What’s new in Microsoft Intune October 2024

On the other side of the world, changing leaves and lengthening shadows are a harbinger of the coming winter and the ghosts, goblins and other horrors that are part of Halloween celebrations. The biggest thing that scares me and other IT professionals I know is a security breach. It’s been almost a year since we launched the Secure Future Initiative (find out more here). this article Written by Charlie Bell, Microsoft Senior Vice President of Security) and new Microsoft Intune features aim to improve security. Here are some features to help you thwart hacker “schemes” and “treats” to help you focus on having fun after work.

Anti-spoofing updates for on-premises devices

Spoofing, the practice of forging digital credentials to assume a false identity, has long been a strategy for malicious actors seeking to infiltrate systems. Security update May 10, 2022 in an effort to prevent certificate spoofing in on-premises environments; KB5014754 Changed the Active Directory Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) to require “strong mapping” for all certificates. This requires any Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) certificates that are passed through Intune and used for certificate-based authentication to the KDC, and that the certificates that associate them with the device or user contain additional security identifier (SID) information. This change will take effect from February 2025. this postdetailed how Intune can address these new powerful mapping requirements for managed devices. As a result of customer feedback we decided to explore alternative solutions.

The solution is launching this month with support for SID variables in SCEP profiles as part of the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) value. This initial release supports Windows, iOS/iPadOS, and macOS devices, with Android support coming next month.

The new SID variable appears as a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) value in the Subject Alternative Name field of the SCEP certificate configuration policy in Intune.

There are many nuances and details to this task, so it is a good idea to test it thoroughly before implementing it broadly. Be sure to observe the following: Intune Customer Success Blog See future in-depth articles from our engineering partners.

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With this month’s release, IT admins can now configure muting notifications for shift workers and block access to the Microsoft Teams app based on their shift status. This protects valuable “off-hours” time needed to rest and recharge and helps employers reduce their liability for out-of-hours notice. Pay attention to the working hours API. ~ have to It must be integrated with your tenant before configuring this feature. Otherwise, some users may lose access. For more information documentation.

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When notifications that appear in a conversation are muted through Intune, users won’t see a pop-up window or notification badge on the app icon. However, you can still view sent messages when you open the app.

If notifications are muted, you can see the messages, but the conversation icon will show them as ‘paused’.

Block access

If access is blocked outside of working hours, users who try to open the app will receive a message like the one below when they check to see if the app checks working hours.

This message shows confirmation of working hours.

Ready to prepare Windows Autopilot devices for China

Microsoft services, including Intune, operate in China. 21Via NetWe are an independent data service provider. 21Vianet meets local requirements for secure, reliable, and scalable cloud services, resulting in some feature gaps in Intune. Introducing this month Prepare your Windows Autopilot device in this market. Prior to this release, IT departments had to manually provision devices. Now, this release also improves the user experience by significantly reducing the time required to prepare new devices for end users.

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