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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)

Configuring a macOS Settings catalog policy

We have looked at the different policy types available, but the most expanded option is the settings catalog, which is constantly being updated with new settings and, therefore, is the recommended method to deploy settings to your macOS device. You can now also export and import settings catalog directly in the UI, which is a further advantage over other policy options.

Follow this recipe to find out how to configure your devices.

How to do it…

Here, we will learn how to use the settings catalog to configure our first macOS policy:

  1. First, navigate to Devices, and then click on macOS.
Figure 7.1 – The macOS Devices msenu

Figure 7.1 – The macOS Devices msenu

  1. Now, click on Configuration profiles, and click Create and select New policy.
  2. Select Settings catalog, and click Create.
  3. Enter a name and an (optional) description, and then click Next.

    As with our Windows and iOS devices, we need to add settings...