Restriction configuration profiles are described thoroughly in the About restrictions article. It explains how to configure and deploy restrictions for managed devices, and also how the restrictions can be lifted.
This article focuses on introducing what restrictions are supported for Windows Phone devices and whether there are any platform-specific requirements for the use of restrictions.
Requirements
Restriction configuration profiles can be applied to all Windows Phones that are managed with Miradore.
Restriction configuration profiles are available in the Miradore Business and Enterprise plans. The restriction configuration profiles are not included in the Miradore Free plan
Available restrictions
Below you can find a list of all restrictions supported on the Windows Phone platform. Tab names are underlined.
Applications
Browser
Defines whether the use of Internet Explorer application is allowed or denied on the device.
Cortana
Defines whether Cortana (personal assistant) is available or not on the device.
Store
Defines whether the use of the Store application is allowed or denied on the device.
Connectivity
Bluetooth
Defines whether the use of Bluetooth is allowed or denied on the device.
Cellular data roaming
Defines whether cellular data roaming is allowed or denied on the device.
NFC
Defines whether the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) is allowed or denied on the device.
USB connection
Defines whether the use of a USB connection is allowed or denied on the device.
VPN over cellular
Defines whether VPN connections over cellular are allowed or denied on the device.
VPN roaming over cellular
Defines whether VPN roaming over a cellular connection is allowed or denied on the device.
Device functionality
Action center notifications
Defines whether action center notifications are allowed or denied on the device.
Camera
Defines whether the use of the camera is allowed or denied on the device.
Copy paste
Defines whether the use of copy and paste is allowed or denied on the device.
Location service usage
Defines whether the usage of location service is allowed or denied on the device.
Screen capture
Defines whether screen captures are allowed or denied on the device.
Telemetry
Defines whether the device is allowed to send telemetry information, such as Software Quality Management (SQM) and Watson.
Voice record
Defines whether or not voice recording is allowed on the device.
Security and privacy
Add non Microsoft email accounts
Defines whether or not the device user is allowed to add non-Microsoft email accounts.
Authentication with Microsoft account
Defines whether or not the device user is allowed to use Microsoft account for non-email related connection authentication and services.
Developer unlock
Defines whether it is allowed to register the device for development usage to install and test non-store applications.
Manual factory reset
Defines whether the device user is allowed to reset the device to factory settings from settings control panel or using the hardware key combination.
Manual installation of root certificates
Defines whether the device user is allowed to manually install root and intermediate CAP certificates.
Manual unenrollment
Defines whether the device user is allowed to delete the workplace account from the device via the workplace control panel.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Defines whether the use of WiFi is allowed or denied on the device.
Hotspot auto connection
Defines whether the device is allowed or denied to automatically connect to Wi-Fi hotspots.
Hotspot reporting
Defines whether the device is allowed or denied to report Wi-Fi hotspot information to Microsoft.
Internet sharing
Defines whether internet sharing over Wi-Fi is allowed or denied on the device.
Manual Wi-Fi configuration
Defines whether the device user is allowed to manually connect the device to Wi-Fi networks that are not provided through the mobile device management.
Other
Safe search mode
Defines what level of safe search (filtering adult content) is required on the device.
Strict: The highest filtering against adult content.
Moderate: Valid search results will not be filtered.
Save Office files
Defines whether the device user is allowed to save Office files to the device.
Settings synchronization
Defines whether the device is allowed to synchronize settings among other devices.
Share Office files
Defines whether the device user is allowed to share Office files.
Storing images from vision search
Defines whether BingVision is allowed to store the contents of the images captured when performing BingVision search.
Use of location in search
Defines whether the device location information is allowed to be leveraged in search.
More information:
Creating a configuration profile
Deploying a configuration profile
Removing deployed configuration profiles
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