Friday, 30 January 2026

Autopilot device preparation raises its limit to 25 apps as Edge Copilot paths split

30 January was mostly a documentation-maintenance day, not a broad feature or retirement announcement. The meaningful administrator-facing changes are the Windows Autopilot device preparation ceiling of 25 apps, revised Microsoft Edge Copilot policy-state guidance, and Configuration Manager’s updated .NET upgrade wording and SQL operating guidance. Managed Home Screen suspend and restore material was removed from the remote-actions index, but the supplied diffs do not establish that the underlying Intune actions or Graph endpoints were retired. Other edits, including RBAC icon markup, capitalization, app-list metadata, and link repairs, are routine maintenance.

• Windows Autopilot · Device enrollment

  Windows Autopilot device preparation limit rises to 25 apps

  The updated What's New text says the maximum number of apps in a Windows Autopilot device preparation policy is now 25. The limit applies to user-driven and automatic modes, including all Cloud PC offerings. If more apps are configured, the guidance says to adjust deployment timeout settings to avoid unexpected timeouts. No preview or general-availability designation is supplied.

• Intune · App management

  Edge Copilot settings now depend on the CopilotMode policy

  Manage Microsoft Edge now documents two Copilot layouts keyed to `com.microsoft.intune.mam.managedbrowser.CopilotMode`: with the policy off, settings are under `Settings > Microsoft Services > Copilot`; with it on, they are under `Settings > AI Innovations > Copilot` and `Settings > AI Innovations > Copilot Mode`. The guidance describes Show Copilot as the address-bar button, renames the page/PDF control to Allow Copilot to use page content, documents the prompts-card setting, and says `true` is the default while `

• Configuration Manager · General

  Configuration Manager Update 2509 checklist changes the .NET prerequisite to 4.8

  The checklist changes its stated .NET Framework requirement from 4.6.2 to 4.8 for site servers, specific site systems, clients, and the console. It instructs administrators to update .NET and restart the system before installing or updating the site. This is an upgrade prerequisite statement, not an Intune cloud-service availability change.

• Configuration Manager · General

  Configuration Manager SQL guidance adds a support-only change warning

  The SQL Server support page now labels the SQL Server and database sections Required and says not to alter the configurations that Configuration Manager setup establishes unless instructed by Microsoft support. It also clarifies that SQL 2012 or 2014 upgrade work requires the latest Visual C++ Redistributable on the secondary site. These are operational clarifications rather than a newly announced support version.

• Intune · General

  Managed Home Screen suspend and restore entries leave the remote-actions index

  The Intune remote-actions index removes both Restore managed home screen and Suspend managed home screen entries and their page references. The supplied evidence supports removal of the documentation links; it does not say that the Intune remote actions or their Microsoft Graph actions have been retired.

This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.