Applications aren't deployed to users who are logged on to domain controllers

This article provides a solution for an issue that applications aren't deployed to users who are logged on to domain controllers in Configuration Manager.

Original product version:   Configuration Manager
Original KB number:   4508855

Symptoms

When you deploy applications to a user collection in Configuration Manager, the applications aren't deployed to users who are logged on to domain controllers. When this issue occurs, the following entry is logged in the PolicyAgent.log file:

Skipping request for user policy assignments for local user <User SID>.

Additionally, you may not see any applications that are deployed to user collections in Software Center on the domain controller.

Cause

This issue occurs because the user policies aren't retrieved on domain controllers.

Resolution

To fix this issue, update to Configuration Manager current branch version 1906.

Workaround

To work around this issue without updating, deploy applications to a device collection that contains the domain controllers.