Intune + Windows Districts - Any issues with systems sitting powered off over summer?

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Hi all. We're a Windows shop, 1:1 program, and looking to move to Intune for management on all devices going forward. I have a pretty good Intune setup going which is arguably mostly done. At the moment I'm pretty much just wiping the same set of test systems over and over getting a solid/more consistent feel for everything with a small pilot tentatively planned coming up. If things go well I may be interested in making more of a push towards Intune come summer time.

 

For what it's worth, I'm looking at using a User Driven deployment profile. I plan to preprovision devices, seal them, power them down, and let them sit until they get handed over to the student for school use.

 

I read somewhere a suggestion to "preprovision devices as close to roll-out as possible to avoid any headaches with certificates expiring."

 

Which... horrified me... because the majority of our laptops sit powered off over summer. Secondly, what new laptops we buy we start work on *immediately* when summer starts so those batches could be sitting on the shelf for essentially the full span of summer as well.

 

Does anybody have any documentation, personal experience, anything like that to suggest that systems sitting powered off for 3-ish months aren't a concern in an Intune world? I'd love to find out some concrete info on these certificates, their life span, and perhaps any other potential gotchas before I get too deep in this.

 

Appreciate any insight!