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When you use Windows Autopilot to provision a device, it first joins Microsoft Entra and enrolls in Microsoft Intune. Previously, if the intended end-state of the device was co-management, the experience was difficult because the installation of the Configuration Manager client as a Win32 app introduces component timing and policy delays.

Now you can configure co-management settings in Intune, which happens during the Autopilot process. This behavior directs the workload authority in an orchestrated manner between Configuration Manager and Intune. This feature and its functionality are referred to as Autopilot into co-management.

Note

While it is still possible to enable co-management on Windows devices during Autopilot without the Autopilot into co-management feature, the documentation, guidance, and requirements below are specific to this feature alone and do not apply specifically to any other method.

You no longer need to create and assign an Intune app to install the Configuration Manager client. The Intune co-management settings policy automatically installs the Configuration Manager client as a first-party app. The device gets the client content from the Configuration Manager cloud management gateway (CMG), so you don't need to provide and manage the client content in Intune. You do still specify the command-line parameters. This parameter can optionally include the PROVISIONTS property to specify a task sequence.

If the device is targeted with an Autopilot enrollment status page (ESP) policy, the device waits for Configuration Manager client to be installed. The Configuration Manager client installs, registers with the site, and applies the production co-management policy. Then the Autopilot ESP continues.

Scenarios

The following scenarios are several common ones that this feature supports:

  • Use the Microsoft Intune family of products to configure devices to your organizational standards. You want to combine modern provisioning with Autopilot, cloud-attached management with co-management, and existing investments in Configuration Manager task sequences and app deployments.

  • Install apps in a specific sequence during the Autopilot enrollment status page process.

  • Override the co-management policy and use Intune for all workloads. You want devices to get all policies from Intune, but still have the Configuration Manager client for emergency use.

Process

When you use this policy, the following actions happen on the device during Autopilot provisioning:

  1. When the device enrolls into Intune, the service checks if the device is assigned a co-management settings policy.

  2. During the Device preparation phase of the enrollment status page, the service configures the following information on the device:

    • It provides an enrollment status page policy, which configures Configuration Manager as a policy provider.

    • It sets the management authority on the device based on the co-management settings policy:

      • Intune: The process continues with those policies.

      • Configuration Manager: The service doesn't apply Intune policies. It waits for policy from Configuration Manager to determine the workload configuration.

    • If co-management settings policy is set to automatically install Configuration Manager client, then the device downloads the CCMSetup.msi bootstrap file from the Intune service, which it runs with the specified command-line parameters. These parameters specify the location of the CMG, which it uses to download the client installation content. This content is the site's production client version hosted on the CMG.

      Note

      This step can take time depending on the network and device performance, while it downloads the content and installs. The enrollment status page will stay on the step for Preparing your device for mobile management. For more information, see the Troubleshooting section.

    • Once it successfully installs, the client's normal behavior begins. It communicates through the CMG, registers with the site, and then requests policy.

  3. During the Device setup phase of the enrollment status page:

    • If the client installation command line includes the PROVISIONTS parameter, the client runs that task sequence.

    • The enrollment status page tracks the task sequence in the Apps category.

    • If necessary, the task sequence can restart the device and return to the enrollment status page afterwards.

    • Once the task sequence successfully completes, the Autopilot provisioning process continues on the enrollment status page.

      Enrollment status page, Device Setup complete.

Note

There's no integration during the Account setup phase of the enrollment status page.

Requirements

The following components are required to support Autopilot into co-management:

  • Windows devices running one of the following versions:

    • Windows 11

Note

For Windows 11 devices, if a device has not been targeted with a co-management settings policy, the management authority will be set to Intune, during the Autopilot process. Installing Configuration Manager client as Win32 app does not change management authority to Configuration Manager and thus Intune will continue to manage all the co-management workloads. To mitigate this, you must create a co-management settings policy and set automatically install the Configuration Manager client to No and in Advanced settings, keep default settings for Override co-management policy and use Intune for all workloads.

