Friday, 20 March 2026

Windows cloud configuration’s automatic guided deployment is deprecated in Intune

The period’s main operational change is a retirement: Intune says the guided automatic deployment path for Windows in cloud configuration is deprecated and being removed from the admin center, with the manual setup guide now directed instead. The same sweep removes or marks older guided-scenario guidance for retirement. Separate updates record system-proxy telemetry and multi-device query improvements, add Inventus OEMConfig support for Android Enterprise, and clarify iOS/iPadOS DDM limits. The remaining edits are mainly documentation cleanup or support guidance.

• Intune · Fundamentals

  Automatic Windows cloud configuration deployment is deprecated

  Retirement/deprecation: The Cloud Configuration guidance removes the former automatic/manual choice and says the guided automatic deployment of Windows in cloud configuration is deprecated and being removed from the Intune admin center. It directs administrators to the Windows client cloud config setup guide for step-by-step manual deployment. The supplied evidence gives no deadline or migration instruction for existing configurations.

• Intune · App management

  Analytics updates add system-proxy telemetry and multi-device query tools

  Capability update: Windows devices using system-level (WinHTTP) proxy settings can now send telemetry to endpoint analytics and Advanced Analytics, while Endpoint Privilege Management includes elevation-usage data from those devices. When Endpoint analytics or EPM is enabled, telemetry and events automatically appear in the User Experience (Device blade), endpoint Analytics reports, and EPM; no admin action is required. Device query for multiple devices also adds search across all result rows, column-header value​​

• Intune · App management

  iOS DDM guidance limits MAM-enabled LOB app management

  Documentation clarification: for DDM app management, an MAM-enabled app integrated with the Intune App SDK has no Management type setting and can only be created for MDM. App configuration policies work only with MDM-based apps; the guidance says to use MDM when those policies are needed for a line-of-business app. This documents a limitation rather than announcing a new feature.

• Intune · Fundamentals

  Inventus OEMConfig is listed for Android Enterprise

  New supported-app listing: Intune identifies Inventus, package com.inventus.oemconfig.gen, as an available OEMConfig app for Android Enterprise. No additional prerequisite is stated in this update.

• Intune · General

  macOS Company Portal minimum supported version is v5.2401.0

  Support guidance: the minimum supported Company Portal version for macOS is v5.2401.0. Users on older versions are prompted to update when they sign in. No separate enforcement date is supplied.

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