The What’s New In Intune page over on docs.microsoft.com has just been updated, and the following updates were covered across new capabilities and notices. These include a new guided experience for Windows 10 Company Portal, group migration impact on iOS policies, the new MDM server enrolment address for Windows devices, the upcoming Android Company Portal app changes and the ability to associate multiple management tools with the Windows Store for Business instead of only one.

New Capabilities

New guided experience for Windows 10 Company Portal

Beginning in March, the Company Portal for Windows 10 will include a guided Intune walkthrough experience for devices that have not been identified or enrolled. The new experience provides step-by-step instructions, customized for the user’s build of Windows 10, that guide users through performing AAD registration (required for identification for Conditional Access features) and MDM enrollment (required for device management features). The guided experience will be accessible from the Company Portal home page and is optional; users can continue to use the app if they do not complete registration and enrollment, but may experience limited functionality.

Notices

Group migration will not require any updates to groups or policies for iOS devices

For every Intune device group pre-assigned by a Corporate Device Enrollment profile, a corresponding dynamic device group will be created in AAD based on the Corporate Device Enrollment profile’s name, during the migration to Azure Active Directory device groups. This will ensure the as devices enroll, they will be automatically grouped and receive the same policies and apps as the original Intune group. +

Once a tenant enters the migration process for grouping and targeting, Intune will automatically create a dynamic AAD group to correspond to an Intune group targeted by a Corporate Device Enrollment profile. If the Intune Admin deletes the targeted Intune group, the corresponding dynamic AAD group will not be deleted. The group’s members and the dynamic query will be cleared, but the group itself will remain until the IT Admin removes it via the AAD portal.+

Similarly, if the IT Admin changes which Intune group is targeted by a Corporate Device Enrollment profile, Intune will create new dynamic group reflecting the new profile assignment, but will not remove the dynamic group created for the old assignment.+

Defaulting to managing Windows desktop devices through Windows settings

The default behavior for enrolling Windows 10 desktops is changing. New enrollments will follow the typical MDM agent enrollment flow rather than through the PC agent. The Company Portal website will provide Windows 10 desktop users with enrollment instructions that guide them through the process of adding Windows 10 desktop computers as mobile devices. This will not impact currently enrolled PCs, and your organization can still manage Windows 10 desktops using the PC agent if you prefer.+

Improving mobile app management support for selective wipe

End users will be given additional guidance on how to regain access to work or school data if that data is automatically removed due to the “Offline interval before app data is wiped” policy.+

Company Portal for iOS links open inside the app

Links inside of the Company Portal app for iOS, including those to documentation and apps, will open directly in the Company Portal app using an in-app view of Safari. This update will ship separately from the service update in January.+

New MDM server address for Windows devices

Windows and Windows Phone users attempting to enroll a device will fail if they enter manage.microsoft.com as the MDM server address (if prompted). The MDM server address is changing from manage.microsoft.com to enrollment.manage.microsoft.com. Notify your user to use enrollment.manage.microsoft.com as the MDM server address if prompted for it while enrolling a Windows or and Windows Phone device. For additional information about this change, visit aka.ms/intuneenrollsvrchange.+

New user experience for the Company Portal app for Android

Beginning in March, the Company Portal app for Android will follow material design guidelines to create a more modern look and feel. This improved user experience includes:+

    • Colors: tab headers can be colored according to your custom color palette.
    • Interface: Featured Apps and All Apps buttons have been updated in the Apps tab. The Search button is now a floating action button.
    • Navigation: All Apps shows a tabbed view of Featured, All and Categories for easier navigation.
    • Service: My Devices and Contact IT tabs have improved readability.

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You can find before and after images on the UI updates page.+

Associate multiple management tools with the Windows Store for Business

If you are using more than one management tool to deploy Windows Store for Business apps, previously, you could only associate one of these with the Windows Store for Business. You can now associate multiple management tools with the store, for example, Intune and Configuration Manager. For details, see Manage apps you purchased from the Windows Store for Business with Microsoft Intune.