Intune Tenant Admin Center Overview (Devices)

 

🛡️ Microsoft Intune: Service Overview

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based endpoint management solution that helps organizations manage devices, apps, and security across their workforce.

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🔑 Core Capabilities

Area	Description
Device Management	Enroll and manage Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices.
App Management	Deploy and protect apps on managed and unmanaged devices.
Compliance & Security	Enforce policies to ensure devices meet security standards.
Endpoint Protection	Integrate with Microsoft Defender and configure security baselines.
Conditional Access	Control access to resources based on device compliance.
Reporting & Analytics	Monitor device health, app usage, and policy compliance.

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🧩 Key Components

1. Device Enrollment

   • Windows Autopilot
   • Apple ADE
   • Android Enterprise
   • Manual enrollment

2. Configuration Profiles

   • Wi-Fi, VPN, certificates, email, etc.

3. Compliance Policies

   • OS version, encryption, password rules

4. App Deployment

   • Microsoft Store, LOB apps, Win32, iOS/Android apps

5. Endpoint Security

   • Antivirus, firewall, disk encryption

6. Remote Actions

   • Wipe, lock, reset passcode, remote help

Under Intune Tenant Administration Page there 9 general services

✅ Key Sections Visible:

• Devices – For managing and monitoring enrolled devices.

• Apps – For deploying and managing applications.

• Endpoint security – For managing security baselines and policies (e.g., antivirus, firewall).

• Reports – For viewing device and compliance reports.

• Tenant administration – For configuring tenant-wide settings.

• Troubleshooting + support – For checking logs and resolving user/device issues.

step-by-step guide to import a hardware hash into Microsoft Intune and assign it to a Windows Autopilot deployment profile.

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✅ Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure:

• You have the hardware hash CSV file (generated via Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo.ps1)

• You're assigned one of these roles:

  • Intune Administrator

  • Global Administrator

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🚀 Step 1: Go to Windows Autopilot Devices

1. Log in to the Intune Admin Center.

2. Navigate to Devices on the left pane.

3. Select Windows > Windows enrollment.

4. Click Devices under Windows Autopilot Deployment Program.

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📁 Step 2: Import Device Hardware Hash

1. In the Autopilot Devices page, click Import.

2. Choose the .csv file you exported using:

   powershell
   
   Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo -OutputFile AutoPilotHWID.csv
   

3. Click Import.

   ⏳ The import process may take a few minutes. The device will appear as pending until processed.

   
   
    
   
   
   

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👤 Step 3: Create a Deployment Profile (if not already created)

1. Go back to Windows enrollment.

2. Click Deployment Profiles under Windows Autopilot Deployment Program.

3. Click + Create profile > Choose Windows PC.

4. Set the options:

   • Deployment mode: User-driven or Self-deploying

   • Join to Azure AD or Hybrid AD Join

   • Skip user setup screens as needed

5. Click Next, configure Assignments, and then Create.

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🔗 Step 4: Assign Profile to Imported Device

1. Return to the Devices tab in Autopilot.

2. Select the imported device.

3. Click Assign profile in the toolbar.

4. Choose the profile you created.

5. Click Assign.

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✅ Final Step: Sync and Test

1. After assignment, click Sync to push changes to the device.

2. Reset the device or boot a new one.

3. Ensure it’s connected to the internet at the OOBE (Out-of-Box Experience) screen.

4. Autopilot will automatically apply the profile.