This guide focuses on Android and iOS as the most common mobile platforms. The settings apply to the other supported operating systems in a similar way.

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2 What are the key steps?

To start using Sophos Mobile:

1. Optional: Activate your Mobile Advanced licenses for managing the Sophos Mobile Security,

Sophos Secure Workspace and Sophos Secure Email apps.

2. Configure personal settings, technical support contact details, and settings for the Self Service

Portal.

3. Upload an Apple Push Notification service certificate to manage iOS devices.

4. Optional: Set up a standalone EAS proxy to filter email traffic from the managed devices to an email server.

5. Create compliance policies.

6. Create device groups.

7. Configure devices.

8. Update Self Service Portal settings.

9. Test device enrollment in the Self Service Portal.

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3 Activate Mobile Advanced licenses

With Mobile Advanced licenses you can use Sophos Mobile to manage the Sophos Mobile Security,

Sophos Secure Workspace and Sophos Secure Email apps.

You activate Mobile Advanced licenses in Sophos Central Admin:

In Sophos Central Admin, click your account name (upper right of the user interface), select Licensing and then enter your license key in the Apply Activation Code field.

When the key is activated, the license details are displayed.

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4 Configure settings

Configure the following settings:

• Personal settings, for example the platforms you want to manage

• Technical support contact details

• Self Service Portal settings

4.1 Configure personal settings

To use Sophos Mobile Admin more efficiently, you can customize the user interface to show only the platforms you work with.

Note

By configuring the platforms you only change the view of the user who is currently logged in. You cannot deactivate any functions here.

1. On the menu sidebar, under SETTINGS , click Setup > General , and then click the Personal tab.

2. Configure the following settings:

Option

Timezone

Unit system

Lines per page in tables

Description

Select the timezone in which dates are shown.

Select the unit system for length values ( Metric or Imperial ).

Select the maximum number of table lines you want to display per page.

Show extended device details Select this check box to show all available information about the device. The Custom properties and Internal properties tabs will be added to the Show device page.

Activated platforms Select the platforms you want to manage:

• Android

• Android Things

• iOS

• Windows Mobile (includes Windows Phone 8.1 and

Windows 10 Mobile operating systems)

• Windows

• Windows IoT

Based on your platform selection, the Sophos Mobile Admin user interface is adjusted. Only views and features that are relevant for the selected platforms are shown.

3. Click Save .

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4.2 Configure technical support contact details

To support users who have questions or problems, you can provide them with details of how to contact technical support. The information that you enter here is displayed in the Sophos Mobile Control app.

1. On the menu sidebar, under SETTINGS , click Setup > General , and then click the Technical contact tab.

2. Enter the required information for the technical contact.

3. Click Save .

4.3 Configure Self Service Portal settings

1. On the menu sidebar, under SETTINGS , click Setup > Self Service Portal .

The Self Service Portal page opens.

2. On the Configuration tab, configure the Self Service Portal settings as required.

If you are not sure which settings to apply at this stage, we recommend that you use the default settings.

For a detailed description of the settings, click Help in the page header.

3. On the Terms of use tab, click Edit to enter a mobile policy, disclaimer or agreement text.

This text is displayed at the beginning of the device registration. Users have to accept the text before they can perform the registration.

Tip

You can use the editor toolbar to apply basic HTML formatting to the text. This also applies to the post-install text described in the next step.

4. Optional: On the Post-install text tab, click Edit to enter text that is displayed at the end of the device registration.

You can use this text to explain any steps the user has to perform after the registration.

5. Click Save .

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5 Apple Push Notification service certificates

To use the built-in Mobile Device Management (MDM) protocol of iOS and macOS devices, Sophos

Mobile must use the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) to trigger the devices.

APNs certificates have a validity period of one year.

The following sections describe the requirements that must be fulfilled and the steps you must take to get access to the APNs servers with your own client certificate.

5.1 Requirements

For communication with the Apple Push Notification Service (APNs), TCP traffic to and from the following ports must be allowed:

• The Sophos Mobile server needs to connect to gateway.push.apple.com:2195 TCP

(17.0.0.0/8)

• Each iOS device with Wi-Fi only access needs to connect to *.push.apple.com:5223 TCP

(17.0.0.0/8)

5.2 Create an APNs certificate

1. On the menu sidebar, under SETTINGS , click Setup > System setup and then click the APNs tab.

The description on that tab guides you through the steps you have to perform to request a certificate from Apple and to upload it to Sophos Mobile.

2. In the Download certificate signing request step, click Download certificate signing request .

This saves the certificate signing request file apple.csr

to your local computer.

