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Unlicensed-admin caps and device-cleanup behavior gain precise Intune guidance

2 March is primarily a documentation-reorganization day, not a feature-release bulletin. A large cluster of pages replaces legacy licensing links with the new `/fundamentals/licensing/` index and assignment paths; the new licensing guidance reiterates that users need an Intune license before enrollment and that unenrolled app-protection users also require one. Meaningful exceptions include newly published procedures for unlicensed administrators, device cleanup, Tenant Status, and Honeywell OEMConfig, plus in-development entries for EPM, MAM, macOS Recovery Lock, and Remote Help networking. The supplied evidence does not establish general availability for those additions. Other edits are mechanical—for example, the Android app-protection settings diff shows a date and grammar correction, not a stated policy-value change.

  • Intune · Fundamentals
    Unlicensed-admin access has one-way enablement and a 350-admin ceiling

    New guidance documents the path **Tenant administration** > **Roles** > **Administrator Licensing** > **Allow access to unlicensed admins**. Selecting **Yes** cannot be undone, access changes can take up to 48 hours, and Intune supports up to 350 unlicensed admins per security group, limited to direct members. Assigned roles continue to define each administrator’s access scope. This documents an access option; it is not evidence of a new launch in this period.

  • Intune · Tenant administration
    Device cleanup rules hide stale records without wiping or retiring devices

    The new procedure says scheduled cleanup rules hide devices from the Intune portal and reports after a specified period without check-in, but do not wipe or retire them. A cleaned-up device can reappear if it checks in before its device certificate expires; after certificate expiry, re-enrollment is required. Admins can create one rule per platform and set the threshold from 30 to 270 days. Jamf-managed devices are excluded, and configuration requires the documented cleanup-rule and managed-device permissions.

  • Intune · Tenant administration
    Tenant Status guidance names dashboard data and least-privilege permissions

    Newly added guidance directs administrators to **Tenant administration** > **Tenant Status** for tenant name and location, service release information, licensed users, enrolled devices, connector status, and Intune or tenant messages. Access requires `Organization.Read`, `ManagedDevice.Read`, and `ManagedApp.Read`; those permissions are granted by the **Intune Read Only Operator** role, or can be provided through a custom role. The Intune Administrator role and elevated PIM access are also supported.

  • Intune · Fundamentals
    Endpoint Privilege Management and MAM items remain in development

    The **In Development** tracker describes an EPM reporting fix in which report viewers’ assigned scope limits visible users and devices. It also describes Multiple Managed Accounts for Intune MAM on iOS/iPadOS and Android, with app-protection policies enforced independently for each account. The same edit lists macOS Recovery Lock settings-catalog controls to turn on the feature, set a recovery password, configure rotation, or clear the password. No delivery date or general-availability designation appears in the-s‌

  • Remote Help · Windows
    Remote Help connectivity planning adds a Windows-specific endpoint

    For launching Remote Help from the Intune admin center on Windows devices, Microsoft says it is working on improved connectivity and identifies `*.trouter.communications.svc.cloud.microsoft.com` as an endpoint to add. The guidance recommends updating firewall rules once the endpoint becomes available, so the entry does not support treating it as an immediate new firewall requirement.

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

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Microsoft Intune

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Fundamentals

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Migrate To Intune

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/migrate-to-intune.md.

Migrate To Intune

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/migrate-to-intune.md.

In Development

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/in-development.md.

Users Add

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/users-add.md.

Users Add

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/users-add.md.

Deployment Plan Protect Apps

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/deployment-plan-protect-apps.md.

Deployment Plan Setup

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/deployment-plan-setup.md.

In Development

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/in-development.md.

Intune Planning Guide

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/intune-planning-guide.md.

Azure Virtual Desktop

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/azure-virtual-desktop.md.

Deployment Plan Setup

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/deployment-plan-setup.md.

Endpoint Management

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/fundamentals/endpoint-management.md.

Free Trial Sign Up

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/free-trial-sign-up.md.

Frontline Worker Overview

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/solutions/frontline-worker/frontline-worker-overview.md.

Get Started With Intune

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/get-started-with-intune.md.

Groups Add

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/groups-add.md.

Groups Add

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/groups-add.md.

In Development

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/in-development.md.

Intune Add Ons

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/intune-add-ons.md.

Mdm Authority Set

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/mdm-authority-set.md.

Role Based Access Control

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/role-based-access-control.md.

Settings Insight

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/settings-insight.md.

What Is Intune

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Assign

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Licenses

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Licenses Assign

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Unlicensed Admins

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Device enrollment

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Deployment Guide Enrollment

Updated

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/deployment-guide-enrollment.md.

Deployment Guide Enrollment

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/deployment-guide-enrollment.md.

Deployment Plan Setup

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/deployment-plan-setup.md.

Windows 10 Virtual Machines

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/windows-10-virtual-machines.md.

Windows 10 Virtual Machines

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/windows-10-virtual-machines.md.

Windows Enroll

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/enrollment/windows-enroll.md.

App management

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App Protection Policy

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/app-protection-policy.md.

App Protection Policy

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/app-protection-policy.md.

Apps Deploy

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/apps/apps-deploy.md.

Deployment Plan Protect Apps

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/deployment-plan-protect-apps.md.

General

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Device Cleanup Rules

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Tenant Status

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Apple

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Macos Endpoints Get Started

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/solutions/end-to-end-guides/macos-endpoints-get-started.md.

Macos Endpoints Get Started

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/solutions/end-to-end-guides/macos-endpoints-get-started.md.

Platform Sso Macos

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/configuration/platform-sso-macos.md.

Device security

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Assign Role

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/assign-role.md.

Endpoint analytics

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Index

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/endpoint-analytics/index.md.

Whats New Archive

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/whats-new-archive.md.

Whats New Archive

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/whats-new-archive.md.

Work From Anywhere

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/endpoint-analytics/work-from-anywhere.md.

Work From Anywhere

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/endpoint-analytics/work-from-anywhere.md.

Windows

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Cloud Native Windows Endpoints

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/solutions/cloud-native-endpoints/cloud-native-windows-endpoints.md.

Cloud Native Windows Endpoints

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/solutions/cloud-native-endpoints/cloud-native-windows-endpoints.md.

Android

3

Honeywell

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/configuration/oemconfig-managed-home-screen-permissions-android.md.

Tenant administration

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Azure Virtual Desktop

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/azure-virtual-desktop.md.

Compliance

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Intune Reports

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/reports.md.

Filters Supported Workloads

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/filters-supported-workloads.md.

Developer

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App Sdk Get Started

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/developer/app-sdk-get-started.md.

App Sdk Get Started

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/developer/app-sdk-get-started.md.

Device configuration

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Linux

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Device updates

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Update Rings

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/device-updates/windows/update-rings.md.

Troubleshooting

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Device enrollment

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Index

Updated

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/fundamentals/licensing/index.md.

Endpoint analytics

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Tenant administration

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Intune Add Ons

Updated

Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/intune-add-ons.md.

Fundamentals

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Remote Help Plan

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/remote-help-plan.md.

Tenant administration

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Remote Help Plan

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/remote-help-plan.md.

Windows

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In Development

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/intune-service/fundamentals/in-development.md.

General

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Index

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/cloud-pki/index.md.

General

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Change Review Agent

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Updated Microsoft Intune documentation in intune/agents/change-review-agent.md.

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