Plan for Change: Use Intune on Azure now for your MDM management

Intune_Support_Team

Microsoft

Oct 30, 2018

First published on TechNet on Jan 03, 2018

Final Notice: The Mobile Device Management (MDM) features in the legacy Intune console are now being removed October 3 - October 8, 2018. Please use portal.azure.com now for all your MDM management.

We’ve heard from several customers that you’d like a bit longer before we transition from Silverlight to Intune in the Azure portal. We know it takes time to train your IT staff and update documentation. Therefore, we’ll push out this change until August 31 ^st . If you’ve already made the admin portal transition, thank you. If you are using the Intune software client for PC management – this change won’t affect you as you’ll continue to have access to Silverlight.

Please note: Windows 7+ with the Intune software client for PC management will remain managed in the Silverlight console. Windows 10 management using the modern device management capabilities built into the Windows 10 operating system is in the Azure portal.

Over 18 months ago, we announced public preview of Intune on Azure and followed up a year ago with general availability of the new admin experience for Intune on Azure . Starting on August 31, 2018 , we will begin turning off mobile device management (MDM) in the classic Silverlight console for those customers using Intune standalone or hybrid and instead ask that you use Intune on Azure for all your MDM needs.

Most customers are already using Intune on Azure . From scalability improvements to optimizations across EMS workflows, Intune on Azure provides a more integrated, streamlined admin experience for your modern management needs. If you are a standalone Intune customer still using the classic Silverlight console for MDM, please stop and familiarize yourself with Intune on Azure. We do not expect any end user impact with this change.

Remember, a few things are different by design between the new and the old consoles. While these differences have been documented, just raising the frequently asked support questions in this post.

Check that your MDM compliance policies are showing up in Intune on Azure. For more information on how to do that, go here: https://docs.microsoft.com/intune/device-compliance-get-started . Compliance policies you created in the classic portal are migrated but are not displayed in the Azure portal because of design changes in Azure. Compliance policies you created in the Intune classic portal are still enforced, but you must view and edit them in the classic portal. If you have not already, you’ll want to create the new compliance policies in the Azure portal, so you can continue to edit them as your business needs change. We've posted a targeted message center post to those customers who still have compliance policies in Silverlight.

See this blog post to read about moving your compliance policies to the Azure portal and fixing configuration policies so they can auto-migrate to Intune on Azure: Support Tip: Move your legacy Intune compliance policies and fix your configuration policies today

Per the MC post and support blog linked below, Conditional Access policies for Intune will now be available in Azure Active Directory.
- MC125029: Conditional Access policies for Intune will now be available in Azure Active Directory
- https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/intunesupport/2017/11/16/support-tip-conditional-access-policies-for-intune-will-now-be-available-in-azure-active-directory/

Know that the Intune software client for PC management will classic PC management will remain managed in Silverlight. We recommend that you use MDM to manage your Windows 10 devices instead of using the legacy Intune software client. You can learn more about PC management here: https://docs.microsoft.com/intune-classic/deploy-use/intune-on-azure .

If you are a hybrid customer (using Intune & Configuration Manager), Android for Work (also known as Android Enterprise) and Mobile Threat Defense onboarding is now available in Intune on Azure.

You may want to let your helpdesk know about this change. Intune classic MDM documentation for standalone Intune customers found on docs.microsoft.com has been retired to avoid confusing guidance.

For new features and other service updates:

View What’s New for a summary of weekly service updates.

Sign up for weekly email digests! Since Intune service change messages are over in the Office Admin console, to make it easy for you, just login to https://portal.office.com with your admin credentials and do a one-time sign up for the weekly digests. That way you can get summaries of all the changes sent weekly via email even if you are not frequently in the admin console. Note though, you will need to also have an Exchange subscription to receive these emails.