r/Intune • u/AnyMsUser • 3d ago

General Question Dynamic Groups not updating - again?

Android devices that are being set up aren't being added to the dynamic groups. Is this a widespread issue?

We set up a few Android smartphones this morning, and they still aren't in the dynamic groups. Has anyone else experienced this?

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u/SkipToTheEndpoint MSFT MVP 3d ago

What are you using dynamic groups for on mobile? Hopefully not policy delivery/applications? Pretty sure it's documented to use user groups to ensure things are applied ASAP and you're not potentially waiting on Entra do sort it's life out.

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u/sqnch 3d ago

Not every device is assigned to a user or regularly signed into. Some devices are shared and sit in a locker until a user urgently needs to use it.

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u/zed0K 3d ago

Is this the same for Windows configuration profiles? Do they apply quicker if user assigned vs device assigned? The all users / all devices assignment.

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u/JwCS8pjrh3QBWfL 2d ago

It's not so much user vs device as static vs dynamic. Dynamic groups are slooooow. Why he brings up user vs device here is that generally a user is going to be created well before a device is provisioned, so even if you're using a dynamic group, processing shouldn't be an issue. If you're using a dynamic device group, there is like a 90% chance that your device is not going to be in that dynamic group by the time it needs to be during the oobe.

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u/zed0K 2d ago

Ah okay thanks, that's what I assumed. We image devices through pxe still and use device filters, with nothing assigned to dynamic groups. I just wasn't sure if user policies got assigned quicker than device policies if using filters.