3. You need an Apple ID. Even if you already have an ID, we recommend that you create a new one for use with Sophos Mobile. In the Create Apple ID step, click Create a new Apple ID .

This opens an Apple web page where you can create an Apple ID for your company.

Note

Store the credentials in a safe place where your colleagues can access them. Your company will need these credentials to renew the certificate each year.

4. For your reference, enter your new Apple ID in the Apple ID field on the top of the APNs tab.

When you renew the certificate each year, you must always use that same Apple ID.

5. In the Create or renew APNs certificate step, click Apple Push Certificates Portal .

This opens the Apple Push Certificates Portal.

6. Log in with your Apple ID and upload the certificate signing request file apple.csr

7. Download the .pem

APNs certificate file and save it to your computer.

8. In the Upload APNs certificate step, click Upload certificate and then browse for the .pem

file that you received from the Apple Push Certificates Portal.

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9. Click Save to add the APNs certificate to Sophos Mobile.

Sophos Mobile reads the certificate and displays the certificate details on the APNs tab.

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6 Standalone EAS proxy

You can set up an EAS proxy to control the access of your managed devices to an email server. Email traffic of your managed devices is routed through that proxy. You can block email access for devices, for example a device that violates a compliance rule.

The devices must be configured to use the EAS proxy as email server for incoming and outgoing emails. The EAS proxy will only forward traffic to the actual email server if the device is known in

Sophos Mobile and matches the required policies. This guarantees higher security as the email server does not need to be accessible from the Internet and only devices that are authorized (correctly configured, for example with passcode guidelines) can access it. Also, you can configure the EAS proxy to block access from specific devices.

The standalone EAS proxy is downloaded and installed separately from Sophos Mobile. It communicates with the Sophos Mobile server through an HTTPS web interface.

Note

Because macOS doesn’t support the ActiveSync protocol, you can’t use the internal or the standalone EAS proxy to filter email traffic coming from Macs.

Features

• Support for multiple Microsoft Exchange or IBM Notes Traveler email servers. You can set up one

EAS proxy instance per email server.

• Load balancer support. You can set up standalone EAS proxy instances on several computers and then use a load balancer to distribute the client requests among them.

• Support for certificate-based client authentication. You can select a certificate from a certification authority (CA), from which the client certificates must be derived.

• Support for email access control through PowerShell. In this scenario, the EAS proxy service communicates with the email server through PowerShell to control the email access of your managed devices. Email traffic happens directly from the devices to the email server and is not

routed through a proxy. See Set up email access control through PowerShell (page 12).

Note

For non-iOS devices, filtering abilities of the standalone EAS proxy are limited due to the specifics of the IBM Notes Traveler protocol. Traveler clients on non-iOS devices do not send the device ID with every request. Requests without a device ID are still forwarded to the Traveler server, even though the EAS proxy is not able to verify that the device is authorized.

6.1 Download the EAS proxy installer

1. Log in to Sophos Central Admin.

2. On the menu sidebar, under My Products , click Mobile .

3. On the menu sidebar of the Mobile view, under SETTINGS , click Setup > System setup and then click the EAS proxy tab.

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4. Under External , click the link to download the EAS proxy installer.

The installer file is saved to your local computer.

6.2 Install the standalone EAS proxy

Prerequisite:

• All required email servers are accessible. The EAS proxy installer will not configure connections to servers that are not available.

• You are an administrator on the computer where you install the EAS proxy.

Note

The Sophos Mobile server deployment guide contains schematic diagrams for the integration of the standalone EAS proxy into your company’s infrastructure. We recommend that you read the information before performing the installation and deployment of the standalone EAS proxy.

1. Run Sophos Mobile EAS Proxy Setup.exe

to start the Sophos Mobile EAS Proxy - Setup

Wizard .

2. On the Choose Install Location page, choose the destination folder and click Install to start installation.

After the installation has been completed, the Sophos Mobile EAS Proxy - Configuration Wizard is started automatically and guides you through the configuration steps.

3. In the Sophos Mobile server configuration dialog, enter the URL of the SMC server that the EAS proxy will connect with.

You should also select Use SSL for incoming connections (Clients to EAS Proxy) to secure the communication between clients and the EAS proxy.

Optionally, select Use client certificates for authentication if you want the clients to use a certificate in addition to the EAS proxy credentials for authentication. This adds an additional layer of security to the connection.

Select Allow all certificates if your Sophos Mobile server presents varying certificates to the EAS proxy, for example because there are several server instances behind a load balancer, and each instance uses a different certificate. When this option is selected, the EAS proxy will accept any certificate from the Sophos Mobile server.

