- Basics
- The Knox Ecosystem
- White Paper
- Samsung Knox Portal
- Knox Cloud Services
- General Knox Support
- Knox Licenses
- For IT admins
- Knox Admin Portal
- Knox Suite
- Knox Platform for Enterprise
- Introduction
- How-to videos
- Before you begin
- Get started with UEMs
- Introduction
- Blackberry UEM
- Citrix Endpoint Management
- FAMOC
- IBM MaaS360
- Microsoft Intune
- MobileIron Cloud
- MobileIron Core
- Samsung Knox Manage
- SOTI MobiControl
- VMware Workspace ONE UEM
- Knox Service Plugin
- Release notes
- Migrate to Android 11
- FAQs
- Troubleshoot
- KBAs
- Knox Mobile Enrollment
- Knox Configure
- Mobile
- Wearables
- Shared Device
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Knox Capture
- Introduction
- How it works
- How-to videos
- IT admins: Get started
- Getting started with Knox Capture
- Step 1: Launch Knox Capture
- Step 2: Create a scanning profile
- Step 3: Select apps and activities
- Step 4: Configure the scanner
- Step 5: Set keystroke output rules
- Step 6: Test apps in your configuration
- Step 7: Share your configuration
- Step 8: Deploy Knox Capture in Managed mode
- End users: Get started
- Features
- Release notes
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Troubleshoot
- Knox Asset Intelligence
- Knox Manage
- Introduction
- How-to videos
- Get started
- Video: Getting started with Knox Manage
- Integration with Managed Service Provider
- Access Knox Manage
- Configure basic environments
- Create user accounts
- Create groups
- Create organization
- Set up devices and profiles
- Set up Knox Manage deployment with a Knox Suite license
- Manage Chromebooks
- Manage Android devices with the Android Management API
- Manage Shared iPads
- Configure
- Licenses
- Organization
- Users
- Sync user information
- Groups
- Devices
- Content
- Applications
- Profile
- Knox E-FOTA
- Certificates
- Advanced settings
- Monitor
- Kiosk devices
- Knox Remote Support
- Active Directory
- Microsoft Exchange
- Mobile Admin
- Appendix
- Release notes
- Features
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Knox E-FOTA
- Introduction
- How-to videos
- Get started
- Features
- EMM integration
- Appendix
- Release notes
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Troubleshoot
- Knox E-FOTA On-Premises
- Legacy Knox E-FOTA products
- Knox Guard
- Introduction
- How-to video
- Get started
- Using Knox Guard
- Dashboard
- Manage devices
- Device management
- Accept or reject devices
- Upload devices
- Delete devices
- Complete device management
- Send notifications
- Enable or disable SIM control
- Download devices as CSV
- View device log
- View device deletion log
- Start and stop blinking reminder
- Lock and unlock devices
- Update lock message
- Send relock timestamp
- Turn on/off relock reminder
- Manage policies
- Manage licenses
- Manage resellers
- Manage admins and roles
- Activity log
- Knox Deployment App
- Release notes
- FAQ
- KBAs
- Support
- Samsung Care+ for Business
- For Knox Partners
- Knox Deployment Program
- Knox MSP Program
Manage device aliases
A device alias is an alternative, mutable name that you can assign to a device. Typically, aliases give devices meaningful human-readable identifiers in order to better organize your enterprise fleet and recognize particular devices. Device names can't be edited, so if you need an alternative name for a device, use an alias instead.
Aliases can vastly improve your enterprise's ability to organize and track devices across various activities and dashboards. They are visible on the KM console, the KM agent on the device, the Kiosk app, and iOS and Windows settings. Aliases are a property of KM, and aren't recognized by other technologies and products.
Device aliases are flexible in their usage. You can assign multiple aliases to a device. You can create aliases on a device-by-device or bulk basis. When searching for devices on the Device page, you can find a device by entering any of its aliases.
Create a device alias for a single device
To create a device alias:
- On the KM console, go to Device, then click a device. The Device Details page opens.
- In the device summary, click Add Device Alias next to the device name.
- Enter one or more aliases in the text field. Separate each alias by a comma (,). Aliases can contain special characters and symbols.
- Click Save.
Bulk create device aliases
To create aliases for multiple devices at once:
- Go to Device, then click Bulk Add Tags & Aliases. The Bulk & Tags and Aliases dialog opens.
- Download the XLS file template to your local system.
- Fill the XLS file with the device names and desired aliases.
- Upload the filled XLS file to the dialog.
Edit or remove device aliases
To edit or remove a device's aliases:
- Go to Device, then click a device. The Device Details page opens.
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In the device summary, edit or remove the aliases:
- Edit — Click Modify, then edit the field.
- Remove — Click Delete.