Remove-DeviceConfigurationPolicy
This cmdlet is available only in Security & Compliance PowerShell. For more information, see Security & Compliance PowerShell.
Use the Remove-DeviceConfigurationPolicy cmdlet to remove mobile device configuration policies from Basic Mobility and Security in Microsoft 365.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.
Syntax
Remove-DeviceConfigurationPolicy
[-Identity] <PolicyIdParameter>
[-Confirm]
[-WhatIf]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The cmdlets in Basic Mobility and Security are described in the following list:
- DeviceTenantPolicy and DeviceTenantRule cmdlets: A policy that defines whether to block or allow mobile device access to Exchange Online email by unsupported devices that use Exchange ActiveSync only. This setting applies to all users in your organization. Both allow and block scenarios allow reporting for unsupported devices, and you can specify exceptions to the policy based on security groups.
- DeviceConditionalAccessPolicy and DeviceConditionalAccessRule cmdlets: Policies that control mobile device access to Microsoft 365 for supported devices. These policies are applied to security groups. Unsupported devices are not allowed to enroll in Basic Mobility and Security.
- DeviceConfigurationPolicy and DeviceConfigurationRule cmdlets: Policies that control mobile device settings for supported devices. These policies are applied to security groups.
- Get-DevicePolicy: Returns all Basic Mobility and Security policies regardless of type (DeviceTenantPolicy, DeviceConditionalAccessPolicy or DeviceConfigurationPolicy).
For more information about Basic Mobility and Security, see Overview of Basic Mobility and Security for Microsoft 365.
To use this cmdlet in Security & Compliance PowerShell, you need to be assigned permissions. For more information, see Permissions in the Microsoft Defender portal or Permissions in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
Examples
Example 1
Remove-DeviceConfigurationPolicy -Identity "Engineering Group"This example removes the mobile device configuration policy named Engineering Group.
Parameters
-Confirm
The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on if the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.
- Destructive cmdlets (for example, Remove-* cmdlets) have a built-in pause that forces you to acknowledge the command before proceeding. For these cmdlets, you can skip the confirmation prompt by using this exact syntax:
-Confirm:$false. - Most other cmdlets (for example, New-* and Set-* cmdlets) don't have a built-in pause. For these cmdlets, specifying the Confirm switch without a value introduces a pause that forces you acknowledge the command before proceeding.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-Identity
The Identity parameter specifies the mobile device configuration policy that you want to remove. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the policy. For example:
- Name
- Distinguished name (DN)
- GUID
| Type: | PolicyIdParameter |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |
-WhatIf
The WhatIf switch doesn't work in Security & Compliance PowerShell.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Security & Compliance |