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Enterprise architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Dec 20, 2023
Helps to manage the Microsoft apps on company-owned devices
Pros and Cons
  • "The product has eased the deployment of Microsoft apps to the devices. We can manage it properly. We can control it and push the updates. Another company helped us with the deployment. However, we can do it internally."
  • "Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution to manage the Microsoft apps on company-owned devices. 

How has it helped my organization?

The product has eased the deployment of Microsoft apps to the devices. We can manage it properly. We can control it and push the updates. Another company helped us with the deployment. However, we can do it internally. 

What is most valuable?

Microsoft Intune's most valuable feature is easy management. It also keeps our devices secure. 

What needs improvement?

Microsoft Intune needs to improve the initial login process.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the product for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Intune's stability is good.

What was our ROI?

We have seen ROI with the tool's use. 

What other advice do I have?

We don't have to worry about security after deploying Microsoft Intune. We can manage the security of our data and apps on the devices by using a single authentication mode. I will use it again if I have to make a choice. I rate the product an eight out of ten. You need to consider user experience when making the choice. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Global ITdirector at Big Village
Real User
Dec 14, 2023
Helps with endpoint management, which includes security and compliance
Pros and Cons
  • "We are a remote company, and the product helps us manage the global endpoints. It helps us natively manage the endpoints in the cloud from anywhere."
  • "We faced issues with macOS support. The product should have better inventory and asset management."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for endpoint management, which includes security and compliance. 

How has it helped my organization?

We are a remote company, and the product helps us manage the global endpoints. It helps us natively manage the endpoints in the cloud from anywhere. 

What is most valuable?

Microsoft Intune's most valuable feature is Autopilot. 

What needs improvement?

We faced issues with macOS support. The product should have better inventory and asset management. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for four to five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Intune is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

My company has 200 users. 

How was the initial setup?

Microsoft Intune's deployment is straightforward. 

What about the implementation team?

We did the deployment in-house. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I liked the tool's pricing until P2 came into effect. I am unsure about the current value versus the cost of the new licensing model. 

What other advice do I have?

Microsoft Intune has improved access to devices for remote wipes. We can act quickly whenever someone leaves a company or a device gets stolen. It offers more visibility into our IT group. 

The tool's cloud-focused availability has improved the organizational security posture. It has helped to save time. We can do a lot more with a smaller team.

I rate the product a nine out of ten.  

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Information Technology Supervisor at Cybalink Solutions
Real User
Aug 4, 2023
It can lock and remotely wipe devices when a user loses them
Pros and Cons
  • "Intune provides full visibility into all active mobile device users. If their devices are noncompliant with our security policies, I have the flexibility to update them remotely."
  • "It would help if administrators could pinpoint the exact location of a stolen device to help law enforcement retrieve it and apprehend the suspect."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use Intune for compliance monitoring and managing mobile devices. Once we fully integrate the entire Asian region, the solution will cover between 500 and 800 users in our company. 

How has it helped my organization?

Intune provides full visibility into all active mobile device users. If their devices are noncompliant with our security policies, I have the flexibility to update them remotely. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is Intune's ability to lock and remotely wipe devices when a user loses them. We can prevent any unauthorized access.

What needs improvement?

It would help if administrators could pinpoint the exact location of a stolen device to help law enforcement retrieve it and apprehend the suspect.

For how long have I used the solution?

We haven't started using Intune yet, but I've been evaluating the solution for the last three months. We're still waiting for our primary tenant to be provisioned.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Microsoft Intune's stability a nine out of ten. The Microsoft platform has been mostly stable aside from a global Outlook outage during our test period. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Microsoft Intune's scalability a ten out of ten.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used the MDM included with Google Workspace, but we transitioned to Microsoft because we were unhappy with the platform. Managing files and data wasn't intuitive, so it didn't meet the needs of our growing company. Most of my users complained about losing data while using Google Workspace. Unlike SharePoint, Google Workspace doesn't sync automatically so that you can work remotely offline.

SharePoint saves all your work locally and updates it when you connect. It's easier to use and a better platform overall. Google Workspace is a good platform, but it can't keep up with our growth.

How was the initial setup?

