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By Wayne Bennett – Sr Program Manager | Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Intune
Using Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Microsoft Intune to set your company’s terms and conditions meets the requirements of many organizations. However, the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) terms of use feature offers greater functionality— including terms of use in different languages and integration with Conditional Access in the form of grant controls. You can learn more about the differences between the two solutions in this blog post.
If you’ve configured the Azure AD terms of use solution and set a grant control to require users to accept terms of use in your Conditional Access policy, you need to be aware of a configuration scenario that might unintentionally block access for your users when they try to enroll into Intune.
When creating an Azure AD terms of use policy, you have the option to select Require users to consent on every device. If you choose this setting, you will see the Consent on every device will require users to register each device with Azure AD prior to getting access warning. Once saved, you are unable to change this setting.
Example screenshot to register each device with Azure AD prior to getting access in a Conditional Access policy
After you create the terms of use policy, the next step is to create a Conditional Access policy. As shown in the following example, many organizations will target All Cloud Apps without configuring any exclusions.
Example screenshot of targeting All cloud apps in a Conditional Access policy
Additionally, many organizations will select Require device to be marked as compliant grant controls and require users to accept the Azure AD terms of use policy.
Example screenshot of configuring both the “Require device to be marked as compliant” and “Terms of Use” policies under the Grant control
The combination of Azure AD terms of use requiring users to consent on every device, Conditional Access policy targeting All Cloud Apps, and the control requiring the user to accept the Azure AD terms of use results in the following unintended behaviour during the Intune enrollment process:
The issue is caused by selecting Require users to consent on every device, requiring users to register each device with Azure AD prior to getting access, as per the warning, when creating the terms of use policy.
Example screenshot of the “Help us keep your device secure” message
There are two methods to keep the enrollment blocking scenario from occurring:
The first method is to ensure that Require users to consent on every device in the Terms of use dialog remains at the default Off setting when creating the Azure AD terms of use policy.
Note
Once the Azure AD terms of use policy is created, it is not possible to edit the Require users to consent on every device setting. You must create and target a new terms of use policy in the Conditional Access policy.
The second method is to exclude certain cloud apps from Conditional Access targeting. The Per-device terms of use section of the Azure Active Directory terms of use documentation states that “The Intune Enrollment app is not supported. Ensure that it is excluded from any Conditional Access policy requiring Terms of Use policy.” However, excluding the Microsoft Intune Enrollment cloud app is not sufficient— as the example below shows, you must also exclude the Microsoft Intune cloud app.
Example screenshot of excluding “Microsoft Intune” and “Microsoft Intune Enrollment” from the Cloud apps or actions list
Changing your configuration using either of the suggested methods will prevent the Intune enrollment blocking scenario. Before you make any change, be sure to evaluate the settings so you don’t impact any existing Conditional Access requirements.
For further resources on this subject, please see the links below.
Plan an Azure Active Directory Conditional Access Deployment
Troubleshoot Conditional Access using the What If tool
Conditional Access require terms of use
Cloud apps or actions in Conditional Access policy
Device compliance policies in Microsoft Intune
Let us know if you have any additional questions by replying to this post or reaching out to @IntuneSuppTeam on Twitter.
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Claire Bonaci
You’re watching the Microsoft U.S.health and life sciences, confessions of health geeks podcast, a show that offers Industry Insight from the health geeks and data freaks of the US health and life sciences industry team. I’m your host, Claire Bonaci. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And I have the pleasure of interviewing Megan Lawrence, our senior accessibility evangelist, Megan describes the fluidity of mental health and the importance of normalizing mental health in the workplace. Hi, Megan, and welcome to the show. I’m so excited to have you with us for Mental Health Awareness Month.
Megan Lawrence
It’s incredibly great to be here. Thanks for having me.
Claire Bonaci
of course. So do you mind introducing yourself and sharing a little bit of why you feel normalizing mental health is so important.
