As companies look to streamline IT and tighten up cybersecurity, unified endpoint management platforms provide solutions on both fronts.
VMware is tops in the field, having been named as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management Tools for four years in a row. It provides enterprise-level management for Windows, MacOS and rugged devices with zero trust security for both corporate and bring your own devices.
Tech Orchard is proud to have a team of VMware Workspace ONE UEM and Horizon experts, but we recognize that some organizations don’t require such a robust solution for device and app management. Our white glove support also extends to companies using Microsoft Intune as their preferred enterprise mobility and security solution.
Consisting of InTune and Configuration Manager, this platform offers many features that allow organizations to save time and money while shoring up security on the digital front.
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Protect email and data
Microsoft Intune offers a conditional access solution that ensures no mobile app can access email or corporate servers until the device is registered with Intune. Enrolling devices into the platform’s management ensures that they comply with company policies and security before they are allowed access to corporate data.
For organizations using Microsoft 365, Intune’s conditional access can prevent data from being shared with other apps, such as native email apps or storage locations such as Dropbox. IT can also choose to limit email access to devices that are managed by your organization, so employees can’t use an unsecured device to check their inbox.
Either way, your data can be secured with Intune based on policies you define. Tech Orchard can help your organization develop clear mobile device usage policies to outline governance, best practices and procedures for managing both corporate and BYO devices.
Bring your own device program
Organizations that want to reduce device expenditures or increase mobile productivity by allowing employees to use personal phones can secure data in one of two ways with Intune. Enrolling the device ensures that it is compliant with company security practices. However, employees can be reluctant to enroll personal devices due to worries about what IT can access.
Intune offers an alternative for BYOD of managing only apps that contain corporate data. Administrators can require users to access Microsoft 365 from Office mobile apps, which can be configured with policies that keep company data protected. For example, Intune can prevent a user from copying text from a corporate email into a personal email profile, even if both are accessed within Outlook Mobile.
Corporate-owned devices
On the flip side, organizations that prefer to issue company-owned phones can use Intune’s bulk provisioning and management solutions to streamline configuration and security. Phones can be configured with corporate security policies, and the Intune company portal app allows access to corporate apps available to each employee, as determined when they self-authenticate during setup. If devices are lost or stolen, Intune makes it easy to eliminate access and keep your corporate data secure.
Mobile application management
Like VMware, Microsoft Intune allows IT to protect organization data through app management. Through Intune, IT can add and assign apps to user groups or devices, configure apps, create reports on usage and remove organization data from apps. Its mobile app security allows the company to isolate organization data from personal data and restrict actions (such as saving, viewing or copying and pasting). Intune offers a convenient platform for quick and efficient deployment of mobile devices, desktops, VMs and more. It can save your IT team’s valuable time by automating software updates and threat detection.
Let Tech Orchard support your UEM
Whether your organization chooses VMware or Microsoft Intune to manage devices and security, Tech Orchard has the expertise to provide deployment and ongoing support. Let us help you make endpoint management seamless at your organization — contact us today to start saving time and increasing security.
