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We’re happy to announce two improvements for the management of Android personally owned work profile devices with Microsoft Intune, which will be released later this year. A new implementation for how Intune delivers policies to devices Web based enrollment These updates modernize how Microsoft Intune manages devices and improves the enrollment flow. Action may be required by you as we move to the new implementation. Keep reading to understand what’s changing, actions, and timelines you need to know. What’s changing New implementation We’re finalizing our work on moving the Android personally owned work profile implementation to the latest and greatest available – Google’s Android Management API (AM API). It has been almost a decade since Intune released support for Android personally owned work profile management. At that time, we accomplished this by building a custom device policy controller (DPC), in the form of the Intune Company Portal app. A lot has changed since then. Google released AM API and its companion app, Android Device Policy, which enforces AM API policy on devices. This is now Google’s recommended implementation, which we used to deliver the three corporate Android Enterprise management methods: corporate owned work profile, fully managed, and dedicated. Google no longer recommends use of custom DPCs and they’re deprecating associated functionality. The benefits of moving personally owned work profile management to AM API include: Faster release of new features across all four Android Enterprise management options. Consistent behaviors across all four Android Enterprise management options. The Microsoft Intune app will replace the Company Portal app as the user app (to manage devices, contact their IT department, collect logs, and more), providing an updated user experience and aligning it with the corporate Android Enterprise management options. Enables Intune to support the latest Android platform management capabilities, which are unavailable with custom DPC implementations. Web based enrollment The move to AM API also enables us to build a web-based enrollment flow for personally owned work profile devices, similar to web based device enrollment for iOS. The benefits of this include: Users don’t need to manually install an app to start Intune enrollment since they can start enrollment from a webpage instead. Users can access enrollment from any of the four different entry points which all launch the same webpage: Productivity apps (when the user is required to enroll before accessing corporate resources) The Company Portal app The Microsoft Intune app (new!) A URL (new!) This gives you more options for how to guide your users to get set up. 3. Android enrollment is more consistent with the iOS web-based enrollment flow. How to prepare We recommend you make these changes to prepare for the upcoming release and provide the most streamlined experience for users. Replace custom policies: Intune is ending support for custom configuration polices for personally owned work profile devices on April 1, 2025. Custom policies are not supported in the new implementation. Replace all custom policies with equivalent policies using this setting mapping. Certificate authentication for Wi-Fi: If you’re using username and password authentication for Wi-Fi policies, we strongly encourage you to move to certificate authentication instead. Devices that are connected to corporate Wi-Fi with username and password authentication will lose access to corporate Wi-Fi when they are moved to AM API until the user signs into the corporate Wi-Fi network again. Devices using certificate authentication for Wi-Fi won’t lose access, and it’s also a more secure authentication method. Evaluate biometric configuration: Devices on the new implementation won’t apply polices that prevent users from using face, fingerprint, iris, or trust agent to unlock their device. However, policies that prevent this at the work profile level are still supported. If you have this configured at the device level, consider blocking face, fingerprint, iris, and trust agents at the work profile level to protect work resources in an equivalent way. Update Android OS: Intune currently supports Android 10 and later on personally owned work profile devices and plans to maintain support for the four most recent Android versions going forward. We recommend you guide users to update to their device’s latest supported Android version for the best experience. Helpdesk preparation: Inform your helpdesk teams of these coming changes so they know what to expect. For devices on the new implementation, diagnostic logs are collected using the Microsoft Intune app (instead of the Company Portal). We’ll publish more information about the new enrollment flow before it’s released so you can prepare. Plan to update any user instructions you have once we release the web-based enrollment flow and devices are managed with the new implementation. iOS web based enrollment: We recommend you consider setting up web based device enrollment for iOS now or when we release Android web based enrollment for a more consistent and improved user experience. Changes to be aware of A few defaults will change as part of the move to the new implementation. Required app installation behavior: In the custom DPC implementation, users can uninstall required apps, but they are reinstalled automatically within a few hours. In the new implementation, users won’t be able to uninstall required apps from their device, which is the same experience as on corporate Android Enterprise devices. Caller ID and contact search: In the custom DPC implementation, the settings to “Display work contact caller-id in personal profile” and “Search work contacts from personal profile” are two independent settings. In AM API, they are controlled with a single setting. If you have blocked either, Intune automatically blocks both for devices on the new implementation. Intune will update the policy user interface to have a single setting once all devices are on the new implementation. Screen timeout: In the custom DPC implementation, you can configure screen timeouts either for the full device or for the work profile under “Maximum minutes of inactivity until work profile locks.” In AM API, you can only configure this at the work profile level. Intune will set this to the lesser of the two when devices move to the new implementation. We will remove the device level setting from policies when all devices are on AM API. How to configure and monitor Web based enrollment No action is needed to turn on or configure web-based enrollment for personally owned work profile devices. When we release it, it will replace the current Company Portal enrollment flow and all new enrollments will use the web-based enrollment flow. New implementation Devices enrolled before web-based enrollment releases aren't immediately impacted by the new implementation. We’ll release a new setting that allows you to migrate device groups to the new implementation. As a best practice, we encourage admins to evaluate migrating a smaller device set before migrating all devices. Before moving devices to the new implementation, you may want to email users or configure custom notifications to inform them of what to expect. In 2026, we’ll automatically migrate all remaining devices using the custom DPC implementation over to the new AM API implementation. Monitoring There’ll be a new report that will show how many personally owned work profile devices are on the new implementation, how many still need to move, how many are targeted and pending moving (since it may roll out over hours or days), and how many attempted to move but hit an error. Using this new report, you can see which devices are in each state. How this will affect your users Web based enrollment Users who enroll devices after release will see the new web-based enrollment flow. Their devices will be managed with AM API. After enrollment, Intune will install a few apps automatically to ensure streamlined management. Microsoft Intune: User-facing app to manage devices, contact the IT department, collect diagnostic logs, and more. Company Portal: For mobile app management (MAM). Android Device Policy: To enforce AM API policies. This app is installed in a “hidden” state, so users don’t see it in their app list and can’t launch it. New implementation Devices on the new implementation (either through admin configuration or the later automatic move), will install the Microsoft Intune app and the Android Device Policy app, and users will see notifications on their device about these app installs. The devices will not unenroll and users won’t lose access to corporate resources on these devices because of this change. The only exception to this is for devices that are connected to corporate Wi-Fi with username and password authentication. When they move to AM API, they will lose access to corporate Wi-Fi until they sign in to the corporate Wi-Fi again. To avoid any potential disruption, we encourage you to move to certificate Wi-Fi authentication instead (as mentioned above). Timeline We'll update these timelines to provide more specific timeframes in the coming months. First half of 2025: Use this time to revise any relevant policy configurations, update your internal documentation, and prepare your helpdesk teams, as advised above. Second half of 2025: All enrollments of personally owned work profile devices will use web-based enrollments on AM API. You’ll be able to set a configuration policy to migrate previously enrolled devices over to the new implementation. First half of 2026: All devices on the custom DPC implementation will be automatically moved over to AM API. Stay tuned to this blog for updates! If you have any questions or feedback on this change, leave a comment on this post or reach out on X @IntuneSuppTeam. View the full article