Important

Because the Allow all certificates option reduces the security level of the server communication, we strongly recommend that you select it only if required by your network environment.

4. If you selected Use SSL for incoming connections (Clients to EAS Proxy) before, the

Configure server certificate page is displayed. On this page you create or import a certificate for the secure (HTTPS) access to the EAS proxy.

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Note

You can download the SSL Certificate Wizard from MySophos to request your SSL/TLS certificate for the Sophos Mobile EAS proxy.

For general information about how to download Sophos software, see Sophos knowledgebase article 111195 .

• If you do not have a trusted certificate yet, select Create self-signed certificate .

• If you have a trusted certificate, click Import a certificate from a trusted issuer and select one of the following options from the list:

— PKCS12 with certificate, private key and certificate chain (intermediate and CA)

— Separate files for certificate, private key, intermediate and CA certificate

5. On the next page, enter the relevant certificate information, depending on the type of certificate that you selected.

Note

For a self-signed certificate, you need to specify a server that is accessible from the client devices.

6. If you selected Use client certificates for authentication before, the SMC client authentication configuration page is displayed. On this page, you select a certificate from a certification authority

(CA), from which the client certificates must be derived.

When a client tries to connect, the EAS proxy will check if the client certificate is derived from the

CA that you specify here.

7. On the EAS Proxy instance setup page, configure one or more EAS proxy instances.

• Instance type : Select EAS proxy .

• Instance name : A name to identify the instance.

• Server port : The port of the EAS proxy for incoming email traffic. If you set up more than one proxy instance, each of these must use a different port.

• Require client certificate authentication : Email clients must authenticate themselves when connecting to the EAS proxy.

• ActiveSync server : The name or IP address of the Exchange ActiveSync Server instance with which the proxy instance will connect.

• SSL : Communication between the proxy instance and Exchange ActiveSync Server is secured by SSL or TLS (depending on what the server supports).

• Allow EWS subscription requests from Secure Email : Select this to allow the Sophos

Secure Email app on iOS to subscribe to push notifications through Exchange Web Services

(EWS). Push notifications inform the device when there are messages for Secure Email.

Note

By default, the EAS proxy blocks all requests to the Exchange server’s EWS interface for security reasons. If you select this check box, subscription requests are allowed. Other requests remain blocked.

• Enable Traveler client access : Only select this check box if you need to allow access by IBM

Notes Traveler clients on non-iOS devices.

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8. After entering the instance information, click Add to add the instance to the Instances list.

For every proxy instance, the installer creates a certificate that you need to upload to the Sophos

Mobile server. After you have clicked Add , a message window opens, explaining how to upload the certificate.

9. In the message window, click OK .

This will open a dialog, showing the folder in which the certificate has been created.

Note

You can also open the dialog by selecting the relevant instance and clicking the Export config and upload to Sophos Mobile server link on the EAS Proxy instance setup page.

10. Make a note of the certificate folder. You need this information when you upload the certificate to

Sophos Mobile.

11. Optional: Click Add again to configure additional EAS proxy instances.

12. When you have configured all required EAS proxy instances, click Next .

The server ports that you entered are tested and inbound rules for the Windows Firewall are configured.

13. On the Allowed mail user agents page, you can specify mail user agents (i.e. email client applications) that are allowed to connect to the EAS proxy. When a client connects to the EAS proxy using an email application that is not specified, the request will be rejected.

• Select Allow all mail user agents to configure no restriction.

• Select Only allow the specified mail user agents and then select a mail user agent from the list. Click Add to add the entry to the list of allowed agents. Repeat this for all mail user agents that are allowed to connect to the EAS proxy.

14. On the Sophos Mobile EAS Proxy - Configuration Wizard finished page, click Finish to close the Configuration Wizard and return to the Setup Wizard.

15. In the Setup Wizard, make sure that the Start Sophos Mobile EAS Proxy server now check box is selected, then click Finish to complete the configuration and to start the Sophos Mobile EAS proxy for the first time.

To complete the EAS proxy configuration, upload the certificates that were created for every proxy instance to Sophos Mobile:

16. Log in to Sophos Central Admin.

17. On the menu sidebar, under My Products , click Mobile .

18. On the menu sidebar of the Mobile view, under SETTINGS , click Setup > System setup and then click the EAS proxy tab.

19. Under External , click Upload a file . Upload the certificate that the setup wizard created for the

PowerShell connection.

If you have set up more than one instance, repeat this for all instance certificates.

20. Click Save .

21. In Windows, open the Services dialog and restart the EASProxy service.

This completes the initial setup of the standalone EAS proxy.

