Create an enterprise

An Enterprise resource binds an organization to your Android Management solution. Devices and Policies both belong to an enterprise. Typically, a single enterprise resource is associated with a single organization. However, you can create multiple enterprises for the same organization based on their needs. For example, an organization may want separate enterprises for its different departments or regions.

The basic steps on how to create an enterprise are described in the Quickstart guide. This page outlines the process in more detail. There are two ways to create an enterprise:

  • Customer-managed enterprise: This is the recommended way to create an enterprise. Do not set the agreementAccepted query parameter and the contactInfo field when calling the 'enterprises.create' method.
  • EMM-managed enterprise: This is not the preferred method to create an enterprise, but it is still possible to create and manage an EMM-managed enterprise using this method. Set the agreementAccepted query parameter and the contactInfo field when calling the 'enterprises.create' method.

Customer-managed enterprises

This is the preferred method to create an enterprise and it is further explained as follows:

1. Retrieve the sign up url

Call signupUrls.create to retrieve the sign up URL and specify the following two parameters:

  • callbackUrl: An https URL the setup wizard redirects to after enterprise sign up is complete. This is typically your management console.
  • projectId: Your project ID.

The response contains a url and name. Open the url and note the name.

2. Enterprise IT admin completes the sign up flow

The url guides the enterprise admin through the enterprise sign-up process. They need a Gmail account that's not already associated with an enterprise. After successfully registering their enterprise, the sign-up flow redirects to your callbackUrl. An enterpriseToken is appended to the callbackUrl.

Example

https://example.com/?enterpriseToken=EAH2pBTtGCs2K28dqhq5uw0uCyVzYMqGivap4wdlH7KNlPtCmlC8uyl

3. Create an enterprise

To create an enterprise, call enterprises.create. In addition to creating a unique enterprise ID, this method allows you to define certain enterprise-specific settings. For instance, you can set the predominant color displayed during device provisioning (primaryColor), along with the name or title (enterpriseDisplayName) and logo (logo) that’s shown to end users.

Example

The following examples uses the Java client library to create an enterprise and return its name. See the sample page for more details about using the library.

private String createEnterprise(AndroidManagement androidManagementClient)
    throws IOException {
  SignupUrl signupUrl =
      androidManagementClient
          .signupUrls()
          .create()
          .setProjectId("myProject")
          .setCallbackUrl("https://example.com/myEmmConsole")
          .execute();

  String enterpriseToken = displayUrlToAdmin(signupUrl.getUrl());

  Enterprise enterprise =
      androidManagementClient
          .enterprises()
          .create(new Enterprise())
          .setProjectId("myProject")
          .setSignupUrlName(signupUrl.getName())
          .setEnterpriseToken(enterpriseToken)
          .execute();

  return enterprise.getName();
}

/**
 * Displays the signup URL to the admin and returns the enterprise token which
 * is generated after the admin goes through the signup flow. This functionality
 * must be implemented by your management console.
 */
private String displayUrlToAdmin(String url) {
  ...
}

EMM-managed enterprises

This is no longer the recommended way to create an enterprise. With this method, EMMs have control over the full lifecycle of an enterprise. Make sure to review the Terms of Service, which includes things like what information to collect, and your obligations to your customers for this feature, to ensure your solution meets all requirements of the API. Some of those details are highlighted below:

1. Pre-requisites

  1. Collect the enterprise admin's email address.
  2. Allow your customer to provide you with the contact information for their data protection officer and European Union representative. You must also allow the customer to modify the contact information, and if they do, communicate the new contact information to Google (with enterprises.patch).
  3. Show the enterprise admin the Managed Google Play Agreement, and record the identity of the customer and user, and the date and time of the acceptance in your own system.

2. Create the enterprise

To create an enterprise, call enterprises.create, passing the following values:

  • Set agreementAccepted to true, based on completion of step 3 in the pre-requisites.
  • Set contactInfo in the Enterprise resource using the contact details you collected from the enterprise admin in steps 1 and 2. Note that the contactEmail is required. This may include: 
    {
  "contactEmail": string,
  "dataProtectionOfficerName": string,
  "dataProtectionOfficerEmail": string,
  "dataProtectionOfficerPhone": string,
  "euRepresentativeName": string,
  "euRepresentativeEmail": string,
  "euRepresentativePhone": string
}
  • In addition to creating a unique enterprise ID, this method allows you to define certain enterprise-specific settings. For instance, you can set the predominant color to display in the device management app UI (primaryColor), along with the name or title (enterpriseDisplayName) and logo (logo) shown to end users.

You are responsible for the lifecycle - creating, updating, and deleting - of the enterprise. You can now update it using enterprises.patch and delete it using enterprises.delete. You must delete the enterprise when your customer terminates their relationship with you.

3. Update and list your enterprises

In order to change the contactInfo for an enterprise, call enterprises.patch, and set contactInfo in the Enterprise resource. Please note the following:

  • If update_mask includes contactInfo and you pass an empty contactInfo value, the call will fail.
  • If update_mask is not set and contactInfo is omitted, no change will be made to contactInfo.

To retrieve a list of all your EMM-managed enterprises, call enterprises.list. The response only contains these fields for each enterprise:

  • name: The name of the enterprise in the form enterprises/{enterpriseId}.
  • enterpriseDisplayName: The name of the enterprise displayed to users.

To retrieve the other fields, call enterprises.get with a specific enterprise's name.

Example

The following examples uses the Java client library to create an enterprise and return its name. See the sample page for more details about using the library.

To create an enterprise:

private String createEnterprise(AndroidManagement androidManagementClient)
    throws IOException {
  ContactInfo contactInfo = new ContactInfo();
  contactInfo.setContactEmail("contact@example.com");
  contactInfo.setDataProtectionOfficerName("John Doe");
  contactInfo.setDataProtectionOfficerEmail("dpo@example.com");
  contactInfo.setDataProtectionOfficerPhone("+33 1 99 00 98 76 54");
  contactInfo.setEuRepresentativeName("Jane Doe");
  contactInfo.setEuRepresentativeEmail("eurep@example.com");
  contactInfo.setEuRepresentativePhone("+33 1 99 00 12 34 56");

  Enterprise enterprise = new Enterprise();
  enterprise.setEnterpriseDisplayName("Example Enterprise");

  Enterprise enterprise =
      androidManagementClient
          .enterprises()
          .create(enterprise)
          .setProjectId("myProject")
          .setContactInfo(contactInfo)
          .setAgreementAccepted(true)
          .execute();

  return enterprise.getName();
}

To delete an enterprise:

private void deleteEnterprise(AndroidManagement androidManagementClient, String enterpriseName)
    throws IOException {
  Enterprise enterprise = new Enterprise();
  // The enterprise name is in the form of enterprises/{enterpriseId}
  enterprise.setName(enterpriseName);

  Enterprise enterprise =
      androidManagementClient
          .enterprises()
          .delete(enterprise)
          .execute();
}