I rate Intune a nine out of ten for ease of setup. I have a lot of experience with Microsoft, so it was straightforward. We have a hybrid environment with an on-prem 2019 Windows Server and Google Workspace. We're slowly transitioning from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 and shifting from an on-prem Windows Server to a hybrid environment on Azure.

Our deployment is still in progress, but it's expected to take six months. The deployment includes not only our Philippines office but also branch locations throughout Asia. 

We started by evaluating the solution to see how user-friendly and compatible it was with our organization. Next, we created a training program with the help of the partner and vendor to introduce our users to the Microsoft platform. From there, we are face-to-face training in each country. The deployment team consists of eight people from our company and three from the vendor. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate Intune an eight out of ten for affordability. It's bundled with the 365 licensing, which is competitive overall. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Microsoft Intune a nine out of ten. I give high marks to Intune for scalability, ease of use, and simplicity of management. The transition from Google to Microsoft has been seamless. There is room for improvement. For example, I would like it to be more adaptable to non-Microsoft operating systems, such as Android and iOS. I would give it a 10 out of 10 if it offered the same functionality on iOS and Android that Windows users have. 

My advice to potential users is to evaluate the platform while trying to understand your company's needs and how it fits into the larger picture. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Head Of Sales at JustSolve
Real User
Jul 24, 2023
Highly stable and offers readily available expertise and skills
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a stable solution."
  • "There is room for improvement in integration and security as well."

What is our primary use case?

When we develop, it's used for multiple different solutions. It could be anything, such as a portal, field services, web development, web apps, and lots of other different things.

What is most valuable?

For me, there are many strong points in the solution. Firstly, the skills are readily available. That's one of the things. There's a lot of Microsoft expertise in the market. 

Also, they've invested a lot in their software and continuously updated it. So I think those are the things that are very important to us.

What needs improvement?

There is room for improvement in integration and security as well. Those are areas that clients are always concerned about.

So, in future releases of the product, I would like to see better integration as well as enhanced security.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Intune for seven years now. We are dealing with the latest update of Microsoft Intune. We have started working on it, and our developers and other personnel are currently getting certified for it.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution. I would rate the stability an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten.

We have over a thousand endpoints using Microsoft solution.

How are customer service and support?

Customer service and support are helpful and responsive.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

If you've got the right skills, the initial setup is not that difficult. It is very quick to set up. It doesn't take long. 

What was our ROI?

Some customers have benefited from it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We work with all Microsoft products,  like .NET, and a lot of development around those areas. 

Another one, Arc Systems, is a current platform that we use.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend using this solution. Overall, I would rate Microsoft Intune an eight out of ten. If they could make the integration a lot easier, it would be better.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Manager, Information Technology Support at Innoveo
Real User
Apr 13, 2023
A user-friendly tool that's easy to deploy and manage
Pros and Cons
  • "The ability to send configurations to our systems is valuable, particularly as we don't have a regular Windows AD server. Our current environment doesn't have a Windows AD, which limits our ability to push GPOs. However, this is where the solution can step in and help us push policies."
  • "The reporting could be improved, as it's pretty poor compared to other products of this type."

What is our primary use case?

Our use case is relatively typical; we primarily use the product for managing Windows laptops, pushing policies, and some configurations. 

What is most valuable?

The ability to send configurations to our systems is valuable, particularly as we don't have a regular Windows AD server. Our current environment doesn't have a Windows AD, which limits our ability to push GPOs. However, this is where the solution can step in and help us push policies.

What needs improvement?

The reporting could be improved, as it's pretty poor compared to other products of this type. 

Patching needs improvement, as it hasn't been working well recently. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using the solution for over two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is there, and it's automatically based on the number of users in the back end, so we don't even need to think about it.

How are customer service and support?

The tech support is excellent, and I give them a nine out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

At my old organization, we used Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), which is more of an on-prem system. Microsoft seems to have recognized that everyone is moving to the cloud, and I expect they will bring SCCM's capabilities onto Intune as a kind of product upgrade.

SCCM is a more versatile tool than Intune; we can't patch third-party applications in the latter, which is a significant headache.

How was the initial setup?

The deployment was pretty straightforward; the solution came in a prebuilt configuration, and we just needed to enable it in our Azure domain.

