September always reminds me of the excitement I felt around the return to school after summer break. It was a time of new impressions, even among classmates I had known for years. It’s in that spirit that I’m highlighting some new capabilities in Microsoft Intune starting with expanded options for macOS device management.
A reintroduction to Intune
We’re proud of how much more capable we’ve made Microsoft Intune over the last few years –especially when it comes to Apple macOS devices. So, I want to reintroduce you to Intune as a truly unified endpoint management platform, where phones, tablets, virtual PCs, and physical laptops or desktops can be managed and optimized from a single pane of glass.
If summer weather has prevented you from keeping a close eye on product news, that’s understandable. To recap our macOS enhancements: we’ve recently expanded options for configuring Automated Device Enrollment. Apps can now be offered on-demand. The ability to configure policy settings and controls are keeping up with other innovations as they are introduced on day zero.
Intune will ensure you can customize for your environment the use of the Apple Intelligence capabilities and features being released in macOS 15.1 and iOS 18.1. Intune can also help ensure your data is protected, whether you are using mobile device management (MDM) or mobile application management (MAM). For a deep dive on Intune controls, subscribe to our Intune Customer Success blog so you don’t miss the forthcoming post from our engineering team.
A new experience for Microsoft Intune Enterprise Application Management
We introduced Enterprise App Management as an add-on as part of the Intune Suite last year, and we have good news about improvements to managing and updating apps in the catalog. IT admins who are responsible for creating update supersedence policies will now see a new tile on the overview page to alert about and offer one-click access to available application updates.
The updated Apps Overview screen with the new notification for available updates.
The Update button on the Overview blade.
The steps required to configure updates have been streamlined, too. Selecting the Update button launches the app creation flow. Key app properties are already populated, though admins can edit them as needed.
Admins can set apps to automatically update when the previous version is detected on enrolled devices. For admins in Government Community Cloud (GCC) High and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) environments, this feature will be available in early 2025.
A new look for the Intune Company Portal app
The Intune Company Portal app for Windows 11 is getting a new look just in time for “back-to-school.” We covered this redesign in depth back in June, when the feature was released as a preview.
Users with auto updates configured for Microsoft Store apps will get the new version automatically, and Intune admins can assign the app as needed. The update includes a more intuitive design that makes it clearer when there’s an action users need to take or notifications to be read.
New design for the Intune Company Portal app.
Also getting a new look this month: the Partner portal, where we’re adding a new OEM partner. Read the announcement blog for the details.
Before I close, I want to encourage you to sign up for our Microsoft Intune Tech Community Live event on October 1. You’ll get a chance to ask questions and get answers from Microsoft product engineers and experts – learn more and RSVP for the event.
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