Introduction
Imagine you work at a mid-sized organization with 500 users across multiple locations. Your company recently decided to adopt Microsoft Intune for modern device management. On day one, IT receives dozens of enrollment requests from employees with different device types—some using Windows devices purchased by the company, others bringing personal iPhones and Android tablets, and a few teams needing Mac devices.
Without a clear enrollment strategy, chaos follows. Support staff struggle to guide users through device-specific enrollment steps. Your security team worries that unsupported devices might bypass restrictions. Within days, some devices remain unenrolled, preventing users from accessing corporate email and applications.
This is where device enrollment strategy becomes critical. Microsoft Intune enrollment is the foundation of modern endpoint management. When devices enroll in Intune, they become trusted endpoints in your environment. Enrolled devices receive compliance policies, security configurations, applications, and remote management capabilities. Without enrollment, you can't enforce security rules, deploy software, monitor compliance, or respond to threats.
Module scenario
Throughout this module, we'll follow the scenario of Contoso, a healthcare organization that manages diverse device types. Contoso must support:
- Employees using company-owned Windows PCs
- Healthcare professionals using personal iOS devices to access patient records
- Administrative staff with Android tablets
Contoso's IT team needs to design an enrollment strategy that addresses these diverse ownership models while maintaining security and simplifying the user experience.
What will you be doing?
In this module, you will:
- Compare and contrast BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and corporate-owned device models
- Select appropriate enrollment strategies based on device ownership and organizational requirements
- Implement enrollment for Windows, iOS, macOS, and Android devices
- Configure enrollment restrictions to enforce device and platform policies
- Troubleshoot common enrollment issues and provide user support
What is the main goal?
By the end of this module, you'll be able to design and implement a device enrollment strategy in Microsoft Intune that accommodates multiple device types and ownership models while enforcing organizational security requirements and providing a consistent user experience.