Update latest information for Android device administrator:
Android device administrator management was released in Android 2.2 as a way to manage Android devices. Then beginning with Android 5, the more modern management framework of Android Enterprise was released (for devices that can reliably connect to Google Mobile Services). As previously shared in MC186863, Google is encouraging movement off of device administrator management by decreasing its management support in new Android releases. The date when devices would be impacted was previously communicated as third quarter of 2020, but is has been moved out based on the latest information from Google.
How this will affect your organization
Because of these changes by Google, in the fourth quarter of 2020, you will no longer have as extensive management capabilities on device administrator managed devices running Android 10 and later that are not manufactured by Samsung. If you use Intune to manage Android devices or plan to in the future, read the Intune Customer Success blog post and documentation for more information about the extent of the impact including impacted device types, impacted configuration and compliance settings, and the resultant user experience.
What you need to do to prepare
To avoid the reduction in functionality coming in the fourth quarter of 2020, we recommend the following:
• New enrollments: Onboard new devices into Android Enterprisemanagement (where available) and/or app protection policies. Avoid onboarding new devices into device administrator management.
• Previously enrolled devices: If a device administrator managed device is running Android 10 or later or may update to Android 10 or later (especially if it is not a Samsung device), move it off of device administrator management to Android Enterprise management and/or app protection policies. You can leverage the streamlined flow to move Android devices from device administrator to work profile management.
Additional Information: https://aka.ms/android_device_administrator and https://aka.ms/android_da_docs