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.

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.

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.

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.

A comprehensive blueprint for designing a Zero Trust endpoint architecture using Microsoft Intune. Learn the core principles, CISA maturity stages, architectural decisions, and implementation roadmap to secure identities, devices, and applications at scale.