Microsoft Intune is Microsoft’s cloud-based device management platform — the modern replacement for on-premises Group Policy for organizations managing devices that aren’t always on the corporate network.
# Check whether a device is enrolled in Intune/MDM Get-ScheduledTask -TaskPath "\Microsoft\Windows\EnterpriseMgmt\*" dsregcmd /status # shows Azure AD join and MDM enrollment status
Why Organizations Move to Intune from Group Policy
- Group Policy requires devices to be domain-joined and periodically connected to the corporate network to receive updates — Intune manages devices anywhere with internet access
- Native support for mobile devices (iOS, Android) alongside Windows, unlike Group Policy which is Windows-only
- Conditional Access integration — blocking access to company resources from non-compliant devices automatically
Configuration Profiles
Intune uses Configuration Profiles (policy settings pushed to enrolled devices) and Compliance Policies (rules a device must meet to be considered “compliant,” feeding into Conditional Access decisions) — together, these largely replace what Group Policy Objects did for on-premises, always-connected domain machines.