Thursday, 30 April 2026

Day in brief

Enhanced Windows app inventory and Apple DDM guidance headline April 30 Intune changes

April 30 was dominated by documentation maintenance: 45 updates—36 for Intune, 8 for Configuration Manager, and 1 for Remote Help—with no new or removed items and no message-center posts. The meaningful exception is a new Week of May 4 What's New entry describing enhanced app inventory for Windows 10/11. Apple settings-catalog and device-action pages also make DDM paths and Apple platform/version coverage more explicit. Much of the remaining evidence is editorial normalization of titles, version labels, role and licensing includes, links, table markup, and terminology. No supplied item establishes preview, general availability, retirement, or a product behavior change; the Retire-page edit is a platform-list update, not a retirement event.

Intune · Windows
Enhanced app inventory is documented for Windows 10/11 in the May 4 What's New section
The What's New index adds an entry describing faster data updates, more detailed visibility, richer app metadata, and controls to specify which devices are included in inventory collection. It says the capability is initially available for Windows, with additional platforms to follow. Because this is a Week of May 4 documentation entry, it is not evidence here of GA, preview status, or a launch event.
Intune · Apple
Apple settings catalog guidance now maps concrete iOS/iPadOS DDM settings
The Apple settings catalog page adds iOS/iPadOS guidance for Declarative Device Management > Software Update, Security > Passcode, Restrictions for blocking backup and document sync, and Declarative Device Management > Safari. It also lays out separate macOS, tvOS, and visionOS sections. This clarifies documented configuration paths rather than demonstrating a change in Apple DDM behavior.
Intune · General
Wipe guidance now lists tvOS 10.2+ and visionOS 1.1+
The Intune Wipe page adds tvOS 10.2+ and visionOS 1.1+ to its supported-platform list. The supplied change documents platform scope but provides no support-announcement date or rollout details.
Intune · Windows
Universal Print article points admins to the UniversalPrint CSP
The Settings Catalog article now identifies the UniversalPrint CSP used by the Intune settings. The same revision removes the page's former warning that the PrintProvisioning tool and printers.csv process is deprecated, along with standalone Universal Print and Intune subscription bullets in the Before you begin section. This is page restructuring; it does not say deprecated tooling is restored or that requirements changed.
Intune · Device configuration
Microsoft 365 Apps guidance removes explicit automatic-update setup instructions
The page now uses a shared licensing include and no longer contains the prior text requiring Microsoft Intune and a Microsoft 365 subscription, the Policy and Profile Manager role, or the addition and enablement of Microsoft 365 Apps Automatic Updates with accompanying screenshots. The diff supports a documentation rework only; it does not establish changed licensing or update behavior.

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