How to Configure a Homepage on Unrestricted Devices

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ismail kurnaz
mobisis2025

On a device that is not in lockdown mode, is it possible to set a homepage URL for the default browser? For example, can this be done via a shortcut or another method?

3 months ago
SOTI MobiControl
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Rafael Schäfer
3 months ago

Shortcut can be done if you use playstore (create a web app in MGP).

The URL in the default browser maybe can be provided via managed app config of the relevant browser (Soti Surf, Chrome,...)

IK
ismail kurnaz
3 months ago

Thank you for your valuable insights. I was able to add the shortcut, and now I'll move on to trying the default URL setup.
The integration with SOTI Surf works quite well; however, when an APK is downloaded through Surf, it doesn’t install directly. You need to go to the Files section and install it manually, which makes the process a bit inconvenient. :/

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Matt Dermody Diamond Contributor
3 months ago

Out of curiousity why are you having end users navigate to a URL with an APK to download and install? If you have the devices enrolled and managed in a powerful EMM like SOTI you can use that very tool to push the install of the APK.

IK
ismail kurnaz
3 months ago

Yes, SOTI is one of the best solutions for this; however, our client requested that end users be allowed to uninstall and reinstall the application themselves. Therefore, we planned to define an FTP address so that the application can be automatically reinstalled after it is removed.

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Rafael Schäfer
3 months ago

Fully agree to Matt.

All apps you need to provide can be done as mandatory (auto install) or suggested (can be later installed by user manually) and just from MGP or if you have apk's, via Mobicontrol Agent (Enterprise app policy).

And just to cover it all, ofc also via profile but there you can only provide the file or install it after it being copied to the system (i would use this only for some special apps where users should be out of control).

I'm not sure i understood your last sentence but if you provide apps as mandatory, they always get automatically reinstalled when they got uninstalled before latest at next checkin.

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KSTMOD@SOTI
3 months ago

Hi Ismail, 

Thank you for posting on SOTI Pulse.

And thank you to Rafael and Matt for your helpful contributions — your expertise is always appreciated!

Just checking in to see if Rafael's and Matt's suggestion helped resolve your query regarding Homepage configuration on unrestricted devices?

If you need any further assistance, feel free to reply — we’re happy to help!

Warm regards,
KSTMOD