Custom compliance JSON files for Microsoft Intune

To support custom settings for compliance for Microsoft Intune, you create a JSON file that identifies the settings and value pairs that you want to use for custom compliance. The JSON defines what a discovery script evaluates for compliance on the device.

You include the JSON file in a compliance policy when you configure a policy to assess custom compliance settings.

This feature applies to:

  • Linux – Ubuntu Desktop, version 20.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS
  • Windows 10/11

A correctly formatted JSON file must include the following information:

  • SettingName - The name of the custom setting to use for base compliance. This name is case-sensitive.
  • Operator - Represents a specific action that is used to build a compliance rule. For options, see the following list of supported operators.
  • DataType - The type of data that you can use to build your compliance rule. For options, see the following list of supported DataTypes.
  • Operand - Represent the values that the operator works on.
  • MoreInfoURL - A URL that device users can view and use to learn more about the compliance requirement should their device be noncompliant for a setting. You can also use this URL to link to instructions to help users bring their device into compliance for this setting.
  • RemediationStrings - Information that gets displayed in the Company Portal when a device is noncompliant to a setting. This information is intended to help users understand the remediation options to bring a device to a compliant state. There must be at least one string for the language en_US. Other remediation string languages can then be added as needed, as demonstrated in the example provided later in this article.

Your policy can be up to 100 KB and include 100 rules.

Supported operators:

  • IsEquals
  • NotEquals
  • GreaterThan
  • GreaterEquals
  • LessThan
  • LessEquals

Supported DataTypes:

  • Boolean
  • Int64
  • Double
  • String
  • DateTime
  • Version

Supported Languages:

  • cs_CZ
  • da_DK
  • de_DE
  • el_GR
  • en_US
  • es_ES
  • fi_FI
  • fr_FR
  • hu_HU
  • it_IT
  • ja_JP
  • ko_KR
  • nb_NO
  • nl_NL
  • pl_PL
  • pt_BR
  • ro_RO
  • ru_RU
  • sv_SE
  • tr_TR
  • zh_CN
  • zh_TW

For more information, see Available languages for Windows.

Example JSON file

{
"Rules":[ 
    { 
       "SettingName":"BiosVersion",
       "Operator":"GreaterEquals",
       "DataType":"Version",
       "Operand":"2.3",
       "MoreInfoUrl":"https://bing.com",
       "RemediationStrings":[ 
          { 
             "Language":"en_US",
             "Title":"BIOS Version needs to be upgraded to at least 2.3. Value discovered was {ActualValue}.",
             "Description": "BIOS must be updated. Please refer to the link above"
          },
          {
             "Language":"de_DE",
             "Title":"BIOS-Version muss auf mindestens 2.3 aktualisiert werden. Der erkannte Wert lautet {ActualValue}.",
             "Description": "BIOS muss aktualisiert werden. Bitte beziehen Sie sich auf den obigen Link"
          }
       ]
    },
    { 
       "SettingName":"TPMChipPresent",
       "Operator":"IsEquals",
       "DataType":"Boolean",
       "Operand":true,
       "MoreInfoUrl":"https://bing.com",
       "RemediationStrings":[ 
          {
             "Language": "en_US",
             "Title": "TPM chip must be enabled.",
             "Description": "TPM chip must be enabled. Please refer to the link above"
          },
          {
             "Language": "de_DE",
             "Title": "TPM-Chip muss aktiviert sein.",
             "Description": "TPM-Chip muss aktiviert sein. Bitte beziehen Sie sich auf den obigen Link"
          }
       ]
    },
    {
       "SettingName":"Manufacturer",
       "Operator":"IsEquals",
       "DataType":"String",
       "Operand":"Microsoft Corporation",
       "MoreInfoUrl":"https://bing.com",
       "RemediationStrings":[ 
          { 
             "Language": "en_US",
             "Title": "Only Microsoft devices are supported.",
             "Description": "You are not currently using a Microsoft device."
          },
          {
             "Language": "de_DE",
             "Title": "Nur Microsoft-Geräte werden unterstützt.",
             "Description": "Sie verwenden derzeit kein Microsoft-Gerät."
          }
       ]
    }
 ]
}

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