How to set up a personal device with Microsoft Intune

Use this guide when your organization manages its phones with Microsoft Intune and you want to use your own /e/OS phone for work. Enrollment takes about five minutes and creates a work profile: a separate space for work apps and data, marked with a briefcase badge. Your IT admin can see and manage the work profile only, not your personal apps, photos or messages.

Before you start

• A phone running /e/OS (this guide was made on a Fairphone 4 with /e/OS 4.3.1).
• Your work account (email and password), given by your IT admin.
• A Wi-Fi or mobile data connection.
• About 100 MB of free storage for the Company Portal app.

Install Intune Company Portal

1. Open App Lounge, search for Intune Company Portal (by Microsoft Corporation) and tap Install.

   

2. The Company Portal icon appears on your home screen. Do not open it yet.

   

Allow work account setup

/e/OS blocks work profile setup by default. Turn it on once, before you sign in to Company Portal. This setting belongs to microG.

1. Open Settings, tap System, then App compatibility.

   

2. Under Google Services, tap Work profile.

   

3. Turn on Allow work account setup.

   

Sign in to Company Portal

1. Open Company Portal. When it asks to send notifications, tap Allow: Intune uses them to tell you about required actions.

   

2. Tap SIGN IN and log in with your work email and password.

   

Create the work profile

The setup screen carries your organization’s name (Murena in these screenshots).

1. On the Access Setup screen, tap BEGIN.

   

2. On Let's set up your work profile, tap Accept & continue.

   

3. Read Data in your work profile is visible to your IT admin, then tap Next. The phone creates the work profile, which takes about a minute.

   

4. Back in Company Portal, Create work profile is checked. Tap CONTINUE to activate the profile and apply the device settings.

   

5. When all three steps show a green check, tap DONE.

   

6. On Your new work setup, tap GOT IT.

   

Check that it worked

1. Company Portal now lists your phone under DEVICES. You can dismiss the prompt to open the badged Google Play.

   

2. On the home screen, work apps carry a briefcase badge (Contacts, Files and Settings for example). Always use the badged version for work. The briefcase icon in the status bar shows the work profile is active.

   

Install your work apps

Your IT admin picks the apps your work profile needs. You install them from the Work app store, reached through Company Portal.

1. In Company Portal, open the menu (top left) and tap Get Apps.

   

2. The Work app store lists the apps your admin requires under Installation required. Tap the download button next to each app.

   

3. Once an app is installed, its download button turns into a trash icon.

   

4. The installed apps show up on your home screen with the briefcase badge, like Authenticator here.

   

Troubleshooting