1. A method comprising: initializing, at a mobile device, a partially managed application associated with a first managed user account of the partially managed application and an unmanaged user account of the partially managed application; executing one or more first managed tasks associated with the first managed user account in accordance with a first set of mobile application management (MAM) policies provided by a first MAM service provider, wherein the executing the one or more first managed tasks includes communicating with a device external to the mobile device in a background context using an encryption protocol mandated by the first set of MAM policies; and executing one or more unmanaged tasks associated with the unmanaged user account independent of the first set of MAM policies provided by the first MAM service provider wherein the executing the one or more unmanaged tasks includes communicating with a different device external to the mobile device in the background context without using the encryption protocol mandated by the first set of MAM policies.