Endpoint Security
Microsoft Intune Security Baseline: What to Configure First
A practical guide to Microsoft Intune security baselines, device compliance, endpoint protection and Conditional Access for businesses.
Intune is more than device enrolment
Microsoft Intune can manage configuration, compliance, applications and endpoint security. The challenge is deciding which controls to implement first without overwhelming users or administrators.
Start with device inventory
Know which devices are managed, which are compliant and which are outside your management boundary. An incomplete inventory makes every later decision harder.
Establish a security baseline
Use Microsoft security recommendations as a starting point, then adjust them for your business requirements. Test changes before broad deployment.
Configure compliance policies
Define practical requirements for supported operating systems, encryption, security controls and device health. Avoid requirements that create exceptions nobody maintains.
Connect compliance to access
Conditional Access can use device compliance as part of an access decision. This creates a useful relationship between endpoint security and identity security.
Deploy endpoint protection
Review Defender for Endpoint, attack surface reduction, firewall, antivirus and other endpoint controls according to your environment and licensing.
Roll out in stages
A good Intune deployment is usually iterative. Start with a pilot group, measure the impact, fix exceptions and expand gradually. Security controls are more effective when they can be operated reliably.
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