What is our primary use case?
We are managing different platforms including iOS, Android, and Windows using Microsoft Intune. We are not supporting Mac. For Mac, our organization uses JAMF Pro.
We use Microsoft Intune for application deployment, creating compliance policies for organizational devices and BYOD devices, creating configuration profiles, managing users, and troubleshooting for end users' enrolled devices. I provide level two technical support for end users.
What is most valuable?
My favorite feature of Microsoft Intune is the dashboard. The dashboard is very simple and user-friendly. Any person, even without prior knowledge, can understand it easily by seeing the interface dashboard. Everything is available in one place.
For example, if you go to devices, all platforms will be shown. When you select one platform, such as Windows, everything will be on the same page, including application deployment, configuration profiles, compliance policies, future updates, and enrollment types. Anyone can easily understand it when compared to the SCCM tool.
What needs improvement?
For platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows, Microsoft Intune is very good. When it comes to Mac, everyone uses JAMF Pro for patching and upgrading. I suggest they can improve Mac-related features and platform-related features. We cannot manage servers in Microsoft Intune because it is completely cloud-based.
The main issue with Microsoft Intune is that for Windows, we can support only Windows 10 and 11 operating systems. We cannot deploy large application files. For that, our organization uses SCCM only. We also cannot manage older versions of devices from Microsoft Intune, such as Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 9, as it does not support them.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Microsoft Intune for the last three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Everything is good with Microsoft Intune. They are releasing many updates recently. Previously, we were using Company Portal for deployment. Now, they have introduced web-based enrollment.
Without the Company Portal, a user can directly register the device by using the Outlook application. In the last two years, they have introduced many changes. The performance and everything is good with Microsoft Intune. For us, Microsoft Intune responds very well. They handle it and provide us with complete data without any issues. Follow-ups are also very good.
How are customer service and support?
We mostly connect with Microsoft whenever we are unable to resolve issues.
We can check with Microsoft subject matter experts. We log an incident and check with the Microsoft subject matter expert. Based on the priority of the incident, if we create a priority one incident, they try to get in touch within one to two hours.
They assign one agent who connects with our architect. They try to help us with the root cause analysis of the issue. Mostly, it takes some time because they need to examine all the logs. Root cause analysis takes considerable time to find the exact solution.
For Microsoft Intune support, I give an eight out of ten. While they are SMEs who can fix issues quickly, the cases we have raised with Microsoft take too much time, which affects end users and the organization.
How would you rate customer service and support?
How was the initial setup?
One person is required for the deployment of Microsoft Intune, though it depends on the requirement.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
When it comes to pricing, Microsoft Intune is very good compared to other tools such as Tanium, Ivanti, and JAMF. Those are very high-cost tools.
Microsoft Intune is less costly when compared to them and provides many features and benefits. On a single E3 or E5 subscription, a user can enroll ten to 15 devices. A single user can enroll 15 devices. They can access company resources such as Outlook, Teams, and everything without any issues.
What other advice do I have?
Copilot in Microsoft Intune was recently introduced. I am working as L2 L3 support. We are using Microsoft Copilot. We are testing Microsoft Copilot for troubleshooting issues in a non-real-time environment. We are testing it for normal cases, such as Microsoft blogs or when new issues arise for users.
If a client asks to deploy multiple applications, then a team will be required. Our client is a US-based health sector company, and we are users of Microsoft Intune without any partners.
I rate Microsoft Intune nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.