# Set Intune device owner

When a device is joined to Entra ID using the **Join Entra ID** step, it will be considered a shared device with no real device owner.  To assign an owner to the device, the **Set Intune device owner** step lets you specify the UPN of the user that should be the owner of the device.

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This requires configuring [Microsoft Graph API access](/deployr/getting-started/microsoft-graph-api-access.md).


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