Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Cookbook - Second Edition

Connecting Microsoft Intune to CM

The main goal of connecting Microsoft Intune to CM is to offer the administrator a one-stop solution to administer mobile devices as well as desktop devices. But that is not the only benefit coming from that integration. Here's a non-complete list of improvements when integrating with CM:

• Management using PowerShell (Intune doesn't provide any PowerShell interface)
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Advanced User and Device grouping
• Scalibility (Standalone Intune tenant supports up to 50,000 devices. CM integrated with Intune can manage up to 300,000 devices)

Microsoft provides a detailed list of pros and cons of standalone versus hybrid mode, which will help you decide whether to use Microsoft Intune in a standalone ...