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Laptops. This is using Microsoft Endpoint manager/Intune when they talk about “compliance”.

IT admins can set a policy like "must have 6 number PIN for login", if it does not then it is out of compliance.

This can mean nothing at all but if the company wants to act on it, it can.

and it sounds like in this case, anything that was out of compliance (in any regard) was acted on by wiping the device and deregistering it on the deadline day -- read this as 1700 laptops or desktops getting wiped in one day.

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