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In brief
The automatic sync interval changed from every 24 hours to every 12 hours. Manual sync limits and completion behavior are unchanged.
What Intune admins need to know
No administrator action is required. Changes will synchronize automatically twice as often.
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If you delete a device from Intune but it remains assigned to the ADE token in Apple Business, the device reappears in Intune on the next full sync. If you don't want the device to reappear, unassign it from the Apple MDM server in Apple Business first.
- If a device is released from Apple Business, it can take up to 45 days for it to be automatically deleted from the Devices page in Intune. You can manually delete released devices one by one if needed. Released devices are reported as removed from Apple Business in Intune until they're automatically deleted within 30–45 days.
- A sync runs automatically every
2412 hours. You can also trigger a sync manually by selecting Sync, no more than once every 15 minutes. All sync requests have 15 minutes to finish. The Sync button becomes inactive until the sync completes.
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If you delete a device from Intune but it remains assigned to the ADE token in Apple Business, the device reappears in Intune on the next full sync. If you don't want the device to reappear, unassign it from the Apple MDM server in Apple Business first.
- If a device is released from Apple Business, it can take up to 45 days for it to be automatically deleted from the **Devices** page in Intune. You can manually delete released devices one by one if needed. Released devices are reported as *removed* from Apple Business in Intune until they're automatically deleted within 30–45 days.
-- A sync runs automatically every 24 hours. You can also trigger a sync manually by selecting **Sync**, no more than once every 15 minutes. All sync requests have 15 minutes to finish. The **Sync** button becomes inactive until the sync completes.
+- A sync runs automatically every 12 hours. You can also trigger a sync manually by selecting **Sync**, no more than once every 15 minutes. All sync requests have 15 minutes to finish. The **Sync** button becomes inactive until the sync completes.
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