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KevHal2120
Copper Contributor
Nov 23, 2021

Cloud PC DeviceModel issue

Hi,

 

I have just set up Windows365 Business machine, was going to assign Intune Baseline policies and some configuration items but when creating the dynamic group as specified in the edocs it doesn't show Cloud PC, but a generic virtual machine for DeviceModel of the Cloud PC machine. Did I miss a step?

 

Thanks.

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  • Alex_Cort's avatar
    Alex_Cort
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    Nov 30, 2021

    KevHal2120 

     

    Hi Kev,

     

    At the moment, only Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PCs have the DeviceModel as Cloud PC which means you can't target policies to Windows 365 Business Cloud PCs using that method. Thank you for the feedback, we are looking into changing this in the future.

  • CookieW's avatar
    CookieW
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 30, 2021

    Hiya KevHal2120

    The query I have used for my dynamic group for all CloudPC devices:

    (device.deviceModel -contains "cloud pc") or (device.deviceModel -contains "cloudpc") Hope this helps.

    • KevHal2120's avatar
      KevHal2120
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 30, 2021
      Hi CookieW,

      Thanks for the reply. The problem is the model comes back as "VirtualPC" which is why the dynamic group is failing. Not sure why. The machine is definitely a Cloud PC.

      Thanks.
  • Jonathan Green's avatar
    Jonathan Green
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    Dec 10, 2021

    KevHal2120 

     

    Try "Virtual Machine" as the device model, though it will impact any Virtual Machine if they exist in your directory.

     

    For AzureAD Dynamic Groups, you can break this down further by adding a new group called W365 Business Devices and using the dynamic member filter as - devicename startswith "CPC" (maybe it was contains?). Either way, it should point you in a good direction. 

     

  • EricOrman's avatar
    EricOrman
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    Jan 04, 2022
    No, you didn't miss a step, only W365 Enterprise show in MEM properly at this time. All W365 Business Cloud PC's show as a normal VM. Meantime, Jonathan Green provides great suggestion.
    • SinceVanilla's avatar
      SinceVanilla
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 30, 2022
      There is a frustrating behavior with Cloud PC and the device.model string. They start off as "Cloud PC" however after a restore operation is performed on a Cloud PC, the device.model string changes to "Virtual Machine". This breaks all assignments that use a filter leveraging this logic. Because logic is limited in device filters, we rely on this value being persistent.
      • Jonathan Green's avatar
        Jonathan Green
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        Nov 30, 2022

        SinceVanilla

        Definitely an oversight, but -

        If you can offer some more detailed info, I can put a group together more tailored for your needs.

        Let us know.

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