DEM Account
Synopsis: Outline and requirements for creating a DeviceEnrollment Manager account.
Published October 23rd, 2025
Last Modified: October 23rd, 2025
Intro: A device enrollment manager (DEM) is a nonadministrator user who can enroll devices in Intune. Device enrollment managers are useful to have when you need to enroll and prepare many devices for distribution. People signed in to a DEM account can enroll and manage up to 1,000 devices, while a standard nonadmin account can only enroll 15.
Published October 23rd, 2025
Last Modified: October 23rd, 2025
Intro: A device enrollment manager (DEM) is a nonadministrator user who can enroll devices in Intune. Device enrollment managers are useful to have when you need to enroll and prepare many devices for distribution. People signed in to a DEM account can enroll and manage up to 1,000 devices, while a standard nonadmin account can only enroll 15.
Quick Run Down
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1.) Create Account
2.) Assign License and Role
Create Account.
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In EntraAD, create a 'DEM@contoso.onmicrosoft.com' account.
Record the password for later use.
This will need a usage location in order to assign the license.
Assign License and Role
- Assign a license which includes Intune
- Sign in to the Microsoft Intune admin center.
- Go to Devices > Enrollment.
- Select the Device enrollment managers tab.
- Choose Add.
- In the User name field, enter the user principal name of the user you're adding.
- Select Add. The new device enrollment manager is added to the list of DEM users.