As the product is cloud-based, we don't have to do any maintenance as a customer. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Intune is available as an individual product, but it also comes with Office 365 Premium or an Enterprise license, and the price varies for each version. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution eight out of ten. 

Those considering the solution should look into it because it may already be part of your license or available with a small upgrade. Once upgraded, you have a tool and don't need to bring in another one. The deployment is simple, there is no other third party and no agents to be deployed. You also have a dedicated console that provides visibility and management, which is very easy to handle.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Syed Muqthiar Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
System Specialist at BMIT SOLUTIONS
Real User
Apr 7, 2023
Helps securely manage devices at scale
Pros and Cons
  • "I haven't used other mobile device management solutions, but compared to SCCM, we eliminate a lot of on-premises infrastructure and maintenance by using Intune."
  • "It would really be helpful to have the option to manage server operating systems as well, like Windows Server, at least. That way, we could scrap the use of SCCM, which requires a lot of on-premises infrastructure."

What is our primary use case?

I'm using all the services that Intune provides, including managing Windows 10 devices and mobile devices, with both the mobile application management and without enrolling the devices. I use it for deploying configuration profiles, compliance and app protection policies, as well as onboarding Windows 10 devices to the Defender portal.

What is most valuable?

I haven't used other mobile device management solutions, but compared to SCCM, we eliminate a lot of on-premises infrastructure and maintenance by using Intune.

What needs improvement?

For mobile device management, especially for the Windows operating system, it's quite impressive. But it would really be helpful to have the option to manage server operating systems as well, like Windows Server, at least. That way, we could scrap the use of SCCM, which requires a lot of on-premises infrastructure.

Another area for improvement is the reporting structure. For example, currently, when deploying Windows 10 or Windows 11 updates, I don't get any detail or structured reports showing which updates are installed on the devices. It only gives me information on whether the update policy has been successfully deployed on the device or not. That type of installed-updates detail would be helpful.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with Intune for more than four years. I'm part of a support operations team managing clients' infrastructures on Intune.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is very stable. If you have to think about managing devices securely, go with Intune. Although I have not used any other mobile device management solutions, Intune is very reliable and it's hardly out of service at all.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

From the start of my career, I have been managing clients in Europe but Microsoft has no boundaries when it comes to using Intune. There are certain services that are restricted to specific regions, but that is not the case with Intune. It can be used in any region and with any number of users. I have managed environments with 5,000 to 10,000 devices enrolled in Intune.

How are customer service and support?

If there is a service outage, that is made very clear on Microsoft's service portal in the admin center. But if an issue comes up where, for example, a policy deployed from Intune has not been received on a device, it is very difficult to evaluate whether the issue is with Intune or the device. In that scenario, Microsoft itself is confused about whether the situation has to be escalated to the desktop support team or the Intune team.

Other than that, everything is good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment process is very straightforward. It's software as a service. You just buy the subscription and start using it. It's not the case that there are very complex configurations or prerequisites to start off.

It does not require any maintenance on the customer's side. Microsoft takes care of all the maintenance.

What was our ROI?

Having devices managed at scale and maintaining security posture are, of course, value-adds, in comparison with the cost our clients pay to purchase the service. It is worth it.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Microsoft offers different licensing structures. It offers standalone licensing for Intune, but Intune is also included in other licenses, such as for Microsoft 365, E3, and E5, Business Premium, and Business Standard.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

There are other MDM solutions, like Workspace One from VMware, which has support for server operating systems as well. I've never used it but I did a quick comparison of the supported operating systems.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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Chief Digitalization Executive at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Apr 5, 2023
Helped us significantly increase our security posture, but is expensive
Pros and Cons
  • "The device profiling which uses the official Outlook email enabled us to control the screenshot feature and prevent copying outside of the organization's application."
  • "Microsoft needs to enhance device-level security, as sometimes when using Microsoft Intune, the device's operating system becomes stuck and requires a full uninstall to remove the Intune bug."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case is to safeguard the company's data. My management wanted to categorize the applications and ensure privacy and security in terms of corporate applications versus personal applications on corporate devices. We began to prioritize B objectives in 2013 and 2014, which is why it is essential for the organization to prioritize its categorization. To accomplish all of these objectives, we embarked on a successful journey.

How has it helped my organization?

Since Microsoft Intune has provisioned data, application, and device security, it helped us significantly increase our security posture.

