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RiaanSmith
Mar 02, 2021Copper Contributor
Decrease Maximum Number of Devices Per User
Hi All, Currently in our Azure AD tenant the "Maximum number of devices per user" is set to unlimited. I want to decrease this number to 20 a per MS recommendation. The problem I have, that I c...
David Maiolo
Microsoft
Mar 02, 2021Hi RiaanSmith , it may be that you are not using an account with proper permissions to make the change. Try this with a Global Administrator account:
- Navigate to https://portal.azure.com
- Sign in with a user account in your Azure Active Directory tenant with
at least Global Administrator privileges. - In the left navigation pane, click Azure Active
Directory. - In the new pane that emerges, click Devices.
- In the Devices pane, click Device
settings. - Select your favorite number for the value labeled Maximum number of devices per user. Values include 5, 10, 20 ,50, 100 and Unlimited
- Click Save.
David Maiolo
Microsoft
Mar 02, 2021also, to answer your second question the devices that are 170 currently registered should remain working for that user as this is a registration limit, however that user will obviously not be able to register any more. Make sure to test this of course.