How to Change Intune MDM Authority Office 365 MDM Authority to SCCM or Intune Endpoint Manager? SCCM option is not available for MDM authority?
First of all, what is MDM authority? The MDM authority helps us define a management service that has permission to manage a set of devices (like Windows, iOS, Android, and MAC OS). There is 3 type of MDM authority options (arguably).
The MDM authority options:-
How to Change Intune MDM Authority Office 365 MDM Authority to SCCM or Intune Endpoint Manager?
1. Intune by itself
2. SCCM/ConfigMgr with Intune
3. Office 365 with Intune.
How to Change Intune MDM Authority Office 365 MDM Authority?
Once you set Configuration Manager/SCCM as the Mobile Device Management authority, then no other service (arguably – Intune, Office 365) can be used to manage mobile devices. Changing mobile device management authority is always confusing and complex for IT admins.
Resetting Intune and ConfigMgr/SCCM, mobile device management authority, can not be done without Microsoft CSS help. However, Changing Mobile Device Management Authority from Office 365 to Intune is straightforward, as you can see in the Intune console below.
We don’t have to call Microsoft CSS to reset MDM authority from Office 365 (O365) to Intune. Also, we don’t need to re-enroll (already enrolled ones to O365) if you are resetting MDM authority from Office 365 to Intune.
In another scenario, when you want to reset MDM authority from Office365 to ConfigMgr/SCCM, you need to get help from Microsoft CSS/Premier support or raise a service request from Intune portal. In this scenario, we need to re-enroll the mobile devices.
Conclusion:- How to Change Intune MDM Authority?
Changing MDM authority from Office365 to Intune – You can do it from Intune console, and no need for enrolment of devices. How to Change Intune MDM Authority Office 365 MDM Authority to SCCM or Intune Endpoint Manager?
Changing MDM authority from Office365 to SCCM – Raise a service request/premium ticket with Microsoft. We should remove all the data from Intune tenant, including applications, devices, users, etc. Devices need to be enrolled.
How to Change Intune MDM Authority Office 365 MDM Authority to SCCM or Intune Endpoint Manager?
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Anoop is Microsoft MVP! He is a Solution Architect in enterprise client management with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. E writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc…