Intune & Ubuntu 24.04 revisited in 2026

This is a follow-up to my earlier post: Intune & Ubuntu 24.04.

Back in 2024, getting Intune running on Ubuntu 24.04 involved a fair amount of manual workarounds. In 2026, I started over from scratch with a fresh Ubuntu 24.04.4 install on my laptop, and the difference is night and day.

Basically, it just works. I did not have to backport repositories, pin older packages, or follow odd update paths. Even Secure Boot was straightforward this time, so this post is a clean rewrite of my old guide.

Fresh Install, Fresh Start

I wiped my current drive, created a boot drive, and installed Ubuntu 24.04.4 from scratch. The base install flow was simple, next next finish with LVM + disk encryption enabled.

The key difference this time is that Microsoft now provides an Intune install script install-script.sh flow. Within 10 minutes after running the script, my device was registered and compliant.

Intune Onboarding Flow (2026)

Screenshots of the exact flow, in order:

This is only a guide to install the Intune Portal and enroll the device. Linux specifics are covered in the old post.

Step 1: Run the install script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/shell-intune-samples/refs/heads/master/Linux/Intune%20Installer/installer.sh
chmod +x installer.sh
./installer.sh

Step 1 - Install script

Step 2: Launch the Intune Portal App

Step 2 - Intune Portal App

Step 3: Sign in with your company account

Step 3 - Intune Sign In

Step 1: Click 'Begin' to start enrollment

Step 4 - Begin

Step 1: Wait for it to register...

Step 5 - Registering

Step 1: Done, compliant in one go!

Step 6 - Compliance

What Also Improved

Two things stood out immediately during this clean install:

Secure Boot was enabled during installation, and I did not have to enroll any MOK keys this time.
Thunderbolt worked out of the box, and I did not need DisplayLink.

Azure CLI & Bicep (2026)

Compared to my 2024 setup, this is now much simpler as well.

In the old post, Azure CLI required a longer repository setup flow, and Bicep was installed as a separate binary. On this fresh 2026 setup, I installed Azure CLI with one command:

Reference: Install Azure CLI on Linux

curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash

Then I installed Bicep directly via Azure CLI:

Reference: Install and manage via Azure CLI (easiest)

az bicep install

Git Credentials on Linux (Current Setup)

For Git authentication, I moved to Git Credential Manager and configured it to use Linux Secret Service.

Reference: Git Credential Manager install docs

After installing GCM, I configured the credential store like this:

git-credential-manager configure
git config --global credential.credentialStore secretservice

This keeps credentials in the desktop keyring without compiling extra helper tooling.

Conclusion

It is honestly impressive what two years can change. I can honestly say that enrolling Ubuntu 24.04 in 2026 is made A LOT easier now. In 2024, Ubuntu + Intune on new releases required patience and workarounds. In 2026, with Ubuntu 24.04.4 and Microsoft's current onboarding script, I was up and compliant in minutes on a fresh install.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is around the corner, and I plan to test onboarding there as soon as it lands.