Force Intune to reapply Configuration Profiles on Windows devices

New or modified Configuration Profiles apply relatively quickly to Intune managed Windows devices. Unchanged Configuration Profiles, however, are only reapplied/checked once every 8 hours. As an IT admin this delay is way too long when you’re trying to test things.

Forcing “Sync’s” within Company Portal or Windows Settings > Accounts > Access Work or School …. do nothing.

Fortunately, there is a way to force Intune to reapply all Configuration Profiles now, even the unchanged ones:

1. If the Configuration Profile setting(s) you’re looking at are User-based, ensure the target user is logged into the device.
2. Run Task Scheduler as an admin
3. Navigate to Microsoft > Windows > EnterpriseMgmt > {the one GUID folder}
4. Look for a task called “Schedule #3 created by enrollment client” and run it

Wait a few seconds and you’re Configuration Profiles will have reapplied.

As alluded to in Step 1 above, the reapplication will only occur for user sessions that are logged into the device at the time.