Megan Lawrence
Yeah, so here at Microsoft, I am the senior accessibility evangelist working for our chief accessibility officer. But I’m also the Co-lead of employees with mental health conditions, and really building the community of support between and among the employees here at our company at Microsoft. You know, normalizing mental health is incredibly important in modern society. Most people don’t realize that, in fact, mental health is the number one disability in the world today. And so many of us are going to experience mental health throughout our life, you may have a permanent mental health disability like me, I have an anxiety disorder, you may see you have a temporary like postpartum depression, or even situational where maybe you worked 16 hours and didn’t get very good sleep and are really feeling like you don’t have that decision making power like you used to. So really, I think normalizing mental health means recognizing it’s just part of being human.
Claire Bonaci
I love that answer. And I love that Microsoft even has that role. So I’m so happy that you’re here at Microsoft with us. Do you feel that it’s still taboo? Or do you feel like in the workplace, it’s so hard or taboo to talk about mental health?
Megan Lawrence
So, you know, I think that one of the silver linings of COVID has been that we are more often checking in on one another. And the answer can honestly be today’s not a great day, and mental health and well being have become important topics for every company out there. And so even though I do believe that there’s still bias and stigma associated with mental health, I think we’re breaking down some of those barriers.
Claire Bonaci
I agree with that. I do think it’s getting better. And you’re right, that is the silver lining of the pandemic, finally, something that was good that came out of it. So do you mind telling us the story of why you created the mental health erg here at Microsoft?
Megan Lawrence
Yeah, so it’s incredible. I’ve worked with the disability community for 20 years. And really only until the last four did I start opening up about my own mental health disability. And I have to be honest with you, a lot of that came from my own shame and stigma that I felt about having a mental health condition. But I felt so lucky to find a group of people here at Microsoft that I began to talk to, that were supporting me in my journey with mental health. And I began to realize that that support system was critical for my success. And we wanted to extend that you can really create a strong community for over 160,000 people now that we have at this company. So Jen Emira and I, my co lead and I started this mental health community really to let people know, you’re not alone. And we’re here to support one another.
Claire Bonaci
I think that’s something that we need more of. And do you know, is this happening and other tech companies or other large companies? Are there more mental health ERG’s that are being started?
Megan Lawrence
You know, I don’t know exactly if there are specific groups around mental health. But I have reached out to many of my colleagues in the disability community. And there definitely is a growing communication among every kind of organization, whether you’re a nonprofit, whether you’re a bank, whether you’re a manufacturing company, that really we’re starting to begin to understand that the future of building a company to modernize to stay relevant during a changing marketplace, you have to support employees mental health and well being it’s critical.
Claire Bonaci
It is it is I love that you bring up just that in order to stay relevant companies do have to address this, you know, millennials, Gen Z, we’re entering the workforce, and they’re realizing that they want to work for a company that’s going to one support everyone but also be able to have those those ERGs or those resources to support everyone. So I’m, I’m so happy that Microsoft is already ahead of the curve with that. And my last question for you, I’ve heard you talk about nested identities before it Do you mind explaining this and the impact that it’s having right now?
Megan Lawrence
Yeah, so oftentimes, I think we get caught on you know, I’m a person with a disability. I belong to the blacklife community here at Microsoft But in reality, we are all a collection of, of nested identities. I’m a woman, I’m a dog Mom, I’m a woman with a disability. I’m, I’m a Steelers fan, sorry to all you Seattle people in Seattle here. Right? So it is this collection of my experiences in the communities that I exist in that create who I am and the way that I function in the world. And so again, this is where intersectionality becomes critical, as we begin to talk about mental health and the intersection of multiple identities, and really, ultimately, what that’s going to mean for technology.
Claire Bonaci
And what do you think that would mean for technology? I know, that’s a wildcard question, but what’s your opinion?
Megan Lawrence
So I truly believe that AI has the opportunity to be a force multiplier to reduce barriers for people with disabilities. But right now, we live in a disability data desert, we need more data about people with disabilities, we need need more data about people with disabilities, again, at the intersectionality of race, in our bipoc community, in our LGBTQI plus communities to make sure that what we create is culturally competent moving forward.
Claire Bonaci
I love that. And I actually have one more wildcard question for you. What advice would you give to someone external to Microsoft, but they’re interested in starting a mental health ERG at their company?
