Disable Location Services - iOS, Intune MDM

Question

_{Sunday, March 8, 2015 6:56 AM}

Hi

I'm trying to find a way to prevent users from being able to change their location services options.

I know there's an option to do it on an iOS device manually with a restriction \ parental control on the "Location Services" area with a passcode.

my goal is to do the same from the MDM.

I have Apple Configurator up and running and I have an Intune account,  but I couldn't find any way to do it from any of them :/

I even tried to deploy a profile with the Apple Configurator but there's no option for "location services". I guess it's because users need to first define their Location once and only then apply the restriction. I don't mind deploying all the devices the location, as they're all from the same country

any original idea would be great!

Tamir Levy

All replies (5)

_{Monday, April 20, 2015 10:56 PM ✅Answered}

Hi,

It may be possible to set this up via Device Supervision, but we don't have a policy value we can deploy to disable location services at this time.  

We'll pass along the feedback and appreciate you reporting the issue you encountered.

Thanks,

Jon L. - MSFT - This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.

_{Monday, April 20, 2015 6:11 PM}

I know this is old but I’m trying to clean up old posts. Did you ever solve this? If so it would be good if you could post the solution to assist others. If not, at this stage, as nobody has answered, I would recommend that you call Intune support.

You will find your local Intune support number here

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/jj839713.aspx

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_{Tuesday, April 21, 2015 7:19 AM}

Hi, 

unfortunately I couldn't find a solution or a workaround to add this option for managed devices

neither with Intune support

thanks

Tamir Levy

_{Tuesday, April 21, 2015 10:38 PM}

Tamir,

Can you provide me with the SR # you got from Intune support?  I'd like to follow up with them and I'll contact you offline after reviewing.

Thanks,

Jon L. - MSFT - This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.

_{Thursday, April 23, 2015 5:55 AM}

Hi Jon

thanks, but it's ok

I understood it's something very specific that requires development.

I wish that there was something like the Windows 10 feedback app or "Connect" for Microsoft Intune.

when I provide a feature request I have no place to follow \ vote with other people about the requests :/