Get Device Check-in Health

This script retrieves all Intune managed devices and buckets them by how recently they checked in: healthy (synced within the healthy threshold), drifting (missed the healthy window but not yet stale), and stale. Unlike a plain stale-device report, the drifting bucket surfaces devices that are on their way to becoming unmanaged - for example laptops that stopped syncing two weeks ago - while there is still time to intervene. Results include per-platform distribution and can be exported to CSV.

DiagnosticsDevices
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New to runbook deployment? Follow the step-by-step guide from the Deploy to Azure button to the first scheduled run, including granting Graph permissions to the managed identity.

// QUALITY CHECKS

Validation status

Quality checks

All checks pass
  • ParsePass
  • LintPass
  • MetadataPass
  • Runbook-readyPass
  • Module depsPass

Tests run automatically on every change. What does each check mean?

// REQUIRED PERMISSIONS

Microsoft Graph scopes

DeviceManagementManagedDevices.Read.All

Allows the app to read the properties of devices managed by Microsoft Intune, without a signed-in user.

Running this as an Azure Automation runbook? These scopes must be granted to the account's managed identity, which has no portal UI. The deployment walkthrough shows the exact Cloud Shell commands.

// CHANGELOG

Version history

  1. Entry · 01

    1.0 - Initial release

// CODE

Source

get-device-checkin-health.ps1
<#
.TITLE
    Get Device Check-in Health

.SYNOPSIS
    Analyzes device sync cadence and highlights devices whose check-in behavior is degrading before they go stale.

.DESCRIPTION
    This script retrieves all Intune managed devices and buckets them by how recently
    they checked in: healthy (synced within the healthy threshold), drifting (missed
    the healthy window but not yet stale), and stale. Unlike a plain stale-device
    report, the drifting bucket surfaces devices that are on their way to becoming
    unmanaged - for example laptops that stopped syncing two weeks ago - while there
    is still time to intervene. Results include per-platform distribution and can be
    exported to CSV.

.TAGS
    Diagnostics,Devices

.MINROLE
    Intune Administrator

.PERMISSIONS
    DeviceManagementManagedDevices.Read.All

.AUTHOR
    Ugur Koc

.VERSION
    1.0

.CHANGELOG
    1.0 - Initial release

.LASTUPDATE
    2026-07-20

.EXAMPLE
    .\get-device-checkin-health.ps1
    Buckets devices as healthy (7 days), drifting (7-30 days), and stale (over 30 days)

.EXAMPLE
    .\get-device-checkin-health.ps1 -HealthyDays 3 -StaleDays 21
    Uses tighter thresholds: healthy within 3 days, stale after 21 days

.EXAMPLE
    .\get-device-checkin-health.ps1 -ExportToCsv
    Exports the full device list with health buckets to a timestamped CSV

.NOTES
    - Requires Microsoft.Graph.Authentication module
    - Devices that never synced (no lastSyncDateTime) are reported in their own bucket
    - Complements get-stale-devices: this script focuses on the drifting middle band, not just the stale tail
    - Uses beta Graph endpoints for consistency with the rest of the library
    - Local interactive sign-in uses the MgGraphCommunity module to avoid the Graph SDK's mandatory WAM broker on Windows
#>

[CmdletBinding()]
param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "Days within which a device counts as healthy")]
    [ValidateRange(1, 90)]
    [int]$HealthyDays = 7,

    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "Days after which a device counts as stale")]
    [ValidateRange(2, 365)]
    [int]$StaleDays = 30,

    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "Export results to CSV")]
    [switch]$ExportToCsv,

    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "Output path for exports")]
    [string]$OutputPath = ".",

    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "Force module installation without prompting")]
    [switch]$ForceModuleInstall
)

# ============================================================================
# ENVIRONMENT DETECTION AND SETUP
# ============================================================================

function Initialize-RequiredModule {
    param(
        [string[]]$ModuleNames,
        [bool]$IsAutomationEnvironment,
        [bool]$ForceInstall = $false
    )

    foreach ($ModuleName in $ModuleNames) {
        Write-Verbose "Checking module: $ModuleName"

