Windows Push Notification Services (WNS)

WNS enables Microsoft Intune to send toast, tile, badge, and raw updates from Microsoft Intune to MDM-enrolled devices. This provides a mechanism to deliver new updates to your users in a power-efficient and dependable way:

1. Microsoft Intune makes an HTTP POST to the channel URI. This request is made over SSL and contains the necessary headers and the notification payload.
2. WNS responds to indicate that the notification has been received and will be delivered at the next available opportunity.

   WNS does not provide end-to-end confirmation that your notification has been received by the device or application. Microsoft Intune provides this option by showing the status in the Device actions status view on the Overview blade for a specific device:

Figure 9.7 – WNS workflow

There is also an option for an end user to do this from the client side. On the client side, you can do a sync from Company portal...