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How to bulk-assign Intune configuration profiles

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How to bulk-assign Intune configuration profiles

How to bulk-assign Intune configuration profiles: assignment groups, filters, All devices vs All users, exclusions, and a Graph script for many profiles.

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Should I assign Intune profiles to users or to devices?

Device-scoped settings (BitLocker, firewall, Wi-Fi, kiosk) go to device groups or All devices with a filter; user-scoped settings (OneDrive Known Folder Move, Office settings, certificates for the user) go to user group…

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What is the difference between Intune filters and dynamic groups?

Dynamic groups are Entra objects evaluated on their own schedule (minutes to hours) and count against the group limit; filters are evaluated by Intune at the moment of policy evaluation, are near-instant, and only narro…

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How many profiles can I assign at once in the Intune portal?

One at a time — the portal has no multi-select assignment. For more than a dozen profiles, either use the Settings catalog to consolidate settings into fewer profiles first, or script the assignments through Microsoft G…

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Step 1: Decide the assignment for each profile

Write it down before touching the portal — a table of profile → include → filter → exclude. Two patterns cover most of it:

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Step 2: Assign in the portal

Intune → Devices → Configuration → the profile → Properties → Assignments → Edit. Under Included groups: Add all devices (or a group), then the Filter link → Include filtered devices in assignment → choose the filter. U…

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Step 3: Script it for many profiles

For each profile, collect its ID from the URL or via Graph, then assign. Settings catalog policies live under configurationPolicies; classic templates under deviceConfigurations. Example for a Settings catalog policy wi…

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Step 4: Force a check-in on pilot devices

Devices → the device → Sync, or Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "PushLaunch" | Start-ScheduledTask on the device. Policy normally applies within the next check-in (roughly every 8 hours for configuration, faster for new enr…

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