Managing the usage of personal Microsoft accounts in the OneDrive app

This week is all around managing and containing the usage of personal accounts with the OneDrive app on managed Windows devices. That is definitely not something new, but a recent change in notifications did trigger this post around the usage of personal accounts. Actually, it all started with an item on the public roadmap (490064). That roadmap item is about a new feature that will prompt users for using their personal Microsoft accounts with the OneDrive app, but only when a personal account is already signed in on the device. Of course, one might wonder if that’s a really good approach, but especially the latter part is important; the user will only be prompted when a personal account is already signed in on the device. …

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Using device clean-up rules in Microsoft Intune

This week is a relatively short post about the updated device clean-up rules in Microsoft Intune. There can be many reasons why it is important to clean-up devices in Microsoft Intune (and Microsoft Entra). That can be security related by preventing access to resources, that can be cost savings by preventing device licenses from being used, and that can often even be as simple as preventing clutter in the Microsoft Intune admin center portal and keeping reports accurate. The standard functionality within Microsoft Intune to automatically clean-up devices, got a nice update with the latest service release (2507). It is now possible to create device clean-up rules per platform. And, with that, differentiate per platform. The main concept remains the same. Device clean-up rules are …

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