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Windows Intune

A unified way to manage and help secure PCs

and mobile devices

A WORLD OF CONNECTED DEVICES

USERS:

Demand greater flexibility with their own choice of device

Increasingly mobile workforce requires anywhere connectivity and remote management

Blurring of work/life boundaries are raising privacy and legal questions

FACTS:

2B

Worldwide total unit shipments for smart connected devices will reach 1.2B in 2012, and grow 16% to over 2B units in 2016.1

61%

61% of global enterprises provide IT support for company-owned smartphones and tablets, up from only 27% in 2011. This contrasts with 17% supporting employee-owned smartphones and tablets.2

For company-owned smartphones, only 55% of decision-makers say that their company has security policies and sufficient tools, 35% say that they lack tools, and 6% lack a security policy and tools.2

The situation for employeeowned smartphones--only 30% of firms have policies and sufficient tools, and 15% lack policy entirely.2

1 IDC Press Release, IDC Expects Smart Connected Device Shipments to Grow by 14% Annually Through 2016, Led by Tablets and Smartphones September 26, 2012

2 `Mobile Workers Use Personal Apps to Solve Customer Problems--Is IT Ready, Willing, And Able To Assist? A September 2012 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Unisys'

The challenges

? Workers want to be able to work from anywhere, on whatever device they choose. ? Businesses need to find a way to accommodate, secure, and manage consumer devices without driving up

operating expenses, reducing efficiency, or compromising data protection.

Windows Intune: A comprehensive solution

? Helps empower people to be productive from virtually anywhere on the device of their choice by delivering applications to their devices.

? Helps reduce costs and improve IT efficiency by unifying the management and security for cloud- and onpremise-based PCs and mobile devices in an integrated infrastructure.

What is Windows Intune?

Windows Intune delivers a unified PC and mobile device management solution for small, medium, and large businesses, enabling IT to provide users with access to the corporate resources they need on the devices they choose. Applications can be delivered to users' devices in a way that is optimized for each device. IT can manage both corporate and personally-owned devices with a unified infrastructure, making it easier for administrators to identify and enforce compliance.

Windows Intune includes the Intune cloud service, System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and Systems Center Endpoint Protection 2012.

With the latest update, Windows Intune now supports Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Phone 8 as well as all the previously supported platforms. The service introduces direct mobile device management capabilities for Windows RT, Windows Phone 8, and iOS platforms as well as software publishing capabilities via an updated self-service portal for company apps. Customers can choose to manage these devices directly from the cloud or they can connect their Windows Intune service to their on-premises System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 installation and manage their devices using the Configuration Manager management console.

Windows Intune meets the needs for IT and users

IT needs to safeguard business data and apps. Users want to be able to get the business apps they need, almost wherever they are, and on virtually any device they are using. With Windows Intune, your business can help satisfy both users and IT.

Windows Intune cloud service includes a financially-backed, 99.9 monthly uptime percentage service level commitment and support around the clock. You can have confidence that your service will be there when you need it.

And, it helps users to access targeted applications for the devices they use to get work done. Plus, if you choose the cloud service, it helps your business keep your PCs and mobile devices well-managed and securityenhanced from virtually anywhere with cloud-based management tools and reports.

Windows Intune gives IT the ability to deliver applications to a user on Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Phone 8, and other devices through unique management capabilities. It provides centralized, streamlined management across PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded devices, and virtual machines, helping ensure that devices meet corporate compliance requirements from both the cloud and the corporate network. IT gets the ability to remotely perform security and management tasks through a single management interface. Users get access to the applications and tools they need to stay productive through a self-service portal.

You can choose to manage mobile devices directly from the cloud. Or you can connect your Windows Intune service to your on-premises System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 installation and manage devices using the Configuration Manager management console.

You'll get the latest features of Windows Intune automatically as long as your subscription is active. And with a simple, monthly payment, you get a predictable monthly expenditure. It all adds up to the best of both worlds: freedom for users and protection for your business.

At-a-Glance

What Windows Intune can do for you.

Manage and help secure PCs and mobile devices anywhere--quickly.

Get fast online security and management.

Manage and help secure your Windows-based PCs, Windows RT, Windows Phone 8, iOS, and Android devices, whether your IT staff or end users are in the main office, at a branch office, or on the road.

Distribute software.

Deploy most of your licensed software to PCs and publish apps to mobile devices located nearly anywhere using the cloud. Plus, you can use your existing Active Directory? structure to provide users with software personalized to their role, helping ensure they have the tools they need to be productive.

Set security policies.

Centrally manage update, firewall, endpoint protection, and mobile device security settings using targeted security policies.

Help protect PCs from malware.

Help protect your PCs from the latest threats with centralized endpoint protection. You can take the extra step to help ensure your PCs are well-protected from potential threats by remotely initiating on-demand malware and update scans, forced restarts, or malware definition updates.

Manage PC updates.

Centrally manage the deployment of updates to Microsoft? and most third-party software, keeping the applications your workers need current.

Keep PCs and devices running smoothly with minimal impact to user productivity and cost.

Avoid maintenance tasks when the user is busy, and manage network bandwidth usage with bandwidth throttling and peer-to-peer network caching capabilities.

Proactively monitor PCs and devices.

Receive alerts on updates, threats, offline PCs , mobile devices, and more so that you can proactively identify and resolve problems virtually anywhere.

Provide remote assistance.

Help resolve PC issues, virtually anywhere you or your users are located.

Empower your users without excess cost.

Manage users and devices using Windows Intune.

Link your on-site Active Directory Domain Service (ADDS) to the Microsoft Online directory service so that your user accounts and security groups can be synchronized with Windows Intune.

Manage business devices and your users' personal devices.

Gain the flexibility to manage many devices brought into the workplace, even ones not owned by your organization.

Help ensure the security of your mobile Enforce password, encryption, and enable remote wipe to help protect the data on your employee's

and non-corporate devices.

mobile devices.

Empower users to get the applications they need for the device they are using.

Reduce the IT burden for managing non-corporate and user-owned devices by providing an IT-defined selection of applications for download from the Windows Intune self-service portals, targeted to the user profile.

Improve efficiency and reduce complexity.

Empower users to manage their own devices.

Use a self-service portal to allow users to enroll and manage their own devices, reducing the need to make a costly help desk call.

Provide unified management for a bring Reduce the cost associated with managing multiple device platforms across your organization. Windows Intune

your own device (BYOD) environment.

provides a unified device management solution for a wide range of PC and mobile device types.

Track device hardware and software assets.

Get a more efficient way to manage the PC hardware, software, and mobile devices you use with Windows Intune, so you can more efficiently manage assets, licenses, and compliance.

Manage your licenses.

Get insight into Microsoft Volume License Agreements and other license agreements to help track how many licenses you've purchased against what you've installed.*

Optimize your bandwidth.

Take advantage of peer caching technologies with Windows 7 and Windows 8-based PCs to improve software download times and optimize Internet bandwidth usage.

Learn more about Windows Intune and sign up for your FREE 30-day trial at .

*This feature is provided for convenience only and accuracy is not guaranteed. You should not rely on it to confirm your compliance with your license agreements. We do not utilize data gathered from the software license management feature to investigate potential violations of or compliance with our license agreements. ? 2012 Microsoft Corporation. This document is provided for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to this document or the information contained in it.

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