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Note

Every day, the EAS proxy log entries are moved to a new file, using the naming pattern

EASProxy.log.yyyy-mm-dd . These daily log files are not deleted automatically and thus may cause disk space issues over time. We recommend that you set up a process to move the log files to a backup location.

6.3 Set up email access control through

PowerShell

You can set up a PowerShell connection to an Exchange or an Office 365 server. This means that the

EAS proxy service communicates with the email server through PowerShell to control the email access for your managed devices. Email traffic is routed directly from the devices to the email server. It is not routed through a proxy.

Note

Because macOS doesn’t support the ActiveSync protocol, you can’t use PowerShell to control email access by Macs.

The PowerShell scenario has these advantages:

• Devices communicate directly with the Exchange server.

• You do not need to open a port on your server for incoming email traffic from your managed devices.

Supported email servers are:

• Exchange Server 2013

• Exchange Server 2016

• Office 365 with an Exchange Online plan

To set up PowerShell:

1. Configure PowerShell.

2. Create a service account on the Exchange server or in Office 365. This account is used by Sophos

Mobile to execute PowerShell commands.

3. Set up one or more PowerShell connection instances to Exchange or Office 365.

4. Upload the instance certificates to Sophos Mobile.

Configure PowerShell

1. On the computer on which you are going to install the EAS proxy, open Windows PowerShell, as an administrator, and enter:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Note

If PowerShell is not available, install it as described in the Microsoft article Installing Windows

PowerShell (external link) .

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2. If you want to connect to a local Exchange server, open Windows PowerShell as administrator on that computer and enter the same command as before:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Note

This step is not required for Office 365.

Create a service account

3. Log in to the relevant admin console:

• For Exchange Server 2013/2016: Exchange Admin Center

• For Office 365: Office 365 Admin Center

4. Create a user account. This account is used as a service account by Sophos Mobile to execute

PowerShell commands.

• Use a user name like smc_powershell that identifies the account purpose.

• Turn off the setting to make the user change their password the next time they log in.

• Remove any Office 365 license that was automatically assigned to the new account. Service accounts don’t require a license.

5. Create a new role group and assign it the required permissions.

• Use a role group name like smc_powershell .

• Add the Mail Recipients and Organization Client Access roles.

• Add the service account as a member.

Set up PowerShell connections

6. Use the setup wizard as if you would set up a standalone EAS Proxy. In wizard step EAS Proxy instance setup , configure the following settings:

• Instance type : Select PowerShell Exchange/Office 365 .

• Instance name : A name to identify the instance.

• Exchange server : The name or IP address of the Exchange server (for a local Exchange server installation) or outlook.office365.com

(for Office 365). Don’t include a prefix https:// or a suffix /powershell . These are added automatically.

• Allow all certificates : The certificate that the Exchange server presents is not verified.

Use this for example if you have a self-signed certificate installed on your Exchange server. Because the Allow all certificates option reduces the security level of the server communication, we strongly recommend that you select it only if required by your network environment.

• Allow EWS subscription requests from Secure Email : Select this to allow the Sophos

Secure Email app on iOS to subscribe to push notifications through Exchange Web Services

(EWS). Push notifications inform the device when there are messages for Secure Email.

Note

• Service account : The name of the user account you created in the Exchange or Office 365 admin console.

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• Password : The password of the user account.

7. Click Add to add the instance to the Instances list.

8. Optional: Repeat the previous steps to set up PowerShell connections to other Exchange or Office

365 servers.

9. Complete the setup wizard as described in

Install the standalone EAS proxy (page 9).

Upload certificates

10. Log in to Sophos Central Admin.

11. On the menu sidebar, under My Products , click Mobile .

12. On the menu sidebar of the Mobile view, under SETTINGS , click Setup > System setup and then click the EAS proxy tab.

13. Optional: Under General , select Restrict to Sophos Secure Email to restrict email access to the

Sophos Secure Email app, available for Android and iOS.

This prevents other email apps from connecting to your email server.

14. Under External , click Upload a file . Upload the certificate that the setup wizard created for the

PowerShell connection.

If you have set up more than one instance, repeat this for all instance certificates.

15. Click Save .

16. In Windows, open the Services dialog and restart the EASProxy service.

This completes the initial setup of PowerShell connections. Email traffic between a managed device and the Exchange or Office 365 servers is blocked if the device violates a compliance rule. You can block an individual device by setting the email access mode for that device to Deny .

Note

Depending on the configuration of your Exchange server, devices receive a notification when their email access is blocked.

