SERVICES
Microsoft Intune and Autopilot
Laptops that arrive ready to work, policy applied automatically, and a device you can wipe remotely the day it goes missing.
Setting up a new laptop should not take half a day
The traditional way of preparing a machine involves someone unboxing it, installing Windows updates, adding applications one at a time, joining it to the domain and configuring settings by hand. It takes hours, it is never quite consistent between machines, and it has to happen before the device reaches the person waiting for it.
Windows Autopilot changes the order. The device ships from the supplier straight to your staff member. They open the box, connect to wi-fi and sign in with their work account. Intune then applies your configuration, installs their applications and enforces your security policy without anyone touching the machine.
What Intune actually does
Intune is how you set rules for company devices and have them apply everywhere without visiting each machine. Encryption on, screen lock enforced, updates installed on a schedule, applications deployed and kept current, and a compliance check that flags any device drifting out of policy.
It covers Windows laptops and desktops, and also iPhones, iPads and Android devices where staff access work email and files. You can apply policy to the work data on a personal phone without taking control of the whole device, which is usually the sticking point when people hear the word management.
When a device goes missing
A laptop left in a taxi is an inconvenience if the device is managed and encrypted, and a notifiable data breach if it is not. With Intune you can wipe the company data remotely, confirm the disk was encrypted, and show what was on it. Without it, you are relying on hope and a password.
The same applies when someone leaves. Access is revoked centrally, company data is removed from their devices, and the laptop can be reset and reassigned to the next starter without a rebuild.
Moving from an old setup
Most businesses come to Intune from an on-premises domain controller, or from nothing much at all. We do not force a big-bang cutover. New devices go out through Autopilot from day one, existing machines are enrolled progressively, and the old infrastructure retires when nothing depends on it any more.
The groundwork is the part worth getting right: identity in Entra ID, a sensible group structure, a policy set that reflects how your business actually works, and an application catalogue that covers what people genuinely use. Get that wrong and the tooling becomes a nuisance rather than an improvement.
Common questions
Can you manage staff personal phones without taking control of them?
Yes. Policy can be applied to the work account and work data only, so company email and files are protected while personal photos, apps and messages stay untouched and outside our visibility. If the person leaves, only the work data is removed.
Do we have to replace our existing laptops?
No. Existing machines can be enrolled into Intune where they are healthy enough to carry on. Autopilot applies to new devices from the point you start buying them that way, so the fleet converts over gradually as hardware is replaced on its normal cycle.
What happens to our existing domain controller?
It stays until nothing needs it. Some businesses still have a line-of-business application or a file share tied to the domain, and those dependencies come off one at a time. Once the list is empty, the server can be retired and you stop paying to run and patch it.
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Ready to talk about what you need?
Maybe you are tired of building laptops by hand, or an auditor has asked how you would wipe a lost device. Either way, we will look at how your devices are managed now and tell you what we would change.