Another Way to Attach Photos and Files to Work Profile Apps

Hello Everyone!

In my previous post I went over one way to share files into the work profile. 

After poking around at it a little bit more I realized there is another way to attach files and photos into work profile apps that may be a little easier for everyone. 

In this walk through we will go through attaching a file to an existing email thread in the Outlook App but the process should be similar.

It is important to note that this will be done on a Samsung S10 and the process may differ on other device platforms.

Choose to attach a file from within your application. This should open a file explorer app

Once you are in your file explorer open the menu, mine is in the top left. Inside the menu you want to choose the 'More Apps' option

The 'More Apps' options should allow you to choose applications and files that exist outside of the Android Work Profile, if your organization allows it in the settings. Once you are able to see you outside files choose the one you want to insert into your mail, Teams message, Onedrive upload, etc. In our case we are going to choose a picture of this awesome and hilarious custom VW Bug from my local Lowes parking lot.

Hopefully between this method and the previous post you can continue using your applications as you always have when enrolled with a Work Profile.

Have a good one!

Share Photos With Android Work Profile

Hello again Internet!

 In this post today I would like to do a guide on how to share items with the Android Work Profile. 

When we want to share something in Teams, Outlook, etc most people start off in the app that we are creating the communication from. In our example today we will use Teams. 

The issue is that, due to the architecture of the Work Profile, it will show an empty gallery usually. More precisely it only shows your 'Work' files to choose from.

In order to get around this and to share you personal items, assuming the Work Profile configuration allows it you need to start off in the photo you want to share. Once there you choose the share icon in the bottom left. Please note I tried to sanatize these images of any personal info so expect some red and white MSPaint skills.

EDIT: I just realized the image below may be confusing. The image below is a screen capture of the Outlook App I did earlier. The screenshot below is an image in my phones photos app, not an actual Outlook screen.

Once you have chosen to share the image the share window will come up. This can look different depending on the photo gallery app you have, device manufacturer, and even OS version. What you should see though is an option for the Work Profile. The blue suitcase in the screen grab below.

Once you choose to share the image to the Work Profile a new menu will pop up and allow you to choose which work badged app to share it to. In our test case I will choose Teams.

Once you make your selection it will open your work badged app and allow you to choose which communication channel to share the image to.

Once you choose your chat, I just chose Joe from my recent chats list, it will upload the image into the chat and you can then send it.

Hope this quick tutorial helps some of you out there and allows you to continue communicating in the ways you have been in a new Work Profile world.

Have a good one!