
On iOS devices, Outlook checks to make sure a passcode or PIN is properly set. This works differently between iOS devices and Android devices, based on the available controls provided by Apple and Google. If your organization's Exchange ActiveSync policy requires a password on mobile devices in order for users to synchronize email, Outlook will enforce this policy at the device level. Outlook for Android will roll out support for the AllowBluetooth setting beginning at the end of August.įor information on how to create or modify an existing mobile device mailbox policy, see Mobile device mailbox policies. Disabling the synchronization is controlled entirely within Outlook itself Bluetooth is not disabled on the device or wearable nor is any other wearable app affected.

When AllowBluetooth is disabled, Outlook for Android will disable synchronization between Outlook on the Android device and Outlook on the wearable for the specified work or school account (and delete any data previously synced for the account). When AllowBluetooth is enabled (default behavior) or configured for HandsfreeOnly, wearable synchronization between Outlook on the Android device and Outlook on the wearable is allowed for the work or school account. Outlook for iOS and Android supports the following mobile device mailbox policy settings in Exchange on-premises:Īllow Bluetooth (used to manage the Outlook for Android wearable app) In addition, there is information on the Office Blog detailing password enforcement and other benefits of using Exchange ActiveSync with devices running Outlook for iOS and Android. Complete information about the Microsoft Exchange synchronization protocol is available in Exchange ActiveSync. This article focuses on specific Exchange ActiveSync features and scenarios for mobile devices running Outlook for iOS and Android when authenticating with Basic authentication. Exchange ActiveSync is a Microsoft Exchange synchronization protocol that lets mobile phones access an organization's information on a server that's running Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft recommends Exchange ActiveSync for managing the mobile devices that are used to access Exchange mailboxes in your on-premises environment. For more information, please see Using hybrid Modern Authentication with Outlook for iOS and Android. The information contained in this article only pertains to basic authentication. Outlook for iOS and Android supports hybrid Modern Authentication for on-premises mailboxes which eliminates the need to leverage basic authentication.
