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Intune compliance and configuration policies

How Intune tells compliance (evaluating a device) from configuration (setting it), the tenant-wide compliance settings, actions for noncompliance, how conflicts are resolved and how to target policy with groups and assignment filters.

Level
Intermediate
Length
About 55 minutes
Contents
3 lessons · final exam
Status
Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
  • Microsoft Intune

Skills you'll practise

  • Distinguish compliance policies from configuration policies and choose the right one for a requirement
  • Configure the tenant-wide compliance policy settings and actions for noncompliance, including a grace period
  • Predict the outcome when compliance and configuration settings conflict, and resolve configuration conflicts
  • Target policies with user or device groups and assignment filters, and explain the trade-offs
  • Explain what happens on Windows when a profile is removed or unassigned

Course outline

  1. 1.Compliance versus configurationLesson · 16 min
  2. 2.Actions for noncompliance and grace periodsLesson · 14 min
  3. 3.Conflicts, targeting and removalLesson · 20 min
  4. 4.Intune compliance and configuration policies: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 15 questions
  5. 5.Intune compliance and configuration policies: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
  6. 6.Final exam7 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

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