This article guides School IT administrators through preparing and enrolling your Windows 10 or 11 Pro devices into Mobile Guardian with Google Workspace and completing device-side setup for Windows machines.
Leveraging your Google Workspace accounts for authentication allows administrators to deploy the Mobile Guardian extension automatically through the Google Chrome Browser.
Following these steps ensures your Windows devices are correctly configured, securely managed, and visible within your Mobile Guardian Dashboard for real-time activity monitoring, web filtering, and management.
Prerequisites
Ensure the following conditions are met before starting enrollment:
- Device: Windows 10 or 11 Pro and higher
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Students: Your Google Workspace infrastructure is linked, and users are fully synced to the Mobile Guardian Dashboard.
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- Browser: Google Chrome is installed on the target Windows devices.
Step 1: Configure Dashboard Identity Settings
- Log in to your Mobile Guardian Dashboard.
- Navigate to Windows MDM Settings
- Student Identity Settings.
- Configure the following required parameters:
- Set the following settings
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Identity Service: Google Workspace
- You must configure the Google Workspace Settings before enrolling devices.
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Managed Browser: Google Chrome
- Google Chrome is required for Google Workspace authentication.
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Managed Browser Sign-In: Force
- The Mobile Guardian extension will only be installed if browser sign-in is enforced.
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Chrome Sign-in Pattern: You may leave this blank or add in the school domain
- Account used to sign in must match entered pattern e.g. @somedomain.com.
Step 2: Enrol the Windows Device
Perform the following steps on the student's Windows device:
- Open Windows Settings > Accounts > Access work or school.
- Click Connect.
- Enter the student's synced Google Workspace account credentials.
- When prompted, enter the Management Endpoint URL:
US Environment: https://mdm-windows-enroll.international.mobileguardian.com |
- Click Next to initiate MDM enrollment.
- (Optional) Set up a work or school account: You'll get access to resources such as email, apps and the network. Connecting means that your work or school might control some things on this device, such as which settings you can change.
- Click Next to initiate MDM enrollment.
- Open Google Chrome on the device and create/sign into a Chrome Profile using the same student Google account.
Verification
- After a short delay, the Mobile Guardian Chrome Extension will automatically load.
- Navigate to the Devices tab on your Mobile Guardian Dashboard to confirm the device appears linked to the student's profile.
- On the device on the Accounts > Access work or School screen, you would be able to see that the account has been added successfully.
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