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description: Before you can configure mobile app security policies, there are a couple steps to get Enhanced Mobile App Security enabled.
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# Enable Enhanced Mobile App Security

Before you can configure mobile app security policies, there are a couple steps to get Enhanced Mobile App Security enabled.

### Required Editions

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d3938e65 ">To create and modify Enhanced Mobile App Security settings:</td>

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            <p>Manage Enhanced Mobile App Security</p>
            <p>AND</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Modify Metadata</p>
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![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-xcloud-mobile_security-264-0-0-production-enus/aa5de880-f40d-4478-acb7-729eee2b5d4e/images/icon_note.png)

Note Your organization must license Enhanced Mobile App Security in order to use the feature. Contact your Salesforce sales rep for more information.

1. **[Install the Metadata (Optional)](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.mobile_security_mam_metadata.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Metadata is the information that describes the configuration of your org.
2. **[Install the Salesforce Connected Apps (Optional)](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.mobile_security_mam_connected.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    This step is required if your org is new and there are no connected apps installed yet. Alternatively, you can log into your org using the Salesforce mobile app to trigger an installation of the required connected apps.
3. **[Enable Users for Security Enforcement](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.mobile_security_mam_user.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    You can assign permission set or assign a custom profile to enable user permissions.