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Microsoft Intune Cookbook

By : Andrew Taylor
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Microsoft Intune Cookbook

By: Andrew Taylor

Overview of this book

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-managed mobile device management (MDM) tool that empowers you to manage your end-user device estate across various platforms. While it is an excellent platform, the initial setup and configuration can be a daunting process, and mistakes made early on can be more challenging to resolve later. This book addresses these issues by guiding you through the end-to-end configuration of an Intune environment, incorporating best practices and utilizing the latest functionalities. In addition to setting up your environment, you’ll delve into the Microsoft Graph platform to understand the underlying mechanisms behind the web GUI. This knowledge will enable you to automate a significant portion of your daily tasks using PowerShell. By the end of this book, you’ll have established an Intune environment that supports Windows, Apple iOS, Apple macOS, and Android devices. You’ll possess the expertise to add new configurations, policies, and applications, tailoring an environment to your specific requirements. Additionally, you’ll have the ability to troubleshoot any issues that may arise and package and deploy your company applications. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn how to use Microsoft Intune to manage their organization's end-user devices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Enrolling in Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint gives you additional controls and monitoring on your devices.

Getting started

While it is managed from within Intune, you first need to onboard your tenant and devices into the service.

Important note

You need a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P1 or P2 license to complete the following steps (a free trial can be obtained from the Microsoft Admin Center).

To start, we need to navigate to Security Portal at https://security.microsoft.com.

How to do it…

Now that we are in the portal, follow these settings to enroll your devices:

  1. Click Settings.
  2. Then, click Endpoints.
  3. Now, scroll to the bottom; there should be a setting marked Microsoft Intune connection. Slide that to On.
  4. Then, click Save Preferences and return to the Intune portal.
  5. Navigate to Endpoint security, then Endpoint detection and response, and create a new policy (Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server)...