Microsoft Intune
Device enrollmentLicensing
In brief
The licensing documentation now states that Intune device-only subscriptions support eligible shared-device and no-user-affinity enrollment scenarios. It also clarifies that an unlicensed signed-in user does not prevent device-targeted policies, apps, or management actions from processing.
What Intune admins need to know
Administrators can use this guidance when assessing licensing for shared or user-independent device deployments.
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Assign device licenses based on your estimated usage. Device licenses apply when a device is enrolled through any of the following methods:
Device-only management scenarios
Devices managed through a Microsoft Intune device-only subscription support device-targeted management scenarios for eligible enrollment methods, including shared-device and no-user-affinity scenarios.
A signed-in user without an Intune user license doesn't prevent device-targeted policies, applications, or management actions from being processed on a device managed through a device-only subscription.
Device-only license limitations
When a device is enrolled by using a device license, the following Intune functions aren't supported:
User-based management features, such as email and calendaring
Unlicensed admin access
@@ -48,18 +48,31 @@ Intune offers a *device-only subscription* for managing devices that aren't affi Assign device licenses based on your estimated usage. Device licenses apply when a device is enrolled through any of the following methods: - [Windows Autopilot Self-Deploying mode](/autopilot/self-deploying)+ - [Apple Device Enrollment Program without user affinity](../device-enrollment/apple/setup-automated-ios.md)+ - [Apple School Manager without user affinity](../device-enrollment/apple/school-manager.md)+ - [Apple Configurator without user affinity](../device-enrollment/apple/setup-configurator-ios.md)+ - [Android Enterprise dedicated](../device-enrollment/android/setup-dedicated.md)+ - [Using a device enrollment manager account](../device-enrollment/setup-enrollment-manager.md) +### Device-only management scenarios++- Devices managed through a Microsoft Intune device-only subscription support device-targeted management scenarios for eligible enrollment methods, including shared-device and no-user-affinity scenarios.++- A signed-in user without an Intune user license doesn't prevent device-targeted policies, applications, or management actions from being processed on a device managed through a device-only subscription.+ ### Device-only license limitations When a device is enrolled by using a device license, the following Intune functions aren't supported: - [Intune app protection policies](../app-management/protection/overview.md)+ - [Conditional Access](../device-security/conditional-access-integration/overview.md)+ - User-based management features, such as email and calendaring ## Unlicensed admin access