Friday, March 30, 2018

Block native mail app on Apple IOS using Azure conditional access policies


I recently set up EMS for a customer and they wanted to ensure all ios native mail apps were blocked and that all client phones must use the Microsoft Outlook app and that devices are enrolled before they can access corporate email.

Azure conditional access policies make this really simple and the following screenshots ill show how we can create this conditional policy.

Browse to the Azure Active Directory admin center / Azure Active Directory/ Conditional Policies

   Firstly Create the Policy

    Next we assign what users the policy will be applied to

   Select the cloud app - Exchange Online

    Select the client app - Active Sync


    Select the controls to enforce

Finally save & enable the policy


Now when a client attempts to setup and use the native Apple IOS app , this message will appear in the end users mailbox, the native app will be unusable for sending and receiving messages. The user can then proceed with the device enrollment process.