First published on CloudBlogs on Feb 19, 2015
Windows Phone 8.1 provides a significant number of features, some of which cannot be configured directly from the Microsoft Intune administration console. To cover these scenarios, we have added a new Intune policy type called Windows Phone OMA-URI Policy which enables you to configure OMA-URI for Windows Phone 8.1. In this blog post, you will learn how to create custom Wi-Fi profiles for Windows Phone 8.1 using OMA-URI and Microsoft Intune .
Windows Phone 8.1 provides a significant number of features, some of which cannot be configured directly from the Microsoft Intune administration console. To cover these scenarios, we have added a new Intune policy type called Windows Phone OMA-URI Policy which enables you to configure OMA-URI for Windows Phone 8.1. In this blog post, you will learn how to create custom Wi-Fi profiles for Windows Phone 8.1 using OMA-URI and Microsoft Intune .
From the Intune admin console
Let’s say you want to provision a Wi-Fi profile with a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) to all Windows Phone 8.1 users. To do so, you must first connect the desired Wi-Fi using your Windows device. In the Intune administration console navigate to Policy > Add Policy
- Data type must be String (XML)
- The value for <name> must EXACTLY match the SSID you are connecting to (highlighted above)
- The value for <hex> must be all uppercase – it is case sensitive (highlighted above)
How to create an XML file from an existing Wi-Fi connection
- Use a Windows computer to manually connect to the desired wireless network.
- Once you have successfully connected, open the following folder: C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWlansvcProfilesInterfaces{SOME GUID}
- Here you will find an XML profile for each Wi-Fi endpoint you have connected to using this computer. You may have to dig through each XML file to locate the one with matching SSID.
- Once you have located the correct XML file, copy and paste this XML into the Data field of the OMA-URI settings page.
Other tips and tricks
- To convert a string to HEX use an online tool like this one .
- Make sure you capitalize all alphabetic characters in the <hex>
4d5950534b57494649 -> 4d5950534b57494649
Additional resources
I hope you found this blog post helpful. If you are looking for more information about Windows OMA-URI policies in Microsoft Intune, see Use Windows Phone OMA-URI policies to manage device settings with Microsoft Intune in the Microsoft Intune Documentation Library. Also, if you’ve not yet tried out Intune, sign up for a free 30-day trial today . - Karan Daftary, Program ManagerPublished Sep 08, 2018
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