6.4 Configure a connection to the internal EAS proxy server

1. On the menu sidebar, under SETTINGS , click Setup > System setup and then click the EAS proxy tab.

2. Optional: Under General , select Restrict to Sophos Secure Email to restrict email access to the

Sophos Secure Email app, available for Android and iOS.

This prevents other email apps from connecting to your email server.

3. Under Internal , enter the Exchange or groupware server URL in the Exchange/groupware server

URL text field.

4. Select Use SSL/TLS to use a secure connection.

5. Select Allow EWS subscription requests from Secure Email to allow the Sophos Secure Email app on iOS to subscribe to push notifications through Exchange Web Services (EWS). Push notifications inform the device when there are messages for Secure Email.

6. Click Check connection to test the connection.

A message will be displayed if the server can be accessed.

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7. Click Save .

6.5 Configure a connection to the standalone EAS proxy server

To configure the connection between Sophos Mobile and the standalone EAS proxy, you upload the certificate of the EAS proxy server to Sophos Mobile. The certificate was generated when you configured the EAS proxy instance.

For information on the installation and configuration of the standalone EAS proxy, see

Standalone EAS proxy

(page 8).

Important

If the EAS proxy service is started before you have uploaded the certificate, Sophos Mobile rejects the connection to the server and the service fails to start.

To upload the certificate of the standalone EAS proxy:

1. On the menu sidebar, under SETTINGS , click Setup > System setup and then click the EAS proxy tab.

2. Optional: Under General , select Restrict to Sophos Secure Email to restrict email access to the

Sophos Secure Email app, available for Android and iOS.

This prevents other email apps from connecting to your email server.

3. Under External , click Upload a file and navigate to the certificate file.

If you have set up more than one EAS proxy instance, repeat this for all instances.

4. Click Save .

5. In Windows, open the Services dialog and restart the EASProxy service.

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7 Compliance policies

With compliance policies you can:

• Allow, forbid or enforce certain features of a device.

• Define actions that are executed when a compliance rule is violated.

You can create different compliance policies and assign them to device groups. This allows you to apply different levels of security to your managed devices.

Tip

If you are planning to manage both corporate and private devices, we recommend that you define separate compliance policies for at least these two device types.

7.1 Create compliance policy

1. On the menu sidebar, under CONFIGURE , click Compliance policies .

2. On the Compliance policies page, click Create compliance policy , and then select the template the policy will be based on:

• Default template : A selection of compliance rules, with no actions defined.

• PCI template , HIPAA template : Compliance rules and actions based on the HIPAA and the

PCI DSS security standard, respectively.

Your choice of template doesn’t restrict your subsequent configuration options.

3. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the compliance policy.

Repeat the following steps for all required platforms.

4. Make sure that the Enable platform check box on each tab is selected.

If this check box is not selected, devices of that platform are not checked for compliance.

5. Under Rule , configure the compliance rules for the particular platform.

For a description of the available rules for each device type, click Help in the page header.

Note

Each compliance rule has a fixed severity level (high, medium, low) that is depicted by a blue icon. The severity helps you to assess the importance of each rule and the actions you should implement when it is violated.

Note

For devices where Sophos Mobile manages the Sophos container instead of the whole device, only a subset of compliance rules is applicable. In Highlight rules , select a management type to highlight the rules that are relevant.

6. Under If rule is violated , define the actions that will be taken when a rule is violated:

Option

Deny email

Lock container

Create alert

Transfer task bundle

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Description

Forbid email access.

This action can only be taken if you have configured a connection to the standalone EAS proxy. See

Configure a connection to the standalone EAS proxy server (page 15).

This action is only available for Android, iOS, Windows and

Windows Mobile devices.

Disable the Sophos Secure Workspace and Secure Email apps.

This affects document, email and web access that is managed by these apps.

This action can only be taken when you have activated a Mobile

Advanced license.

This action is only available for Android and iOS devices.

Create an alert.

The alerts are displayed on the Alerts page of Sophos Central

Admin.

Transfer a specific task bundle to the device.

This action is only available for Android, iOS, macOS and

Windows devices.

We recommend that you set this to None at this stage. For further information, see the Sophos Mobile administrator help .

Important

When used incorrectly, task bundles may misconfigure or even wipe devices. To assign the correct task bundles to compliance rules, an in-depth knowledge of the system is required.

7. When you have made the settings for all required platforms, click Save to save the compliance policy under the name that you specified.

The new compliance policy is displayed on the Compliance policies page.

To make use of a compliance policy, you assign it to a device group. This is described in the next section.

