Is there a way to remove admin rights from mac devices using intune?

Question

Hello all,

I was wondering if there is a way to remove admin rights from mac users's devices enrolled in our intune,

I know there is no function to do so but is there a script i can push with intune agent?

Thank you

Answer 1

@Ammar Esmaeel Thanks for posting in our Q&A.

Honestly, I'm not familiar with scripts on Mac. For this issue, I have done a lot of research and I found that someone has shared a script to remove admin right on Mac. Please refer to the following links:

https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-nation/script-to-remove-admin-right-on-mac/m-p/260730

https://www.hexnode.com/mobile-device-management/help/script-to-revoke-give-admin-rights-to-standard-user-in-mac/

Note: Non-Microsoft link, just for the reference.

Hope it will help.

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Answer 2

What I understand with the whole onboarding journey is:

1. You install the device MAC or Windows doesnt matter and the device asks for an intial user
2. the first user created is always admin (local or works/school user - doesnt matter)
3. you do the onboarding to intune is (either during installation or manually - doesnt matter)
4. you have to create a second user (work/school user) with standard user rights
   1. this is the user that the person is supposed to use

So in this flow, the first user facilitating the onboarding cannot be the real user. Either you use a local user with username/password you keep secure or you use a Device Enrolment Manager account.

Then you create the second account as standard user.

I hope my approach is meaningful.

Thanks.

Answer 3

I wrote a script for dealing with Admin on MacOS for Intune without using any third-party tools (JAMF or whatever):

https://github.com/alexhatzo/Intune-MacOS-Admins

Enjoy