The Microsoft Intune service release 2405 (May 2024) gets new features that increase secure productivity and customization. Let’s take a look at these new features and explore how they benefit for your Intune tenant.
Intune updates are released every month and you get to see amazing new features that you can try out in your tenant. What’s important is most of these new features are implemented based on user feedback. So next time when you try out a feature, do let the MS Intune team know about how the feature worked for you.
If your existing Intune tenant is at service release 2404, it make take a few days to update to the latest release. All the new features included with 2405 release will appear only after the tenant is updated to the latest version.
New Features in Intune 2405 Service Release
Let’s look at the new features and improvements that were added to Intune 2405 service release, released in the month of May 2024. For more details on what’s new in Intune 2405, refer to Intune 2405 New Features.
1. New settings available in the macOS settings catalog
In the Intune 2405 service release, two new settings are available in macOS settings catalog. You can find these settings under Devices > Configuration > Create > macOS for platform > Settings catalog for profile type.
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU):
- Microsoft Teams (work or school)
- Microsoft Teams classic
Microsoft Defender > Features:
- Use Data Loss Prevention
- Use System Extensions
2. Device staging for Android Enterprise devices
Starting in service release 2405, Microsoft Intune supports device staging for Android Enterprise devices. You can stage an enrollment profile and complete all related enrollment steps for workers receiving these devices:
- Corporate-owned fully managed devices
- Corporate-owned devices with a work profile
3. End user access to BitLocker Recovery Keys for enrolled Windows devices
From the Company Portal, end users can now view the BitLocker Recovery Key for Windows devices that have been enrolled in Intune. In the unlikely event that an end user locks themselves out of their business computers, this feature can decrease help desk calls.
End users who have enrolled a device can see its recovery key by logging in to the Company Portal and choosing Show recovery key. The MyAccount website, which also lets end customers view recovery keys, is comparable to this experience.
4. New Windows hardware attestation report
In Intune 2405, you get a new version of the Windows hardware attestation report that shows the value of settings attested by Device Health Attestation and Microsoft Azure Attestation for Windows 10/11.
The new Windows hardware attestation report is available in the Intune admin center under Reports > Device Compliance > Reports.
5. Device deletion action in Intune
You can now monitor and track device delete actions in the Device Action report of Intune. You can determine when a device delete action has been triggered, who initiated it, and the status of the action. Status for a device delete action is either completed, pending, or failed.
You can find the report in the Microsoft Intune admin center by selecting Devices > Monitor > Device actions.
6. Optional Feature updates for Windows 11
Starting in Intune service release 2405, the Feature updates can now be made available to end users as Optional updates. This applies to both Windows 10 and Windows 11. End users will see the update in the Windows Update settings page in the same way that it’s shown for consumer devices.
7. Newly available protected apps for Intune
The Microsoft Intune service release 2405 adds the following new protected apps:
- Fellow.app by Fellow Insights Inc
- Unique Moments by Unique AG
8. Enhanced Intune admin center experience
You can now customize your Intune admin center experience by using collapsible navigation and favorites. The left navigation menus in the Microsoft Intune admin center have been updated to support expanding and collapsing each subsection of the menu. In addition, you can set admin center pages as favorites.
