{"id":94360,"date":"2023-08-04T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T20:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=support&#038;p=94360"},"modified":"2023-08-17T12:51:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T16:51:33","slug":"create-an-android-system-updates-policy","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/create-an-android-system-updates-policy","title":{"rendered":"Create an Android System Updates Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Android System Updates Policy lets you configure and apply over-the-air (OTA) system updates to your fully managed and dedicated Android devices. You can configure how updates are installed, as well as specify delivery and freeze windows to limit updates to install at specified times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prerequisites<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>JumpCloud\u2019s Android EMM has to be configured for your org. See <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1tI7QSk2LKCAkz60ns22X1iE6z8nir7heNgf92Re6HZ0\/edit#\">Set up Android EMM<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your Android devices have to be enrolled in EMM. See <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/110nFECxUO5fn2qpspNm7CcmUs1JoD0kuezhHu6zCMmE\/edit\">Add and Manage Android Devices<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1qBaqQ5RKW-RBqjSc0OYsOCHEyNkyqmJyuc9d1gBZrWc\/edit\">Users: Enroll Your Personal Android Device<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This policy works for fully managed and dedicated devices running Android 6.0 and later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To create an Android System Updates policy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/console.jumpcloud.com\/login\">JumpCloud Admin Portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>DEVICE MANAGEMENT &gt; Policy Management<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>All<\/strong> tab, click (<strong>+<\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the New Policy panel, select the <strong>Android<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the System Updates policy from the list, then click <strong>configure<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Optional) On the New Policy panel, enter a new name for the policy, or keep the default. Policy names must be unique.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For<strong> Policy Notes<\/strong>, enter details like when you created the policy, where you tested it, and where you deployed it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Settings<\/strong>, choose from the following <strong>System Update Settings <\/strong>to determine how updates are installed on devices:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Select <strong>Default<\/strong> to use the device\u2019s update behavior, which typically requires the end user to accept system updates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Automatic<\/strong> to automatically install updates as soon as it is available.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Windowed<\/strong> to automatically install updates within the daily maintenance window you specify. Use this method for dedicated devices.\n<ul>\n<li>When <strong>Windowed <\/strong>mode is selected, enter a <strong>Daily Start Time<\/strong> and <strong>Daily End Time<\/strong> totalling at least 30 minutes when system updates will be installed on the device. The time must be entered in HH:MM:AM or HH:MM:PM format, for example 12:00PM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Select <strong>Postpone<\/strong> to defer automatic installation of updates for 30 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card note\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/note-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Note:<\/strong> \n<ul>\n<li>In Windowed mode, the <strong>Daily Start Time<\/strong> and <strong>Daily End Time<\/strong> reflect the time zone set on the device. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the maintenance window specified is less than 30 minutes, the actual window is extended to 30 minutes beyond the start time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>If <strong>Automatic<\/strong>, <strong>Windowed<\/strong>, or <strong>Postpone<\/strong> is selected in the previous step, you can also define a <strong>Freeze Period<\/strong>, which is an annually recurring period during which system updates won\u2019t be installed on devices.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card note\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/note-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Note:<\/strong> \n<ul>\n<li>The freeze period will recur yearly on the specified MM\/DD, regardless of&nbsp;the year specified here. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To prevent freezing updates on the device indefinitely, each freeze period must be separated by at least 60 days.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leap years are ignored in freeze period calculations. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This field is limited to dedicated devices running Android 9.0 and later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card tip\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/tip-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Tip:<\/strong> \n<p>Use the Freeze Period to prevent a critical device from updating to ensure zero downtime, or application compatibility with new versions. <\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/android_system_updates_policy-1024x896.jpg\" alt=\"Configure Android System Updates Policy in the JumpCloud Admin Portal. \" class=\"wp-image-95110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/android_system_updates_policy-1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/android_system_updates_policy-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/android_system_updates_policy-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/android_system_updates_policy.jpg 1420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li>(Optional) Select the <strong>Device Groups<\/strong> tab. Select one or more device groups where you will apply this policy. For device groups with multiple OS member types, the policy is applied only to the supported OS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Optional) Select the <strong>Devices<\/strong> tab. Select one or more devices where you will apply this policy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card tip\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/tip-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Tip:<\/strong> \n<p>For this policy to take effect, you have to specify a device or a device group in Step 10 or Step 11.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li>Click <strong>save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Android System Updates Policy lets you configure and apply over-the-air (OTA) system updates to your fully managed and dedicated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"support_category":[2927,2852,3080],"support_tag":[],"coauthors":[3011],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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