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Microsoft Intune Cookbook

By : Andrew Taylor
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Microsoft Intune Cookbook

By: Andrew Taylor

Overview of this book

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-managed mobile device management (MDM) tool that empowers you to manage your end-user device estate across various platforms. While it is an excellent platform, the initial setup and configuration can be a daunting process, and mistakes made early on can be more challenging to resolve later. This book addresses these issues by guiding you through the end-to-end configuration of an Intune environment, incorporating best practices and utilizing the latest functionalities. In addition to setting up your environment, you’ll delve into the Microsoft Graph platform to understand the underlying mechanisms behind the web GUI. This knowledge will enable you to automate a significant portion of your daily tasks using PowerShell. By the end of this book, you’ll have established an Intune environment that supports Windows, Apple iOS, Apple macOS, and Android devices. You’ll possess the expertise to add new configurations, policies, and applications, tailoring an environment to your specific requirements. Additionally, you’ll have the ability to troubleshoot any issues that may arise and package and deploy your company applications. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn how to use Microsoft Intune to manage their organization's end-user devices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Adding filters

As mentioned in a few of the previous chapters, filters are an excellent (and quicker) way to use the All users or All devices assignment but restrict who it applies to. At the time of writing, it is also the only way to add device filtering to user assignments.

At the time of writing, filters are only applicable to devices and apps (Android and iOS), while for user-based queries you need to use a Dynamic Entra Group.

To use filters during assignment, you must create them. This is what we will be covering in this recipe.

The following filter options are available:

  • Managed apps:
    • App version
    • Device management type – unmanaged, Apple Business Manager, Kiosk, Android Enterprise, and so on
    • Device manufacturer
    • Device model
    • Operating system version
  • Managed devices:
    • Device name
    • Manufacturer
    • Model
    • Device category
    • Operating system version
    • Is rooted (iOS, Android)
    • Device ownership – personal or corporate
    • Enrollment profile name
    • Device trust type (Windows) ...