New Training: Configure Device Profiles

In this 5-video skill, CBT Nuggets trainer James Conrad shows you how to implement, manage, and plan device profiles. Watch this new Windows 10 training.

Learn Windows 10 with one of these courses:

• Managing Modern Desktops

• Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate

This training includes:

• 5 videos

• 52 minutes of training

You’ll learn these topics in this skill:

• Device Profiles Overview

• Configuration Profiles and Applicability Rules

• Run a Device PowerShell Script

• Configure OMA-URI Settings

• Configure a Kiosk

What is a Device Profile?

Device profiles in a Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune) context apply rules to a device. These rules most closely resemble policies from a Group Policy Object (GPO). Device Profiles specifically use Device Configuration Profiles (DCP). DCPs and GPOs can determine virtually every aspect of what a user can do on a computer. Unfortunately, there is not a one-to-one correlation between on premises GPO settings and Intune Device profiles. A Configuration Profile includes many of the same available settings as those that appear in a GPO. However, there are over 4,000 GPO settings and only a few hundred Configuration Profile settings.

Because admins might require a GPO-like setting that is not directly available in a Configuration Profile, they might require one or two workarounds to apply settings. First, admins can create a PowerShell script that contains the instructions they want to apply to the devices. This can then be run in a configuration profile. Second, they can configure an OMA-URI setting. These settings may require more research and effort, but it's a way to import ADMX-based GPO settings into a Configuration Profile.