Recommendations

Use these recommendations for a more successful deployment:

  • When you run a task sequence after client installation, don't include many application installations. Many apps can delay the process, and risk timeout for the enrollment status page. For a better user experience, only include critical apps that are needed immediately. Install other apps through separate deployments or user self-service.

    Note

    The default timeout for the enrollment status page is 60 minutes. You can adjust this value in that policy, if needed, but a faster process may provide a better user experience.

  • Don't use this process with other policy providers like the Intune management extension, which can cause conflicts. Each provider isn't currently aware of others. Either use the co-management policy for the Configuration Manager provider, or use the Intune management extension provider, not both.

    • If you need to install apps in a specific order, use the co-management policy. Run a task sequence to install the apps.

    • If the installation order of apps doesn't matter to you, you can use either provider.

Limitations

Autopilot into co-management currently doesn't support the following functionality:

  • Microsoft Entra hybrid joined devices - If the device is targeted with co-management settings policy, in Microsoft Entra hybrid join scenario, the autopilot provisioning times out during ESP phase.

Note

For Windows 11 devices in Microsoft Entra hybrid joined scenario, the management authority will be set to Intune, during the Autopilot process. Installing Configuration Manager client as Win32 app does not change management authority to Configuration Manager and thus Intune will continue to manage all the co-management workloads. To mitigate this, along with Configuration Manager client installation, registry value ConfigInfo in registry path HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DeviceManageabilityCSP\Provider\MS DM Server must be set to 2 which will set the management authority as Configuration Manager.

  • Autopilot pre-provisioning.

  • Workloads switched to Pilot Intune with pilot collections. This functionality is dependent upon collection evaluation, which doesn't happen until after the client is installed and registered. Since the client won't get the correct policy until later in the Autopilot process, it can cause indeterminate behaviors.

  • Clients that authenticate with PKI certificates. You can't provision the certificate on the device before the Configuration Manager client installs and needs to authenticate to the CMG. Microsoft Entra ID is recommended for client authentication. For more information, see Plan for CMG client authentication: Microsoft Entra ID.

Configure

Use the following process to configure the co-management policy in Intune:

  1. Go to the Microsoft Intune admin center.

  2. Select the Devices menu, select Enroll devices, and then select Windows enrollment.

  3. Select Co-management settings, and then select Create.

  4. On the Basics page, specify a Name for the policy, and an optional description.

  5. On the Settings page, select Yes to automatically install the Configuration Manager client.

  6. Specify the client installation command-line parameters. You can copy these parameters from the Enablement tab of the cloud attach properties in the Configuration Manager console. For more information and specific command-line parameters, see Get the command line from Configuration Manager.

    Co-management settings in Microsoft Intune.

  7. On the Assignments page, select a target device group. For more information, see Assign user and device profiles in Microsoft Intune.

  8. On the Review + create page, review the settings and create the policy.

Note

If you assign more than one policy to a device, Intune pre-computes which policy it serves to the device. The Co-management authority pane in the Microsoft Intune admin center lists the policy settings. Set the priority of each setting to help determine which policy a device receives when you assign more than one.

Advanced settings

By default, the device waits for and uses the workload assignments from the Configuration Manager co-management policy. In the Advanced area of this policy, you can select Yes to override the co-management policy and use Intune for all workloads. Use this option for devices that are primarily cloud-managed with Intune policies, but you need the Configuration Manager client for certain apps. Even when Intune is the authority for the Client apps workload, a co-managed device can still get apps from Configuration Manager. For more information, see Workloads: Client apps and Use the Company Portal app on co-managed devices.

Warning

Don't change this setting after device provisioning. It will apply to existing devices in the assigned group, not just new devices running the Autopilot process. Because of policy synchronization timing, the behavior of the policy change is non-deterministic, thus should be avoided.

Troubleshoot

The first step when you troubleshoot issues with this process is to make sure that you're using Autopilot into co-management in a supported scenario. For more information, see Requirements.

