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Add a Wi-Fi Profile

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Applies to

  • iOS
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11
  • Windows 11 SE

A Wi-Fi profile describes how to connect to your school's network. When you assign the profile to a user or device group, the group can automatically access your school's network from their devices. Profiles eliminate the need for students and teachers to manually connect to the network.

This article describes how to configure Wi-Fi profiles for Windows 10, Windows 11 SE, and iOS devices.

Supported device platforms

Wi-Fi profiles are supported on devices running Windows 10 and Windows 11 SE, and on iOS devices bought through Apple DEP.

Configure your profile

Windows and iOS Wi-Fi configurations vary slightly. Because of the differences, you must create an individual Wi-Fi profile for your school's Windows devices, and an individual one for your school's iOS devices.

Create Windows Wi-Fi profile

  1. Sign in to Intune for Education.
  2. Go to Groups. Select the group that's receiving Wi-Fi.
  3. Go to Windows device settings.
  4. Expand the Network and connectivity category.
  5. Choose + Assign new (Windows) Wi-Fi profile.
  6. Enter the details of your school's wireless network. See Windows Wi-Fi settings in this section to learn more about each field.
  7. Choose Create and assign profile. The profile is added to your Wi-Fi profiles list.
  8. Select the profile to assign it to your group.
  9. Choose Save to save all Windows setting changes.

Create iOS Wi-Fi profile

  1. Sign in to Intune for Education.
  2. Go to Groups. Select the group that's receiving Wi-Fi.
  3. Go to iOS device settings.
  4. Expand the Network and connectivity category.
  5. Choose + Assign new (iOS) Wi-Fi profile.
  6. Enter the details of your school's wireless network. See iOS Wi-Fi settings in this section to learn more about each field.
  7. Choose Create and assign profile. The profile is added to your Wi-Fi profiles list.
  8. Select the profile to assign it to your group.
  9. Choose Save to save all iOS setting changes.

Windows Wi-Fi settings

The following settings are available for devices running Windows 10 or Windows 11 SE.

Setting Description
Profile name Enter a unique name for your profile.
Network name (SSID) Enter a display name for your wireless connection. People will see this name when they browse the list of available networks from their device.
Security type Select the security protocol to use to authenticate to the Wi-Fi network. Intune for Education supports WPA2-Personal and Open. Select Open if you require no password to access your school's network. This type of network is unsecured, meaning anyone can access it.
Password Enter the password for your Wi-Fi network. Password must be 8-63 characters long.
Confirm password Reenter the password for your Wi-Fi network.
Description Briefly describe who the network is for or how it will be used.

iOS Wi-Fi settings

The following settings are available for iOS devices.

Setting Description
Profile name Enter a unique name for your profile.
Network name (SSID) Enter a display name for your wireless connection. People will see this name when they browse the list of available networks from their device.
Security type Select the security protocol to use to authenticate to the Wi-Fi network. Intune for Education supports WPA2-Personal and Open. Select Open if you require no password to access your school's network. This type of network is unsecured, meaning anyone can access it.
Password Enter the password for your Wi-Fi network. Password must be 8-63 characters long.
Confirm password Reenter the password for your Wi-Fi network.
Connect automatically If enabled, assigned devices within range of the network will automatically connect. If not enabled, your students or teachers must manually select the network from the list of available networks.
Hidden network If enabled, your network won't appear to users in the list of available networks. They'll have to manually type in the network name (SSID) to connect to it.
Configure proxy settings When enabled, you can configure proxy settings for your school's network.
Proxy settings Select if you want to manually configure your proxy settings or if you want to enable a proxy script to automatically detect settings.
Proxy server address Type in the IP address of the proxy server. Not applicable if you selected to automatically detect proxy settings.
Proxy number Type in the virtual port number where the proxy is located.
Proxy server URL Type in the server URL you want to use to automatically connect to the proxy server. Not applicable if you selected to manually configure proxy settings.