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Hello there! Will there be ways to clean up inactive devices both in MEM and Azure? MEM (Intune) has a built-in inactive device clean-up - But Azure AD does not. Will there be built in methods in Azure to clean-up inactive devices that syncs with the MEM inactive device clean up?
Jason_Sandys
Microsoft
MicrosoftHi emyloa, thank you for the question. Similar to on-premises Active Directory, there is no built-in capability for this in Azure AD. I don't of any specific plans to add anything either. Also, similar to cleaning up on-prem AD, most organizations use a custom script that leverages the Graph API to accomplish this goal.
We're interested in what you'd like to see though and why using a custom script does not meet your needs?
- Is there a way to automate the Azure AD Graph API script to clean up inactive devices - now and\or in future updates? Could you provide a reference to web links here? Thanks!
- Max_Stein
You can also configure Intune to automatically remove devices that appear to be inactive, stale, or unresponsive via "Device cleanup rules". See: Retire or wipe devices using Microsoft Intune for more info!
- Jason_SandysThe official documentation has more guidance including some samples: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/manage-stale-devices
