How to prevent mobile users (agent/now app) from accessing ServiceNow on a personal mobile device?

Constantine Kr1
Giga Guru

Is there a way to prevent users from accessing our ServiceNow instance from a personal device.  I am aware that we cannot prevent users from downloading from the apple/google stores; however, I am curious how we would limit a user from logging in to our instance based on the device. 

If we are not able to prevent logins, are there any protections/restrictions we can enable if a user downloads this to their mobile device? 

Thanks
~CK

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sachin_namjoshi
Kilo Patron
Kilo Patron

Navigate to System Properties > Mobile UI Properties to enable or disable any of the properties below.

UI Agent Properties
Property Description
glide.ui.m_enabled Turns on/off the mobile web UI
glide.ui.m.helsinki_mobile_enabled Turns on/off the Helsinki mobile web UI
glide.ui.m.native_apps_enabled Turns on/off native apps
glide.ui.tablet_enabled Turns on/off tablet UI
glide.ui.mobile_agents Clear out these user agents to disable the legacy mobile UI

 

Regards,

Sachin

sachin_namjoshi
Kilo Patron
Kilo Patron

Below system property can be useful for you

 

Navigate to System Properties > Mobile UI Properties to enable or disable any of the properties below.

UI Agent Properties
Name Property Description
Enable mobile web UI glide.ui.m_enabled Turns on/off the mobile web UI. Even if this property is disabled, users still have access to the mobile web
Enable native mobile applications (Android, iOS) glide.ui.m.native_apps_enabled Enables/disables user access to the ServiceNow Classic mobile app. This property only applies to the classic mobile app.
Use the mobile web UI if one of these strings (comma-separated) appears in the browser's User Agent glide.ui.m_agents

Define which web UI to use depending on what name appears in a browser user agent

 

 

 

Regards,

Sachin

If your company using any MAM or MDM solution, you can restrict using conditional access. 

iOS/iPadOS device settings in Microsoft Intune - Azure | Microsoft Docs

Create Intune Device Restriction Policy to Block App Store - YouTube

above are Ivan's solution. Pls check Ivan's solution;

 

Regards,
PaulSylo

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mpmacconnell
Tera Guru

I am faced with this same question. We are trying to restrict the Now Agent so only those iPhones and iPads that are managed by our organization can log in. Have you had any luck with this one?