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Siddusk
Copper Contributor
Jul 23, 2025

Is it possible to restrict/allow specific Bluetooth services on macOS via Intune MDM?

I’m exploring whether it's possible to allow only certain Bluetooth services — for example, allow HID (keyboard/mouse) and A2DP (audio), but block OBEX (file transfer), PAN (Personal Area Networking), BPP (Basic Printing Profile), BIP (Basic Imaging Profile), etc.

On Windows, we can achieve this via Intune using Bluetooth service GUID filtering, but I couldn’t find an equivalent method for macOS.

Does Intune support the following on macOS:

  • Restricting or filtering Bluetooth services or profiles individually?
  • Controlling OBEX, SPP, A2DP, HSP, or HID over Bluetooth?
  • Any workaround using scripts, configuration profiles, or TCC/PPPC settings?

If anyone has experience with this or knows if it's not supported, I’d really appreciate your input — along with any relevant documentation from Apple or Microsoft as reference.

Thanks in advance!

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  • GriJ's avatar
    GriJ
    Brass Contributor

    As of now (August 2025), macOS does not provide MDM controls (including via Microsoft Intune) to restrict or allow specific Bluetooth services or profiles (like A2DP, HFP, HID, etc.) through configuration profiles.

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