Friday, 24 April 2026

MAM deployment guidance defines BYOD boundaries as CHID driver limits are clarified

The period was primarily a MAM documentation reorganization rather than a feature rollout. Intune added a deployment guide under app management, removed the former device-enrollment MAM article, and repointed related links. A separate driver-policy clarification states that Windows driver update policies do not enforce OEM Computer Hardware ID targeting.

• Intune · App management

  New MAM guide defines supported use cases and enrollment boundaries

  The new Mobile Application Management guide explains that unenrolled-device MAM uses app configuration profiles together with app protection policies. It covers Android, iOS/iPadOS, and Windows, supports personal or BYOD scenarios, and says MAM is not recommended as the only method for organization-owned devices or for user-less and shared devices.

• Intune · Device security

  MAM references move from device enrollment to app management

  The MAM Android guidance now links to ../../app-management/protection/mam-without-enrollment.md instead of ../../device-enrollment/mam-without-enrollment.md. Related enrollment and migration pages received the same destination change, making this an information-architecture update rather than a documented behavior change.

• Intune · Device enrollment

  The former device-enrollment MAM article is removed

  The file intune/device-enrollment/mam-without-enrollment.md, titled “Mobile Application Management (MAM) for unenrolled devices in Microsoft Intune,” was removed. The replacement deployment guidance is represented by the new app-management article.

• Intune · Device updates

  Driver update policies explicitly do not enforce OEM CHID targeting

  The updated Windows driver update policy guidance says policies do not enforce Computer Hardware ID targeting defined by OEMs, even when those drivers appear as recommended. Managed devices can therefore receive newer recommended driver versions instead of CHID-targeted drivers.

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