A device compliance policy in Microsoft Intune is a set of rules and settings that are applied to devices to ensure that they meet certain security and compliance requirements. These policies are used to monitor and enforce compliance with organizational policies, industry regulations, and other security standards.

Device compliance policies can be configured to check for various settings on devices, such as :

* Device encryption
* Password complexity and length
* Jailbroken or rooted devices
* Minimum OS version
* Device health and security settings
* App and software inventory When a device is evaluated against a device compliance policy, it is assigned a compliance status based on the policy rules. The compliance status can be used to determine whether a device is allowed to access certain resources, such as email or corporate data.

Device compliance policies can be created and managed in the Microsoft Intune console. Administrators can create custom policies to meet their organization's specific requirements, or use pre-defined policies provided by Intune.