We restricted certain geographical locations with which we are not doing business, which minimized risk, and Microsoft Intune's conditional access feature helped secure our environment from a recent hacking attack originating from a specific country.

The conditional access feature in conjunction with Microsoft Endpoint Manager is a fantastic combination.

What is most valuable?

The device profiling which uses the official Outlook email enabled us to control the screenshot feature and prevent copying outside of the organization's application. This is really helpful in controlling data breaches.

What needs improvement?

Microsoft needs to enhance device-level security, as sometimes when using Microsoft Intune, the device's operating system becomes stuck and requires a full uninstall to remove the Intune bug.

The price of the solution has room for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for almost ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is extremely stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. We have 300 end users in our organization.

How are customer service and support?

Prior to the COVID pandemic, the technical support was excellent, but since then there has been a marked decline in the quality of support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used VMware Workspace ONE which is a very good solution and in some areas better than Intune, and Cisco Meraki Systems Manager. We switched to Microsoft Intune because of the better integration with Microsoft products.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is a bit complex. Initially, we deployed for the executives of the organization. We deployed Microsoft Intune for one hundred users in the first year. After receiving positive feedback, we expanded our model and provided security for all the major executive users of our organization, protecting their data, devices, and applications. We had two administrators and six service desk screen engineers deploy the solution. In addition, our two administrators were verifying the policies and implemented the solutions on end users' devices.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was completed in-house.

What was our ROI?

Microsoft Intune is a very good solution and in time I am sure we will see a good return on investment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Microsoft Intune is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I give the solution a seven out of ten.

There is no external maintenance, but at the device level, we must adhere to Microsoft's patches and policies and keep our devices up-to-date with the latest patches. The company portal may not allow for older versions, so we must ensure that the solution is kept up-to-date.

Microsoft Intune is a very good solution and when compared to VMware Workspace ONE, it is a strong competitor. I would not call it the topmost or leading product in this domain, however, with Microsoft's progress, I'm sure it will be a leader in a few years. On the Microsoft side, they may need to improve their support system and build releases of the solution.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Oktay Sari - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelance Modern Workplace Consultant at AllThingsCloud
Consultant
Feb 21, 2023
A feature-rich, mature, and affordable platform that saves a lot of time
Pros and Cons
  • "There are so many features, but Windows Autopilot is one of the features that are very valuable for most customers."
  • "There should be more support for macOS. Even though macOS is supported by Intune and Microsoft is working very hard to get more features into Intune to manage macOS, that's one thing they can give a lot more attention to."

What is our primary use case?

It's usually used for managing mobile devices, such as Android and iOS, for application deployment, for securing the device landscape, and for making sure all devices are compliant.

How has it helped my organization?

Help Desk engineers don't need to spend a lot of time enrolling new devices. In the past, you had to do that by using a complete infrastructure on-premise, or if you wanted to do it by hand, you had to go through every device. You had to install Windows, configure it to set security, etc. Intune does that automatically for you. It saves a lot of time.

What is most valuable?

There are so many features, but Windows Autopilot is one of the features that are very valuable for most customers. Personally, I like most of the aspects of Intune. I've been working with it for about 10 years. I'm a Microsoft MPP for the Modern Workplace. I like a lot of features. There's no one particular part of Intune that is the best for me. It has developed into a very mature product. About 10 years ago, it wasn't a very good product, but now, Intune is a very good mobile device management platform.

What needs improvement?

There should be more support for macOS. Even though macOS is supported by Intune and Microsoft is working very hard to get more features into Intune to manage macOS, that's one thing they can give a lot more attention to.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Microsoft Intune for about 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable. There are issues once in a while, but they are not worth mentioning.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's very scalable. It's deployed across multiple endpoints. My customers vary, but there are between 50 and 15,000 endpoints.

How are customer service and support?

I do have experience with Microsoft technical support, and I'm happy with it. I'd rate their support an eight out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I've migrated from other platforms to Microsoft Intune, but I've not used any other similar solution.

How was the initial setup?

It's a cloud solution. The cloud depends on the customer, but Microsoft Intune is a cloud solution serviced by Microsoft. My customers have various cloud environments. It could be a hybrid, public cloud, or private cloud. It depends on the customer.