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8 Device groups

Device groups are used to categorize devices. They help you to manage devices efficiently as you can carry out tasks on a group rather than on individual devices.

A device always belongs to exactly one device group. You assign a device to a device group when you add it to Sophos Mobile.

Tip

Only group devices with the same operating system. This makes it easier to use groups for installations and other operating system specific tasks.

8.1 Create device group

1. On the menu sidebar, under MANAGE , click Device groups , and then click Create device group .

2. On the Edit device group page, enter a name and a description for the new device group.

3. Under Compliance policies , select the compliance policies that are applied to corporate and to personal devices.

4. Click Save .

The new device group is created and shown on the Device groups page.

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9 Configure iOS devices

9.1 Create iOS device profile

In this step, you create a profile for initial configuration of iOS devices.

We recommend that you set up separate profiles for:

• Password policies and restrictions

• Exchange account settings (if required)

• VPN settings (if required)

• Wi-Fi settings (if required)

• Root and client certificates (if required)

Note

Sophos Mobile offers two methods for creating profiles for iOS devices:

• Create profiles directly in Sophos Mobile Admin.

• Import profiles created with Apple Configurator.

This section describes how to create profiles in Sophos Mobile Admin. For information on how to import profiles created with Apple Configurator, see the Sophos Mobile administrator help .

To create an iOS device profile for password policies and restrictions:

1. On the menu sidebar, under CONFIGURE , click Profiles, policies > iOS .

2. On the Profiles and policies page, click Create > Device profile .

3. On the Edit profile page, configure the following settings: a) Name : Enter a name for the profile. We recommend that you use the name iOS SSP profile for profiles that are applied during enrollment in the Self Service Portal.

b) Organisation : Enter the name of the organization for the profile, for example a company name.

c) Description : Enter a description for the profile, for example base profile .

4. To add password policies to the profile, click Add configuration and then select Password policies .

5. On the Password policies page, configure the required password settings.

For a detailed description of the settings, click Help in the page header.

6. Click Apply to save your settings.

The Password policies configuration is displayed on the Edit profile page under Configurations .

7. To add restrictions to the profile, click Add configuration again and then select Restrictions .

8. On the Restrictions page, select the required restrictions.

Some restrictions require a certain device type or iOS version. These requirements are shown to the right of each restriction.

For a detailed description of the settings, click Help in the page header.

9. Click Apply to save your settings.

The Restrictions configuration is displayed on the Edit profile page under Configurations .

10. On the Edit profile page, click Save to save the profile.

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The profile is displayed on the Profiles and policies page and is available for transfer onto iOS devices.

If required, create additional profiles for Exchange account settings, VPN settings, Wi-Fi settings and for the installation of root and client certificates.

9.2 Create task bundle for iOS devices

1. On the menu sidebar, under CONFIGURE , click Task bundles > iOS .

2. On the Task bundles page, click Create task bundle .

The Edit task bundle page is displayed.

3. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the new task bundle in the relevant fields.

The version is automatically incremented every time you save the task bundle.

4. Optional: Select Selectable for compliance actions to transfer the task bundle onto a device

when it violates a compliance rule. See Compliance policies (page 16).

Note

This option is disabled when you edit an existing task bundle and the task bundle is already used as a compliance action.

5. Optional: For iOS task bundles, select Ignore app installation failures to continue the task bundle processing even if an app installation fails.

This option is disabled when the task bundle contains no Install app task.

6. Click Create task , select Enroll and enter a name for the task. Click Apply to create the task.

The name that you enter here will be displayed in the Self Service Portal while the task is processed.

7. Click Create task again and select Install profile or assign policy . Give the task a meaningful name, for example Install password policies profile , and select the profile you have created. Click Apply to create the task.

8. If you have configured profiles for Exchange, VPN or Wi-Fi settings, repeat the previous step for each profile.

9. Optional: Add further tasks to the task bundle.

Tip

You can change the installation order of the tasks by using the sort arrows on the right-hand side of the tasks list.

10. After you have added all required tasks to the task bundle, click Save on the Edit task bundle page.

The task bundle is available for transfer. It is displayed on the Task bundles page.

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10 Configure Android devices

10.1 Create Android device profile

In this step, you create a profile for initial configuration of Android devices.

We recommend that you set up separate profiles for:

• Password policies and restrictions

• Exchange account settings (if required)

• VPN settings (if required)

• Wi-Fi settings (if required)

• Root and client certificates (if required)

1. On the menu sidebar, under CONFIGURE , click Profiles, policies > Android .

2. On the Profiles and policies page, click Create > Device profile .

3. On the Edit profile page, configure the following settings: a) Name : Enter a name for the profile. We recommend that you use the name Android SSP profile for profiles that are applied during enrollment in the Sophos Central Self Service portal.

b) Optional: Description : Enter a description for the profile, for example base profile .

