Microsoft Intune Reviews

The solution is deployed on cloud. I'm part of the support team. There's another server team that works closely with Microsoft. They purchased an old 365 license, and Intune was one of the included features. We wanted to take advantage of the feature because it was part of the package. That's why our top management decided to save some costs by making use of Intune and not using AirWatch anymore.

We are enrolling through the Intune company portal, and then we are using the Outlook app to configure the email addresses of the company.

We are using the mobile feature, and we are also using MDM to lock the devices, to push restrictions, et cetera. Compared with AirWatch, I think it's easier to manage the devices and the profiles in AirWatch. Intune has a lot of options, but I've only been playing around with it for a few months.

In the past, I raised some tickets for the enhancement feature, which was missing in Intune. It can take a long time for these features to appear, or maybe they will just never happen.

There are certain things that I'm trying to replicate from AirWatch, and it's not possible.

In AirWatch, we have a launcher, which is like a container. You can choose single-app mode or multi-app mode. But in Intune, for example, you need to factory reset the device and then apply the MDM. If we choose multi-app mode, which is the kiosk multi-app mode in Intune, I cannot lock the application on the screen. For example, in the set mode, you have the option to set the leave Kiosk password. You can exit the kiosk. But if you choose Intune multi-app mode, you don't have this leave kiosk option. For us, it's very useful.

If you have this leave kiosk option in the multi-app, you should also have it in the single-app mode. We need this because we have an application that you run on a tablet in hotel rooms, and we want to lock the application in a single-app mode, but besides the application, we also need to have some background applications running, like we need to do some configurations in Knox from Samsung, and eFolder. 

We have three applications that we need to push, but the guests will only be able to see one. Because I don't have the option to leave the kiosk in the single-app mode, I cannot do any configuration in the background apps. We have one app we cannot migrate to Intune from AirWatch because of this issue. This applies to more than 2,000 devices.

I think we need the leave Kiosk option available for the Kiosk single-app mode, because we are stuck with at least 2,000 devices or more because we want to completely retire AirWatch, but we cannot until this feature is available. The applications that we are using in our hotel rooms are not compatible with Intune. My bosses are not really satisfied because we still have expenses with purchasing a license with AirWatch because Intune cannot really fulfill our requirements.

This option is already available in the multi-app mode. It should not be a new feature. This feature already exists. They just need to apply the single-app mode the same way they're applying the multi-app mode.

Compared with AirWatch, Intune is not very stable because I haven't had to deal with these issues. With AirWatch, I would try to fix something and I would need to fine tune the settings, et cetera. But once I fine-tune and push everything, it will run and be stable. With Intune, we are new with this product, but it took some time for me to create a profile and test the devices. It has been working for a few months, but then suddenly this weird issue happened. It affected all devices at once.

In the Outlook application, the scalability is good so far. But there are some differences between on-premises mailbox users and cloud users. For example, let's say I'm my boss's assistant and I'm able to view my boss's calendar on my Outlook desktop. Let's say I want to view a shared calendar on my Outlook app. For the cloud-use mailbox, I'm able to do this, but if I'm an on-premises mailbox user, this option is not available. Usually the cloud mailbox users have more options than on-premise users.

We have around 2,000 users enrolled in Intune so far, not counting the MDM device. That includes just email, the one that I have enrolled in the Outlook email app.

Our plan is to keep the solution because our primary solution for email mobile is now Intune because we are retiring AirWatch. We have already retired the email for AirWatch, and we are just using AirWatch for MDM devices. Of course, the plan is to keep increasing usage. If more users request email on their mobile, we are going to offer Intune.

Technical support is very responsive and helpful. There's another issue that I raised related to Adobe Acrobat. I'm not sure if it's a region issue, but I'm in Macau, and we also have some users in Manila, Hong Kong, and Cyprus. All of us are using the same profile. I make the Adobe Reader application available on the manage app store, but somehow the users in Macau, when they go to the manage play store, are not able to see Adobe Reader on the list. It's only happening in Macau.

I raised this issue. Support dragged the issue on for two months. Support said, "Because all the applications go through the Play store, maybe you need to reach out to Google." The issue was not really resolved because the issue might not be related to Microsoft but Google, et cetera. I just gave up.

