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When organizations manage devices that will be used by multiple employees, ensuring privacy to users while allowing them to browse on the devices becomes a challenge. Mobile Device Manager supports Managed Guest sessions for Chrome OS devices, to allow multiple users to browse on a single device with privacy. For security purposes, the admin can configure how the browsing sessions will be used, by allowing or restricting specific browser functionalities.
Note: Managed Guest Session cannot be configured with other payloads in a profile. It has to be configured separately and associated with the required devices.
Settings |
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General settings |
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Display name |
A name for the session, that does not exceed 40 characters needs to be specified. |
Session duration |
Optionally, the admin can specify the duration of a browsing session, anytime between 1 and 1440 minutes. If this field is left blank, there will be no limit applied to browsing sessions for users. |
Restrictions | |
Home Button |
Allow/Restrict the usage of the Home button on Chrome OS devices. |
Mount external storage device |
Restrict connecting to an external storage device by selecting the Disable option. You can also allow Read only or Read-write access when an external storage device is connected. |
Chrome Browser settings | |
Incognito Mode |
Allow/Restrict the usage of Incognito Mode on the Google Chrome browser. |
Pop-ups |
Allow/Restrict displaying of pop-ups on Chrome. In case, you configure it as User Controlled, users can enable/disable it as per their needs. |
URLs for which pop-ups are to be allowed (This option can be configured only when Pop-ups have been selected as 'Allow') |
Specify the URLs which are permitted to display pop-ups. |
URL's for which pop-ups are to be blocked. |
Specify the URLs which are blocked from displaying pop-ups. |
Secure Browsing |
Allow/Restrict safe browsing on Google Chrome. |
Malicious websites |
Allow/Restrict users from accessing malicious websites. |
Save History |
Allow/Restrict saving browsing history. |
Delete History |
Allow/Restrict deleting browsing history. |
Bookmark bar |
Allow/Restrict using bookmarks on Google Chrome. |
Modiy Bookmarks | Allow/Restrict modifying bookmarks on Google Chrome. |
Browser Homepage |
Select what needs to be displayed on the browser's homepage. You can choose whether to display a blank page, or a specified URL can be displayed. |
Load URL's once the session begins: (This can be configured only if URL's are specified) |
Specify the URL's to be loaded once the browsing session is started. |
Web Content Filter | |
Filter Type |
Specify the filter based on whether URL's are to be blocklisted/allowlisted. |
URL's to be allowlisted/blocklisted: |
Specify the URLs to be allowed or blocked during the session. The user(s) will be able to browse the Internet, but not be allowed to access the specified URL's |
Managed Bookmarks | |
Folder name |
Specify a name for folders with bookmarks created. | Modify Bookmarks |
Allow/Restrict modifying bookmarks within the folder, on Google Chrome. |
URL |
Specify the URL for the bookmark that needs to be edited. |
Bookmark name |
Specify the display name for the bookmark. |
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