4. To add password policies to the profile, click Add configuration and then select Password policies .

The Password policies page opens.

5. In the Password type field, select the type of password you want to define, for example Complex .

6. Configure the required password settings.

The available settings depend on the password type that you selected. For a detailed description of all settings, click Help in the page header.

7. Click Apply to save your settings.

The Password policies configuration is displayed on the Edit profile page under Configurations .

8. To add restrictions to the profile, click Add configuration again and then select Restrictions .

9. On the Restrictions page, select the required restrictions.

Some restrictions require a certain device type or Android version. These requirements are shown to the right of each restriction.

For a detailed description of the settings, click Help in the page header.

10. Click Apply to save your settings.

The Restrictions configuration is displayed on the Edit profile page under Configurations .

11. On the Edit profile page, click Save to save the profile.

The profile is displayed on the Profiles and policies page and is available for transfer onto Android devices.

If required, create additional profiles for Exchange account settings, VPN settings, Wi-Fi settings and for the installation of root and client certificates.

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10.2 Create task bundle for Android devices

1. On the menu sidebar, under CONFIGURE , click Task bundles > Android .

2. On the Task bundles page, click Create task bundle .

The Edit task bundle page is displayed.

3. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the new task bundle in the relevant fields.

The version is automatically incremented every time you save the task bundle.

4. Optional: Select Selectable for compliance actions to transfer the task bundle onto a device

when it violates a compliance rule. See Compliance policies (page 16).

Note

This option is disabled when you edit an existing task bundle and the task bundle is already used as a compliance action.

5. Optional: For iOS task bundles, select Ignore app installation failures to continue the task bundle processing even if an app installation fails.

This option is disabled when the task bundle contains no Install app task.

6. Click Create task , select Enroll and enter a name for the task. Click Apply to create the task.

The name that you enter here will be displayed in the Self Service Portal while the task is processed.

8. If you have configured profiles for Exchange, VPN or Wi-Fi settings, repeat the previous step for each profile.

9. Optional: Add further tasks to the task bundle.

Tip

You can change the installation order of the tasks by using the sort arrows on the right-hand side of the tasks list.

10. After you have added all required tasks to the task bundle, click Save on the Edit task bundle page.

The task bundle is available for transfer. It is displayed on the Task bundles page.

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11 Update Self Service Portal settings

After you have created the task bundles to be transferred when users enroll their devices in the Self

Service Portal, you need to update the Self Service Portal settings with the required group settings:

1. On the menu sidebar, under SETTINGS , click Setup > Self Service Portal , and then click the

Group settings tab.

2. Click the Default group setting.

The Edit group settings dialog box opens.

3. In the Initial package - corporate devices and Initial package - personal devices lists, select the task bundles you have created for Android and iOS devices.

4. Select the Active check box for the platforms that should be available in the Self Service Portal.

5. In the Add to device group list, select the group that devices will be added to when they are enrolled in the Self Service Portal.

6. Click Apply .

7. On the Group settings tab, click Save .

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12 Test device enrollment through the Self

Service Portal

We recommend that you test device enrollment through the Self Service Portal before you roll out the

Self Service Portal to your users.

Log in to the Self Service Portal with a test user account you created for yourself and perform test enrollments for all platforms that you want to manage with Sophos Mobile.

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13 Use the device enrollment wizard to assign and enroll new devices

You can easily enroll new devices with the device enrollment wizard. It provides a workflow that combines the following tasks:

• Add a new device to Sophos Mobile.

• Assign a user to the device.

• Enroll the device.

• Optional: Transfer a task bundle to the device.

To start the device enrollment wizard:

1. On the menu sidebar, under MANAGE , click Devices , and then click Add > Enrollment wizard .

Tip

Alternatively, you can start the wizard from the Dashboard page by clicking the Add device widget.

2. On the Enter user search parameters wizard page, use the Search all fields field to search all data fields of the user account. For example, enter the user name or the email address.

Note

You can search for partial strings, but only from the start of a field. For example, the search string example matches Example User and [email protected] but not

[email protected].

3. The wizard displays a list of matching users. Select the required user.

4. On the Device details wizard page, configure the following settings:

Option

Platform

Name

Description

Phone number

Email address

Owner

Description

The device platform.

A unique name under which the device will be managed by

Sophos Mobile.

An optional description of the device.

An optional phone number. Enter the number in international format, for example +491701234567 .

