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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)

Enrolling an Android device – managed device

Now that our policies have been fully configured, we can start enrolling our devices, starting with fully managed, corporate accounts. To do this, we will need an Android device that can be wiped for enrollment.

Getting ready

Wipe your Android device to the screen where you are prompted to enter your Gmail account and have your previously created QR code ready.

How to do it…

Follow these steps:

  1. On the screen where you must enter your credentials, you have two options, depending on the age of the device. For older devices, you will need to enter afw#setup; on newer devices, repeatedly tap the same screen:
Figure 5.8 – Android’s Sign in screen

Figure 5.8 – Android’s Sign in screen

Click Accept and Continue on the Let’s set up your work device screen.

  1. Scan your QR code (or enter it manually) and click Accept & Continue.
  2. Click Next on the privacy screen.
  3. Click ACCEPT &amp...