Managing Activity Continuity Policies On iOS Devices Using Intune HTML Blog

Important Points

• This policy controls Handoff and Continuation of Activities.
• Means activated better user experience across devices.
• Means disabled better security and data control.
• Very useful for supervised and managed devices.

Hey, let’s discuss about How to Manage Activity Continuity Policies on iOS Devices Using Intune. This policy controls Activity Continuation (Handoff) is active iOS and macOS devices. Activity Continuation allows users to start work on one Apple device and continue it on another using the same Apple ID.

Manage Activity Continuity Policies on iOS Devices using Intune

This policy was successful iOS 8 and later and macOS 10.15 and later. Older version does not support this setting well. This policy is important because it controls data movement Apple Devices. In organizations, uncontrolled sharing can lead to security and privacy risks. With this policy, admins can decide whether users are allowed or not continue activities across devices.

When the policy enabled (true)users can use Handoff and Activity Continuation. Apps, documents, websites, and email can move smoothly between devices. This increases productivity and provides a better user experience.

When the policy disabled (false)Activity Continuation is dead. Users cannot continue tasks between devices. Each device works separately. This increases security however reduces comfort.

Create a Profile

Go in first Microsoft Intune admin center. Go to Devices and select it Configuration profile. Then click Create a profile to open the profile creation window. Choose platforms And profile type. After that, click Make to start configuring your new policy.

Basic Steps

To start configuring policies in Intune, start with Basics step. Here, we can add Name policy and provide a brief explanation information.

• Policy Name: Allow Activity Continuation
• Information: To Allow Continuation of Activities
• Platforms: iOS/iPadOS

Configuration Settings

In Configuration settings tab, click Add settings button to open the Settings.Type selector Continuation of Activities or search for categories Restrictions in the Search bar. Then Select Allow Activity Continuation.

Once you select this policy and close the Settings selector. You will see it in Configuration page. Here we have only two settings True or false. By default, it will be set to CORRECT. If you want to allow this setting, click it Next knob.

Block this Policy

If we not allowed or do not configure this policy, you can block the Activity Continuation policy by toggle the switch from right to left. Then you can click Next button to continue.

In Intune, Scope Tag used to control who can see and change policies. The coverage tag is not mandatory, so you can skip this part. It serves as a tool for organization and access management, but assigning it is optional. Click Next if it is not necessary for your setup.

Task

In Tasks TabYou select the users or devices to receive the policy by clicking Add Group under Include Groups, select the groups you want to target (for example HTMD Monitored Device – iOS/iPadOs) then click Next to continue.

Final Step

In the final Review + Create step, we see a summary of all the settings configured for the new profile; after reviewing the details and making the necessary changes by clicking Previously. We click Make to complete, and a notification confirms that “Allow Activity Continuation created successfully”.

Monitoring Status

To view the policy status, go to Device > Configuration in the Intune portal, select the policy (Allow Activity Continuation) and check whether the status is displayed Success (1). Use manual synchronization in the Company Portal to speed up the process.

How to Remove an Assigned Group from an Activity Continuity Policy

After creating a policy, if you want to delete a specific group that you selected earlier, you can do it easily. First, go to Device > Configuration policies. In the Configuration policies section, search for and select it policy. In the Tasks section you will find Edit choice and click on. Then, click Delete choice.

For more information, you can refer to our previous post – Learn How to Delete or Unassign Apps from Intune using Step by Step Guide.

How to Remove Activity Continuity Policy from Intune

If you want delete this policy for any reason, you can do it easily. First, look for for this policy Name in configuration section. When you find the policy name, you will see a 3 points menu next to it. Click on the 3 dots, then click Delete knob.

For more information, you can refer to our previous post – How to Remove Allow Clipboard History Policy in Intune Step by Step Guide.

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Anoop C Nair has been a Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for 10 years in a row! He is a Workplace Solutions Architect with over 22+ years of experience in the Workplace technology space. He is also a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. The main focus is on Device Management technologies such as SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.