How to Manage Windows Devices Across Multiple Schools: Seeking Advice on Microsoft Intune and Tenant Creation

Question

Hi everyone,

We are currently working with several charter schools, and we need a solution to effectively manage their Windows PCs and laptops. We tried signing up for Microsoft Intune for Education for testing as it appears similar to Apple School Manager, which we currently use for managing our Apple devices. Despite filling out the form three times, we have been unsuccessful in signing up.

Here’s what we’re trying to achieve:

• We need a secure way to deploy and manage both Windows desktops and laptops across multiple schools in different physical locations.

• We’re looking for a method to create and manage Microsoft accounts for staff and students, allowing them to access Microsoft Office and other applications.

• It’s crucial that we can track our Windows devices and lock them if necessary.

• Ideally we would be using a new domain specifically for Microsoft’s services, as we currently use Google Workspace for our existing domain.

We attempted to request access to Microsoft Intune for education, but we got stuck during the tenant creation process and our assigned representative did not know how to proceed. We’re not entirely sure if Microsoft Intune is the best solution for our needs or if there’s a better alternative.

Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

@Ryan Jefrries Thanks for posting in our Q&A.

Based on my research, Microsoft Intune for Education doesn't have the feature to lock devices. Why don't you consider using intune replacing intune for Education to manage devices? I will share some information what I know.

*
Deploy and manage both Windows desktops and laptops across multiple schools in different physical locations.*

--Enroll these devices to intune

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/fundamentals/deployment-guide-enrollment

*
Create and manage Microsoft accounts for staff and students, allowing them to access Microsoft Office and other applications.*

--We can create users and grant permissions in intune portal.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/fundamentals/users-add

Also, we can configure conditional access policies to control the devices and apps that can connect to your email and company resources.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/protect/conditional-access

*
Track our Windows devices and lock them if necessary.*

--Microsoft Intune reports allow you to more effectively and proactively monitor the health and activity of endpoints across your organization.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/fundamentals/reports

We can remotely lock devices.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/remote-actions/device-remote-lock

Hope it will clarify something.

---

If the answer is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment".

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.