Services
Discover how NorthernStar can help you.
(Click on the menu below) more info
|
|
Windows Intune
Home page > Hot Topics > Windows Intune
11 January 2012
Rethink how you secure and manage your PCs. Mobile employees. Remote workers. Laptops running different operating systems. How do you manage them all—and make sure users have the latest updates and malware protection? The fact is, your employees rely on you to keep their PCs running at their best. And Windows Intune can help. Windows Intune gives you a comprehensive solution that includes PC management, malware protection, Windows upgrades, and more in one easy purchase. By using Windows® cloud services, Windows Intune delivers remote desktop management and protection through a simple web-based console. That means your computers and users can operate at peak performance from virtually anywhere. Microsoft also hosts and manages the infrastructure for you, so you don’t have to install or maintain servers. You’ll get updates automatically, as long as your subscription is active. And with a simple, monthly payment, you’ll be able to forecast monthly expenditures. Windows Intune gives you big tech results with a small tech investment. You’ll be able to: - Help your employees be more secure.
- Enable true mobility—with less risk.
- Boost productivity for employees and IT staff.
- What makes Windows Intune unique?
Windows Intune is a Microsoft solution that brings together Windows cloud services for PC management and endpoint protection and a Windows 7 Enterprise upgrade subscription. With its simple, web-based console, it can help you manage and secure virtually all your users’ PCs through the cloud—whether they’re working onsite, at home, in a remote office, or on the road. All you need is an internet connection and the Windows Intune client installed on each PC you wish to manage. Windows Intune includes upgrade rights to Windows 7 Enterprise, so you can standardize your business on the latest version of Windows with added security features and easier management. And because Windows Intune includes a financially backed 99.9% service level agreement and best-in-class support around the clock, you can have confidence that your service will be there when you need it. In addition, Windows Intune is very flexible. For instance, you can use it to help manage and protect all the PCs in your company, or just the hard-to-reach PCs of distributed workers, non-domain joined PCs, field employees or recent acquisitions. You can set up custom notifications to alert you when there’s a problem, and get better control over remote PCs by forcing restarts or scans—and then run and save your own reports. You can even deploy most Microsoft and third party software to remote PCs, and track software and hardware licensing. Windows Intune is easy to use for in-house IT professionals—or Northernstar can help you administer your Windows Intune account.  Top benefits of Windows Intune. - Help manage and secure your PCs from anywhere. The Windows Intune cloud service helps keep your employees productive in the office or on the road—all that’s required is an Internet connection. Through a simple web-based console, your IT staff can centrally manage updates, help protect PCs from malware threats, inventory hardware and software, and provide remote assistance so employees can stay focused on the business.
- Get the best Windows experience. Standardizing your PC environment provides a better experience for your workforce and an easier environment for you to manage. You can upgrade to the Windows 7 Enterprise operating system or run a prior version of Windows—it’s your choice. With its intuitive interface and advanced searchcapabilities, plus BitLocker® drive encryption to better protect confidential data, Windows 7 Enterprise gives your employees the best Windows experience. As long as your subscription remains active, you also get upgrade rights to the latest Windows operating system, so you won’t need to worry about buying upgrade licenses when the time comes.
- Achieve big-tech results with a small-tech investment. For businesses with PCs that need the essentials of management and security, Windows Intune is an integrated solution that includes PC management, endpoint protection, and a Windows upgrade rolled into one easy purchase. With minimal overhead, simple billing, and no formal training required, it’s easy to get started and maintain.
- Stop malware threats before they stop you. Windows Intune gives you centralized endpoint protection to help keep your PCs safe from the latest security threats. Built on the award-winning Microsoft® Malware Protection Engine and using the same trusted technologies as Microsoft Forefront® Endpoint Protection and Microsoft Security Essentials, you get real-time protection with reporting and alerts to help safeguard PCs against dynamic forms of malicious software, including spyware, viruses, and root kits.
- Keep your PCs up-to-date. Centrally manage the deployment of Microsoft updates and service packs to all managed PCs. Through the web-based console, you can select which updates you want to deploy across your PCs to help keep them running smoothly.
- Identify issues before they impact business. Windows Intune makes it simpler to proactively monitor your PCs, sending alerts to help you identify potential problems before they negatively impact employee productivity and your business. With Windows Intune, you can set up security and update alerts that notify you when you’ve got a threat or if a critical update was unsuccessful—so you can fix the issue before your PCs become vulnerable.
- Easily track your assets and manage licenses. Effective inventory management is key to optimizing existing investments. With Windows Intune, you can easily view and track your organization’s hardware and software inventory, so you can efficiently manage your assets, licenses, and compliance.
- Increase your insight with reporting tools. Get a snapshot of what’s going on in your PC environment, so you can quickly see the status of updates, software, licensing, and more. In just a few simple steps, you can create a report that gives you a full list of all the installed software on your PCs managed by Windows Intune—so you can better analyse specific needs of users in your organization. This data can also be exported into Microsoft Office Excel® so you can view the information in the way that’s most helpful for you.
- A cloud you can count on. Microsoft is a leader in IT infrastructure solutions with the Microsoft System Centre family of products, and we used that experience in developing Windows Intune. Windows Intune takes advantage of the Windows Update infrastructure, one of the world’s largest cloud services, which delivers updates every month to hundreds of millions of PCs. And with a financially backed, 99.9 % scheduled uptime service level agreement and best-in-class support around the clock, you can have confidence the service will be there when you need it.
|
|
See Also
|