Saturday, 24 January 2026

Defender for Android personal-profile protection ends in March; device queries need a join update

A Message Center announcement says Microsoft Defender for Android will stop protecting personal profiles on enrolled devices in March 2026, retaining the corporate work-profile focus. The accompanying Advanced Analytics documentation changes also make an actionable query-compatibility correction for Device joins.

• Intune · App management

  Defender for Android ends enrolled personal-profile protection in March

  Microsoft will focus Defender for Android protection on corporate work profiles and end support for enrolled personal profiles by March 2026. The announcement says work profiles and unenrolled devices are not affected.

• Advanced Analytics · Endpoint analytics

  Device Query joins using Device.DeviceId are no longer supported

  Advanced Analytics documentation says queries that join on Device.DeviceId should use on Device instead, or omit the on clause when joining on the Device entity. The update also reinforces using scalar device properties, such as serial number or OS version, in distinct, summarize, and order-by operations.

This period briefing was generated by AI from the tracked Microsoft Learn and Message Center changes.