Google offers different types of management to different types of users. There are two primary types of management which provide different levels of control:
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Managed profile:
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Requires a single account managed by your organization.
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The user must be signed in.
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Typically used for both unmanaged and managed personally-owned devices (BYOD).
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All other accounts (personal, guest, incognito) are not visible to the admin or available for enforcement.
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Managed browser:
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Requires deployment of an enrollment token managed by your organization.
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The user does not have to be signed in.
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Typically used in corporate-owned devices.
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All accounts (corporate, personal, guest, incognito) are visible to the admin and available for enforcement.
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Benefits of a managed profile
- Facilitates remote working from a personal device. Users can access sensitive company data and applications from their personal devices using an issued corporate account with a separate work profile, while personal profiles are untouched.
- Provides a clear separation between a managed work profile and a user's personal profile. This ensures flexibility and user privacy as each profile has its own bookmarks, history, extensions, passwords, and settings.
- The user manages everything on their device for all profiles except for the work profile.
- Admins can apply all required policies and security browser enforcements and remote commands to the user's work profile.
- All Chrome data can be moved from device to device with user sign-in.
Benefits of a managed browser
- Provides centralized control and management of all Chrome browser settings and policies, ensuring consistency and compliance across the organization.
- The organization manages everything on the device such as settings, bookmarks, history, and extensions for all profiles.
- Admins can control how users use Chrome without requiring them to sign in. They can:
- Manage various settings such as, sign-in controls, installed apps and extensions, security, and network configurations.
- Apply policies and security browser enforcements to all user profiles.
- Set up or restrict certain features,
- Monitor activity.
- Apply remote commands to any profile on the managed device.
- Data collection and reporting on browser usage provides valuable insights for monitoring and analyzing trends.