Enroll personally-owned (BYOD) Windows 10 devices to Microsoft Intune
In this article we will learn how to enroll personally owned Windows 10 devices using self-enrollment method. I will practically demonstrate you how an end user can enroll a personally-owned (BYOD) Windows 10 machine and we will check the status of the device post enrollment.
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To learn more about how to enroll personally owned Windows 10 devices to Microsoft Intune, please watch this video on our YouTube channel.
What is personally owned BYOD (Bring your own devices) device
A personally owned BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) device is a computing device such as a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or other personal technology that an individual brings to their workplace or uses for work-related tasks. These devices are not provided by the employer but are instead the property of the employee or user.
What is self-enrollment method in Intune
In nutshell, self-enrollment method is where users can self-enroll their devices. As an administrator you can share instructions to the users like, how to enroll a device and users can follow those instructions to enroll their devices. This type of enrollment is called Self-Enrollment Method.
Prerequisites for device enrollment
Before you enroll a device to Microsoft Intune, the user account that user will be using to enroll a particular device should have Intune supported license assigned.
For this demo I will be using an account with name Bob Ross that has Enterprise Mobility + Security E5 license assigned.
How to enroll personally owned Windows 10 devices
To enroll a personally owned Windows 10 device, you will go to Settings > Account > Access work or school and click Connect.
And enter your user principal name and password of Microsoft 365 account that has Intune supported license assigned and click Next. In my case these credentials will be for Bob Ross account.
If your organization has configured Terms and Conditions in Intune portal, then you will be prompted to accept them before you can enroll the device.
After all the prompts, you will get below screen that confirms your device is enrolled with Intune portal.
How to verify Intune enrollment
When you join/register a device with Azure AD, you see Disconnect option in settings under Work or school account. But when a device is enrolled with Intune, you will see Info option as well. So if you see Info that means, this device is enrolled with Microsoft Intune.
The other way to verify enrollment is, you can run DSREGCMD /STATUS command in command prompt. In below images you can see the device is registered with Azure AD and you can see MDM URLs that indicates the device is enrolled with Intune.
I hope this article helped you to enroll personally owned Windows 10 devices to Microsoft Intune.
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