What is user device affinity in SCCM 2012?
Owen Barnes
Updated on February 26, 2026
What is user device affinity in SCCM 2012?
User device affinity is a new feature in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. It allows the administrators to associate a user with his primary devices. A primary device is the typical daily work device of the user such as a workstation or laptop.
How do I set user affinity in SCCM?
Allow User to define their primary devices in SCCM Navigate to Administration > Overview > Client Settings. Right click Default client settings and click Properties. Select User and Device affinity on the left pane. On the right pane, under User Settings, select Yes to Allow user to define their primary devices.
What is user affinity in SCCM?
User device affinity in Configuration Manager associates a user with one or more devices. This behavior can eliminate the need to know the names of a user’s devices to deploy an application to the user. Instead of deploying the application to each of the user’s devices, you deploy the application to the user.
What is UDA in SCCM?
Overview. ConfigMgr User Device Affinity (UDA) provides a way of being able to associate a user to a computer or “primary workstation”. The primary user data is imported in the SCSM via the Configuration Manager Connector and is used to cord the primary user of a computer CI, and then ultimately, the hardware asset.
What is device in SCCM?
Configuration Manager can manage two broad categories of devices: Clients are devices like workstations, laptops, servers, and mobile devices where you install the Configuration Manager client software. Some management functions, like hardware inventory, require this client software.
What is user affinity Intune?
If you’ve worked with System Center Configuration Manager in the past, you’ll be familiar with the term “User Device Affinity”. In Intune we call this “Primary User” and it’s simply a mapping between an Intune device and a user. A device can have just one Primary User, but a User can have more than one device.
How does SCCM determine top console user?
The top console is the user with 66% (or 60% don’t remember which one it is) of the total time on that PC. In a nutshell the Sec log are reviewed each time the HW inv run. The results are stored within WMI along with the date of the last entry with sec logs. Next time it start from that for forward.
What is top console user in SCCM?
The top console is the user with 66% (or 60% don’t remember which one it is) of the total time on that PC. In a nutshell the Sec log are reviewed each time the HW inv run. The results are stored within WMI along with the date of the last entry with sec logs.
What is device category rule in SCCM?
Automatically Categorize Devices into Collections There is a new membership rule in the collection called “Device Category Rule” and this is the membership rule which helps SCCM/Intune to add devices to respective collections. You can change the category of a device from the SCCM CB console.
How do you determine the primary user of a device and can it be edited?
For Windows 10 devices that are Azure AD Joined or Hybrid Azure AD Joined, the primary user of a device can be updated.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center.
- Choose Devices > All devices > choose a Windows device > Properties > Change primary user.
- Select a new user and choose Select.
How do I register a device in Intune without user affinity?
In the Endpoint Manager admin center, create an enrollment profile: Choose to Enroll with user affinity (associate a user to the device), or Enroll without user affinity (user-less devices or shared devices). If you choose Enroll without user affinity, then you’re automatically using Direct enrollment.
How do I load a SCCM PowerShell module?
Import the Configuration Manager PowerShell module
- Open a Windows PowerShell session from the Start menu.
- Import the Configuration Manager module by using the Import-Module cmdlet.
- If it’s the first time importing the Configuration Manager module on this computer, you may need to create the site drive.