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What is Microsoft Intune for small business?
A plain-English guide to Microsoft Intune for Australian SMBs — what it manages, when you need it, and how it fits with Microsoft 365.
Intune in one sentence
Microsoft Intune is Microsoft’s cloud service for managing company phones, laptops and tablets — so you can require encryption, push apps, enforce MFA-friendly policies, and wipe a lost device without chasing each machine individually.
Why small businesses look at Intune
Once you have more than a handful of staff — or people working from home and site — ad hoc laptop setup stops scaling. Intune helps Melbourne SMBs standardise Windows and mobile devices that already sit under Microsoft 365, especially when insurers or larger clients ask how you control endpoints.
What Intune can manage
Typical small-business use covers Windows PCs and laptops, and often iOS or Android phones. You can set password or biometric requirements, deploy Microsoft 365 apps, restrict risky settings, and separate work data on phones with app protection policies. Exact options depend on licensing (often Microsoft 365 Business Premium or equivalent add-ons).
Intune vs “we just use Microsoft 365”
Microsoft 365 gives you email, Teams and files. Intune is the layer that governs the devices accessing those services. Many businesses enable Microsoft 365 first, then add Intune when they need consistent device security, remote wipe, or cleaner onboarding for new starters.
When Intune is worth it
Consider Intune if staff use company or BYOD devices for email and files, you want MFA plus device hygiene, you need to prove basic endpoint controls for cyber insurance, or you are tired of manually configuring every new laptop. It is less urgent for a two-person team with locked-down office PCs only — but it becomes valuable quickly as headcount and remote work grow.
How MrTech implements Intune
We start from your Microsoft 365 tenant and device reality — not a generic enterprise template. That usually means agreeing which devices are in scope, choosing sensible baseline policies, enrolling machines with minimal disruption, and documenting how new starters get a compliant device. Intune sits alongside our managed IT and Microsoft 365 support so device policy is not a one-off project that drifts.
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