Let’s discuss Enable Allow Discoverable Mode in Bluetooth using the Intune Policy Settings Catalog. This is a setting on Microsoft Intune related to Bluetooth. Allow Discoverable Mode in Bluetooth helps you to allow a device to broadcast its presence to other Bluetooth device Range.
Using Microsoft Intune, users can easily create policies to enable or disable different settings. Thus, you can customize various settings for your organization for specific groups of devices or users. Using Intune Policy, you can access Bluetooth-enabled devices quickly.
This setting in Bluetooth policies determines whether other Bluetooth-enabled devices can discover your device. You can create policies from the Settings Catalog or Templates in Microsoft Intune.
I will help you enable Allow Discoverable Mode in Bluetooth in this blog post using the Intune Policy Settings Catalog. This post provides step-by-step guidance for enabling Allow Discoverable Mode in Bluetooth.
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What is Allow Discoverable Mode?
The Allow Discoverable Mode setting in Bluetooth policies determines whether other Bluetooth-enabled devices can discover your device.
Enable Allow Discoverable Mode in Bluetooth using Intune Policy Settings Catalog
Settings Catalog is a feature in Microsoft Intune that lists all the settings you can configure for your devices in one place. This catalog simplifies creating policies and managing settings across various platforms, including Windows, iOS/iPadOS, macOS, and Android. The following table shows the
| Steps for Enabling Allow Discoverable Mode |
|---|
| Go to the Intune Admin Center portal |
| Go to Devices > Windows >Configuration > Create > New Policy |
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Selecting +New Policy is the first step in creating a Microsoft Intune policy. After that, you must select your policy’s platform and profile type. If you want to create a policy for the Windows platform, select Windows 10 and later as the platform. Then select the Settings Catalog as Profile type.
- Click on the Create button
Then, you will get the Basic tab on the Intune Portal. The Basic tab gives a name and description of your policy. It allows you to identify the Policy name quickly. After providing the name and description of your policy, click on the Next Button.
- Name – Enable Allow Discoverable Mode
- Description – This policy is created for Enable Allow Discoverable Mode
Here, you will enter the Configuration Tab on the Intune Portal. Configuration settings in Microsoft Intune allow you to manage and customize various settings for devices within your organization. Click on the + Settings option from this tab to access various settings.
The following screenshot shows the Settings Picker page. From this page, you can search for your settings. Enter a keyword for settings in the Search box and click the Search button. You can use the Add filter option to access the settings easily. The filter option will give you the specific category to which the settings belong. Then, select the category (Bluetooth).
- Click on the Allow Discoverable Mode
Then, you can see the Configuration Settings when the selected settings appear. Here, you can Allow or block(enable or disable) settings chosen according to your preference. Using the toggle button, you can customize the settings. Then click on the Next button.
Scope Tags
Next is the Scope tags tab. The Scope tags in Microsoft Intune manage and control access to Intune objects such as policies, profiles, and devices. They help ensure that the right administrators have access and visibility to the required Intune objects.
You can skip this tab, and completing this section on the Intune Portal is not mandatory to create a policy. Click on the Next button to continue.
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Assignments
Assignments are the last step in creating a policy on Microsoft Intune. This tab helps you select groups to assign policies to. You can select user groups or device groups for this. You can see Included Groups and Excluded Groups on this page. I like to select Included Groups and click the Add Groups option.
The following window shows the Select groups to include. You can search for groups on this page, select a group or groups, and click on the Select button to continue.
Then you can see the selected groups are shown on the Assignments tab. Then click on the Next button to continue.
Review + Create
Review + Create is the tab that helps users review and manage settings. This page summarises your policy, and you can check each tab from here. After monitoring all the steps, click on the Create button. Then, you will get a notification that the Policy has been created successfully.
Allow Discoverable Mode Policy Creation Status
After receiving the notification, you can check the policy on the Intune Portal. To access this, go to Devices and Configuration, search for your policy, and open it.
Monitor the Device and User Check-in Status
Here, the Allow Discoverable Mode policy is succeeded, with 1 instance marked as succeeded. The screenshot below shows more details.
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