Microsoft Intune
App managementManagement Agent Macos
In brief
The article no longer includes the Terminal command to terminate and restart the IntuneMdmAgent process to initiate an Intune check-in.
What Intune admins need to know
Administrators will not find this command-based check-in method in the documented procedure.
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On a managed Mac that has the agent installed, open Company Portal, select the local device, select Check status. This initiates an MDM check-in as well as an agent check-in.
Alternatively, open Terminal, run the sudo killall IntuneMdmAgent command to terminate the IntuneMdmAgent process. The IntuneMdmAgent process restarts immediately, which will initiate a check-in with Intune.
Note
The Sync action for devices in Microsoft Intune admin center initiates an MDM check-in and does not force an agent check-in.
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On a managed Mac that has the agent installed, open **Company Portal**, select the local device, select **Check status**. This initiates an MDM check-in as well as an agent check-in.
-Alternatively, open **Terminal**, run the `sudo killall IntuneMdmAgent` command to terminate the `IntuneMdmAgent` process. The `IntuneMdmAgent` process restarts immediately, which will initiate a check-in with Intune.
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Note
The **Sync** action for devices in Microsoft Intune admin center initiates an MDM check-in and does not force an agent check-in.