Setting Android password requirements
Android
password requirementsThere are four groups of IT policy rules for
Android
passwords. The group of rules that you use depends on the device activation type and whether you are setting requirements for the device password or the work space password.After you set password rules in the IT policy, use a compliance profile to enforce the password requirements.
Activation type | Supported password rules |
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Work and personal - user privacy (Android Enterprise ) and Work and personal - full control (Android Enterprise ) | Use the global password rules to set device password requirements. Use the work profile password rules to set the password requirements for the work profile. Knox password rules are ignored by the device. |
Work space only (Android Enterprise ) | Use the global password rules to set password requirements for the device. Because the device only has a work space, the password is also the work space password. All other password rules are ignored by the device. |
MDM controls | Use the global password rules to set device password requirements. All other password rules are ignored by the device. The MDM controls activation type is deprecated for devices with Android 10. For more information, visit https://support.blackberry.com/community to read article 48386. |
MDM controls (Samsung Knox ) | Use the Knox MDM password rules to set device password requirements.All other password rules are ignored by the device. |
Work and personal - user privacy (Samsung Knox ) | You have no control over the device password. Use the Knox Premium - Workspace password rules to set password requirements for the work space.All other password rules are ignored by the device. The Samsung Knox activation types will be deprecated in a future release. Devices that support Knox Platform for Enterprise can be activated using the Android Enterprise activation types. For more information, visit https://support.blackberry.com/community to read article 54614. |
Work and personal - full control (Samsung Knox ) | Use the Knox MDM password rules to set device password requirements.Use the Knox Premium - Workspace password rules to set password requirements for the work space.All other password rules are ignored by the device. |
Work space only (Samsung Knox ) | Use the Knox Premium - Workspace password rules to set password requirements for the work space.All other password rules are ignored by the device. |