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by andrewaylett 2824 days ago
I'm administrator for GSuite for the school I'm a trustee of, so my personal (Android) device is enrolled by virtue of me wanting to know how it works and also wanting my school email on that device.

I'm not sure it would be worthwhile setting up for personal use -- the policies it lets you set aren't doing anything other than ensuring you're following best practices (like setting a screen lock) so you don't gain anything over just doing that, and the direct management tools aren't any finer-grained than you can get from Google's Find My Device.

I'm not sure you're able to set up a linked "for work" profile without MDM; that might be a benefit if you want compartmentalisation.

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If you don't care about the managed Google Play store, you could always use Google's TestDPC app (or create your own) to create a work profile ("do-not-use-in-production" warnings notwithstanding): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.afwsamples...

That said, it might be more straightforward to just use another user on your device