Welcome to the Cortado Blog
The Cortado Blog is your guide on company-managed smartphones and tablets. Here you will find MDM insights, best practices as well as tips and tricks for the effective and secure use of smartphones and tablets in your organization.
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Define Managed App Configurations for Android Now for Users and Groups
With Cortado MDM, application configurations for Android can now also be defined differently according to users and groups. This was previously only the case for iOS.
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Subscription Management: Now Add Licenses and More Directly from the Admin Portal
From now on, you can manage your Cortado subscription directly from the administration portal. For example, additional device licenses can be added in no time at all.
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Connecting Work and Private Apps on Android Devices
No more appintment conflicts! MDM administrators can now enable apps, like the calendar app, to connect and share data across the work and personal profiles.
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Benjamin Schüler, Cortado: “If you don’t keep your mobile devices up to date, attackers will sooner or later target you”
In an interview, Cortado CEO Benjamin Schüler talks to the Cybernews team about the ever-growing security challenges of using mobile devices for work.
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Android: Allow or Disallow Apps to Display Over Other Apps
Since the last Cortado update, MDM admins can globally allow or disallow content overlay on other apps for fully managed Android devices. On Android, it has long been possible for app windows to display over other currently-active apps to show the user content. It is probably best known when displaying Google Maps or a YouTube…
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Enforce or Disable Location Services for Corporate Android Smartphones
Cortado MDM can now remotely control location services for fully managed Android devices with version 11 or higher. Administrators can centrally enable or disable location services for all apps. Changing this setting by device users is then no longer possible.
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Cortado MDM’s Software Hosting Now in Germany
Our MDM software has a new home! Our solution is now hosted in the Azure data center in Frankfurt, Germany.
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What’s New: Managing Administrator Accounts
Today we’d like to introduce two new features which focus on admins and their capabilities which are both available to Cortado MDM customers with PRO plans.
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New in Cortado MDM – Improved Password Policy (Android 12)
New in Cortado MDM – improved password policies for Android 12 devices. Read more about the update in this post.
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How Are Passwords Changing in Android 12?
Passwords protect sensitive data, but are sometimes a nuisance for employees. In Android 12 they are regulated differently.
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Two Years On: Are Huawei Devices a Security Risk at Work?
In 2019 Google stopped supporting Huawei devices and prevented them from accessing the Google Play store. We consider if Huawei smartphones are still to be regarded as a security risk and if the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi may face a similar future.