Stage app and policy rollout with deployment plans

What changed

Instead of assigning to all targeted groups at once, you'll be able to stage a rollout across multiple rings, control the timing of each ring, and monitor progress from a new Deployments experience in the Intune admin center. Plans provide reusable templates that define standardized rollout patterns for delivering a payload across devices in controlled stages, or rings.

Why it matters

Device-management changes can affect policy processing, reporting, app delivery or support workflows across managed endpoints.

Known limitations

• Availability, prerequisites and rollout scope remain authoritative in the linked Microsoft documentation.

Now check

• Define pilot, validation and production rings
• Test ring timing and assignment scope on a small device group
• Confirm deployment progress, pause and rollback ownership