The error output of a script. When a Win32 app detection script sends any text there, Intune considers the app absent.
Also called standard error.
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Terms in this definition
- Win32 app
Windows installers wrapped up as .intunewin files; Intune deploys them and its Management Extension handles installation.
- 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.
- App protection policy
A set of Intune rules on managed apps that safeguards organisational data, for example by demanding a PIN or preventing copy-paste and save-as into personal apps. It works whether or not the device is enrolled.
Related terms
- ContainerLogV2
Table in Log Analytics holding the stdout and stderr output that Container insights collects from containers, with columns including PodNamespace, PodName and ContainerName. Its predecessor, ContainerLog, lost support on 30 September 2026 and no longer receives data.
- Driver logs
Standard output, standard error and Log4j output from the driver,
printstatements included. Secrets are not redacted from them, so by default access is restricted.