Modern workplace and IT requirements are continually evolving, leading to many organisations relying on multiple people to manage, patch, and secure environments. As cyber attacks increase and pose more risk, effective endpoint management is crucial for all sectors.
Endpoint management is evolving rapidly, with devices and applications needing regular updates and patches. Managing your device ecosystem and maintaining the cadence of change can be a challenge, so it’s vital to ensure the right service approach is embedded across your organisation to ensure success.
What is endpoint management?
Endpoint management refers to the centralised and systematic approach to managing and securing the various endpoint and devices within your network. The goal of endpoint management is to streamline and optimise the configuration, monitoring, and security of these devices. This typically involves tasks such as software deployment, patch management, antivirus protection, device inventory, and ensuring compliance with organisational access policies.
What is managed endpoint management?
For some organisations, it can be a major challenge keeping up with the management, security and updates across their endpoint and device estate without increasing budgets and staff numbers. This is where a managed endpoint solution is beneficial. Taking care of tasks such as software deployment, security measures, monitoring, and updates, these solutions aim to free up your internal resources to focus on other business priorities. Organisations like yours deploy managed endpoint services ensure that performance is optimal at all times without stretching teams and resources further.
The key Microsoft Intune features
Microsoft Intune is designed to help organisations manage and secure their endpoints, including PCs, laptops, smartphones, and tablets. It allows IT administrators to control and safeguard these devices from a centralised console, regardless of physical location. Some of Microsoft Intune’s features include:
whether they’re devices owned by your organisation or owned by your employees, you’ll be able to securely manage them from one console
a built-in app experience allows you to connect to, distribute, and manage your access to apps and data
once the policies are prepared, you can roll out your policies to both your user groups and device groups
designed specifically for endpoint management, administrators can log in to the Intune admin centre from any device with internet connectivity
Modern endpoint management (MEM) is paramount for organisations to ensure productivity, security, and compliance in today’s dynamic business landscape. Microsoft Intune emerges as a leading solution, offering comprehensive management capabilities across diverse device ecosystems.
Why partner with Phoenix?
By partnering with Phoenix, Microsoft’s 2023 Microsoft Modern Endpoint Management Partner of the Year, organisations like yours can leverage specialist support, tailored solutions, and maximise the benefits of Intune.
Phoenix is also a member of the Microsoft Security and Management Elite Partner Program.
The invite-only programme is targeted at key Microsoft partners with highly-skilled practices that deliver customised solutions and services across security, management, identity, and compliance. The exclusive programme, run by Microsoft’s global Engineering Team, provides Phoenix with early access to the latest technical information across the product stack, the opportunity to participate in private previews, and direct links to key engineering resources.
Managed Endpoints with Intune FAQs:
Endpoint management is the process of managing and securing devices that access an organisation’s network and data, such as laptops, tablets, smartphones, or desktop computers.
Remote device management is the ability to monitor, configure, update, and secure devices remotely, without requiring physical access or user intervention. Remote device management can help organisations manage their device fleets more efficiently, reduce costs, enhance security, and improve user satisfaction.
Endpoint security management is the process of protecting devices from cyber threats, such as malware, ransomware, phishing, or data breaches. Endpoint security management can help organisations reduce the risk of cyberattacks, comply with regulations, and safeguard their reputation and assets.