It's quite straightforward to deploy it, but configuring it and doing it right is something else. The deployment duration varies. Some customers have 100 devices and others have 10,000. It depends on the landscape of a customer. Even though nothing changes technically, it's more difficult to move large enterprise organizations to a mobile device management platform.

The number of people required depends on the qualifications of the person who is deploying Intune. Intune can be deployed by one person. 

Its maintenance depends on the company. If you have a very big landscape with tens of thousands of devices, you want to have more engineers monitoring Intune and configuring. If it's a smaller environment, you can manage it with one or two people.

What was our ROI?

The ROI has been in terms of time savings.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's affordable. In comparison to the competitors, the price depends on what features you need from Intune, but it's affordable. There are no hidden costs, but there are some features that go for a premium price. Those are the add-ons for which you have to pay extra.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did have a look at other options, but I'm a Microsoft specialist, so it's a Microsoft-first sort of policy. If Microsoft can do it, I'll do it with a Microsoft product.

What other advice do I have?

Get yourself well-informed. Talk to a specialist who can help you out with deploying Microsoft Intune.

I'd rate Microsoft Intune an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Cyber Security Consultant
Consultant
Jan 11, 2023
Provides better control over devices and allows us to use conditional policies for accessing resources
Pros and Cons
  • "With on-premises Active Directory, the main challenge was that we had no control when a user was working from home. We didn't know what exactly a user was doing and whether the AV was up to date or not. Intune provides better control of their machines."
  • "I wanted to check if there is any provision at the Intune level to restrict certain things, such as a website, but unfortunately, that feature is available only in Microsoft Defender. Intune has web filtering capabilities, but they are only useful for protection from malicious websites, whereas we would like to be able to restrict a website. For example, YouTube is a clean website. No one would identify it as a malicious website, but if we want to stop the end-users from going to that website, we have to go for another product, such as Microsoft Defender or another third-party proxy solution. It would be great if this capability is included in Intune."

What is our primary use case?

We are going to use Intune for registration and then we're going to use some kind of condition policies for resource access for unmanaged devices. With on-prem AD-based access, when the users are working from home or somewhere else, they need to connect to the VPN or something to access the corporate network, whereas, with Azure and Intune, we are going to provide the resources for application access. We can directly provide them access by using conditional policies.

It has been only three months since we took the Azure subscription and migrated all the users to it. We are running it in the production environment. We are not running it in the testing environment. We are not implementing everything in one go because if any issues happen, it's not easy to roll everything back in minutes. For this reason, we're implementing them one by one.

What is most valuable?

With on-premises Active Directory, the main challenge was that we had no control when a user was working from home. We didn't know what exactly a user was doing and whether the AV was up to date or not. Intune provides better control of their machines.

What needs improvement?

A few of the options are a bit hard to understand. As compared to on-prem services such as AD, it's a bit different. For example, group policy objects have different names. It takes some time to find out where various options are available.

I wanted to check if there is any provision at the Intune level to restrict certain things, such as a website, but unfortunately, that feature is available only in Microsoft Defender. Intune has web filtering capabilities, but they are only useful for protection from malicious websites, whereas we would like to be able to restrict a website. For example, YouTube is a clean website. No one would identify it as a malicious website, but if we want to stop the end-users from going to that website, we have to go for another product, such as Microsoft Defender or another third-party proxy solution. It would be great if this capability is included in Intune.

For how long have I used the solution?

We started using it three months ago. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Over the past three months, I haven't seen any instability from the Intune point of view.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have approximately 220 users. We don't have any immediate plans to increase its usage, but by the middle of next year, we might increase the usage of the product to another 70 or 80 people. We would be able to scale it based on our needs.

How are customer service and support?

I haven't raised any case with Microsoft support, but I believe Microsoft has different types of service agreements based upon which they provide support for different applications. 

I have gone through multiple Microsoft articles, and they have sufficient to-the-point information there. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using on-premises Active Directory, and we were restricting certain things through GPO, but there were a lot of challenges when the users started to work from home. 

How was the initial setup?

Its initial setup is fine. I haven't seen any issues. I have worked as a technical lead at the architect level on different products. For that reason, I haven't had many challenges.

