I need clarification from Microsoft regarding the suspicious scheduled task ' MDMMaintenanceTask ': Is that a malicious scheduled task or just a typographical error globally? I would greatly appreciate any comments you may have.

@ EnterpriseArchitect , Thanks for posting in Q&A. Based as I know, the scheduled task "MDMMaintenanceTask" is not a malicious scheduled task. It is a scheduled task when we configure Group Policy setting Enable automatic MDM enrollment using default Microsoft Entra credentials t o do GPO enrollment. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/enroll-a-windows-10-device-automatically-using-group-policy#task-scheduler-app Hope the above information can help. If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment". Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

Suspicious MDMMaintenenceTask scheduled task ?

EnterpriseArchitect 5,516

I need clarification from Microsoft regarding the suspicious scheduled task 'MDMMaintenanceTask':

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Is that a malicious scheduled task or just a typographical error globally?

I would greatly appreciate any comments you may have.

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Crystal-MSFT 50,866 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2023-11-20T02:56:04.0766667+00:00

@EnterpriseArchitect, Thanks for posting in Q&A. Based as I know, the scheduled task "MDMMaintenanceTask" is not a malicious scheduled task. It is a scheduled task when we configure Group Policy setting Enable automatic MDM enrollment using default Microsoft Entra credentials to do GPO enrollment.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/enroll-a-windows-10-device-automatically-using-group-policy#task-scheduler-app

Hope the above information can help.

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EnterpriseArchitect 5,516 Reputation points

2023-11-20T03:22:15.7733333+00:00

Hi @Crystal-MSFT ,
Yes, that does make sense, but when you look into the name closely, the keyword is... incorrect.

Maintenence, instead of the Maintenance.

EnterpriseArchitect 5,516 Reputation points

2023-11-20T03:23:46.1566667+00:00

Can you please confirm how to update it to the correct spelling or this is a known issue or typo from Microsoft ?

https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=Maintenence

See the above.

While this keyword is correctly defined: https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=maintenance

Crystal-MSFT 50,866 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2023-11-20T06:13:25.3+00:00

@EnterpriseArchitect, Thanks for the reply. For the task, I think it is correct because the name the same as the one in our official article. But due to spelling issue, I am not sure, I will try to feedback. You can also open case to double confirm on this:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/get-support
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