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ER2025
Brass Contributor
Aug 28, 2025

Managing shared desktops using Intune

Hi All, We have a requirement to manage shared desktops using Intune. I know Intune has a user centric approach with device assigned primary user etc. Since these are shared devices, could you please shed some lights if you have done similar thing.

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  • ER2025's avatar
    ER2025
    Brass Contributor

    Thanks guys, my main concern is what happens to the data stored on the user profile, looks like in the Shared mode, it will generate a guest profile, and it get destroyed upon user log out.  This will apply to printer/driver mapping, bookmarks etc..   

    • Bogdan_Guinea's avatar
      Bogdan_Guinea
      Iron Contributor

      Hy ER2025​ 

      Please check the Configuration Profile Settings.

      You should be able to manage this with some accounts without deleting profiles through these settings. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to test this yet as promised, but it is scheduled for the coming days. 

      Good luck!

  • rahuljindal's avatar
    rahuljindal
    Bronze Contributor

    First thing first, you will need to purchase Intune Device licenses to support shared devices scenario. For enrolment itself, you can leverage enrolment profiles without a user. You do have the option to use a DEM account as well to enrol devices in bulk with a single user account. 

  • ER2025​ 

    Hi,
    I haven’t tested it yet since it’s not live in production for us. But based on Microsoft’s documentation, it should work pretty straightforwardly:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/intune-service/configuration/shared-user-device-settings

    Also, here’s a helpful how-to guide:
    https://techuisitive.com/how-to-configure-intune-shared-multi-user-device/

    I’ll be testing this soon in my lab and will share more details once I have results.

    Good luck!

     

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