MDM: Fundamentals, Security, and the Modern Desktop

Chapter 2Set Up Azure AD and MDM

In this chapter, we have three main goals:

• Checking out the major players and choices in the MDM space
• Getting started with one of them
• Getting Azure AD set up and having Windows 10 machines auto-enroll to our MDM service

Optionally:

• Use a custom domain name (instead of Microsoft’s default one).
• Connect our on-prem AD and have those users sync to Azure AD.

So, let’s get started.

Comparative Analysis of Different MDM Services

The following services are the biggest MDM services out there:

• Office 365 with its own “micro” MDM management
• Microsoft Intune
• VMware Workspace ONE
• MobileIron

There are others you might want to check out; I know some organizations using SOTI as an alternative (www.soti.net/solutions/enterprise-mobility-management/ ...