More differentiation options for device health attestation

This week a short blog post, as it’s written during my vacation, about the new differentiation options in device health attestation for compliance policies. This post is basically an addition to my post about conditional access and health attestation. Back then, a compliance policy could only check for the overall health status reported by the Health Attestation Service. That is changed now. Now it’s possible to differentiate between the different data points of the Health Attestation Service. In this post I’ll briefly go through these new configuration options for Microsoft Intune hybrid and Microsoft Intune standalone.

Configuration

Now let’s have a look at the new configuration options for the differentiation between the different data points of the Health Attestation Service. Below are the configuration guidelines for Microsoft Intune hybrid and Microsoft Intune standalone. The guidelines for Microsoft Intune hybrid require Configuration Manager 1706, or later, and both guidelines also contain the configurable data points.

Environment Configuration guidelines
Microsoft Intune hybrid HAS_HybridThe configuration in Microsoft Intune hybrid can be performed by starting the Create Compliance Policy Wizard in the Configuration Manager administration console. Make sure to select Compliance rules for devices managed without Configuration Manager client on the General page and to select Windows 10 on the Supported Platforms page. Now select New on the Rules page and the condition Reported as healthy by Health Attestation Service can be added. After selecting the condition it’s possible to configure the required status per data point. This includes BitLocker, Secure Boot, Code Integrity and Early Launch Anti-Malware (ELAM).

Microsoft Intune standalone (Azure portal)

HAS_StandaloneThe configuration in Microsoft Intune standalone, in the Azure portal, can be performed by creating a Device compliance policy. Create a new policy, select Windows 10 and later as Platform and select Settings > Device Health. This enables the configuration of the the required status per data point of the Health Attestation Service. This includes BitLocker, Secure Boot and Code Integrity.

Note: This enables new scenarios in which it’s possible to not require BitLocker on VMs, or in which it’s possible to not require ELAM due to it’s quirks with hibernation.

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