You may need to rename a device that is not named per organization standard. The device can be renamed from the Intune console and no hand and feet support is required.
Follow the below steps to rename a device from the Microsoft Intune admin center.
- On the Intune admin console, navigate to Devices/Windows Devices and select the device that you want to rename.
- Click on the dots at the right side of the screen and select “Rename device”
On the Rename device flyer window, you can enter the new computer name or use the following tokens.
{{serialnumber}} – Add the device serial number to the computer name.
Examples:
LTUS{{%Serialnumber%}}
DTIN{{%Serialnumber%}}
{{rand:x}} – add x number of random digits to computer name
Examples:
LTIN-{{rand:6}} – Rename the device to LTIN- followed by 6 random characters such as LTIN-XYZABC
Enter the new computer name and click on Rename. A reboot is required to complete the device rename. If you want to reboot the device immediately then toggle the “Restart after rename” button to Yes. This will trigger an immediate reboot of the device. If you leave the option to No, the device rename process will be completed once the user reboots the device. The user does not see any notification if the option is set to No.
You can see the below notifications in the Intune notification area for the successful action.
The process was very quick for my test device. As soon as I clicked on Rename, the “You’re about to be signed out” notification appeared on the device.
The second and final notification appeared after 2-3 minutes stating that the device would be rebooted in 2 minutes.
The device was renamed successfully after a reboot. The same can be validated from the device properties on Windows 10 / 11 devices.
The information was quickly updated on the Intune admin console as well.
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