Set default app associations via Windows 10 MDM

This blog post will be about setting default app associations, or file type associations, on Windows 10 devices. Starting with Windows 10, version 1703, it’s possible to set the default app associations via Windows 10 MDM. In this post I’ll briefly go through this setting and I’ll show how to configure the setting via Microsoft Intune hybrid and Microsoft Intune standalone. I’ll end this post by showing the end-user experience. Configuration Starting with Windows 10, version 1703, a new setting was introduced that allows an administrator to set the default file type and protocol associations. When set, default associations will be applied on sign-in to the PC. Every sign-in. In other words, the end-user can make adjustments. However, once the end-user signs-out and signs-in again, …

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