Next, collect logs. Press Shift + F10 during the Autopilot out-of-box experience (OOBE) to open a command prompt. Then run the MDM diagnostics tool, for example: %windir%\system32\mdmdiagnosticstool.exe -area Autopilot;DeviceEnrollment -cab %temp%\autopilot-logs.cab

Note

This tool doesn't collect Configuration Manager CCMSetup and client logs. Manually gather them from the device. By default, these logs are in the following directories:

  • %windir%\ccmsetup\Logs
  • %windir\CCM\Logs

Investigate how the enrollment status page failed while waiting for Configuration Manager. There are two possible situations:

Tip

For more information on troubleshooting Autopilot, see Troubleshooting overview.

The client installation doesn't complete

The enrollment status page tracks the client installation during the Device preparation phase while Preparing your device for mobile management. If you see the error code 0x800705b4 during this phase, it timed out while trying to install the client. The enrollment status page default timeout is 60 minutes.

Autopilot enrollment status page, Device Preparation error 800705b4.

  1. In the autopilot-logs.cab file from the diagnostic tool, find the Shell-Core logs. You may see an entry similar to the following event:

    [ETW] [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Core] [Informational] - CloudExperienceHost Web App Event 2. Name:
'CommercialOOBE_ESPDevicePreparation_PolicyProvidersInstallation_TimedOut', Value: '{"message":
"BootstrapStatus: Timed out waiting for all policy providers to provide a list of policies.","errorCode":2147943860}'.

  2. Check the installation state for the client in the Windows Registry. Use the following Windows PowerShell command to query this state:

    $key = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot\EnrollmentStatusTracking\Device\DevicePreparation\PolicyProviders\ConfigMgr'
Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path $key -Name InstallationState

    If this registry value is set, it can be one of the following possible values:

    • 1: Not installed
    • 2: Not required
    • 3: Complete
    • 4: Error

  3. If the installation state isn't complete (3), investigate further depending upon the installation state:

    • The default value of the installation state for a registered policy provider is 1. This state means that the CCMSetup.msi bootstrap installer didn't download from the service or it didn't start installing.

    • If the installation state is 4, review the client logs to determine why CCMSetup failed.

  4. Make sure the device is receiving CCMSetup.msi from Intune and the full client installation content from the CMG.

  5. Look in %windir%\ccmsetup for the installation and log files.

  6. Examine %windir%\ccmsetup\Logs\ccmsetup.log for possible failures.

The task sequence doesn't complete

The enrollment status page tracks the task sequence as an app during the Device setup phase. If the task sequence doesn't complete successfully, the Device setup section shows an error for Apps.

Autopilot enrollment status page, Device Setup error for Apps.

  1. In the autopilot-logs.cab file from the diagnostic tool, find the Shell-Core logs. You may see an entry similar to the following event:

    [ETW] [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Core] [Informational] - CloudExperienceHost Web App Event 2. Name:
'CommercialOOBE_BootstrapStatusCategory_SubcategoryProcessing_Failed', Value: '{"message":
"BootstrapStatus: Subcategory ID = DeviceSetup.AppsSubcategory; state = failed.","errorCode":0}'.

  2. Get the task sequence log. By default, this log file is at the following path: %windir%\CCM\Logs\SMSTS\smsts.log

  3. Check the installation state for the task sequence in the Windows Registry. Use the following Windows PowerShell command to query this state:

    $key = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Autopilot\EnrollmentStatusTracking\Device\Setup\Apps\Tracking\ConfigMgr\Provisioning_TS'
Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path $key -Name InstallationState

    If this registry value is set, it can be one of the following possible values:

    • 1: Not installed
    • 2: In progress
    • 3: Complete
    • 4: Error

  4. If the installation state isn't complete (3), examine the task sequence log for details depending upon the installation state:

    • If the installation state is 1 or 2, see if the task sequence was still running when the enrollment status page timed out. By default, this timeout is 60 minutes.

      • Look more closely at the steps of the task sequence, if one step took longer than anticipated. Remove long-running steps, or reduce the number of steps in the task sequence.

      • Alternatively, increase the timeout value for the enrollment status page policy.

    • If the installation state is 4, review the task sequence log to determine why it failed.

Next steps

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