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What's the best way to force an immediate sync from the client side? Making changes to Intune is always slow to effect changes on a specific machine. When I have a user on the line, I prefer immediate results.
- In my experience, the sync button in the CP client is not always effective. I suspect that the recent changes to the admin portal are not fully populated across the backend infrastructure, but the Version doesn't always refresh on the screen when getting new apps, even after the new version has been installed. There seems to be a lot of silent waiting involved, with no indication of progress. I just don't know what I'm waiting for; backend or client end.
- If you can...open Powershell as Admin and run get-service IntuneManagementExtension | Restart-Service
- I often go through a ritual of Sync in the Admin portal, restart the IntuneManagementExtension, and then Sync within CP. Then I cross my fingers, wait, lather, rinse and repeat. Then go get a coffee, try again. Solve another user's problem, then come back and try again. Then reboot, keep waiting, and try again, etc.
- And not forgetting the daily inevitability of Intune itself grinding to a halt and failing to deploy changes quickly.....
Thanks for participating in today's session of AMA: Windows management with Intune! For reference, the panel covered this topic at around 46:05.
- From my experience, you can go to settings, accounts, work or school account, choose the domain/info selection. Once in there, scroll to the bottom and then there is a "sync" button there. This will force the machine to go out and contact InTune for the sync of any new settings. This can also be performed from within the InTune suite, when on the specific machine, there is a "sync now" toolbar button but this can take a little time to actually perform the action.
