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Creating non persistent Workstation OS with Intune settings?

EnterpriseArchitect 5,516 Reputation points
2024-12-02T05:42:49.2266667+00:00

I am working on configuring newly set up Windows 10 and 11 computers to join an existing Active Directory domain. These computers have Microsoft Office and custom applications installed, and I want to ensure that they can be refreshed or reset to the same state as prepared by the IT team.

In summary, it will be non-persistent after the last user logs out. The computer will be reset, ensuring that no files are saved on it.

This device is Hybrid Joined AD DS and Itnune enrolled/managed as well.

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  1. Crystal-MSFT 50,676 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-12-03T01:28:01.5966667+00:00

    @EnterpriseArchitect , Thanks for posting in Q&A. For your request, you can consider configuring windows 10 shared multi-user device and set "Account management" to automatically delete the user account information from the device when the user sign off.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/configuration/shared-user-device-settings-windows

    Hope the above information can help.

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  1. Crystal-MSFT 50,676 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-12-03T07:25:40.31+00:00

    @EnterpriseArchitect, Thanks for your reply. Based on my testing, the file put under C:\ will not be deleted after the user login off.

    After researching more, I find a feature named Unified Write Filter (UWF) which can remove all the user data after it restarts may meet your requirement. You can enable it and set protection on C drive or D drive to avoid any change on the drive.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise/customize/unified-write-filter

    Hope it can help.

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