Hello Champions, adoption specialists and business users! We’re thrilled to share with you an exciting opportunity to discover the latest SharePoint capabilities and glimpses of what a few of our customers are doing for their intranet use and design. Save the date (January 29th | 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT) and join us to discover how to get even more out of SharePoint, including the live AMA with product makers. Register today https://aka.ms/SharePointEvent. Jeff Teper (President of Collaborative Apps and Platforms - Microsoft) shares insights about what to expect during the upcoming SharePoint event and live AMA. Get the most out of SharePoint. Microsoft SharePoint is a web-based platform designed for collaboration, document management, and content management. It allows your organization to create websites where you can securely store, organize, share, and access information from any device. With over 2 billion files added daily and more than 2 million sites created each day, SharePoint is the only content platform that spans the entirety of your diverse content management needs - from engaging pages and branded site building to powerful workflow, document library, automation and collaboration needs. Get to know what SharePoint can do for you, today. Our goal is to help you skill up your SharePoint IQ with the latest on: Simpler authoring & more compelling content – Lower barriers to create professional-looking content and ensure you can harness the best of what the web has to offer for your intranet. Greater engagement & reach – Scale your message to meet people where they work. Powerful workflow, automations, and agents – Build automated subject matter experts and save your team time while managing and automating content workflows. Learn more. And much more… We will also have dedicated time during the event for live Q&A where you will get to interact with multiple product members – bring your questions and feedback. We hope to see you all on January 29th! We’re looking forward to this wonderful opportunity to inspire, and be inspired by, our amazing community of SharePoint communicators and creators. We can’t wait to celebrate and learn how you plan to get even more out of your beautiful, smart, high-impact intranet and content management solutions. https://aka.ms/SharePointEvent View the full article

