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Device categories allow you to easily manage and group devices in Microsoft Intune. Assign a category, such as *sales* or *accounting*, to a device and Intune will automatically add the device to the corresponding Intune device group or Active Directory security group.
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To enable categories in your tenant, you must create a category in the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center and set up a dynamic group for it in Azure AD.
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Device categories allow you to easily manage and group devices in Microsoft Intune. Create a category, such as *sales* or *accounting*, and Intune automaticallys add all devices that fall within that category to the corresponding device group in Intune.
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To enable categories in your tenant, you must create a category in the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center and set up dynamic Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) security groups.
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This article describes how to configure and edit device categories.
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## Configure device categories
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You must be a Global Administrator or Intune Administrator to perform these steps.
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You must be a Global Administrator or Intune Administrator to perform these steps.
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### Step 1: Create device category in Intune
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1. Sign in to the [Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2109431).
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You'll use the device category name when you create Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) security groups in the next step.
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### Step 2: Create Azure Active Directory security groups
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### Step 2: Create Azure AD security groups
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To enable automatic grouping, you must create a dynamic group using attribute-based rules in Azure AD. For instructions, see [Using attributes to create advanced rules](/azure/active-directory/users-groups-roles/groups-dynamic-membership#using-attributes-to-create-rules-for-device-objects) in the Azure AD documentation. Create an advanced rule for your group using the **deviceCategory** attribute and the category name you created in [Step 1](device-group-mapping.md#step-1-create-device category-in-Intune) of this article.
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To enable automatic grouping, you must create a dynamic group using the attribute-based rules in Azure AD. For instructions, see [Using attributes to create advanced rules](/azure/active-directory/users-groups-roles/groups-dynamic-membership#using-attributes-to-create-rules-for-device-objects) in the Azure AD documentation. Create an advanced rule for your group using the **deviceCategory** attribute and the category name you created in step 1. For example, to create a rule that automatically groups devices belonging in the HR category, use the following rule syntax: `device.deviceCategory -eq "HR"`
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For example, to create a rule that automatically groups devices belonging in the HR category, use the following rule syntax: `device.deviceCategory -eq "HR"`
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### View categories of all devices
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Sign in to the [Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2109431) and go to **Devices** > **All devices** for a list of all devices. The **Device category** column shows the category assigned to each device.
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If the **Device category** column isn't visible in the table, select **Columns** and then choose **Category** > **Apply**.
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### Change the category of a device
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When you delete a category, devices assigned to it appear as **Unassigned**.
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### Change the category of a device
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If you edit a category, be sure to update any Azure AD security groups that reference the category in their rules.
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1. Sign in to the [Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2109431).
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2. Select **Devices** > **All devices**.
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## Best practices
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Device categories are supported on devices running Android, iOS/iPadOS, or Windows. People with Windows devices must use the Company Portal website to select their category. Regardless of platform, any device user can sign in to portal.manage.microsoft.com at anytime and go to **My devices** to select a category.
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If a device is already enrolled before you configure categories, the user will receive a notification about the device on the Company Portal website informing them to select a category the next time they access the Company Portal app on iOS/iPadOS or Android.
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You can edit a device category in the Azure portal, but you must manually update any Azure AD security groups that reference this category.
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If you delete a category, devices assigned to it display the category name **Unassigned**.
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If an iOS/iPadOS or Android device is already enrolled before you configure categories, the user will receive a notification about the device on the Company Portal website. The notification informs them that they need to select a category the next time they're in the Company Portal app.
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