Test driving the new Cloud
We’re just about to enter the New Year so we’ve decided to try the new and improved Microsoft Intune. So what exactly is Intune? Well, Microsoft claim that it’s an end to all onsite servers, it’s supposed to ‘simplify how businesses manage and secure their PCs’. Sounds like it’s a programme that makes our jobs in IT support an awful lot easier! We’ll see how that turns out in a few weeks time.
What else does this magical tool claim to do I hear you say?!
For a reasonable monthly subscription (costs are currently undecided), your systems will be secured and managed whilst all administration problems are also solved and taken care of, including:
- Patch and antivirus management
- Troubleshooting
- Centralised control over patches and security updates
It does seem as though it’s an ideal ‘cloud’ (as Microsoft like to call their apps), but who does it suit? The clever IT people have thought about a few types of businesses in which Intune would help…
- Smaller businesses – Their PC management is so far down on their lists, it’s probably not even considered.
- Organisations with a mobile workforce – They’re out and about with hardly any communication to their network, making it hard to pick up on all sorts of dodgy files being downloaded.
Intune would already be on each system, making it easier to keep a close eye on everything, picking up on those dodgy or corrupt files.
So with Intune claiming to be the next big ‘cloud’ to solve all PC problems for all of these organisations, will it actually fill its expectations? Here at One Stop, we’re going to give it a test drive to see if it’s what it is cracked up to be. Keep posted to see what we really think about it!
For more information and details of what the programme will do, visit http://www.microsoft.com/en/gb/mediumbusiness/resources/asktheexperts/windows-intune.aspx