Manage devices with Microsoft Intune

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 11 SE, ✅ Windows 10

Microsoft Intune offers a streamlined remote device management experience throughout the school year. IT administrators can optimize device settings, deploy new applications, updates, ensuring that security and privacy are maintained.

Remote device management

With Intune for Education, there are several ways to manage students' devices. Groups can be created to organize devices and students, to facilitate remote management. You can determine which applications students have access to, and fine tune device settings and restrictions. You can also monitor which devices students sign in to, and troubleshoot devices remotely.

Remote actions

Intune fo Education allows you to perform actions on devices without having to sign in to the devices. For example, you can send a command to a device to restart or to turn off, or you can locate a device.

With bulk actions, remote actions can be performed on multiple devices at once.

To learn more about remote actions in Intune for Education, see Remote actions.

Remote assistance

With devices managed by Intune for Education, you can remotely assist students and teachers that are having issues with their devices.

For more information, see Remote assistance for managed devices - Intune for Education.

Device inventory and reporting

With Intune for Education, it's possible view and report on current devices, applications, settings, and overall health. You can also download reports to review or share offline.

Here are the steps for generating reports in Intune for Education:

1. Sign in to the Intune for Education portal
2. Select Reports
3. Select between one of the report types:
   • Device inventory
   • Device actions
   • Application inventory
   • Settings errors
   • Windows Defender
   • Autopilot deployment
4. If needed, use the search box to find specific devices, applications, and settings
5. To download a report, select Download. The report will download as a comma-separated value (CSV) file, which you can view and modify in a spreadsheet app like Microsoft Excel.

To learn more about reports in Intune for Education, see Reports in Intune for Education.