Compared to AirWatch, I can upload APKs or I can just redirect the Play store link to push the apps. But in Intune for example, I'm forced to upload all the applications through the managed app store. To make it available is a different process, basically. There are some things that don't really stretch forward. 

If I upload a custom APK in the manage Play store and then I want to remove it, I cannot remove it myself. I need to send an email to Google and ask them to remove it. Then they will ask me to unpublish the app for 24 hours first. These are very simple things that I should be able to control myself, and it wastes a lot of time.

I think if you have the money and want something more stable, you should go for AirWatch. I don't think Microsoft is offering the same stability as VMware at this point. On other hand, I think the support from Microsoft is better, particularly the support in Asia. In VMware, all the support is from India, and sometimes I have a hard time with them.

Now that I'm starting to be familiar with the profiles, it's starting to get easier. A few weeks ago, there was a very odd issue that happened also related to MDM devices where we were using the manage home screen application to lock down the apps that we wanted to allow only the users to use, like the kiosk application.

We have configured the profile and have deployed to 200 or 300 devices. Some of our users called and said suddenly all the mobile devices were flashing. I don't know what happened, but it happened at the same time. The workaround that I had to do was to remove the manage home screen from the profile. Then all of the devices were kicked out and went back to the home screen of the devices. That was the only way they could resume the mobile devices. I don't know what happened, but something was wrong with the manage home screen app on that day because a few days after, I pushed back and everything resumed.

We have ROI because we are retiring AirWatch, so we're spending less and making the most of the free stuff.

The licensing is on a yearly basis.

I would rate this solution 7 out of 10.

We use it to a small extent for approximately 1,100 devices. The biggest portion of it is used in the Aviation department, which is one of our departments. They have invested heavily in some customized software that they've developed in-house. It is put on the devices, and the devices are primarily used by field staff. It's basically a mixture of work order assignment and work order management, as well as record keeping. For example, I could have a technician who is assigned to go and do a preventive maintenance inspection on an HVAC component in one of the terminals. That request or work order is submitted to his device. When he gets there, he scans barcodes for the room he is in and for the piece of equipment that he is working on. So, they track their actual work order, work order status, workloads, and equipment life cycle, and that's all done through Intune.

It helps us in securing devices. It has eliminated a lot of paperwork. It has simplified record-keeping and maintenance of equipment, life cycle management, staff workload, work hours, et cetera. That's the biggest impact on us, and that's also where most of the devices are used.

Its security is most valuable. It gives us a way to secure devices, not only those that are steady. We do have a few tablets and other devices, and it is a way for us to secure these devices and manage them. We know they're out there and what's their status. We can manage their life cycle and verify that they're updated properly.

It doesn't economize when you scale up. We have over 14,000 employees, and we have between 7,500 and 8,000 city-owned or personal devices being used to conduct city business. Its price can be improved. It is not a cheap solution.

It has been years since it was implemented.

Its stability has been fine. We've had no issues at all.

I don't see any issues with it. We currently have only about 1,100 users and licenses for the Intune product. The largest portion or over 50% of usage is by our Aviation department for tracking and managing their work order, workload,  equipment life cycle, etc. Other users are scattered in small numbers throughout a number of departments. 

Our Parts department also uses it. One thing that's a little bit unique is that they also have these assigned to temporary workers. So, we provide the licenses for a number of temporary workers for the summer or for the winter, and then we take them back and reassign them to somebody else. 

The other departments mostly use it for educational or small use cases where they think this will be a good fit, and it is the product that is available to them. I've heard nothing bad about it, and I have no problem at all with Intune.

In terms of future growth, we're currently looking at another product, but that doesn't mean we're going to go with that other product. We're working with a vendor on another solution, and that vendor also has a mobile device management product, but we're not yet ready to go there.

I've no direct input on it. Right now, we're on unified support, but we've always had their premier support. If we ever have a problem with any of our Microsoft products, including Intune, we do have a way to reach out and get additional assistance.

I'm not aware of any other solution being used. I know there were one or possibly two failed mobile device management project implementations. I was not a member of the department then, so I don't know the details. I only know that both of the deployments failed. In other words, either the vendor promises were not met, or we found a function that was supposed to exist but did not exist. 