The email address to which the enrollment instructions are sent.

This is the email address of the user assigned to the device, as configured in Sophos Central user management.

Select the device owner type: either Corporate or Personal .

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Option Description

Device group Select the device group the device will be assigned to. If you have not created a device group yet, you can select the device group Default , which is always available.

5. Select a task bundle that will be transferred to the device after it has been enrolled. Or select Only enroll device to enroll the device without transferring a task bundle.

When you click Next , the device is added to Sophos Mobile.

6. On the Enrollment wizard page, follow the instructions to complete the enrollment process.

Note

On Macs, the enrollment procedure must be performed by the user that will be managed by Sophos Mobile. To install the enrollment profile, the user must enter an administrator password.

7. When enrollment has been completed successfully, click Finish to close the device enrollment wizard.

Note

• When you have made all the selections, you can close the wizard without having to wait for the

Finish button to appear. An enrollment task is created and processed in the background.

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14 Glossary

device enrollment

Enterprise App Store

Mobile Advanced license provisioning

SMSec

Sophos Central Admin

Sophos Central Self Service portal

Sophos Mobile client

Sophos Mobile Security

Sophos Secure Email

Sophos Secure Workspace task bundle

The device to be managed (for example smartphone, tablet or Windows 10 device).

The registration of a device with Sophos Mobile.

An app repository that is hosted on the Sophos

Mobile server. The administrator can use Sophos

Mobile Admin to add apps to the Enterprise App

Store. Users can then use the Sophos Mobile

Control app to install these apps onto their devices.

With a license of type Mobile Advanced you can manage the Sophos Mobile Security, Sophos

Secure Workspace and Sophos Secure Email apps through Sophos Mobile.

The process of installing the Sophos Mobile

Control app on a device.

Abbreviation for Sophos Mobile Security.

The web interface that you use to manage devices.

The web interface that allows users to enroll their own devices and carry out other tasks without having to contact the helpdesk.

The Sophos Mobile Control app that is installed onto devices managed by Sophos Mobile.

A security app for Android devices. You can manage this app with Sophos Mobile, provided that a license of type Mobile Advanced is activated.

An app for Android and iOS devices that provides a secure container for managing your email, calendar and contacts. You can manage this app with Sophos Mobile, provided that a license of type Mobile Advanced is activated.

An app for Android and iOS devices that provides a secure workspace where you can browse, manage, edit, share, encrypt and decrypt documents from various storage providers or distributed by your company. You can manage this app with Sophos Mobile, provided that a license of type Mobile Advanced is activated.

You create a package to bundle several tasks into one transaction. You can bundle all tasks necessary to have a device fully enrolled and running.

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15 Technical support

You can find technical support for Sophos products in any of these ways:

• Visit the Sophos Community at community.sophos.com/ and search for other users who are experiencing the same problem.

• Visit the Sophos support knowledgebase at www.sophos.com/en-us/support.aspx

• Download the product documentation at www.sophos.com/en-us/support/documentation.aspx

• Open a ticket with our support team at https://secure2.sophos.com/support/contact-support/ support-query.aspx

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16 Legal notices

Copyright © 2018 Sophos Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise unless you are either a valid licensee where the documentation can be reproduced in accordance with the license terms or you otherwise have the prior permission in writing of the copyright owner.

Sophos, Sophos Anti-Virus and SafeGuard are registered trademarks of Sophos Limited, Sophos

Group and Utimaco Safeware AG, as applicable. All other product and company names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Product Version: 8.1

Contents

1 About this guide

2 What are the key steps?

3 Activate Mobile Advanced licenses

4 Configure settings

4.1 Configure personal settings

4.2 Configure technical support contact details

4.3 Configure Self Service Portal settings

5 Apple Push Notification service certificates

5.1 Requirements

5.2 Create an APNs certificate

6 Standalone EAS proxy

Features

6.1 Download the EAS proxy installer

6.2 Install the standalone EAS proxy

6.3 Set up email access control through

PowerShell

6.4 Configure a connection to the internal EAS proxy server

6.5 Configure a connection to the standalone EAS proxy server

7 Compliance policies

7.1 Create compliance policy

8 Device groups

8.1 Create device group

9 Configure iOS devices

9.1 Create iOS device profile

9.2 Create task bundle for iOS devices

10 Configure Android devices

10.1 Create Android device profile

10.2 Create task bundle for Android devices

11 Update Self Service Portal settings

12 Test device enrollment through the Self

Service Portal

13 Use the device enrollment wizard to assign and enroll new devices

14 Glossary

15 Technical support

16 Legal notices

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