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Hi all, Is it possible to block USB drives but allow USB Mouse & Keyboard from intune? I cant seem to get it to work. I have tried enabling the below policies, this stops me writing to the USB but doesnt stop me copying files from it to the laptop? ![thumbnail image 1 of blog post titled
Blocking USB drives but allowing USB Mouse & Keyboard
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@Aran Billen,Thanks for posting in Q&A.
From your description, I know you want to block USB drives but allow USB Mouse & Keyboard.
Based on my researching, we can use Administrative Templates in Microsoft Intune to restrict USB devices and allow specific some USB devices.
Here is a link about how to configure USB restriction policy.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/configuration/administrative-templates-restrict-usb
Please try above information and if there is any update, feel free to let me know.
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@Aran Billen,Hope things going well. If there is any update, feel free to let me know.
@Aran Billen, Hope you have a nice day.
May I know the above information is helpful? If there is any unclear, feel free to contact me.
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Hi! The "administrative Templates" discribed in the Articel, are "retired" you cannot select these Template.. - so the Article seam to be retired to ;-)..?? Best regards Olaf