new policies to your users, groups or devices and what other options are available when configuring policies.
Assign policy
- Select one or more policies in the left-hand column (upper arrow in illus.).
- Then click on Assign (lower arrow in illus.).
- Now decide whether the policy should be assigned to users, groups or devices.
- Then select the desired users, groups or devices (example of an assignment of the policy to two groups in the image).
Note! When assigning multiple directives, please refer to our help article Special conditions when assigning multiple policies.
As a rule, the policies are applied to the mobile devices after a short time. If necessary, the Cortado app must be updated (upper arrow in left illus.) so that the included restrictions are enforced. Under Policies (lower arrow in left illus.), users can see which restrictions are activated/deactivated or allowed/not allowed (example in right illus.).
Unassign policy
- Select one or more policies in the left-hand column (upper arrow in illus.).
- Then click on Unassign (lower arrow in illus.).
- Depending on whether the policy was originally assigned to users, groups or devices, it must also be removed there.
- Then select the desired users, groups or devices (example in the image: canceling the assignment of a policy that was originally assigned to two groups).
Duplicate policy
You can duplicate a policy. This is useful, for example, if you want to make the same policy available to other users, groups or devices in a similar form.
- To do this, select the policy in the left-hand column (left arrow in illus.) and then click on Duplicate (middle arrow in illus.).
- Assign a new name for the policy (right arrow in illus.).
Edit policy
- Select the policy in the left-hand column (upper arrow in illus.).
- Then click on Edit (lower arrow in illus.).
- You can now make any desired changes/additions to your policy.
- Save your changes and then assign the policy to the desired users/groups/devices (see above).
Remove policy
- Select the desired policy in the left-hand column (upper arrow in illus.).
- Then click on Remove (middle arrow in illus.).
- You can now delete the selected policy (lower arrow in illus.).
If the deleted policy is still assigned to users, groups or devices, any remaining restrictions will be removed from the mobile devices.