        $module = Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name $ModuleName | Select-Object -First 1

        if (-not $module) {
            if ($IsAutomationEnvironment) {
                throw "Module '$ModuleName' is not available in Azure Automation"
            }
            else {
                Write-Information "Module '$ModuleName' not found. Installing..." -InformationAction Continue

                if (-not $ForceInstall) {
                    $response = Read-Host "Install module '$ModuleName'? (Y/N)"
                    if ($response -notmatch '^[Yy]') {
                        throw "Module '$ModuleName' is required but installation was declined."
                    }
                }

                try {
                    $isAdmin = ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")
                    $scope = if ($isAdmin) { "AllUsers" } else { "CurrentUser" }

                    Install-Module -Name $ModuleName -Scope $scope -Force -AllowClobber -Repository PSGallery
                    Write-Information "✓ Successfully installed '$ModuleName'" -InformationAction Continue
                }
                catch {
                    throw "Failed to install module '$ModuleName': $($_.Exception.Message)"
                }
            }
        }

        Import-Module -Name $ModuleName -Force -ErrorAction Stop
    }
}

# Detect execution environment
$IsAzureAutomation = $null -ne $PSPrivateMetadata.JobId.Guid

# Initialize required modules
$RequiredModules = @("Microsoft.Graph.Authentication")

# MgGraphCommunity gives WAM-free interactive sign-in for local runs
if (-not $IsAzureAutomation) {
    $RequiredModules += "MgGraphCommunity"
}

try {
    Initialize-RequiredModule -ModuleNames $RequiredModules -IsAutomationEnvironment $IsAzureAutomation -ForceInstall $ForceModuleInstall
    Write-Verbose "✓ All required modules are available"
}
catch {
    Write-Error "Module initialization failed: $_"
    exit 1
}

# ============================================================================
# AUTHENTICATION
# ============================================================================

try {
    if ($IsAzureAutomation) {
        Write-Output "Connecting to Microsoft Graph using Managed Identity..."
        Connect-MgGraph -Identity -NoWelcome -ErrorAction Stop
    }
    else {
        Write-Information "Connecting to Microsoft Graph..." -InformationAction Continue
        $Scopes = @(
            "DeviceManagementManagedDevices.Read.All"
        )
        Connect-MgGraphCommunity -Scopes $Scopes -NoWelcome -ErrorAction Stop
    }
    Write-Information "✓ Successfully connected to Microsoft Graph" -InformationAction Continue
}
catch {
    Write-Error "Failed to connect to Microsoft Graph: $($_.Exception.Message)"
    exit 1
}

# ============================================================================
# HELPER FUNCTIONS
# ============================================================================

function Get-MgGraphAllPage {
    param(
        [string]$Uri,
        [int]$DelayMs = 100
    )

    $allResults = @()
    $nextLink = $Uri

    do {
        try {
            if ($allResults.Count -gt 0) {
                Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $DelayMs
            }

            $response = Invoke-MgGraphRequest -Uri $nextLink -Method GET

            if ($response.value) {
                $allResults += $response.value
            }
            else {
                $allResults += $response
            }

            $nextLink = $response.'@odata.nextLink'
        }
        catch {
            if ($_.Exception.Message -like "*429*") {
                Write-Information "Rate limit hit, waiting 60 seconds..." -InformationAction Continue
                Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
                continue
            }
            Write-Warning "Error fetching data: $($_.Exception.Message)"
            break
        }
    } while ($nextLink)

    return $allResults
}

# ============================================================================
# MAIN SCRIPT LOGIC
# ============================================================================

try {
    if ($HealthyDays -ge $StaleDays) {
        throw "-HealthyDays ($HealthyDays) must be smaller than -StaleDays ($StaleDays)"
    }

    Write-Information "Retrieving managed devices..." -InformationAction Continue
    $devices = Get-MgGraphAllPage -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/managedDevices?`$select=id,deviceName,operatingSystem,osVersion,lastSyncDateTime,enrolledDateTime,userPrincipalName,complianceState,managementAgent,ownerType"
    Write-Information "✓ Found $(@($devices).Count) managed devices" -InformationAction Continue

    $now = Get-Date
    [System.Collections.Generic.List[Object]]$report = @()

    foreach ($device in $devices) {
        # Graph returns null lastSyncDateTime for brand-new or broken enrollments;
        # parsing without a guard would throw
        $lastSync = if ($device.lastSyncDateTime) { [DateTime]::Parse($device.lastSyncDateTime.ToString()) } else { $null }
        $enrolled = if ($device.enrolledDateTime) { [DateTime]::Parse($device.enrolledDateTime.ToString()) } else { $null }

