Grouping Devices

Grouping Devices

Grouping devices is helpful for managing many devices - typically by geography or department. Device groups in your organization's portal can be accessed from the Device Management > Device Groups page from the left navigation menu.

Creating Device Group

  1. Click on ✚ Create device group button.
  2. In the Add group screen, fill in the group name.
  3. Select the devices you want to assign to this group. This is an optional step.
  4. Click on Assign.

Assigning Device(s) to a Device Group

Assigning Devices from the Devices page

  1. Create a device group as explained in the previous section.
  2. Navigate to Device Management > Devices page. Select the checkbox next to the devices to be added to the group.
  3. Click on Group button at the top of the page.
  4. Select the group you want to assign the device(s) to and click on Assign button.


Assigning Devices from the Device Groups Page

  1. Go to Device Management > Device Groups.
  2. Click the group to which you want to assign devices. In the Group information tray, click + Add Device.
  3. Select the checkboxes next to the devices to assign.
  4. Click Assign.


Sync Intune Groups Button

The Sync Intune Groups feature allows you to import Microsoft Intune groups into the portal. 
Notes
  1. This button is displayed only if an Intune connection has been configured for your organization.  To configure the connection see Using Policy Management. 
  1. Devices must be onboarded through Device Management or Intune before they can appear in synced groups.

To sync Intune groups:
  1. Click Sync Intune Groups in the upper right corner of the Device Groups page. A pop-up window appears, displaying all available groups for import.
  2. Select one or more Intune groups or click Available Intune Groups to select all.
  3. Click Sync.
After syncing, the Device Management > Devices > Device page lists the synced group(s) devices(s) with the group name shown in the Group column. If the group was not already in the portal, it is added automatically to LDM and is displayed in Device Groups.

Managing Device Groups

To manage or update the group information, click on the group to open device group information tray. The following options are available:
  1. Update group name
  2. Add new device(s) to the group
  3. Delete devices(s) from the group
  4. View count of devices in the group
  5. View creation and modification dates
  6. Delete a group

Deleting Device Group(s)

To delete a Device Group:
  1. Select the group(s) you want to delete.
  2. Click on the Delete button and confirm the deletion.
  3. Device group can also be deleted from the Device Group Info tray.

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