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Does Microsoft 365 Business Premium include being able to configure group policy remotely?

Brian Ornawka 0 Reputation points
2024-06-14T19:22:50.73+00:00

My agency is looking to move to a more cloud based Microsoft experience. We are just in the process of trying to find the correct licensing that allows us everything. It seems like Microsoft 365 Business Premium has everything we want but one thing that we want to be able to do is utilize the ability to configure group policy from the web and have it move down to our devices which would all be licensed. Does Microsoft 365 Business Premium allow for that?

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  1. Miguel Gonçalves | AVANADE 721 Reputation points
    2024-06-14T22:31:29.95+00:00

    Hi Brian Ornawka

    Microsoft 365 Business Premium does offer a variety of device management and security settings that can be configured remotely via the web. However, these are managed through the Microsoft Defender portal or the Microsoft Intune admin center, and not through traditional Group Policy as in an on-premises Active Directory environment.

    I recommend contacting a Microsoft representative or a trusted IT consultant.

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  2. ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 10,105 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-06-17T02:48:50.22+00:00

    @Brian Ornawka, Thanks for posting in Q&A.

    Based on my research, you can secure access, manage device and data with Microsoft 365 Business Premium, but there is no such way you can configure group policy from web, you can manage devices and users through the Microsoft Defender portal or the Microsoft Intune admin center which has some of the same functionality as Group Policy.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/business-premium/m365bp-view-edit-create-mdb-policies?view=o365-worldwide#working-with-device-policies-in-the-microsoft-intune-admin-center

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/using-microsoft-365-business-premium-to-secure-your-remote/ba-p/1298623

    Hope it will help.

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