Megan Lawrence
Yeah, so um, ERG’s come in lots of different flavors. And so first of all, just get curious, start learning what kind of affinity groups I’ve heard them called Employee Resource Groups exist already? Is there one for disability? Here in Microsoft, the way we’re set up is we have an umbrella disability ERG. Now, I think we’ve got like, 24 different discussion groups underneath that. Um, so you know, I think it really depends on exploring what you have at your company, what the system looks like, and really just leaning in and recognizing that community pays dividends when it comes to creating a true sense of belonging at an organization. And that’s what true inclusion looks like.
Claire Bonaci
Perfect, and definitely those ERG’s are what builds connection and what what builds community within companies. So hopefully everyone out there that doesn’t already have a mental health ERG can start looking into how to start one. So thank you, Megan, for being part of the podcast. I’m really looking forward to having you on next time to talk a little bit more about mental health and technology.
Megan Lawrence
I love it. Okay.
Claire Bonaci
Thank you all for watching. Please feel free to leave us questions or comments below. And check back soon for more content from the HLS industry team
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After a year of practicing resiliency, building technology and self-management skills, and navigating emotional turmoil, students are preparing to return to a rigorous school experience without some of the skills they would have built in a normal year. A recent study from Stanford illustrated the flattened growth of Oral Reading Fluency during the pandemic. In a broad sample of districts, second and third graders performed about 30 percent behind expectations, with the most severe impact concentrated in already struggling schools. In an environment of continued disruption and uncertainty, we are excited to introduce Reading Progress as a resource to help build opportunities for students and educators to get back on track in a non-stigmatizing and highly customizable way.
Reading Progress in Teams supports students in building fluency through independent reading practice, educator review, and educator insights. Educators can upload a single reading fluency assignment or differentiate for their class’ many levels. Students read their passages out loud, creating an audio/video recording teachers can access and review at their convenience. Traditionally, tracking students’ fluency is irregular and time consuming because it requires one on one close listening, while somehow still managing the remainder of the class. Creating recordings allows educators to check students’ progress more regularly while also freeing up time for active instruction. By empowering students to complete their reading fluency assignments regularly and independently, Reading Progress keeps the focus on practice and growth, not performing under pressure. Now reading fluency practice can happen anywhere!
Whether educators used the Auto-detect feature for quick review, or manually code errors, valuable data is collected in Insights. Teams Education Insights dashboards help visualize class and individual progress. Insights provides a holistic view of trends and data including accuracy rate, correct words per minute, mispronunciations, omissions and insertions. Reading Progress also highlights actionable insights for educators including common challenges across the entire class or per student.
During our broad private preview, Reading Progress has been tested in a number of distinct use cases. We’ve seen the expected wide usage for ages 6-11 as well as utilization for middle and high school fluency checks, special education and dyslexia support, and for building English skills for non-native speakers, both in English dominant areas and where it’s taught as world language. We’ve also seen high interest for adult literacy scenarios. The stigma of reading out loud and lack of educator time has previously made consistent fluency practice in post-elementary education settings minimal. The implications of a private and regular space for older learners to practice fluency are immense. Here are two observations from some educators who have been part of the early private preview:
Joe Merrill, an educator from Lake Park Elementary, Florida, has been using Reading Progress in our private preview over the past few months with his class and he has this to say “Reading Progress takes all the nerves out of my student’s fluency checks. They are comfortable with its approach and I am able to collect data quicker and more efficiently than ever before. Now, I can devote more time to differentiated instruction rather than individualized assessments.”
Luis Oliviera, Director of Unified Arts and ELA from Middletown High School in Middletown, RI , has been using Reading Progress with his older English Language Learner students and has this to say: “Reading Progress has been such a time saver for assessing and analyzing my high school ELL students’ reading fluency. I am able to give a passage to the entire class and have them record their responses instead of having to individually assess the students. Cultural selections for the reading passages enhance their knowledge of important topics and current events. This allows more time to work directly with the students in addressing their needs.”
From the beginning, the creation and testing of this tool has been a and has been rooted in the science and literature of reading fluency. Our team has worked with hundreds of educators, literacy specialists and reading scientists. Early on, we had many interviews, brainstorming sessions and “design jams” with experts like Shaelynn Farnsworth, Lauren Taylor, Andrew Fitzgerald, Lauren Pittman, amongst many others. We’ve consulted with students, iterated on different designs, and have much more in store!
