Monday, 2 February 2026

Planned 802.1x iPadOS wired networking leads Intune’s documentation-heavy update day

Intune had a documentation-only day: all five recorded items were Microsoft Learn updates, with no new or removed items and no Message Center posts. The most consequential change is an in-development iOS/iPadOS 802.1x Wired Networks profile supporting EAP methods including TLS, PEAP, and TTLS. Other updates clarify custom-role permissions and Managed Home Screen permission requirements. The Android app-protection edit shows no visible change to the offline-grace-period value or behavior, while a second OEMConfig update only changes the page date from 02/27/2025 to 02/02/2026.

• Intune · Fundamentals

  iOS/iPadOS gains a planned 802.1x Wired Networks profile

  The In Development page describes an upcoming 802.1x Ethernet device configuration profile for iOS/iPadOS. It supports EAP protocols such as TLS, PEAP, and TTLS and is intended to let M-series iPads securely connect to hot-desk docks and monitors. The same diff removes earlier entries about Endpoint Privilege Management support on Azure Virtual Desktop and a Lenovo Device Orchestration portal link; that removal is not evidence of retirement.

• Intune · Fundamentals

  Custom-role documentation adds four Admin tasks permissions

  The permission table now lists Admin tasks/Create, Admin tasks/Delete, Admin tasks/Read, and Admin tasks/Update, describing creation, deletion, read access, and updates to device-management administrative tasks. Android Enterprise and Android FOTA entries are also reordered and reformatted. The diff documents these permission names but does not state that a new service capability was introduced.

• Intune · Android

  Managed Home Screen matrix marks two permissions in an additional configuration

  For both Alarms & Reminders and Write Settings, the permission matrix changes from ✅ / n/a / n/a to ✅ / ✅ / n/a. The page also adds links for those permissions and Zebra Managed Configurations. The supplied evidence presents this as a documentation-matrix change and does not specify a product behavior change.

• Intune · App management

  Android offline-grace-period wording shows no changed duration

  The Android app-protection entry continues to define the offline grace period as the number of minutes managed apps can run offline before access requirements are rechecked. The visible old and new text does not provide a different value, prerequisite, or resulting behavior, so this appears to be wording or formatting maintenance rather than a documented policy change.

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