When Intune has no built-in setting for what you need, this kind of profile fills the gap: Windows and Android take OMA-URI entries, while Apple devices take a file made in Apple Configurator.
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Terms in this definition
- Intune
Microsoft's device management service, once branded Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Its compliance policies are what the compliant-device grant in Conditional Access relies on.
- Gap
What differs between one state and another; usually this means the difference from the baseline architecture to the target one.
- OMA-URI
When Intune has no built-in option for a setting, a custom profile can reach it by this path to the relevant Windows configuration service provider setting.
- Apple Configurator
Lets a Mac enrol iPhones and iPads connected by USB, in one of two ways. Setup Assistant enrolment needs serial numbers and wipes the device; direct enrolment leaves it intact but can't be used where a device has user affinity.
Related terms
- CSP
The interface through which Windows device settings are read, changed, set or removed. Intune and other MDM services send these settings in SyncML, and a custom profile reaches them by OMA-URI.