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Sophos Mobile Control is being renamed Sophos Mobile Device Management, and Sophos Intercept X for Mobile is being renamed Sophos Mobile Threat Defense. The iOS apps are already available with the new names. The Android apps will be available in early 2027. In this help, Sophos Mobile Device Management and Sophos Mobile Threat Defense refer to both the Android and iOS apps. Select this banner for more information.

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Add iPhone or iPad to Mobile Threat Defense

To add a device to Mobile Threat Defense, you install Sophos Mobile Threat Defense and enroll it with Sophos.

Requirements

  • The device is enrolled with Intune mobile device management (MDM).

    You can't add devices that use Intune mobile application management (MAM).

  • The Intune Company Portal app is installed.

  • The Microsoft Authenticator app is installed.

    Intune doesn't support other authenticator apps.

To add an iPhone or iPad to Mobile Threat Defense:

  1. On the device, open the Company Portal app.
  2. Select View to view the available apps.
  3. Select Sophos Mobile Threat Defense.
  4. Install the app.

  5. Open Sophos Mobile Threat Defense and follow the instructions.

    The app icon on the device is labeled Defend.

Sophos Mobile Threat Defense is enrolled with Sophos.

Intune uses the device status to control access to work resources. See Mobile Threat Defense device status.