Microsoft Secure Boot certificates from 2011 begin expiring in June 2026. Practical field guide for inventory, deployment of the 2023 family, and validation.

Migrating from Group Policy to Microsoft Intune is one of those projects that looks like a tool swap on the slide and feels like an architecture change in the room. This field guide is the realistic readiness path: inventory, analytics, mapping, the co-management vs cloud-native decision, phasing, cutover, and the operating model after the last device leaves Active Directory.

Defender for Endpoint is bought far more often than it is properly onboarded. The agent is installed, the Defender XDR portal shows green ticks, and the project is closed — six months later, an assessment finds half the platform unconfigured. This field guide is the realistic onboarding path through Microsoft Intune in 2026: licensing, the service connector, Windows and macOS, EDR in block mode, ASR, the compliance signal back into Conditional Access, validation, and the operational model after deployment.

Intune targeting is architecture. Groups define broad scope, filters refine assignments, categories classify devices and dynamic groups should be used carefully when attributes are stable. This interactive guide helps Microsoft 365 admins and Intune admins design a targeting model that is scalable, predictable and easy to troubleshoot.

Conditional Access can ask for a compliant device. Microsoft Intune defines what compliant actually means. This guide gives you an interactive builder, a ten-policy baseline, platform-specific recommendations for Windows, macOS, iOS/iPadOS and Android, a safe rollout sequence, and the operational advice I use when deploying device compliance in production. No data is sent anywhere. Everything runs in the browser.

Five app types in the Intune admin center and no single guide from Microsoft on when to use which one. This article covers the full app packaging decision: Win32 vs LOB vs MSIX vs Microsoft Store vs web links, a decision table mapping 10 common scenarios to the right app type, the Win32 packaging workflow with IntuneWinAppUtil, detection rules (MSI code, file version, registry, PowerShell) and why they're the number one cause of deployment confusion, supersedence and dependency chains, Microsoft Store winget integration, PSADT for complex installs, the 32-bit execution context trap, common packaging mistakes, an SMB quick-start guide, and a 12-point audit checklist.

Most Intune projects fail quietly after deployment — not because the configuration is wrong, but because nobody builds an operational rhythm to keep it healthy. This final part fixes that.

A configured device is not a hardened device. This part layers Microsoft's pre-built security baselines on top of your configuration profiles, connects Defender for Business, and starts Attack Surface Reduction in Audit mode.

Manual software installs don't scale. This part covers deploying Microsoft 365 Apps, packaging Win32 apps with IntuneWinAppUtil, and making the Company Portal the self-service front door for your users.

Compliance tells Intune whether a device is healthy. Configuration profiles tell the device how to behave. This part deploys five production-ready profiles — BitLocker, WHfB, OneDrive KFM, Edge hardening, and Update rings.

An enrolled device is not a trusted device — not until it meets your compliance baseline. This part builds the compliance policy and Conditional Access rules that enforce it, safely.

Before you configure compliance or deploy software, you need the right licence, the right groups, and a device that successfully talks to Intune. This first part gets you there from a blank tenant.

The Enterprise App Catalog in Intune reduces the manual work behind common Win32 app deployment. This article explains how EAM works, how guided updates and supersedence behave, where it fits into Autopilot, and the limits you need to know before adopting it at scale.

Microsoft Cloud PKI in Intune replaces the traditional NDES, on-prem CA dependency, and Intune Certificate Connector path for SCEP delivery. This guide explains how to build the CA hierarchy, deploy trust and SCEP profiles, and use cloud-managed certificates for Wi-Fi and VPN authentication.

Microsoft is turning hotpatch on by default in Windows Autopatch for eligible Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 devices. This article explains the impact, the prerequisites, and the checks Intune admins should make before the change takes effect.

Golden images, driver chaos, and USB deployments belong to the past. Learn how Windows Autopilot and Intune Pre-Provisioning enable a cloud-native onboarding model that is faster, safer, and built for scale.

BYOD doesn’t have to mean data leakage or privacy conflicts. This guide explains how to secure corporate data on unmanaged personal devices using Intune MAM (App Protection Policies) and Conditional Access — protecting company data without managing the employee’s device.

Microsoft Intune Remote Help is more than a support tool. This guide explains how to eliminate Shadow IT, enforce least privilege with RBAC, secure sessions with Conditional Access, and improve auditability.

Still giving users local admin rights? This guide explains how to use Microsoft Intune Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) to implement least privilege, control elevations, reduce ransomware risk, and avoid breaking productivit

A complete and practical guide to managing iOS and iPadOS devices in Microsoft Intune. Learn how to securely enroll BYOD and corporate devices, configure compliance and configuration profiles, deploy apps, and apply real Zero Trust practices for SMB environments.