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Andrew Taylor is an End-User Compute architect with 20 years IT experience across industries and a particular interest in Microsoft Cloud technologies, PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. Andrew graduated with a degree in Business Studies in 2004 from Lancaster University and since then has obtained numerous Microsoft certifications including Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Cybersecurity Architect Expert amongst others. He currently working as an EUC Architect for an IT Company in the United Kingdom, planning and automating the products across the EUC space. Andrew lives on the coast in the North East of England with his wife and two daughters.
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It is important when dealing with Apple devices to keep an eye on the certificate renewal dates and to record them somewhere with a reminder. You could also use Azure Automation to automate the reminders for you. See more at https://andrewstaylor.com/2022/06/07/alerting-when-my-apple-certificates-expire-in-intune-using-azure-automation/.

The MDM push certificate connects your devices to the Intune MDM service. If this one expires, you can contact Apple directly within 30 days of expiry to renew it. If they cannot, or if 30 days have passed, your only option is to wipe and re-enroll all your devices. Yes, this is a full wipe, data destruction, everything.

An enrollment token is used to enroll your devices initially. If this one expires, you must create a new enrollment profile and transfer your devices to it. It is not quite as bad as a wipe, but it can result in the devices looking less healthy within the Intune portal itself.

The Apple VPP certificate is used...

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Published in: Jan 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781805126546

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Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor is an End-User Compute architect with 20 years IT experience across industries and a particular interest in Microsoft Cloud technologies, PowerShell and Microsoft Graph. Andrew graduated with a degree in Business Studies in 2004 from Lancaster University and since then has obtained numerous Microsoft certifications including Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Cybersecurity Architect Expert amongst others. He currently working as an EUC Architect for an IT Company in the United Kingdom, planning and automating the products across the EUC space. Andrew lives on the coast in the North East of England with his wife and two daughters.
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