Intune MAM is a way to secure the corporate data on a App level. The MAM policy block for different user action, ensure encryption and authentication to the app.

This is a light way of doing the Intune MAM policy – the full MAM functions is still available in the Intune App protection part of Intune.

So the SharePoint administrator can create a Intune MAM policy that applies to all users in the tenant – with out any knowledge to Intune.

This policy only applies to users in your organization who are licensed for Microsoft Intune directly or indirectly trough the Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 or E5 license.


How to create the MAM policy as a SharePoint Admin

Start the OneDrive admin portal https://admin.onedrive.com/

Go to Device access

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Click on Deploy this policy

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Change the settings to match your security requirements

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In a few minutes the policy will show up in Intune App protection console as deployed global to IOS and android platform.

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The 2 apps is OneDrive for IOS and Android – take a look in the target apps inside the policy

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In the OneDrive mobile policy – Policy settings

You can see the detailed settings that was set in the Onedrive admin portal

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If the policy is disabled in OneDrive admin portal again

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The policy is still visible as a Intune App protection policy – but the One Drive App is removed.

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If the settings is grayed out like this – it is because the SharePoint Admin user do not have a Intune licens assigned.

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