After the Windows Intune service is upgraded to a new release, you may receive the following error message in the Windows Intune administrator console as the error message relates to the Endpoint Protection agent: Status Cannot obtain the value from the...

Just a few short weeks ago, Microsoft announced that the latest update to the Windows Intune service will be available on October 18 th . Existing customers will be upgraded ahead of that date! This post provides our upgrade schedule, along with highlighting...

The Windows Intune service is performing scheduled maintenance beginning on Monday, September 9 th 2013, at 3:00 PM UTC. The duration of this maintenance is scheduled for eight hours . During this maintenance period, we will be moving a portion of...

In news today, Microsoft announced that on October 18 th , eligible customers will able to download Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and use the latest update to Windows Intune. On the same day, Windows 8.1 will be available to consumers...

Hello everyone, In this blog post I will walk you through the process of deploying modern applications for Windows 8 using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Windows Intune, including step by step documentation with screenshots. Enabling...

Jon Lynn, Windows Intune Service Engineer, recently put together a step-by-step guide on how to set up Windows Phone 8 management for Windows Intune. In this detailed walkthrough, you will get information on: The requirements to set up Windows Phone...

Hello everyone. My name is Frank Novak and I am an Operations Engineer on the Windows Intune Service with the primary focus on supportability of the service. Today I wanted to go through the installation and configuration of the “ Support Tool for...

7/25/2013 UPDATE: We are ready to deploy this update once again. New dates & times are listed below 7/16/2013 UPDATE: We are delaying this deployment at this time. We are currently evaluating a new date & time for this to be deployed and will...

System Center supports management of a wide variety of device types. That includes slate form factor devices like the Microsoft Surface running Windows RT . The recent Wave-D release of the Windows Intune service and the release of System Center 2012...

A few weeks ago, during TechEd North America, we shared exciting information about the upcoming releases of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, and Windows Intune. These products deliver our People-centric IT solution...

During Brad Anderson’s keynote, Brad mentioned one of our customers, Aston Martin and how they use Windows Intune and several other technologies to manage their diverse device environment. Windows Intune is tightly integrated with other Microsoft...

Aston Martin sports cars are synonymous with luxury, heritage, and authentic craftsmanship. Alongside these core values comes passion about the cars the company produces: all models are hand crafted using advanced production techniques and technology...

Hello - The Windows Intune service will undergoing a brief maintenance window that will require 30 minutes of downtime. During this downtime window, you will be unable to access the Windows Intune Administration Console. Maintenance window is scheduled...

As a growing majority of organizations face the need to let their employees choose the devices they want to use for their jobs, IT organizations are looking for ways to enable consumerization without compromising compliance. Helping IT serve users and...

Welcome Windows Intune fans to the start of TechEd North America, 2013! By now we hope that you have had a chance to hear from Microsoft Server and Tools President Satya Nadella on “The Enterprise Era” in this post and video on the new Microsoft...

If you’re a TechEd alumni, you already know the goodness that’s coming your way. If this is your first time, boy, are you in for a real treat! TechEd is the premiere event for IT pros and enterprise developers. At this event, you will connect...

On April 8, Microsoft launched the Windows Intune Partner Gallery . The Gallery will showcase partner created videos that demo the product, talk about the partner business opportunity and showcases customer wins. Videos don’t need to be polished...

On September 5, 2012, Microsoft updated its publicly trusted SSL infrastructure with a new 2,048-bit root (the Baltimore CyberTrust Root) in order to comply with the latest industry standards for minimal key strength certificates. To benefit from this...

This is the third and final post in this series on topics surrounding Windows Intune client updates. The first post covered the overall client update process, and the second post detailed the policy settings and end-user notifications. This post is about...

A brief note to alert you to a new edition of TechNet Radio , this one with a specific focus on Windows Intune. In this edition, I explain to Technical Evangelist Keith Mayer how Windows Intune can be used to manage mobile devices, both through the "standalone...

Existing Windows Intune customers, Today we announced the latest release of the Windows Intune service . We know you’ll love the new features like Windows 8 support, System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 integration and Modern Device Management...

Back in September, we announced our strategy around unified device management , and how the next releases of Windows Intune and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager will deliver on that vision. As part of today’s update to our Cloud OS vision...

This is the second post in a three-part series on topics surrounding Windows Intune client update behavior. The first post covered the overall client update process; this post will detail the available Updates policy settings and what effect these policy...

I’m Aaron Czechowski, a senior program manager on the Windows Intune engineering team. This is the first in a three-part series on topics surrounding Windows Intune client behavior when the Windows Intune team publishes a client update. We’ve...

The next release of Windows Intune brings integration with System Center Configuration Manager (SP1). A new TechNet Radio episode featuring Wally Mead covers mobile device management from SCCM SP1, including the important role played by Windows Intune...