

This will include both new and existing App Store/LOB apps sent with and without VPP that are being added to Intune and targeted to users and devices. Stay tuned to What’s new in Microsoft Intune for the release announcement.Īdmins will have the option to no longer back up managed App Store apps and line-of-business (LOB) apps on iOS/iPadOS and managed App Store apps on macOS devices (macOS LOB apps won’t support this feature), for both user and device licensed VPP/non-VPP apps. This new setting is expected to release with the April (2304) service-side release. This includes both supervised and non-supervised devices. To fix these issues and improve the user experience, Intune will be adding a new setting that will allow admins to prevent the iCloud backup of certain managed applications (apps) on all iOS/iPadOS and macOS devices. We're aware that customers have run into issues with the current backup and restore behavior for their iOS/iPadOS and macOS devices, such as apps not downloading. The content below has been updated with these changes. This will be available to both supervised and non-supervised devices for iOS/iPadOS and macOS.

This change will not happen automatically, admins will be able to enable a new setting to prevent the iCloud backup of managed apps. Updated 01/23/23: Based on the feedback we’ve received, there are some slight changes to when and how we rollout this change.
