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Stefan Kießig
Brass Contributor
Apr 02, 2021

WVD and Intune / Endpoint Manager

Hello, I am using a pure cloud environment (Azure AD - Azure AD Domain Services - Windows Virtual Desktop). How can I use Intune / Endpoint Manater for the sessions hosts in the environment? Thanks...
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Kevin Taylor
Copper Contributor
Apr 02, 2021
You can't at all if your using windows 10 multi-session
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/fundamentals/windows-virtual-desktop#windows-10-enterprise-multi-session
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lukewilcock
Copper Contributor
Apr 06, 2021
Microsoft - are there plans to support management of WVD Windows 10 Multi-Session through Intune/Endpoint Manager? We have embraced the modern desktop and deployed Azure AD joined endpoints to all users, locked down using Intune security baselines. It seems like a lot of wasted effort to have to go back to traditional group policy to set up a consistent user experience on WVD...
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    AK_MS
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 08, 2021

    lukewilcock Hey Luke, But why aren't you are using Group policies for those devices.. I am just trying to understand whats wrong with on premise policy for those WVD devices and people are going with Intune policies. Apart from the external devices? I have a customer who is looking for managing WVD devices and they have on premise group policies. 

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      lukewilcock
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 08, 2021

      AK_MS - there isn't anything wrong with using Group Policy. Indeed it would make sense if that is your main method for securing your environments. We made a decision a couple of years ago to transition to Azure AD joined endpoints fully managed by Intune. We no longer use Group Policy and were very keen to avoid having to re-invent the wheel and try to mirror settings we already have set up in Microsoft Endpoint Manager.  

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    David Schrag
    Iron Contributor
    Apr 06, 2021

    lukewilcock Yes. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/fundamentals/in-development#device-management

    • Stefan Kießig's avatar
      Stefan Kießig
      Brass Contributor
      Apr 07, 2021

      How do I get the machine into Azure AD?

      I do not have an AD Connect running because it is a cloud-only environment. The domain services are provided via Azure AD Domain Services.

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      lukewilcock
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 07, 2021

      David Schrag - thanks for the link. Looks like the feature is scheduled for release in May 2021 according to the roadmap. Fingers crossed!

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