It was pretty straightforward. It was not a very long, complex, and involved process. It was fairly easy to set up.

It was done in-house. For its maintenance, we have no one dedicated to it. Our client computing side takes care of that.

I've never tried to quantify an ROI for the program. We have just a small number of devices. At some point, we will look at implementing large-scale mobile device management, and that'll be a different case where we may look at Intune, Workspace ONE, or another product.

It is not a cheap solution. The price for a device when you start using it at a large scale can be improved.

It is covered under our enterprise agreement. We pay once a year. I am not aware of any additional costs.

It meets the basic security needs and management needs for most organizations. It allows you to monitor the security of devices and manage those devices if they're organization-owned. It is fairly easy and straightforward to manage. It is not difficult. Some of the other solutions are a little bit more difficult.

I would rate it an eight out of 10. It meets all the basic needs that most organizations will have for device management and device security. I am not sure if it can provide the required level of security for different business scenarios that require additional security, which means you'd have to run two systems in tandem.

We primarily use the solution for device management. 

There are a lot of use cases, however, the base is the mobile security for our corporate devices and deployment of applications. We are a worldwide organization and in many countries. There are also country-based use cases, or areas that incorporate these use cases for some specific business units such as healthcare and similar SAP solutions. We have a lot of small areas where we use this, however, the main driver is improving the security of the devices and providing some automation configuration for the users including VPN solutions and corporate WiFi connections, applications, et cetera.

If I compared this product to XenMobile, except the conditional access, which was also partially possible to integrate with Citrix XenMobile, then there is not much difference between the two. The functionality s very good. However, the main way this has improved our organization is that there is support for conditional access and native integration with Office 365 services which we migrated to. 

The integration with conditional access is great. That's maybe the most important aspect of the solution.

The pricing is very good.

We already use a lot of Microsoft products in our company, and therefore, it made sense to also use this product.

For the most part, the solution is stable.

As a cloud solution, the scalability on offer is great.

There are a lot of small use cases where we realized that some technical solution was missing in Microsoft in comparison to other products. For example, it lacks something similar to sensing or location-based rules and configurations.

We would like, for example, integrated remote control or a remote session tool or something like this. You must have TeamViewer and the integration with this is limited and it's extra money. Nothing is built-in. Some functionalities are really limited to fully managed devices and so on. It took a long time for them to integrate the big ECS infrastructure into the corporate devices. This is now done, however, it took a longer time than expected.

Technical support could be h=better.

We've used the solution for the last three years, starting with the integration. 

The solution is pretty stable. As it is in the cloud, there are not many issues in terms of a service outage or things like this. Maybe when there are new patches integrated every month, which sometimes happens, some functionality may be influenced or affected. It's more or less a small issue, however, issues are possible. I don't recall a situation where downtime happened or users were really affected, however. It's just an occasional issue we may have with a patch that we would need to address.

The solution is quite scalable. As a cloud product, there are no issues surrounding expanding if you need to. 

We have maybe 27,000 people using the solution at this time. There is a plan to have all mobile users in this solution, so we are talking about 70,000 users at some point. However, it's a question also of the licenses, as you have to have a license for that product.

Technical support is hit and miss. Sometimes it's really good and other times it's not so great.

We used Citrix Endpoint Management in the past. We used it about two years ago. It was a good product. They are comparable, really, Citrix and Microsoft. 

I was not involved from the beginning of the project. However, from what I remember, we did the implementation directly with the help of a support engineer from Microsoft. Their involvement ensured the setup was not such a big deal.

Deployment took maybe one year in our environment, however, this was because we had a lot of time to tune it up and to test it, to have a pilot for a few months and then add more people to the pilot before we started migrations for mobile, for example. We took our time to really prepare the product as best as possible and then deployed it to the users and migrated them over.

We have two levels of people at a global level that handle deployment and maintenance. They mostly focus on improving the environment, not troubleshooting WiFi issues. 

We had direct assistance from Microsoft. Their assistance made the process seamless and it was a positive experience.

The solution offers reasonable pricing.

It's my understanding that we have the licensing set up for monthly payments, however, it's not an aspect of the solution I'm directly involved with. I don't know enough about it.

That said, I am aware that, in order to have mobile involved, you need the EMS solution or EMS license, and that's an extra cost to the standard Office license.

