How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM

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Today, I will explore how to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM. Learn how to Set the Time Zone for AVD VMs with Endpoint Manager | Intune.

There are PowerShell scripts and Group Policies to change the time zone of Windows Virtual Desktop virtual machines. However, I think giving us a time zone option in the WVD VM provisioning template would be better.

I have a post where you can get the list of time zone details that Windows supports. Learn how to manually change the time zone of Windows 10 devices and enable daylight saving settings while changing the time zone. More details: Latest Updated List of Windows 10 Time Zone | Codes | TZUTIL.

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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM

Let’s check how to create an Intune Time Zone Policy for WVD VMs. I hope you already have access to creating an Intune policy.

Login to the Endpoint Manager Intune portal https://endpoint.microsoft.com/#home

Navigate to Devices -> Windows -> Configuration profiles.

  • Click on +Create Profile.
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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.1

Select Windows 10 and later as the platform from the drop-down menu.

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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.2

Select Settings Catalog from the Profile type drop-down menu.

Start from scratch and select the settings you want from the library of available settings.

  • Click on the Create button.
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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.3

Enter the name of the policy and the time zone for WVD.

Enter the Description – Set the correct Time zone for WVD VM.

  • Click on the Next button.
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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.4

Click on +Add Settings.

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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.5

Settings picker: Use double inverted commas(” “) between search terms to view settings by their keywords.

  • Search “Time Zone” from the Settings picker.
  • Click the Search button.
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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.6

Click on Time Language Setting.

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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.7

Select check mark – Configure Time Zone.

NOTE: It’s weird that you need to click on the cross mark to remove the right-side blade. This could be a bug that will disappear once the Setting Catalog feature is generally available.

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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.8

You need to find the correct time zone to apply to WVD devices. The standard Windows name for the target time zone is GMT.

NOTE: I have a post where you can get all the list of time zone details that Windows supports. For more details, see the Latest Updated List of Windows 10 Time Zone | Codes | TZUTIL.

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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.9

I have set the Time Zone “GMT Standard Time” for UK WVD VMs.

  • Click on the NEXT button.
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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.10

Assignment Options

Click on +Add groups and select the Azure AD device Group to deploy the Intune policy for settings time zone.

  • Click on Next and Next (scope page).
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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.11

Click on Review + Create to complete the creation and assignment process of the Intune Time Zone Policy for WVD.

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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.12

Event Logs

You can check the Windows 10 MDM event logs to confirm whether this time zone policy applies to devices.

Event Logs  :- Microsoft->Windows->DeviceManagement-> Enterprise-Diagnostics-Provider/Admin

Event ID 814 – MDM PolicyManager: Set policy string, Policy: (ConfigureTimeZone), Area: (TimeLanguageSettings), EnrollmentID requesting merge: (3BDA08ED-5D5D-4444-9A8F-586A2E80DAE3), Current User: (Device), String: (GMT Standard Time), Enrollment Type: (0x6), Scope: (0x0).

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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.13

Troubleshooting Options

The following posts might help you troubleshoot issues related to the Intune Settings catalog (and, in general, Intune troubleshooting).

Results

You can check the results from the Endpoint portal (a.k.a. Intune portal). You can also open the Windows 10 configuration profile (setting catalog) policy and check its deployment status.

You can see that on one WVD VM the policy got successfully deployed.

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How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM – Fig.14

Resources

  • Use the settings catalog to configure settings on Windows

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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for 10 consecutive years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is also a Blogger, Speaker, and leader of the Local User Group Community. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.

13 thoughts on “How to Set Time Zone using Intune MEM”

  1. Frustratingly I’ve done exactly this… and it’s not working. I’ve ensured it’s a device group that’s targeted… yet in Intune on the VM it’s just saying that it’s “Not applicable”, with no errors that I can find in the Enterprise-Diagnostics-Provider log. :-/

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  2. Argh thanks! That makes sense. I figured everyone uses multi-session as it seemed an obvious thing to do (I guess I was thinking old style RDS farm servers), but you’re right, a bit weird is a good way to put it. 🙂

    I tried via CSP as well, but it also didn’t work, so will raise a bug as you suggest (and then abandon multi-session I suspect!).

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  3. this only changes the time to that specific time zone, is there one that changes the date format, i would prefer to fix our date formats to UK short date instead of USA

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  5. Hello Anoop,

    I need to know how we can allow our user to change date and time settings on their machine through Intune.

    I have gone through the same way and opted a user rights option instead of time zone and then selected change system time.

    Now it’s asking for SID and I’m not sure what is that. I need your advice if you can help here.

    Thank you

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  6. This will help except VM/WVD.?

    I mean the local machines which is connected to Intune.
    I recently had an issue with the Laptop CMOS due to that the time not working.

    If we apply the above policy can we fix the issue.?

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  7. Hi thank for this!
    for french people as catalog is translate in our language
    Time Language Setting = Paramètres de Langue et de fuseau horaire
    Configure Time Zone = configurer le fuseau horaire
    i di try to use search with “fuseau horaire” and even the all name of the setting with no luck. only manual picking work…

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