I've recently had visual glitches, windows of different programs, especially in the browser, take a few seconds to refresh when changing tabs or opening links. While this happens, "remnants" of the previous content are visible, until some time passes or I force a refresh by dragging the window. Things I've tried -Check for system updates -Update Nvidia graphics to the latest versionsI think the error is only visible externally, because when it takes a screenshot the screen and its content appears normal. It doesn't make the system unusable but it is a bit annoying :( My model is ASUS TUF A15View the full article

While using my laptop, it suddenly crash to "Bluescreen of Death" then after I restarting when I open My Computer or Control Panel this is the error code I receive "26ee0668-a00a-44d7-9371-beb064c98683"Please help. View the full article

I have a 65% keyboard so i need to hold FN key for some keys to work and every key on it works fine but all function keys don't work except F5, F6 and F10 and I can't also change backlight with holding FN + delete and home also I can't factory reset it because i need to hold FN + TAB but this combination aslo doesn't work This all happend after reinstalling windows 11(It works fine on other devices)View the full article

I had previously changed the shortcut to opening the calculator but after I had to reinstall windows, now it looks like this. It gives me no option except Copilot when I choose Custom. I've found posts about changing the Copilot key but all talk about changing it into Ctrl or a different existing key, that's not what I want, I just want it to open the calculator againView the full article

I received a Windows 10 tablet as a gift. The tablet is Prestigio multipad visconte V, I don't know the password as the tablet was second hand. When I try to reset it using Widows restore, it says there is not enough space. I tried using a USB drive to reset it that way but the USB drive is not recognized, same is with the keyboard.Also I tried to enter commad prompt but is asks for password.To enter boot menager you can hold power on and volume up button, but when I do that it brings shows me:entering dnx mode waiting for fastboot command...Tablet is not showing when i connect it to the PC.UEView the full article

I saw that many have the same Issue After changing my phone number in the security details, I have to wait 30 days to access my Laptop. I did not expect this and did not know it. This is absolutely ridiculous. After 30 days, I will depart from Microsoft useless service. How is there not a single option to certificate oneself, to gain access. View the full article

Okay so, I have a new computer and my old computer, my old computer is still logged into the account that I have bought Minecraft on, but now I’m stuck because I don’t remember what email I used and I’ve tried every email possible and I can’t determine it from the Minecraft account on my old PcView the full article

After updating Windows to 24H2 PowerShell scritps can not be executed from PowerShell ISE. The following error message is issued: Cannot dot-source this command because it was defined in a different language mode. To invoke this command without importing its contents, omit the '.' operator.The same script has been working in a Windows 11 version before update to 24H2.Additional information.The same script works from ISE, if all the code is selected in the script pane and execution started with "Run Selection (F8)". Error message is issued only when script is started with "Run Script (F5)View the full article

I accidentally set my refresh rate to 85Hz when my monitor can only handle 60. I tried going into safe mode with holding F8 when booting up but it dosnt work and my pc just beeps over and over if i do it. Please helpView the full article

I've just finished building my new PC, and when I go to the install driver button in the initial configuration to add a WiFi one, it doesn't show em up! View the full article

After I reset my network it works fine until I reboot my computer the network is goneView the full article

not exactly sure what the deal is with 'subscriptions', however, when i activated it, it didn't say 'subscription'. the only way i found out was 90 days later, my product was 'not genuine'. what are these subscription keys, and how can i get support for them ? is microsoft selling / generating these keys ? and why is this key activating my product instead of activating a subscription ? surely microsoft had the foresight to figure out that this marketing paradigm with the subscriptions is suspiciousView the full article

