Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Day in brief

Configuration Manager CMG shifts VMSS off deprecated Windows Server 2022 images

The period’s main operational change is Configuration Manager KB37942646 for cloud management gateway VMSS deployments. It moves CMG from the legacy Windows Server 2022 Azure Marketplace offer `windowsserver`, which includes end-of-life .NET 6, to `windowsserver2022`; the legacy image will lose support and OS image-refresh updates, and new deployments or reimaging using it will fail when enforcement begins in early 2027. The remaining Intune changes are chiefly documentation scope, security guidance, and rollout-status updates rather than confirmed feature launches.

Configuration Manager · General
CMG VMSS image transition removes the deprecated .NET 6 dependency
Configuration Manager KB37942646 changes CMG VMSS deployments from Azure Marketplace offer `windowsserver` to `windowsserver2022`, which does not include the deprecated .NET 6 packages. The legacy image will no longer be compliant or supported and will not receive new OS patch updates through image refresh; new CMG deployments and reimaging operations that reference it will fail once enforcement begins in early 2027. The update applies to 2603 and 2509, and to 2503 and 2409 with the required rollups.
Intune · Apple
Wired-network guidance now explicitly covers iOS/iPadOS alongside macOS
The Intune page was retitled for Apple devices and now explicitly lists iOS/iPadOS and macOS. It adds prerequisites for the Policy and Profile Manager RBAC role, a wired network device configuration profile, and all enrollment types; for iOS/iPadOS, Network Interface is automatically set to Any Ethernet. This is a documentation-scope and procedure update, not evidence of a newly announced feature launch.
Intune · Windows
OpenClaw collection guidance recommends capturing the Host process property
The Properties Catalog guidance now recommends collecting Host process because OpenClaw can run under different process names, including `node.exe` and `wsl.exe`. The linked Local AI Agent Baseline - OpenClaw is no longer labeled “Preview” in this page, but the supplied change does not establish a general-availability date or a product behavior change.
Intune · Fundamentals
Intune 2605 rollout remains in progress through the end of the week
The Intune service-update guidance now states that the 2605 release is in progress and expected to complete by the end of the week. Monthly updates can expand over several days to a week, while some features may roll out over several weeks, so uneven tenant availability during the rollout is expected. This is release-status clarification, not a new capability announcement.

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

Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Configuration Manager CMG shifts VMSS off deprecated Windows Server 2022 images

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