Initiating Retire Failed

Ask Intune Question 21 Reputation points
2022-04-29T02:32:40.133+00:00

I cannot retire/wipe device in Intune.

I am getting the following error :
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I am not a Intune Admin/Global Admin. However in previous instances I have Retired devices hence I have the required permission for Retire.

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  1. Lu Dai-MSFT 28,341 Reputation points
    2022-04-29T06:09:37.98+00:00

    @Ask Intune Question Thanks for posting in our Q&A.

    For this issue, we appreciate your help to try some actions:

    1. Please try to retire another device using the same user and check if it is successful.
    2. Please check if the user has any role in Users > Select the target user > Assigned roles.

    If there is any update, feel free to let us know.


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