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Configure personal settings

You can adjust the appearance of Sophos Mobile Admin to your personal preferences. For example, you can set the language, the time zone, or the visible device platforms.

These settings only affect the administrator account you’re currently signed in with.

  1. Sign in to Sophos Mobile Admin with the administrator account you’ve created for the new customer.
  2. On the menu sidebar, under SETTINGS, click Setup > General, and then click the Personal tab.

  3. Configure the following settings:

    Option Description
    Language The user interface language.
    Time zone The time zone in which dates are shown.
    Unit system The unit system for lengths (Metric or Imperial).
    Lines per page in tables The maximum number of entries displayed per table page.
    Expert mode This setting turns on additional features:

    The Show device page includes the Custom properties tab with your custom device properties.

    The Show device page includes the Internal properties tab with additional properties the device reports.

    Several policy configuration pages include the Extra settings section to configure optional settings.
    Activated platforms The device platforms you want to view.

    In Sophos Mobile Admin, only pages and settings relevant for the selected platforms are shown.

  4. Click Save.