Mastering Microsoft Intune: Complete Guide to Device & App

Discover how Microsoft Intune, a cloud-based mobile device and app management tool, integrates with the Microsoft Endpoint Manager for enrollment, policy deployment, and compliance across iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.

Understand MDM and MAM, including device enrollment, provisioning, app distribution, and app level encryption. Compare device versus app focus and how MDM and MAM together protect data.

Discover how Microsoft Intune secures data and streamlines device and app management from a centralized cloud console, with policy enforcement, conditional access, app deployment, and security baselines.

Learn Microsoft Intune licensing options, including plan one and plan two, and how to purchase, assign licenses, and compare with Azure AD Premium and Defender for endpoint add-ons.

Explore the Microsoft Intune portal interface to manage devices, apps, and security from the Microsoft Endpoint Manager Admin Center, with dashboards, device by platform views, compliance, and reports.

Configure a personal lab to run Windows Server and Windows client OS with VMware Workstation Pro or Player. Download, install, and create virtual machines while noting hardware requirements.

Configure your lab with Hyper-V to create and manage virtual machines on Windows, ensuring a 64-bit processor, at least 4 GB RAM, and installing from ISO images.

Enable Hyper-V on Windows, ensure 64-bit processor, at least 4 GB RAM, and virtualization in BIOS. Create and configure virtual machines with Hyper-V Manager using ISO images.

Download Windows Server 2022 ISO from Microsoft, choose the 64-bit ISO or Azure deployment, register and download, and import into Hyper-V or VMware Workstation Pro for a 90-day evaluation.

Download the Windows 11 enterprise ISO from Microsoft as an evaluation version, selecting language and 64-bit LTSC options and prepare for import into Hyper-V or VMware Workstation Pro.

Install a Windows Server 2022 VM in Azure, configure resource groups and networking, connect via RDP, and prepare to promote the server to a domain controller for a hybrid environment.

Apply post installation steps for Windows Server 2022, including updates, security settings, configuring networking roles, and installing roles like Active Directory, DNS, DHCP. Secure remote access, backups, monitoring, and documentation.

Install active directory domain services, DNS, and DHCP on a Windows server, set a static IP, and promote the server to a new domain controller for a new forest.

Learn to install Windows 11 enterprise on an Azure virtual machine, covering resource groups, regions, zones, disk and networking options, and connecting via RDP.

Join Windows 11 client to a Windows Server 2022 domain by setting the hostname, joining the domain with credentials, and logging in via Azure remote desktop as a domain user.

Learn to create a free Azure trial with $200 credit for 30 days and 12 months of free services, including databases, storage, and virtual machines.

Identify licensing, Azure AD setup, network and domain prerequisites, and enrollment preparations to deploy Intune with security, app management, RBAC, and pilot testing.

Learn to integrate Microsoft Intune with Azure Active Directory, enable automatic enrollment, configure MDM and Windows Information Protection, and enroll devices for cloud-based management and security policies.

Configure tenant settings in the Intune admin center, including organization name, logo, brand image, and contact information. Create and assign roles such as helpdesk operator and Intune administrator.

Learn to manage users and groups across Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Intune, and Office 365, including cloud and on-prem sync, dynamic group rules, and RBAC role assignments.

Explore how Microsoft Intune supports Windows, iOS, Android, and macOS enrollment, including Azure AD join, Windows Autopilot, automated enrollment, and BYOD with work profiles.

Configure the device enrollment manager in Microsoft Intune to enroll devices; add users, and learn the 1000-device limit for enrollment managers versus 15 for standard users.

Configure enrollment restrictions to control which devices can enroll. Set minimum versions and group-based policies for Android and Windows to enforce device limits.

Enable automatic MDM enrollment in Intune via group policy, using user credentials on Windows 10/11, link a GPO, run gpupdate /force, and verify devices in Intune and Azure AD.

Register personal devices with Microsoft Intune via the company portal, install from the Microsoft Store, sign in with Azure Active Directory credentials, and verify enrollment and policy application.

Explore how to create and deploy platform-specific compliance policies in Microsoft Intune, configure BitLocker requirements, define non-compliance actions, and sync policies across Windows and other devices.

Learn to monitor device compliance with Microsoft Intune, configure BitLocker policies, and generate, export, and analyze compliance reports for large organizations.

Implement conditional access via Intune and Azure Active Directory to require device compliance and optional MFA for access to Office 365 apps, using named locations or IP ranges.

Configure device compliance in Microsoft Intune by creating a Windows 10 and later policy enforcing BitLocker and antivirus. Sync the policy to devices and monitor compliance in the Intune admin center.

Discover how to configure Windows Hello for business with Microsoft Intune, enabling biometric or PIN sign-in, device attestation, certificate-based authentication, and conditional access to enforce compliance.

Learn mobile application management (Mam) to secure enterprise apps and data with app controls, containerization, and access policies, using Intune and BlackBerry UI in bring-your-own-device environments.

Deploy the company portal with Microsoft Intune, assign it to devices, and enable automatic installation and policy sync for users. Verify installation and sign-on.

Deploy line of business MSI apps to Windows devices using Intune by adding the app, selecting Windows, configuring details, and syncing policies, then verify installation in the company portal.

Learn to deploy and manage Office 365 apps on Windows 10 and 11 devices with Microsoft Intune, including group assignments, configurations, licenses, and deployment monitoring.

Learn how Microsoft Intune app protection policies safeguard organizational data at the app level on managed and unmanaged devices, enforce access via PIN or biometric, and selectively wipe corporate data.

Explore configuration profiles in Microsoft Intune, using templates to manage WiFi, email, VPN, endpoint protection, and device restrictions across Windows, iOS, macOS, and Android.

Create and assign device configuration profiles for Windows, iOS, macOS, and Android in Microsoft Intune to standardize security policies and user settings across devices.

Configure Windows 10 features with Microsoft Intune by creating and applying device configuration policies on enrolled devices, controlling settings, apps, and user experiences from anywhere.

Deploy BitLocker to Windows 10 devices via a Microsoft Intune device configuration profile, enabling Windows encryption, startup authentication, and recovery to Microsoft Entra ID, and monitor compliance.

Learn to create Windows update profiles in the Intune admin center, configure update rings for future, quality, and driver updates, and deploy them to devices with deferral, deadlines, and monitoring.

Deploy Microsoft Intune security baselines to Windows devices by creating a profile, configuring settings (password length, firewall), and assigning to devices with pilot testing and reporting.

Learn to monitor device health and update status in Microsoft Intune by checking compliance, reviewing device details, diagnosing update deployments, and exporting reports for large fleets.

Learn to configure antivirus and firewall policies with Microsoft Defender in Intune and set up BitLocker device encryption for Windows devices.

Monitor devices and generate compliance and configuration reports in the Intune admin center. Export reports as CSV files and review Windows Update, firewall, and analytics reports.

Troubleshoot common Microsoft Intune issues using the dashboard to spot configuration, enrollment, and policy errors, perform device syncs, and generate reports from logs for remediation.

Resolve Microsoft Intune device registration issues by validating licenses, correcting domain accounts, and reviewing event viewer logs to complete MDM enrollment and register devices in Intune.

Learn to troubleshoot common Microsoft Intune issues using the dashboard to identify policy errors, enrollment problems, and device compliance, and resolve them with policy syncs, reboots, and targeted reports.