What’s new in Microsoft Intune August 2024

Summer is a wonderful time in the Northeastern United States, but it’s so short. When a sunny day calls me outside, I’m constantly on edge. Just one more Whether you’re on your PC or taking a break for a walk or a run. To overcome that challenge and enjoy all that the season has to offer, you need to focus more on the task at hand. Luckily, technology is here to help. From turning on “Do Not Disturb” mode in Teams to keeping your focus time in check, to using Microsoft Copilot transcriptions to catch up on content. In that spirit, we’re highlighting three new features we’re rolling out in Microsoft Intune (some of which were released after this post was published). These features fit the theme of focus. Hopefully, they’ll help you or the people you support get more done. and Get more sunlight.

Focus on productivity with expanded support for Microsoft Managed Home Screen

Empowering frontline workers with powerful mobile devices can increase productivity, but IT needs to manage the devices so users can focus on key applications and operations. Managed Home Screen Intune’s feature allows IT admins to do just that with a customizable launcher.

Give users access to only the apps they need with a managed home screen.

IT administrators can also limit the settings available to users.

Previously available for userless kiosks or shared devices, Managed Home Screen can now be deployed on enterprise-owned, fully managed devices associated with specific users, expanding its functionality to a much wider range of use cases and applications. Intune Customer Success Blog Posts Here are more details.

Focus on performance with resource reporting

Gaining visibility into the processor performance and RAM of physical Windows devices is valuable to both IT support and purchasing teams. With the introduction of reporting capabilities for physical Windows PCs in Intune Advanced Analytics’ Resource Performance Report, IT admins can now rely on data-driven insights rather than anecdotal reports of slow machines. This comprehensive view allows admins to identify and resolve performance issues caused by CPU or RAM spikes, evaluate device performance across models, and make informed decisions about hardware replacement. Purchasing departments can also bring these reports to the negotiating table with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

This report consolidates data into easy-to-read resource performance scores and provides insights and recommendations for improvement.

You can access the report using one of the following: Microsoft Intune Suite Or the Advanced Analytics standalone add-on. Learn more here. documentation.

Focus on functionality with improved availability for Apple device settings

As part of us Recent announcements We mentioned that we are working on new features for managing macOS and iOS/iPadOS devices. Apple’s GitHub repository Comprehensive settings management at launch. With the release of macOS 15 and iOS/iPadOS 18, we are happy to report that we have delivered on that promise. Updated settings for declarative device management and mobile device management policies, including restrictions on new Apple Intelligence features, are ready to be configured at launch. Check out: Blog Posts Next month, our engineering team will tell you all about the new settings and payloads.

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