Skype for Business appearence in Windows 11 24H2 professional

Question

Today I got a very annoying suprise, that our customer's Intune Autopilot deployment configuration contains Skype for Business.

The configuration is:

• Intune deployment
• Windows 24H2 Professional/Business license
• Office 365 montly-channel

The problem with attempt of removing this automatically is;

• Skype is not registered as modern app, so get-appxpackage * *skype ** gives me nothing
• Skype is not registered as a program in Control Panel's Programs and Features nor Apps->Installed apps
• Skype shortcut points to Office folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\lync.exe

In another enviroment where I have Windows 11 24H2 Enterprise and Office 365 semi-annual channel, I don't see this problem. I haven't tried yet, but I am thinking to change Office channel to semi-annual channel in this enviroment, not sure will it help

Answer 1

I finally worked it out. The final solution is to have Office product matched with M365 user license, when Intune is licensed via M365 Business Premium, the Office package must be set to;

<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">

Answer 2

@Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko, Thanks for the update. I am glad the issue is resolved. Here, please let me write a brief summary for our issue to help others quickly find this solution:

Issue:

Skype for Business appearance in Windows 11 24H2 professional although it isn't selected to be deployed via Microsoft 365 app.

Resolution:

Have a nice day!

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