New employee laptop not picking up company policies and apps
New laptops need to be enrolled in your device management system. Intune. Before they'll pick up company policies and apps. The computer needs to be on the company network and signed in with the employee's company account. This takes about 10 minutes.
Your company manages laptops through a system like Intune that pushes out policies, apps, and security settings automatically. New devices don't get these until they're enrolled. It's like registering them as company equipment. Enrollment happens when the laptop signs in to the network with a company account, but it needs to complete fully before policies start showing up.
- ✓Check that the laptop is signed in with a company email address, not a personal one
- ✓Check that the laptop is connected to the company network. Either wired Ethernet or company WiFi
- ✓Check that the laptop has been on the network for at least 10 minutes. Enrollment takes time
- ✓Look in Settings to see if it shows Enroll or Managed status
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Skip, I just want a technicianCommon mistakes to avoid
- Assuming the laptop is fine when it's signed in with a personal account. It won't enroll with personal accounts
- Disconnecting from the network before enrollment completes. The process can take 15-20 minutes
- Thinking it's broken because apps don't appear immediately. Policy and app deployment can take 30 minutes after enrollment completes
- Not checking Settings to see the enrollment status before calling IT
Signs you need professional help
- You've waited 20 minutes, the laptop is on the company network, and Settings still shows Unmanaged. The account says Connected but no company apps have appeared after 1 hour. Settings shows an error message next to the work account.
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