Device Configuration profiles on the Intune admin center provide us with a way to deploy Configuration settings on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS devices. You can use Settings Catalog, Administrative Templates, Custom OMA-URI, whichever option fits your requirements.
Settings Catalog lists all the settings which you can configure, in one place. Microsoft is continuously adding settings here to make the management of MDM devices easier.
You may have created hundreds of Device configuration profiles on the Intune admin center. You can easily export a list of all these profiles into a CSV file for Inventory purposes or further analysis.
With the recent Microsoft Intune Service release 2310, you can Export a Settings Catalog profile into a JSON file and Import it back into Intune to create a Copy of this profile with the same settings. Let’s Explore further.
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Method 1 – Using the Export Option on Profiles page
To Export a list of Device configuration profiles into a CSV file, follow below steps:
- Sign in to the Intune admin center
- Go to Devices > Configuration profiles
- On the Configuration Profiles page, locate the Export option under the Profiles tab. Simply click on it to export all Device Configuration profiles and related data into a CSV file.
- After you click on Export, it will prompt you to save the CSV file. Click on Save button.
- Go to the location where you have saved this CSV file. Double-click on the file to launch. The Excel file will contain the list of Device configuration profile along with below information:
- Platform
- Profile type
- Last modified
- Scope tags
- To avoid exporting a full list of Device Configuration profiles every time, you can Add filters to narrow down your search. This way, you can export only the list of profiles based on your specified filters.
Method 2 – Using the Export JSON option
As mentioned earlier, this is a new feature introduced with Intune service release 2310. Now, you can export a Settings Catalog Device configuration profile into a JSON file and import it back to create a copy of the profile.
This method not only exports the Device Configuration profile name but also includes all the settings configured within it. Let’s check the steps.
- Sign in to the Intune admin center
- Go to Devices > Configuration profiles.
- Find the profile that you want to Export and Click on the Three dots corresponding to that profile.
- Click on Export JSON option.
- When Prompted, Click on the Download button.
- After you click on the Download button, it will prompt you to provide a location where you want to Save this JSON file.
- Go to the location where you have saved this JSON file and open the file to view its contents.
- You have the option to Import this JSON file to create a Duplicate device configuration profile with same settings.
Method 3 – Using Powershell scripts
The third option involves using PowerShell scripts to Export Device Configuration profile settings. While I haven’t personally tested these PowerShell scripts, you can use the ones provided by Microsoft for exporting and importing Settings Catalog Device configuration profiles. Here’s the link for the scripts: powershell-intune-samples/SettingsCatalog at master.
