Microsoft Intune Update Lets IT Admins Control Apple Intelligence Features on iOS and macOS Devices

Microsoft Intune has added a new feature that enables administrators to configure and manage the availability of Apple Intelligence features on Apple devices. The new MDM controls let IT admins customize the usage of these AI-powered capabilities to suit their specific environments.

Apple Intelligence is a suite of advanced features that use AI and machine learning to improve the user experience on iOS, macOS, and iPadOS devices. In its public beta, it includes AI-powered writing tools for emails and documents, as well as photo tools like “Clean Up,” which allows users to remove unwanted parts of an image. Siri also gets several upgrades, enabling more natural and contextual conversations. Currently, Apple Intelligence is available only in U.S. English.

“For Apple managed supervised devices (ADE enrolled iOS/iPadOS and all macOS), Intune supports new settings for Apple Intelligence in the Restrictions payload and Math Settings declaration,” Microsoft explained. “For personal or bring-your-own (BYO) iOS /iPadOS devices there are no MDM provided controls. For customers looking for control on BYO or non-supervised devices, we support Intune MAM controls on both managed and unmanaged devices.”

Microsoft Intune MDM controls for iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices

Microsoft Intune offers a range of configuration controls for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. The list includes Allow Genmoji, Allow Image Playground, Allow Image Wand, Allow Personalized Handwriting Results, Allow Writing Tools, Intelligence (Skip Key), Math Notes Mode, and System Behavior > Math Notes.

For Intune MAM-protected applications on iOS 18.1 and later, Microsoft Intune will manage and control the availability of new Apple Intelligence features as they become available. Currently, the Writing tools is the only Apple Intelligence feature available in MAM protected applications.

Currently, the remaining Apple Intelligence features are only available in system apps like Notes and Calculator’s Math Notes. Microsoft notes that the existing Intune MAM settings will continue to allow users to control and customize how data, including AI-generated content, is shared and used within their managed applications.

Last month, Microsoft introduced zero-day support for Apple’s latest iOS/iPadOS 18.0 and macOS 15.0 Sequoia. The company has updated the Apple settings catalog to support all the new iOS/iPadOS and macOS settings for declarative device management (DDM) and mobile device management (MDM).