What’s new in Microsoft Intune – February 2025

Microsoft has released its latest monthly recap, highlighting new features and enhancements for Microsoft Intune. This update brings significant improvements to the Managed Home Screen (MHS) application, enhancing device management and user experience.

The Managed Home Screen (MHS) app is an Android tool used in corporate environments to control and customize the user interface on company-owned devices. It helps to ensure that only approved apps and settings are accessible. This app enables IT administrators to manage and secure devices by providing a streamlined and restricted user experience.

The latest update allows Microsoft Intune admins to set up shared devices to use a QR code authentication method for signing into the Managed Home Screen (MHS) app. Microsoft Intune admins can also allow users to choose a device ringtone under Managed Home Screen settings.

Administrators can now view more comprehensive details about devices. In addition to the device’s make, model, serial number, and IP addresses, they can also see the Android OS version, security patch version, and the last time the device was rebooted. This information helps in better managing and troubleshooting devices.

Device query for multiple devices generally available in Microsoft Intune

Microsoft has also announced the general availability of the device query for multiple Windows devices feature in Microsoft Intune. This means that IT admins can now run queries across multiple devices simultaneously. Specifically, they can efficiently evaluate device configurations across a large number of devices by writing Kusto queries against Windows enhanced device inventory data.

Additionally, this feature allows administrators to identify trends and anomalies across multiple devices to speed up the decision making process. Administrators can now view data for all devices within their fleet simultaneously, which should eliminate the need to investigate each device individually.

Last but not least, Microsoft plans to bring the Intune Endpoint Privilege Management capability to Windows 11 Arm-based PCs. This feature allows administrators to perform tasks requiring elevated privileges without needing full administrator rights.