Managing Macs with Intune is not the same as managing Windows devices with Intune. The platform is different, the management model is different, the enrollment experience is different, and the depth of control available is different. Treating Mac management as…
Building a macOS management configuration in Intune from scratch involves a lot of decisions – FileVault policy, Firewall, Gatekeeper, login window security, screensaver enforcement, compliance policy, application deployment, scripts, custom attributes. Each requires research, testing, and an understanding of what…
Platform SSO is the feature that closes the biggest gap in Mac management for Microsoft-centric environments. Before it, macOS identity integration with Entra ID was fundamentally weaker than Windows – users had a local account, a separate work account, and…
Platform SSO is configured through a single Settings Catalog policy in Intune, and once you understand the three decisions it forces, it is not complicated. This is the implementation article: the prerequisites, the authentication method choice that everything hinges on,…
macOS compliance policies in Intune are shallower than Windows compliance policies. Not broken – just shallower. Knowing where the boundaries are before you design your compliance rules prevents the frustration of configuring requirements the platform can’t actually evaluate. The available…
macOS application deployment through Intune works differently from Windows in ways that matter for packaging, detection, and ongoing lifecycle management. The concepts from Phase 7 apply – detection logic needs to be accurate, assignment intent needs to be deliberate, and…
macOS configuration in Intune uses two distinct mechanisms that exist alongside each other and serve different purposes. Understanding which one to use for which settings – and why both are sometimes necessary – prevents the confusion that comes from treating…
Most Mac fleets arriving at Intune aren’t starting from zero. They’re either managed by Jamf and the organization is consolidating to Intune, or they’re unmanaged – devices that have accumulated years of local configuration, user-installed software, and no management footprint…
