{"id":1198,"date":"2020-02-20T12:45:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T07:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codesmartinc.com\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:20:38","slug":"microsoft-intune-for-comprehensive-mobile-device-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/?p=1198","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Intune for Comprehensive Mobile Device Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>How you can leverage Microsoft Intune \u2013 a cloud-based service to enable a fully integrated, secure mobile device management experience<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organizations around the world have gone <em>mobile <\/em>\u2013 in the truest sense of the\nword. With their employees situated remotely, organizations now need a\nproductive, secure &amp; integrated device management solution. Microsoft has\nstayed at the forefront of defining remote workforce solutions. In the same\nline of innovation, Microsoft presents <strong><em>Intune <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 a cloud-based service that\nenables end-to-end Mobile Device Management and Mobile Application Management\nfeatures! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft Intune comes as part of the Microsoft 365\u2019s <em>Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) <\/em>Suite with its principal focus on enabling user productivity &amp; organizational data protection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So how does Microsoft Intune work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft Intune comes with a default integration capability that makes it seamlessly integrable with many services such as Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory to determine access control of users to applications to ultimately ensure that organizational data is secure &amp; protected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What all does Microsoft Intune enable?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An option to go fully cloud or stay hybrid by<br>alternating between exclusively Intune and co-management with MS ConfigMgr<br>&amp; Intune respectively<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rule setting &amp; configuration on users\u2019<br>devices, both personal &amp; organization-owned, to steer data access <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Application deployment &amp; authentication on<br>devices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data protection policies that determine how<br>users access and share information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A robust security compliance <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Intune for Mobile Device Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft Intune offers organizations with a comprehensive\nMobile Device Management experience by enabling an \u2018enrolment\u2019 feature for\ntheir employees on organization-owned devices. It\u2019s obvious that organizations\nwant to retain full control over the devices given out to employees. Intune\nenables organizations to define policies that can push configuration settings\nonto devices handed to employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intune also comes in to help organizations with <em>Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) <\/em>policies. Intune provides options to users on how much control they want to retain with respect to organization\u2019s resources. If it\u2019s only access to specific applications that users want, Intune enables application protection policies that demand multifactor authentication to ensure that data is secured &amp; protected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Intune for Mobile Application Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known for its advanced protection policies, Microsoft Intune offers protection to organizational data at the application level as well \u2013 through the module called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mobile_application_management\">Mobile Application Management<\/a><\/em>. This applies to custom apps as well as store apps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft Intune enables administrators to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add &amp; assign applications to user groups<br>&amp; devices, even at the chosen group level<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Determine how apps are run, with what<br>configurations &amp; settings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upgrade the apps to advanced versions on users\u2019<br>devices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitor user activity on apps &amp; measure<br>apps\u2019 usage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purge only selected organizational data from<br>users\u2019 devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Intune for Office 365<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Office 365 comes with a prebuilt Mobile Device Management\nsolution to manage mobile devices within an organization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One may ask, what value addition does Microsoft Intune bring\nto Office 365 on top of its default MDM solution? We need to shed some light\ninto MDM\u2019s offerings before we talk about Intune\u2019s \u2018value addition\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Device Management for Office 365<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key features of the MDM solution within Office 365 are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>User access control with configuration &amp;<br>compliance of policies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Security policy management to ensure data<br>protection on users\u2019 devices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to purge organizational data as and when<br>needed from users\u2019 devices without disturbing users\u2019 personal data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that we know what all features MDM encapsulates for\nOffice 365, we\u2019ll walk you through Microsoft Intune\u2019s \u2018value addition\u2019 to\nOffice 365 and how the former enables the latter with better, advanced security\nfeatures &amp; enhanced data protection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Intune\u2019s Value Addition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside MDM\u2019s features, Microsoft Intune equips Office 365\nwith the following features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ability to deploy custom apps and Microsoft<br>store apps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Org-owned user devices\u2019 enrolment &amp;<br>management in user groups <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Application deployment &amp; upgradation <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strong policies in place through certificates,<br>Wi-Fi, Virtual Private Networks &amp; emails<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limited user actions on specific applications<br>restricting users from copying, pasting, saving etc. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intune Managed Browser app for a secure browsing<br>experience to users <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Device management of devices beyond Intune<br>enrolment by setting up Mobile Application Management policies based on Azure<br>AD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Intune Market Comparison<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are players in the market offering features &amp; services Microsoft Intune offers, namely <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.air-watch.com\/\">AirWatch<\/a> <\/em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/in-en\/security\/mobile\/maas360\">IBM\u2019s <em>MaaS360<\/em><\/a>. A comprehensive comparison among the 3 services will clearly highlight why Microsoft Intune go home a winner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"992\" data-id=\"1218\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SharedScreenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1218\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SharedScreenshot.jpg 603w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SharedScreenshot-182x300.jpg 182w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SharedScreenshot-91x150.jpg 91w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\"><strong> *Pricing plans are gathered as per the market research. Readers are advised to consider them approximate.  <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Microsoft Intune Edge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft Intune has a handful of advantages, thanks to its\nadvanced features \u2013 when compared with IBM MaaS360 and AirWatch. Customers\ngoing the Microsoft Intune way avail the following benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bulk enrolment of devices by enabling Azure AD Premium <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Extreme compatibility across all Operating Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to internal business apps <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centralized device management &amp; control from a single pane of glass on cloud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advanced, cross-profile security between employees\u2019 devices and organizational data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entirely operable from cloud, freeing organizations\u2019 on-prem needs &amp; costs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Better admin controls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easy &amp; singular upgradation of software across all enrolled devices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robust security protocols that meet compliance needs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greater integration capability because of being part of Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fyrsoft Helps You Enable Microsoft Intune<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intune is an integrated, cloud-based service offering from\nMicrosoft. Goes without saying, it takes a preferred Microsoft vendor with\nexperience &amp; expertise in Microsoft services, assessment, consulting,\nintegration, migration, deployments, upgrades etc. to enable Intune for your\norganization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fyrsoft is exactly that Microsoft expert you need! We have\nhelped several customers digitally transform their businesses, enabled\ntransformative cloud solutions &amp; leveraged Modern Workplace solutions that\nhave automated &amp; optimized their business process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll be glad to talk to you on how you can leverage Microsoft Intune to bring about comprehensive Mobile Device Management &amp; Mobile Application Management experiences in your organizations! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jegadesh Selvasrinivasan is a seasoned IT Transformation professional with a rich experience of having designed and led several large scale engagements across Datacenter, Workplace, Mobility and Intelligent Cloud technologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> You can connect with him on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jegadeshsankar\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How you can leverage Microsoft Intune \u2013 a cloud-based service to enable a fully integrated, secure mobile device management experience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","no-thumb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1685,"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codesmartwebapp.azurewebsites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}