The guide preserves the required Managed apps permissions and explains that Application Manager has sufficient permissions and scope tags control administrator visibility.
Configuration Manager version 2603 update checklist is added
Microsoft added an installation checklist for Configuration Manager current branch update 2603. Related changes refresh Android application-management migration, Microsoft Tunnel upgrade, BitLocker encryption, and Intune in-development documentation.
- Configuration Manager version 2603 update checklist is added
Configuration Manager · General
Microsoft published a checklist for installing Configuration Manager update 2603.
- Android application-management migration guidance is updated
Intune · Device enrollment
The Intune documentation for migrating Android devices to application management was revised.
- BitLocker encryption guidance is updated
Intune · Windows
Microsoft updated the Intune documentation for encrypting Windows devices with BitLocker.
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UpdatedThe Delete device action article replaces iOS/iPadOS with Apple mobile while preserving the behavior: Delete triggers Retire for Apple mobile, macOS, and Windows; Android behavior continues to depend on enrollment type.
The MFA article now explicitly lists Android, iOS/iPadOS, macOS, and Windows support and states that users need Microsoft Entra ID P1 or later.
The article restructures requirements for Windows Autopilot device preparation, Android Enterprise, and tvOS/visionOS ADE, including the relevant enrollment-time device membership assignment permissions.
Enable Backup Restore
UpdatedThe backup and restore guide structures requirements for Entra-joined or hybrid-joined devices and supported Windows builds.
Create Bulk Package
UpdatedThe bulk package guide moves Windows support and Microsoft Entra role requirements into a formal Requirements section.
Setup Fully Managed
UpdatedThe guide restructures prerequisites while retaining Android 10+, Google Mobile Services connectivity, regional and device support checks, and the existing tenant setup guidance.
Setup Corporate Work Profile
UpdatedThe guide reformats its requirements while retaining Android 8.0+, Google Mobile Services connectivity, regional Android Enterprise availability, and device-support checks.
Setup Dedicated
UpdatedThe dedicated-device guide restructures requirements while retaining Android 8.0+, Google Mobile Services connectivity, regional availability, and device support checks.
The JIT registration article restructures supported iOS/iPadOS enrollment scenarios and the compliance-policy requirement for JIT remediation.
Setup Personal Work Profile
UpdatedThe guide restructures Android Enterprise availability, tenant connection, and platform support prerequisites into dedicated requirement sections.
Add Corporate Identifiers
UpdatedThe article reformats requirements and explicitly lists Android, iOS/iPadOS, and Windows support plus Policy and Profile Manager or Intune Administrator role requirements.
Connect Managed Google Play
UpdatedThe connection guide now groups country availability, Microsoft Entra account/mailbox, and Intune Administrator or custom organization read/update permissions as requirements.
The AOSP setup guide separates platform, licensing, and tenant requirements and states that specialized-device users need valid licenses.
The userless AOSP guide now separates platform, licensing, and tenant requirements and calls out valid licenses for specialized-device users.
Setup Automated Vision Os
UpdatedThe Vision Pro ADE guide separates device eligibility from Apple Business/School Manager portal, token, and Intune push-certificate requirements.
Setup Direct Macos
UpdatedThe direct macOS enrollment guide explicitly identifies macOS support and retains the requirement to unenroll a Mac from another MDM provider first.
School Manager
UpdatedThe guide restructures Apple School Manager enrollment prerequisites, including supported Apple mobile platforms and portal-based setup.
Device Staging
UpdatedThe device-staging article separates the Android 8+ requirement and supported corporate-owned fully managed and work-profile enrollment methods from its overview.
Setup Automated Ios
UpdatedThe ADE guide now separately identifies new or wiped Apple Business Manager or School Manager devices and the required Apple portal access, token, and MDM push certificate.
Setup Automated Tv Os
UpdatedThe tvOS ADE guide separates eligible new or wiped Apple TV hardware from portal access, active Apple token, and Intune MDM push-certificate requirements.
Setup Corporate Userless
UpdatedThe userless corporate Apple enrollment guide now presents platform support and setup prerequisites in requirement sections.
Setup Account Driven User
UpdatedThe guide explicitly identifies iOS/iPadOS 15+ support; devices on 14.9 and earlier use Company Portal user enrollment.
Setup Automated Macos
UpdatedThe macOS ADE guide now separates device eligibility from tenant requirements, including Apple portal access, a macOS ADE token, and an Intune MDM push certificate.
Setup Configurator Ios
UpdatedThe iOS/iPadOS Configurator guide adds explicit platform and tenant-configuration requirement sections for MDM authority and Apple MDM push certificate.