We're just a customer and an end-user.

As we are on the cloud version of the solution, we are more or less on the latest version of the solution.

The product was chosen for political reasons, as the company is mostly using Microsoft products and also the prices were maybe better than other options. 

I'd recommend the solution to others. If they are already using Microsoft or 365, it's a good product for companies sot have. 

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

Intune is our primary tool for managing our devices, including security profiles, confirmation profiles, applications, deployment, updates, etc. It manages all of our workstations but not the servers. It helps us manage and monitor devices, but we use Microsoft Defender for threat discovery and things like that. It's all within the E5 license. We also manage Android and iOS devices. 

Previously, they were using SCCM. It's an on-prem server, so you must maintain, update, and secure it. With Intune, you don't have to manage anything. Everything is available through a console on the web, so I think it's way better.  Enrollment and deployment are easy. 

Intune helps us protect data on the end-user computers, but we need another solution for the servers that Intune does not cover. However, we group computers and the endpoints with the security panel and connect them to Microsoft Defender. Everything reported in Defender can be customized in the Intune security section, like the security rules, local rules, firewall rules, exclusions, etc. 

Intune reduces the risk of security breaches because we follow some well-known security baselines that we translate into configuration and security profiles and apply at large. It's helpful for pushing out security stuff.

Intune is effective because of the configuration management and endpoint security it provides. The graphical interface makes it easier to configure and deploy devices. 

Intune has some limitations when it comes to application updates for third-party applications. You can schedule an update, but when it's a package setup, you need to supercede and replace it each time.  

I have used Intune for three years.

I rate Intune nine out of ten for stability. 

I rate Intune eight out of ten for scalability.

I previously used Microsoft SCCM. 

Intune is all on the cloud. I wasn't there when they migrated. 

I would say Intune is totally worth what we pay for it because you can customize and do everything related to the configuration, security policies, monitoring, etc. 

 Intune is included in the Microsoft E5 license.

I rate Microsoft Intune eight out of ten. 

The solution has a holistic approach. The device management, application management, identity management, and cybersecurity features are valuable. It brings all of the endpoint and security management tools into one place. It provides complete integration with Microsoft products. It provides full endpoint visibility and IT controls across device platforms.

It makes the security measurements easier to maintain. The user experience is sufficiently good. It helps secure hybrid work and protect data. The tool provides an add-on that integrates artificial intelligence and Microsoft Graph. It is a good development. The product has affected IT productivity in our organization.

It's a good platform for management and security for all kinds of devices. There is less trouble for the users so they can do more. For the IT team, the product provides a guarantee of security. The solution has reduced the risk of security breaches by 30%. It has helped us save on direct and indirect costs. We are a global organization. We need fewer resources and are more secure due to the solution. There are much less incidents based on security.

The tool helps consolidate vendors. There is much more functionality that we can leverage. It has positively affected the security posture of the organization and licensing costs. The capabilities of Intune that are integrated with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Security are very important. I work in environments that are completely Microsoft-dominated. The more we use Microsoft, the better the integration. It is easier to connect the different parts. I am satisfied with the product’s performance.

The add-ons must be integrated into the solution. They should not be separate add-ons. The add-ons have artificial intelligence and must be part of the base product.

I have been using the solution for very long.

I am satisfied with the product’s scalability.

The technical support is quite reasonable.

Neutral

The pricing is competitive, but it is not cheap. All the licenses are not cheap nowadays.

I have used AirWatch in my previous organization. The integration provided by Microsoft Intune is its biggest advantage over its competitors. Most of the integration with third-party tools is good.

I'm familiar with Microsoft Intune from the beginning. I have heard that the solution’s Tunnel for MAM feature enables users to use their private phones to make a secure connection to the company's network to access company resources. I haven’t used it yet. We are partners and customers. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We use Intune as an educational platform. My company has about 85 users and 10 admins at one location. 

Intune saves us time and money because we buy less equipment. We can wipe our devices and reuse them on different jobs instead of buying new ones. 

Intune enables us to manage our devices from anywhere. 

Intune has limited integration with non-Microsoft solutions. It isn't suitable for iOS devices—only Windows and Android. I would also like to see improved synchronization and replication with Azure Active Directory in hybrid environments.

