What about Microsoft Intune PROS and CONS? (2024)

FAQs

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Microsoft Intune? ›

Overall great management tool

Allowing endpoint control and configuration and monitoring. Everything from controlled software installs to update and user management. There are so many features and uses its easy to get lost in the possibilities.

One of the primary challenges with Intune deployment is compatibility issues. This can include compatibility with the hardware, operating system, or software used by the organization. Organizations may not have the required expertise or resources to manage the deployment and configuration of Intune.

Without Intune, there is no way to manage and track those devices centrally. The devices would have to be independently operated using their relevant management consoles, which adds time and complexity. Intune allows you to centrally manage compliance and reporting that support a zero-security trust model.

Security and privacy information for lost mode and locate device actions. No device location information is sent to Intune until you turn on this action. When you use the locate device action, the latitude and longitude coordinates of the device can be retrieved by using the Graph API.

The iOS/iPadOS, Android, and Windows 10 platforms are the only platforms currently supported for wiping corporate data from Intune managed apps.

Intune doesn't collect nor allow an Admin to see the following data: An end users' calling or web browsing history. Personal email. Text messages.

You can protect access and data on organization-owned and users personal devices. And, Intune has compliance and reporting features that support the Zero Trust security model.

Intune allows administrators to manage the applications installed on devices. They can deploy, update, or remove applications remotely, and can also configure app-level policies such as data-sharing restrictions.

How many devices can Microsoft Intune handle? ›

People signed in to a DEM account can enroll and manage up to 1,000 devices, while a standard non-admin account can only enroll 15. A DEM account requires an Intune user or device license, and an associated Microsoft Entra user.

Intune is very powerful tool that allows you to control end user devices and apply configuration profiles, policies and security measures and controls to end users, and it's very useful for windows machines but there is room to improve on other devices such as MacOS and Linux.

The most important and direct effect of removing a user from Intune is that the user isn't able to access corporate data via that device. Besides that, that device is no longer available in the Company Portal app for the user, and the user isn't able to install any corporate apps on it.

One of the key disadvantages of using Microsoft Access is its limited scalability and performance. While Access is suitable for small to medium-sized databases, it may encounter limitations in terms of scalability and performance when dealing with large, complex datasets.

Intune's security capabilities allow administrators to set strong security policies on devices. This includes enforcing encryption, defining password rules, and managing firewall settings. These policies ensure that devices comply with your organization's security standards and help protect against threats.

The main difference of MDM for Office 365 versus Intune is that Intune is not limited to Office 365-related scenarios. For most organizations, the management boundaries must expand to include all apps and data that can be exposed via AAD and all apps on devices that can use modern authentication.