Its implementation was a bit longer because we took our time in testing on multiple machines and multiple users. We wanted to ensure that we are able to achieve what we wanted. We completed all the use case scenarios and what we were expecting from the security point of view.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it in-house. We had two people for the setup, which included a junior person and me. 

We also take care of its maintenance. We are managing approximately 220 people. I take care of all the cybersecurity and software-related work at the corporate level. Most of the people are now coming to the office. So, we have prepared a simple document for them to follow. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We don't have just the Intune license. We have the Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 license, but I don't have the exact figures. Someone else was involved in the initial discussions and purchase, and the entire environment was handed over to me.

Any bundle package, such as Security E3, covers multiple things, such as AAP, BitLocker, etc. If you go for them individually, they would be more expensive. Bundling makes the price more attractive and competitive.

What other advice do I have?

It is suitable for small, medium, and large companies, but it also depends on your requirements, budget, and the things you want to restrict. 

I would rate it a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Head of Operations. Risk & Systems at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
Jan 25, 2022
Integrates with other Microsoft products, provides a good value for money, and is stable 99% of the time
Pros and Cons
  • "Its direct integration with all the other products that we have from Microsoft is valuable. We're using the E5 license, and we have a whole wealth of different products available. It just makes it easier to have everything from one provider."
  • "ROI is very high at the end."
  • "One big problem with Microsoft is that they're changing the names of the products quite often, or they're quite consistently doing so. Intune is now Endpoint administration. Constantly switching the user interface or the administrative interface makes it quite hard to keep pace. If you are on a two-week holiday and you come back and look at the same screen you have looked at for the last couple of months, it looks different, which is annoying. Changing things around all the time doesn't make it easy."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for the rollout of Windows and Apple devices to our users.

What is most valuable?

Its direct integration with all the other products that we have from Microsoft is valuable. We're using the E5 license, and we have a whole wealth of different products available. It just makes it easier to have everything from one provider. 

What needs improvement?

One big problem with Microsoft is that they're changing the names of the products quite often, or they're quite consistently doing so. Intune is now Endpoint administration. Constantly switching the user interface or the administrative interface makes it quite hard to keep pace. If you are on a two-week holiday and you come back and look at the same screen you have looked at for the last couple of months, it looks different, which is annoying. Changing things around all the time doesn't make it easy.

There are some elements where the integration isn't finalized. So, for some of the things, you use the user interface, meaning the administrative website, and for some of the things, you have to use PowerShell to make changes, and it's not quite clear why you have to do things at one point this way and at the other point that way. If they could improve that a little bit more, it would be a good thing.

Other than that, functionality-wise, it, more or less, serves our purpose. I'm not really sure what I would wish more at the moment.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for over a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable 99% of the time. There are some problems with Microsoft in terms of outages, but overall, the solution is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is very easy to scale. It is basically adding additional licenses. It requires adding additional domain names and things like that and maybe adjusting a couple of security groups, but other than that, it's really easy to scale up or down.

We have only 120 users in 44 companies. A few of them have financial, accounting, or legal backgrounds. We are not an engineering company; we are a service company. We are a shared service center catering to the needs of more than 44 other companies. That's our business. We are a managed service provider to all these companies.

How are customer service and support?

Its documentation is quite okay, and if not, if you Google things, you would find almost everything. 

We had four, five issues over the last year, and we had to contact them. They were actually quite swift at solving problems. So, overall, we are happy.

How was the initial setup?

It was easier than expected. We did the full deployment for 44 companies and about 120 users in about three months.

What was our ROI?

ROI is very high at the end. We were using a full data center before with three racks built up with about 30 host systems and 220 virtual servers that we operate in, and by just switching to Microsoft 365, we could get rid of all of them. It made our life easier in terms of support and maintenance. We have saved the costs for all the hardware that we had and all the hassle that we had when parts were broken.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If you ask the accountant or the finance department, they'll tell you that it is way too expensive, but when I look at the cost and compare it with the value you actually get, it's more than fair.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We looked at the Sophos solution as well. We are a Sophos partner, but it was easier to deal directly with the Microsoft solution primarily because of the rules management and the Microsoft groups and the security groups that we use. We use rule-based access, and we have access packages so that users can elevate their rights with an approval process in the back.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate it an eight out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Updated: October 2026
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