        $daysSinceSync = if ($lastSync) { [math]::Round(($now - $lastSync).TotalDays, 1) } else { $null }

        $bucket = if ($null -eq $lastSync) {
            "Never synced"
        }
        elseif ($daysSinceSync -le $HealthyDays) {
            "Healthy"
        }
        elseif ($daysSinceSync -le $StaleDays) {
            "Drifting"
        }
        else {
            "Stale"
        }

        $report.Add([PSCustomObject]@{
                DeviceName      = $device.deviceName
                User            = $device.userPrincipalName
                OperatingSystem = $device.operatingSystem
                OsVersion       = $device.osVersion
                Ownership       = $device.ownerType
                ComplianceState = $device.complianceState
                LastSync        = if ($lastSync) { $lastSync.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm") } else { "" }
                DaysSinceSync   = $daysSinceSync
                Enrolled        = if ($enrolled) { $enrolled.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") } else { "" }
                HealthBucket    = $bucket
                DeviceId        = $device.id
            })
    }

    # ----- Display results -----
    Write-Information "`nDEVICE CHECK-IN HEALTH REPORT" -InformationAction Continue
    Write-Information ("=" * 50) -InformationAction Continue
    Write-Information "Thresholds: healthy <= $HealthyDays days, stale > $StaleDays days" -InformationAction Continue
    Write-Information "Generated: $(Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')" -InformationAction Continue
    Write-Information ("=" * 50) -InformationAction Continue

    $bucketOrder = @("Healthy", "Drifting", "Stale", "Never synced")
    foreach ($bucketName in $bucketOrder) {
        $bucketDevices = @($report | Where-Object { $_.HealthBucket -eq $bucketName })
        if ($bucketDevices.Count -eq 0) { continue }

        Write-Information "`n$bucketName ($($bucketDevices.Count) devices)" -InformationAction Continue

        # The drifting bucket is the actionable one; list it in full detail
        if ($bucketName -in @("Drifting", "Stale", "Never synced")) {
            foreach ($row in ($bucketDevices | Sort-Object DaysSinceSync -Descending)) {
                $syncInfo = if ($null -ne $row.DaysSinceSync) { "$($row.DaysSinceSync) days ago" } else { "never" }
                Write-Information "  $($row.DeviceName) | $($row.OperatingSystem) | $($row.User) | last sync: $syncInfo" -InformationAction Continue
            }
        }
        else {
            foreach ($platformGroup in ($bucketDevices | Group-Object -Property OperatingSystem | Sort-Object Count -Descending)) {
                Write-Information "  $($platformGroup.Name): $($platformGroup.Count)" -InformationAction Continue
            }
        }
    }

    # Summary with percentage distribution
    $totalCount = $report.Count
    Write-Information "`n" -InformationAction Continue
    Write-Information ("=" * 50) -InformationAction Continue
    foreach ($bucketName in $bucketOrder) {
        $bucketCount = @($report | Where-Object { $_.HealthBucket -eq $bucketName }).Count
        if ($totalCount -gt 0) {
            $percent = [math]::Round(($bucketCount / $totalCount) * 100, 1)
            Write-Information "$($bucketName): $bucketCount ($percent%)" -InformationAction Continue
        }
    }
    Write-Information ("=" * 50) -InformationAction Continue

    # Export to CSV if requested
    if ($ExportToCsv) {
        $timestamp = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss"
        $csvPath = Join-Path $OutputPath "Device_Checkin_Health_$timestamp.csv"
        $report | Export-Csv -Path $csvPath -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
        Write-Information "✓ CSV report saved: $csvPath" -InformationAction Continue
    }
}
catch {
    Write-Error "Script execution failed: $($_.Exception.Message)"
    exit 1
}
finally {
    try {
        $null = Disconnect-MgGraph
        Write-Information "✓ Disconnected from Microsoft Graph" -InformationAction Continue
    }
    catch {
        Write-Verbose "Graph disconnection completed"
    }
}

// NOTES

Author notes

- Requires Microsoft.Graph.Authentication module - Devices that never synced (no lastSyncDateTime) are reported in their own bucket - Complements get-stale-devices: this script focuses on the drifting middle band, not just the stale tail - Uses beta Graph endpoints for consistency with the rest of the library - Local interactive sign-in uses the MgGraphCommunity module to avoid the Graph SDK's mandatory WAM broker on Windows

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