Force enabled location in Android fully-managed profile

Question

Good afternoon,

I have my Android devices in the fully managed profile in Microsoft Endpoint Manager and I have the setting to allow administrators to locate the devices remotely.

The problem is that this tool only works if the ‘Location’ of the mobile phone is activated. I can't find a way to force devices to always have this service enabled. Is it possible to do this with Microsoft EndPoint Manager?

Best regards,

Ruben Faustinita

Answer 1

@Ruben Faustinita, Thanks for posting in Q&A. Based on my researching, under device restriction profile, it has a setting "Location" but the value only has blocked and not configured. By default, the OS might allow using location on the device.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/configuration/device-restrictions-android-for-work#fully-managed-dedicated-and-corporate-owned-work-profile-devices

If the option is turned off by the end user, then the end user needs to manually turn on it.

Best regards.

Crystal

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