Although Windows 365 is a fully managed VDI solution. It doesn’t mean that things can’t go south. What if you accidentally remove an Entra ID group, linked to a provisioning policy? All the Cloud PCs provisioned by that policy will enter a Grace period. If you don’t take action, those Cloud PCs will be gone forever. This is only one of the example scenarios where it’s easy to enable alerting for within Microsoft Intune.
Alerts
Microsoft provides these alerts by default, and best of all, they are already deployed within your tenant. However, it’s important to note that they are disabled by default.
Luckily like everything with Windows 365, it’s easy to enable this feature.
Activate the Alerts
Navigate to your Intune environment and open Tenant Administration and navigate to Alerts. In here you can open up the alert rules and see which alerts are by default available in your tenant if you meet the following two requirements:
- License: Windows 365 Enterprise
- Role: Intune or Windows 365 administrator
As they are disabled by default, simply enable them by selecting them and pressing on the Play button above.
Once an alert is triggered it will show up in the Alerts tab, and/or will send you an email notification. If you enable the ‘Portal Pop-Up’ option within the alert, it will provide a notification directly within the Intune portal.
Settings
Each alert rule has its own set of settings. You can easily modify the basics, specify the conditions for triggering the alert, set the severity level, enable or disable the rule, and finally, provide an email address for the alerts.
Once you specify the email address at the bottom of the page, you will receive an email notification if the alert is triggered.
Conclusion
Alert Rules for Windows 365 are simple to use but are unfortunately disabled by default. Once enabled, they can significantly enhance your peace of mind. Share in the comments which alerts you’re interested in and any that you feel might be missing.
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