Hi,I have a windows 11 system running on a dell Inspiron 7580 notebook. I cant get an external monitor working on hdmi port in windows 11.Some tests I made: 1- Using ubuntu 22 booting from a usb pendrive - I can get it work on hdmi and usb-c port, even simultaneously.2- Using windows 11, 1 monitor in usb-c port and other monitor in hdmi port. Various combinations of cables and monitors: Hdmi monitor doesnt work. Windows "pops" when hdmi connection is made, recognizes it in device manager and , my mouse can go to any monitors but Hdmi always show black screen without signal.Its important to menView the full article

A download link is required when browsing freepetpaw (or like that). My Safety Scanner wanted to kill it. but I'd like to know if itIs it truly a hazard?View the full article

I purchased a PC with Windows 11 Home (I understand "tethered/registered" to the MOBO?).Eventually I purchased an upgrade to PRO to be able to encrypt drives.All WAS working fine.I have changed no hardware, but since a Windows update I now have the ACTIVATE WINDOWS problem.In the setting it says something prevented us from communicating with activation servers pls wait a few mins and try again ERROR 0x803F700F.It has been days now.If I click troubleshoot it says:We found a Windows 11 Home digital license for this device (what I meant when I said tethered to the MOBO) running Windows 11 Pro. ToView the full article

i need help i tried everything i have asus tuf A15 not always but often when i open my laptop it gets stuck while loading the asus logo and gets me a blue screen where it says dpc watchdog violation so what i can do to solve this problem?View the full article

It's on my external hard drive. Accidentally put a file in there thats around 300-400gb give or take and I cant enter the folder to get it out. I can't not get this folder because even if i redownload everything in it, all the original files will still be locked taking up all that storage. View the full article

This is common when I launch a game like F122 for example, where the speakers start buzzing and the screen goes black followed by the monitor going into power saving mode. There's times where it runs normally for a few weeks then suddenly crashes again. Already tried reseating GPU, updating drivers, Reinstalling PSU cable and using a different one.Log Name: SystemSource: EventLogDate: 2025-01-24 2:11:21 PMEvent ID: 6008Task Category: NoneLevel: ErrorKeywords: ClassicUser: N/AComputer: DESKTOPDescription:The previous system shutdown at 1:55:5View the full article

Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! Last year, we released a variety of improvements and new capabilities to enhance the Microsoft Excel experience. With the start of 2025 – and as Excel approaches its fourth decade of helping people and businesses effectively organize, analyze, and visualize data – we wanted to look back on some of our most exciting achievements backed by insider feedback and encouragement. Stronger and faster insights with Copilot and Python In 2024, we focused on making Excel even better at what it does best: providing insights on data for sharing and decision-making. With the integration of Copilot and Python, we’ve made iterating on data faster and more advanced, even for those who are not Python experts. Excel’s AI capabilities can perform routine tasks and reasoning, highlight important information, solve issues, execute formatting and formulas, and provide valuable analysis of data. Learn more about leveraging Copilot and Python in Excel: Unlock the power of Copilot in Excel, now generally available Announcing Python in Excel: Combining the power of Python and the flexibility of Excel. See what’s possible with Copilot in Excel Copilot in Excel: Working with Columns & Formulas Copilot in Excel: Excel Chat Helper More advanced functionality New regular expression functions and modes for XLOOKUP and XMATCH provide advanced text manipulation options and empower you to perform more complex searches and matches with ease. Additionally, improvements to LEN, MID, SEARCH, FIND, and REPLACE now support Unicode surrogates, further optimizing text handling. The ability to refresh data using Power Query’s From Folder connector in Excel for Mac has streamlined data updates, making it quicker to keep information current. Lastly, the introduction of two translation functions, TRANSLATE and DETECTLANGUAGE, makes working with and reformatting datasets in over 100 different languages a breeze. Learn more about updates to Excel functions: New Regular expression (Regex) functions in Excel, and new regex modes for XLOOKUP and XMATCH Improving five Excel text functions: LEN, MID, SEARCH, FIND, and REPLACE + Compatibility Versions New Translation Functions in Excel: TRANSLATE and DETECTLANGUAGE Refresh data using Power Query’s From Folder connector in Excel for Mac Stale value formatting now available in Excel for Windows Greater optionality for the web We’ve made key updates and added highly requested capabilities to Excel for the web in 2024. For example, you can now share links to Sheet views, which quickly brings focus to important information and allows users to gather targeted feedback, as well as export sheets to CSV to use Excel data between apps and across platforms. You can now also sync Microsoft Forms data directly to Excel for the web to keep information up-to-date in real time. A modernized grid functionality brings effortless resizing, quicker insertion, enhanced navigation, and easier cell highlighting, while an improved File menu and copying and pasting capabilities offer a more seamless and intuitive experience. Learn more about the updated Excel for the web experience: Share links to Sheet views in Excel for the web Export to CSV in Excel for the web Sync Microsoft Forms data to Excel for the web Copying and pasting improvements in Excel for the web File menu improvements in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web Updated accessibility and more We’re constantly offering more intuitive, secure, and accessible ways to interact with and get the most out of Excel. With KeyTips for Mac, you can take action even if you don’t have a keyboard, while updates to saving and creating PDFs of spreadsheets clean up burdensome errors and improve accessibility of data. You can now detect and address performance issues in Excel for Windows, a feature only previously available on the web, and more easily navigate rows and columns with Focus Cell. New home widgets and Handoff support put files on Apple devices also give you quicker and easier access to relevant documents, from anywhere and without unnecessary barriers. In an effort to support the use of Pen & Ink capabilities in Excel, we’ve made converting handwritten and drawn information into text and shapes as simple and accurate as possible. Learn more about these features: Increase ease of navigation with Focus Cell in Excel KeyTips now available in Office for Mac Create accessible PDFs with Microsoft 365 apps Make your workbooks more performant with Check Performance in Excel for Windows Recent widgets for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Mac New Recent Files widgets for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iOS Seamlessly switch between your Apple devices with Handoff support for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Introducing dynamic watermarking for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Modernized experience for user-defined permissions in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Ink to Text Pen now available in Excel for Windows Create neat lines and shapes with ink in Excel and PowerPoint for Windows Of course, we must also tip our hats to the most celebrated Excel blog in 2024, another important update to the Excel for the web experience that makes it more enjoyable and ensures you can get more tasks done in less time: Modernized grid functionality streamlines your tasks in Excel for the web. Your feedback makes us better We hope that these improvements have inspired you to take advantage of new and improved capabilities and level-up your Excel experience. We value your ongoing support and insightful feedback as it inspires us to continually innovate and enhance our products as an essential tool for users around the globe. Every suggestion and comment you share plays a pivotal role in our journey towards excellence. Please keep them coming and help us make Excel the best product it can be for YOU using any of these methods! Thank you for being a part of our amazing history, and for helping us craft the future of Excel. Learn about the Microsoft 365 Insider program and sign up for the Microsoft 365 Insider newsletter to get the latest information about Insider features in your inbox once a month! View the full article

I had gotten the bit locker key from my account before for my dell hard drive. The computer is no longer listed as a device on my microsoft account. It was before.View the full article

Problem Summary:A user whose UPN changed due to a typo during onboarding in Microsoft is not synching with Apple Business Manager. The user now has the correct UPN in Microsoft, but the old, incorrect, UPN is still in ABM. This is preventing the user from signing into their Apple account because the account is not found.New users are being provisioned correctly, so provisioning is working for new users; only existing users with updates to their UPN is failing.How do I resolve this issue?More Details:I had a user whose name contained a typo in their original onboarding form, so their UPN was inView the full article

System Model LIFEBOOK LH532. The WIFI is not showing. there is no driver. tried searching for a driver however I'm unable to get the driver for the Wi-FiView the full article

Bone stock Dell XPS 17 9710. I wouldn't know how to overclock or make any other performance tweaks to save my life. This BSOD carousel started in December and all drivers are up to date as deemed by both Windows and Dell's web diagnostic. And yet, I have repeated "critical process died" and one "video TDR failure". It is running through an Anker 13-in-1 Power Expand A8392 to split the HDMI. Minidumps from today here.View the full article