Setup User Company Portal
UpdatedThe guide identifies support for iOS 13+ and iPadOS 13.1+ and restructures setup requirements.
Attestation
UpdatedThe attestation guide explicitly lists supported Windows 10 and Windows 11 build levels, TPM 2.0+, and physical-device-only support.
The guide lists Android, iOS/iPadOS, macOS, and Windows support and confirms Intune Service Administrator can create, edit, delete, and reprioritize restrictions; custom and other built-in roles are read-only.
Create Platform Restrictions
UpdatedThe guide lists Android, iOS/iPadOS, macOS, and Windows support and confirms Intune Administrator can create, edit, delete, and reprioritize platform restrictions while other built-in roles are read-only.
Setup Notifications
UpdatedThe guide now requires Intune Administrator to create enrollment notifications and calls out Intune branding and customization setup under Tenant administration > Customization.
Setup Web Based Ios
UpdatedThe guide explicitly states iOS/iPadOS 15+ support, with earlier versions automatically using app-based enrollment, and identifies MDM authority and push-certificate prerequisites.
Setup Enrollment Manager
UpdatedThe guide now structures the Intune Administrator requirement separately and documents Update permission for creating or deleting DEM accounts and Read permission for viewing them.
The connector guide now groups Google Admin console and ChromeOS-device-management access with the Intune Service Administrator or equivalent custom-role requirement.
Enroll Package
UpdatedThe education tutorial changes its bulk enrollment token reference from Roles and permissions to the renamed Requirements section.
In Development
UpdatedThe planned Android Managed Home Screen actions to temporarily suspend and restore the launcher were removed from the in-development article.
The in-development article adds planned macOS Wi-Fi MAC-randomization control, iOS/iPadOS 802.1X wired-network profiles, Android Enterprise Bluetooth-sharing control, Apple ADE enrollment-time grouping, and in-place renewal for eligible Cloud PKI issuing CAs.
In Development
UpdatedA planned enhancement will make the Windows Sync device action perform a more comprehensive immediate synchronization across compliance, configuration policies, apps, and scripts instead of waiting for scheduled check-ins.
In Development
UpdatedIntune plans custom macOS compliance checks using scripts and JSON rules, with results displayed alongside standard compliance reporting.
In Development
UpdatedThe planned iOS/iPadOS wired-network profile entry now links to the current wired-networks configuration article instead of a broken path.
Index
UpdatedThe What's New entry adds that the Direct Android LOB feature is gradually rolling out, with full availability expected by mid-May 2026.
In Development
UpdatedThe In development entry for Android Enterprise Bluetooth sharing updates its Settings catalog and Android settings-list links to their current device-configuration locations.
Upgrade
UpdatedThe Microsoft Tunnel upgrade article adds a May 1, 2026 release-notes section for version 20260407.1 and its image hashes.
Encrypt Bitlocker Windows
UpdatedThe BitLocker documentation now identifies pre-boot PIN modification events in Event Viewer: Microsoft-Windows-Bitlocker-API/Management, Bitlocker PIN Modification Task category, Event ID 789.
Microsoft Configuration Manager
10 updatesA new checklist documents installing Configuration Manager current-branch update 2603, including early-ring opt-in, hierarchy and site-system behavior, prerequisites, backup, replication, ADK, and update-installation checks. The update applies to sites on version 2409 or later.
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UpdatedUses “Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set,” “Arm64,” and “nonfunctional” terminology in release notes while retaining the documented 2603 fixes.
Whats New In Version 2603
UpdatedThe 2603 What's New article corrects all installation and post-update checklist links from the 2509 checklist to the new 2603 checklist.
Updates
UpdatedThe supported-versions table now lists Configuration Manager 2603 (5.00.9146.1000), with an early-ring availability date of May 5, 2026 and support through November 5, 2027. Its availability-date note now points to the 2603 checklist.
Release Notes
UpdatedThe release-notes index adds a link to the Configuration Manager 2603 What's New article.
Release Notes
UpdatedThe release-notes page updates its troubleshooting link to the Configuration Manager welcome page.
Updates
UpdatedThe supported-versions page retains its explanation that availability dates refer to early-ring release but removes the hyperlink to the 2603 early-ring checklist section.
Whats New In Version 2603
UpdatedThe 2603 What's New article now says Microsoft SQL Server Management Objects and System CLR Types move from SQL Server 2014 versions to SQL Server 2025 versions (SMO 17), replacing the prior SQL Server 2016 wording.
Whats New In Version 2603
UpdatedThe 2603 What's New article corrects an ARM64 version reference and a troubleshooting URL.
The Configuration Manager 2603 installation checklist removes the SQL Server 2012 Native Client prerequisite section while retaining the SQL ODBC driver requirement.