Four parts to the Reading Progress experience
1) Assignment creation – Reading Progress is built directly into the free Teams Assignments experience. Once an educator selects Create>Assignment, the Add resource button now includes Reading Progress (Beta) for the private beta group. The educator then completes the creation of the assignment, including uploading the Word document of their choice. This summer educators can look forward to the addition of PDF capabilities and a partnership with ReadWorks that includes a small library of curated reading passages. The educator can also manually set the Reading Level, Number of attempts, Genre, and Sensitivity. I call this the “picky dial” – how picky would you like the software to be. For example, younger readers may need more relaxed pronunciation expectations, while older readers might be set to higher sensitivity. Note that this can be changed during the review experience as well.
2) Student reading and recording: When students receive the Reading Progress assignment, they open it to see a recording experience. By default, video recording will be enabled, but teachers can approve audio-only if needed. Similar to Flipgrid, the student will start the recording, get a countdown, and then the reading passage will open for the student to read.
We’ve integrated aspects of the Immersive Reader into this experience to support students in customizing the way the passage looks before they start reading.
3) Educator review: One of the most powerful aspects for Reading Progress is the quick and easy review process, which simultaneously returns work to students and collects fluency data in Insights. This experience is built-in to the Teams grading and review experience. The review page pulls together the student’s reading recording, words per minute count, accuracy rate, and the ability to fine tune pronunciation sensitivity.
By default, the Auto-Detect feature is enabled, so you will see predicted mispronunciations, omissions, insertions, self-corrections, and repetitions. The educator can review the Auto-correct data, overriding any inaccuracies, or turn off Auto-detect to mark up the page manually as they listen to the recording, similar to how reading fluency checks are done with paper and pen. To account for different speech patterns and accents, the educator can change the pronunciation sensitivity analyzes results to make teacher review faster and more accurate. In addition, with a single click the educator can jump to any part of the recording to review detected words or passages.
4) Powerful insights to track student progress: Fluency data from Reading Progress is collected in Insights to support educators in taking evidence-based action for literacy in their classrooms. Insights dashboards help visualize progress and trends such as accuracy rate, correct words per minute, mispronunciations, omissions, and insertions. Reading Progress also highlights actionable insights for educators, synthesizing common challenges across the entire class or per student. Educators can share Insights dashboard access to collaborate with literacy coaches, speech pathologists, and reading specialists and more to holistically curate student-centered approaches.
Later this summer education leaders will be able to access Reading Progress data by opting into our new Education Insights Premium designed to compile organization-wide data for intentional and impactful leadership. which is designed for school leaders and organization-wide views. To learn more about this new Insights offering, visit the Education Insights Premium page.
Average words per minute and accuracy across a class or by student
Word cloud of most challenging word across a class or by student
A Reading Progress end-to-end demo
We’ve put together a support materials as well as an end-to-end video showing the details of how the entire Reading Progress experience works in Teams for Education:
Kate Griggs, founder of CEO of Made by Dyslexia, has had access to our early versions of Reading Progress and has this to say “Reading Progress is a FANTASTIC resource for teachers of, and children with dyslexia. Reading aloud is something dyslexic students really struggle with and literally dread doing, even in small groups or 1:1 with a teacher. Reading Progress offers a great way for dyslexic students to demonstrate what they can do, without feeling embarrassed or nervous. This will be a game changer”.
Next Steps:
Reading Progress is currently in wide private testing with thousands of educators and is supported on Desktop, web, Mac, iOS and Android. We are actively listening to educator and student feedback and updating and improving the tool regularly to meet your needs. We will continue adding more schools to our private preview, and anticipate having Reading Progress at General Availability by late August of 2021, in time for back to school (Northern Hemisphere).
We have many improvements coming this summer, including support for PDF upload, iOS and Android video, a sample content library from ReadWorks, and the highly requested integration and roll up into Education Insights Premium. This will allow schools and districts to aggregate and roll up Reading Progress data into broader dashboards and analytics through the just-announced Education Insights Premium offering.
We also have a new Reading Progress page on the Microsoft Educator Center, and a MEC course coming later this summer.
A huge THANK YOU to all of the educators, students, and reading experts who have worked with us and given us feedback along this exciting journey. We look forward to collaborating with you as we continue!
Principal Product Manager
Microsoft Education
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