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Setting 
Android
 password requirements

There are four groups of IT policy rules for 
Android
 passwords. The group of rules that you use depends on the device activation type and whether you are setting requirements for the device password or the work space password.
Activation type
Supported password rules
MDM controls
Use the global password rules to set device password requirements.
All other password rules are ignored by the device.
Use a compliance profile to enforce the password requirements.
Work space only
 
Work space only
 ( Premium) 
Use the global password rules to set password requirements for the device. Because the device only has a work space, the password is also the work space password.
All other password rules are ignored by the device.
Use a compliance profile to enforce the password requirements.
Work and personal - user privacy
Work and personal - user privacy
 (Premium)
Use the global password rules to set device password requirements.
Use the work profile password rules to set the password requirements for the work profile.
For 
BlackBerry
 devices powered by 
Android
, you can force the work profile and device passwords to be different.
All other password rules are ignored by the device.
Use a compliance profile to enforce the password requirements.
MDM controls
 (
KNOX
 MDM)
Use the 
KNOX
 MDM password rules to set device password requirements.
All other password rules are ignored by the device.
Use a compliance profile to enforce the password requirements.
Work space only
 (
Samsung KNOX
Use the 
KNOX
 Premium - Workspace password rules to set password requirements for the work space.
All other password rules are ignored by the device.
Use a compliance profile to enforce the password requirements.
Work and personal - full control
 (
Samsung KNOX
)
Use the 
KNOX
 MDM password rules to set device password requirements.
Use the 
KNOX
 Premium - Workspace password rules to set password requirements for the work space.
All other password rules are ignored by the device.
Use a compliance profile to enforce the password requirements.
Work and personal - user privacy
 (
Samsung KNOX
)
You have no control over the device password.
Use the 
KNOX
 Premium - Workspace password rules to set password requirements for the work space.
All other password rules are ignored by the device.
Use a compliance profile to enforce the password requirements.