I have used Intune for one year. 

Intune is stable.

Intune is scalable.

I rate Microsoft's support an eight out of ten. The recommendations from the community forums are usually enough. I contact Microsoft's support when I have a significant issue. They're helpful and provide the information I need.

Positive

We also do business with Amazon, Google, and other cloud providers. 

Intune was easy to set up. Everything goes quickly once you have all the documentation. It isn't that complicated and took about four or five days in our test environment. We had to synchronize the users with the cloud environment. Once all the identities are replicated in the cloud, we started to duplicate the groups and endpoints. After this was finished, we cut the links to the on-premise installation.

We have seen a return on investment. We pay about $10,000 annually for 85 users. We save a lot on maintenance and monitoring. 

Intune's pricing model is appropriate. 

I rate Microsoft Intune a nine out of ten. 

Mobile device management is the main thing for which we are using it. My role is to review the implementation.

Mobile device management is most valuable.

We only have major classifications for iOS and Android, but there are different brands that have different cycles of updates. If they can fine-tune it to make it more brand-specific, that would be even better.

I've been using this solution for three and a half years.

It's stable. I'd rate it an eight out of ten in terms of stability.

It's very scalable. I'd rate it a ten out of ten in terms of scalability.

It was deployed for an environment with multiple locations. There are about 500 end users. Our clients are mostly small-sized organizations.

I'd rate the previous vendor with which we had the contract a ten out of ten. We now have a new vendor. They haven't yet started.

We used BlackBerry. We switched because that was getting outdated, and it didn't have all the features that Intune has. Intune is continuously being improved because of the cloud service.

I reviewed its implementation. It was straightforward. There were some technical difficulties in getting it started, but after we resolved them, it was easy. There were some architectural issues we had to resolve because we had legacy architecture.

It was a consultancy service that was provided by us. There were about five people involved. One was a specialist; one was an architect. There were two different engineers having different specialties, and there was a project manager.

We have an engineer who works on the maintenance. There is a team of two engineers to manage Intune as well as Office 365.

There were quite a few, but this was the main solution that we looked at because Microsoft solutions integrate well with other Microsoft solutions.

I'd advise getting rid of legacy stuff. You need to go to the new architecture and new OS. The infrastructure should be matching for the Intune implementation. Otherwise, you will have a problem. That's what we faced. We had to upgrade all our operating systems.

Overall, I'd rate Intune an eight out of ten.

We primarily use Microsoft Intune for device management and application management. It allows us to control and restrict user access, preventing data sharing and leakage. 

Additionally, we utilize it for endpoint management of Windows and Mac devices, ensuring their security and compliance.

The benefits include that it's very easy to deploy and integrate. Users actually feel satisfied and have a great experience with it.

The most valuable includes managing everything from a single console.

Integration with Mac devices requires some improvement.

I have been working with Microsoft Intune for eight years. I currently use the latest version.

It is a stable solution. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. Sometimes we get some alerts from Microsoft Intune, but our team is responsible for managing that internally.

It is a scalable solution. Around 3,000 endpoints are being utilized in our organization. 

 Customer service and support are good.

Positive

We used VMware AirWatch. We switched because of the ease of use that we get from Intune. It's much simpler to work with.

The initial setup was very easy, not at all complex.

We have our own team that handles the deployment. Three to four people were included in the process. 

The deployment process was simple. We just enrolled devices and created the necessary policies, and that's it. It took approximately twenty to forty minutes, depending upon the use case.

Moreover, it is easy to create policies with Intune. It's not difficult at all to maintain. We have the same team taking care of the maintenance.

Just go with it. It's very simple to use. Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

We use Intune for device management to ensure mobile devices such as laptops and tablets comply with our organization's regulations and requirements. We have some on-prem resources and operate a hybrid, primarily cloud-based environment.

We have seen many benefits from using Intune, especially in security. We have fewer company data leaked to the public as our security is tighter, and our company network is safer.

The ability to wipe data from and reset devices is one of the most important and valuable features. If a device is reported stolen, we can freeze it or wipe the data from it, preventing data leakage.

The solution offers excellent visibility into all devices connected to the network and whether they are safe or compromised.

