Manage Intune devices with Android device administrator (2024)

Android device administrator (sometimes referred to "legacy" Android management and released with Android 2.2) is a way to manage Android devices. However, improved management functionality is available with Android Enterprise in countries where Android Enterprise is available. In an effort to move to modern, richer, and more secure device management, Google deprecated Android device administrator management in 2020 and Intune will be ending support for device administrator devices with access to Google Mobile Services in August 2024.

Therefore, we advise against enrolling new devices using the device administrator process described here and we also recommend that you migrate devices off of device administrator management.

For information about using DA when Google Mobile Services are unavailable, see How to use Intune in environments without Google Mobile Services.

Microsoft Teams certified Android devices should continue being managed with device administrator management until AOSP user-associated management becomes available for these devices.

If you still decide to have users enroll their Android devices with device administrator management, continue to the next section.

Set up device administrator enrollment

1. To prepare to manage mobile devices, you must set the mobile device management (MDM) authority to Microsoft Intune. See Set the MDM authority for instructions. You set this item only once, when you are first setting up Intune for mobile device management.
2. Sign in to the Microsoft Intune admin center.
3. Go to Devices > **Enrollment.
4. Select the Android tab.
5. Under Android device administrator, choose Personal and corporate-owned devices with device administration privileges.
6. Select the checkmark next to Use device administrator to manage devices.
7. Tell your users how to enroll their devices.

After a user has enrolled, you can begin managing their devices in Intune, including assigning compliance policies, managing apps, and more.

For information about other user tasks, see these articles:

• Resources about the end-user experience with Microsoft Intune
• Using your Android device with Intune

Block device administrator enrollment

To block Android device administrator devices, or to block only personally owned Android device administrator devices from enrollment, see Set device type restrictions.

Next steps

• Assign compliance policies
• Managing apps