Let’s learn about Microsoft Introducing Intune Enrollment Time Grouping for Android Enterprise Corporate Devices. Microsoft will start rolling out Enrollment Time Grouping in Enrollment Profile in Intune in January 2025. It helps ensure targeted apps and policies reach devices faster and reduces the latency of device setup.
Do you know the device setup’s latency? Latency is the delay between when a user takes action on a network or web application and when it reaches its destination, measured in milliseconds. Enrollment Time Grouping for Android Enterprise Corporate Devices will reduce latency.
As you know, Microsoft already brings Enrollment Time Grouping in Intune. Set up enrollment time grouping to speed up app and policy provisioning during device enrollment. Enrollment time grouping is supported on devices provisioned via Windows Autopilot device preparation.
Microsoft reveals this Enrollment Time Grouping for Android Enterprise Corporate Devices in Intune using the Microsoft 365 roadmap. This blog post I will help you to know more about enrollment Time Grouping for Android Enterprise Corporate Devices in Intune.
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Microsoft Introducing Enrollment Time Grouping for Android Enterprise Corporate Devices in Intune
As I mentioned above, Enrollment Time Grouping will be rolled out in Enrollment Profile in Intune in January 2025. This feature will be generally available. More details are shown in the table below.
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Feature ID: 408535 |
Added to roadmap: 8/6/2024 |
Last modified: 8/6/2024 |
Product(s): Microsoft Intune |
Cloud instance(s): Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) |
Platform(s): Android |
Release phase(s): General Availability |
- New Intune Setting Disable Location on Android Enterprise Devices
- Best Guide to Deploy Android System Apps to Android Enterprise Devices using Intune
- Understanding Android Management with Intune | Android Enterprise
What is Intune Enrollment Time Grouping?
Enrollment Time Grouping is a simplified form of Windows Autopilot device preparation that deploys Windows devices by delivering consistent configurations, enhancing the overall setup speed, and improving troubleshooting capabilities.
It concerns the pre-defined static device security group used during the Windows Autopilot device preparation process.
Advantages of Enrollment Time Grouping in Intune
Enrollment time grouping focuses on providing an easier method to assign apps, PowerShell scripts, and policies by using direct assignments. It provides many advantages to Intune users. The following are the advantages of Enrollment Time Grouping in Intune.
- Faster Configuration Delivery: Enrollment Time Grouping in Intune provides faster Configuration Delivery. It is done by preassigning devices to a specific Microsoft Intune security group during enrollment. So Post enrollment latency can be avoided with this feature
Efficient Group Assignment: It helps to add the Microsoft Intune security group directly to the enrollment profile. Devices are automatically added to this group during enrollment rather than after.
Intune Device Preparation Policies for Autopilot Enrollment
The following blog post explains the Out-of-box experience settings option for Autopilot in enrollment. You can alter them based on your needs. For more details, see Guide To Configure Windows Autopilot Next Generation Device Preparation Policy With Intune HTMD Blog (anoopcnair.com).
- Block Android Device Manufacturer Enrollment in Intune
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- Monitor Device Enrollment Profile Deployment Report in Intune
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