There are some issues using the solution with macOS and iOS, and it offers limited granular control with them. Intune works better on Windows and Android. 

I've used the solution for two to three years as an end user and an IT admin.

Intune is very stable. 

The solution's scalability is excellent, though it could be improved regarding macOS and iOS.

We've reached out to Microsoft technical support many times, and they have always helped resolve our issues promptly and efficiently; I rate them ten out of ten.

Positive

We previously used Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) for group and on-prem policies, which we also pushed out to devices. We switched because Intune is more modern and cloud-based, so it fits our organization better.

As an IT admin, I was involved in the deployment of Intune as a consultant. The implementation was very straightforward as we're an experienced team of security professionals consisting of two IT admins and an IT manager. There was also a test environment for our benefit, and moving that over to a production environment was seamless.

We carried out the implementation internally. 

We definitely have an ROI with Intune, and the benefits are compounding. Security is a non-negotiable area; our business has to be secure, and our sensitive company data has to be protected from malicious actors. The security of company resources is always an ROI for the business, so it's essential.

The product is relatively pricey, but considering its benefits, I'd say it's fair. The benefits outweigh the expensive licensing fees, especially for large organizations, but medium-sized and smaller businesses may be unable to afford it.

We didn't consider other options; we wanted a Microsoft product, as it's great to add to our existing suite of business applications, and the integration is more seamless than it would be with third-party products.

I rate the solution ten out of ten. 

We implemented the solution to solve security concerns; users access our company resources from outside the network, and we must ensure the devices they connect from are safe. As an admin, I have complete visibility into devices connecting from outside and can ensure they are safe and secure.

My advice to those considering the solution is to be aware of its capabilities, limitations, and their business needs. These factors will allow you to determine if Intune is the best device management tool for you. Depending on the environment, you may have to combine Intune with an older technology to manage all company devices.

Intune provides a platform for managing all our devices, including mobile iOS devices and PC workstations. It can also control some aspects of servers.

We can automatically enroll our devices with Intune. It helps us implement company-wide policies and ensure regulatory compliance because we can restrict how company devices are used. Intune improves security by enabling us to set conditional access policies for each device. 

Intune can wipe devices. For example, if a disgruntled employee wants to leak the data on their company phone, Intune can terminate their access and wipe the entire device with a click. Conditional access is another essential feature. 

You can set up two profiles on every device to keep personal data separate from company data, and the employee cannot copy data between them. This is a critical requirement for most companies to avoid the loss of sensitive data.  

Intune doesn't provide much control over Windows servers. It's something we struggle with.

I have worked with Intune for six years.

Intune is mostly stable. Microsoft guarantees 97 percent availability throughout the year, so it's pretty stable. 

Intune is scalable. 

I have used multiple endpoint management solutions in the past nine years. I also work with Jamf, a solution that focuses on iOS devices. Compared to Jamf, Intune also has some limitations when working with iOS. For example, Jamf can create specific policies for each iOS device, whereas Intune can't go that far. It also has role-based and device-based features. You can do more customization on iOS devices with Jamf. 

The initial installation isn't too difficult, but it can be complex if you have a large number of devices and need to do lots of customization. It is more complicated to onboard Windows PCs versus mobile devices, which are pretty easy.

The number of staff members required also varies according to the job and the timeline for deployment. For example, I would probably need additional resources if I'm enrolling 20,000 devices in under a month. However, we don't need too many resources if we have enough time

Intune is a cloud-based solution, so Microsoft is responsible for maintaining the infrastructure. We only need to handle the administrative and configuration adjustments on our side. 

Most clients get the ROI they expect, with the exception of those organizations that primarily use Mac and iOS. Jamf is more appropriate for iOS users. You may need to buy two solutions if you have a mixture.

Intune is reasonably priced. When we design a solution, we always compare costs for the client, but I don't know the price of Intune off the top of my head right now. It varies depending on the size of your organization, the market, and the reseller. You can buy a stand-alone license for Intune, or it may be included in a 365 license. 

I rate Microsoft Intune nine out of 10. 

Before implementing Intune or any endpoint management solution, I recommend looking at your internal requirements. Are most of your devices iOS or Android? Do you need automated enrollment? Go for Intune if you're using mostly Android mobile devices and Windows PCs.