Intune is a remote code execution service with a settings user interface in front of it. Whoever can create an assignment can run code as SYSTEM on every device in scope, and most tenants govern that permission like a helpdesk task.
Build the diagnostic kit: know which of the two check-ins you are waiting on, force the right one, read the one log that owns the failure, and collect a remote bundle only when the log does not settle it.
The Intune admin center reports state, not cause. The reason a policy or an app did not land is already written down on the device, and knowing which check-in you are actually waiting for is most of the job.
Register a Graph PowerShell client you own, gate it behind an assignment requirement, consent it at the audience you chose, and validate it end to end.
Most tenants administer their directory through a Microsoft-owned client nobody in the organisation owns, with a tenant-wide consent grant that has no holder. Here is why the client matters more than the scopes.
The unbox-and-install checklist has been optional for years. Here is what Windows deployment looks like when Autopilot, Intune, and Entra do the repetitive work, and what has to be true in your tenant before it feels effortless.
The device is compliant, the ring is green, and Windows 11 never arrives. Why tattooed WSUS policy still blocks feature updates, how to find it, and the remediation pair that clears it fleet-wide.
The most common reason organizations end up in an MDM migration isn’t dissatisfaction with their current platform – it’s the realization that they already own Intune. It’s included in their Microsoft 365 licensing, it’s managing their Windows fleet, and the…
