2025.19 Intune News Roundup
The following is a roundup of Intune-related news, tips, and tricks for the 19th week of 2025 to help you stay InTune with Intune! These are sites I found this week that stood out to me and certainly is not comprehensive of everything posted online that week. If you have any resources for me that you would like my to include or even do a longer post on, please reach out on the “Submit a tip” page!
iLAPS on macOS
Intune doesn’t have a great way to manage local admin passwords on macOS devices. Somesh Pathak has a writeup that details a tool called iLAPS that can assist with the management, rotation, and access of these credentials.
(Posted by Somesh Pathak on the MEM LinkedIn page)
Locating Intune Devices with PowerShell
https://www.systanddeploy.com/2021/04/use-powershell-and-ms-graph-to-locate.html
Intune includes the ability to locate a device direction from the UI. In this post, Damien Van Robaeys shares a way to locate a device with PowerShell instead. This could prove useful for any automations you’re looking to integrate location data into.
(Posted by Damien Van Robaeys on the MEM LinkedIn page)
Controlling App Permission in macOS
https://www.techisingam.ch/control-macos-app-permissions-with-pppc-profiles-in-intune
With an increased focus on privacy, users are frequently prompted to grant permissions to use a system resource, such as a webcam or microphone. To help standard users grant access to these resources on macOS, Intune has Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) profiles. Rajeevan Ratnasingam has posted a great writeup on all you need to know about these profiles.
(Posted by Rajeevan Ratnasingam on the MEM LinkedIn page)
Restricting Downloads of Recovery Keys
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7325141191279161345
In this MEM LinkedIn page post, Simon Pauly Kofoed Mose shares a great tip on improving the security behind the storage and retrieval of BitLocker encryption keys. It’s easy to do and will help improve your org’s security posture. Check it out!
Proxy breaking Intune Device Inventory
https://patchmypc.com/how-a-proxy-misconfiguration-broke-the-device-inventory-agent
In another great post by Rudy Ooms on the PMPC blog, Rudy Ooms shares how certain proxy configurations can stop the Device Inventory Agent from sending information back to Intune. This is great to know if your org deploys a proxy to your devices.
10 Intune Troubleshooting Tips
From Paul Cobben we get an excellent writeup on 10 Intune troubleshooting tips that admins should know. Even if you’re a weathered Intune admin, this is an excellent refresher. Definitely check it out!
(Posted by Paul Cobben on the Microsoft Intune Professionals Group LinkedIn page)
Intune Bulk Imaging Discussion
In this r/Intune discussion, users debate over the best way to image devices when refreshing a large number of devices. It’s a great read for different perspective.
Intune Sync Issues and the WAP Push Message Routing Service
In this r/Intune discussion, u/cosmiq_teapot shares a great troubleshooting tip for when you have a device that is no longer syncing with Intune.
