In 2012, Gartner predicted that two-thirds of companies would be using mobile device management (MDM) by 2017. At its core, it is the process where IT administrators configure policies to optimize the security and functionality of mobile devices within their organization. This is achieved through the MDM server’s management console. The policies are then pushed over the cloud to each agent, on each mobile device. In this article, we’ll review some of the features and benefits of MDM and then compare Office 365 to Microsoft Intune.
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Key features
Today’s products support a variety of mobile devices, including smart phones, tablets, and even laptops. Features are controlled through APIs. Generally, the solutions offer the following key features:
- Remote data wiping
- Password enforcement
- Data encryption enforcement
- Device tracking
- Device inventory
- App distribution
Why successful companies embrace MDM
For starters, it’s important to keep track of your assets no matter what business you’re in. By utilizing these solutions, organizations can always have up-to-date information on every device, from any location. Second, mobility comes with its own inherent risks—devices can get lost or connect to unsecured networks, potentially exposing your company’s confidential data. As a result, many companies today are investing in MDM solutions to ensure device encryption.
There’s also the fact that it frees the burden of responsibility from the end user by systematizing device management. MDM also improves productivity by allowing employees to simply focus on their work without worrying about getting approval from supervisors or checking whether they’re abiding by organization protocols. With an MDM solution, you can easily comply with any industry, financial, and government regulations without any issues.
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On top of all this, MDM caters to a growing mobile workforce. You can still easily collaborate with your remote colleagues—but with the right mobile device policies and software solutions in place. With the popularity of mobile devices and the growth of remote employment, many companies today are making MDM a trending priority.
What to look for in a solution
Once you see the value of implementing an MDM solution, the next step involves determining what types of features make the most sense for your business. While there are many options, an MDM solution will only be beneficial if it aligns with your mobile security goals.
As such, you must thoughtfully evaluate a platform to see if it is the relevant choice for your company’s policies. For instance, what happens to cached data when an employee is terminated? How are business and personal data separated? Note that policies must be first put in place by your organization before you can even begin considering a solution. Here are some essential features to look for as you explore solutions:
- Cloud support
- 24/7 monitoring
- Geofencing
- Passcode enforcement
- Remote monitoring
- Remote configuration
- Functionality restoration
- Jailbreaking alerts
- Scalability
- Compliance reporting
Implement an MDM the right way
When it comes to data breaches and thefts, it’s crucial to balance security and convenience. This starts with understanding the scope of all devices that may have access to, or store, sensitive data. With an MDM solution, devices can be instantly wiped if they are lost or stolen.
In this regard, it is imperative to consider what your company wants. Don’t give users access to every capability just because you can. Think of who needs access to what and how. Only offer specific capabilities to users who need them to successfully perform their duties.
Then, determine how many devices, apps, and users there are throughout your company. With this key information, you can make more prudent decisions.
Next is selecting the right platform for your company. After that, it’s important to continue investing in reliable IT support—you won’t be able to face mobile usage challenges without it.
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Explore the legal side
When implementing MDM, you also need to ensure that the solution you’re considering will help you abide by local, state, and federal laws. In many cases, there are no laws that outline the difference between personal information and business data. And lawmakers are still trying to evaluate the legal implications of BYOD and MDM. However, it’s worth noting that the GDPR regulations issue stringent fines to any company that experiences a data breach and has EU residents as customers. This is also something to keep in mind when designing your policy.
There are also gray areas in highly regulated industries such as finance and health care, where federal and state laws have been implemented to define what types of data employees can manage and how they access those data. These laws do not explicitly state the types of information companies are not allowed to manage or control.
When drafting your MDM policy, you should consult an experienced technology expert or lawyer to avoid running into issues down the road, such as an employee suing you for invasion of privacy. It’s also a good idea to inform your employees of your policies when you hire them.
MDM for Office 365 vs Microsoft Intune
In 2015, Microsoft embedded Intune’s MDM capabilities into Office 365. This was part of Microsoft’s announcement post:
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You can now activate and use both MDM for Office 365 and Intune concurrently on your tenant and set the management authority to either Intune or MDM for Office 365 for each user to dictate which service will be used to manage their mobile devices.
Users’ management authority is defined based on the license assigned to the user. If the user is assigned with the EMS or Intune license, Intune will manage user’s devices and apps. If the user is assigned with the Office 365 license (without the EMS or Intune license), then MDM for Office 365 will manage user’s devices. Stay tuned for a detailed blog post on this topic in the coming weeks.
This was great news for clients who already used MDM for Office 365, which is included with an Office 365 subscription. Since Microsoft Intune coexists with MDM for Office 365, you can assign a set of end users for Intune and a set of end users for MDM for Office 365. But there are a few differences.
MDM for Office 365
With this Microsoft MDM option, you have several native MDM capabilities from Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) that let you:
- Manage all mobile devices connected to Exchange Online
- Remotely wipe emails from any device
- Enforce passcode requirements
- Prevent access to emails and documents in alignment with company policies
- Report devices that do not subscribe to the policy
- Access reports on jailbreaking
Plus, MDM for Office 365 utilizes Intune to help deliver these features.
Microsoft Intune
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Microsoft Intune is a PC and cloud mobile management platform. Intune lets you:
- Implement full MDM beyond Office 365
- Manage and enroll corporate-owned devices, including traditional PCs
- Manage Linux and UNIX servers
- Use Mobile Application Management to protect customer-built business apps
- Use Office Mobile to protect access to corporate data
- Provide additional security for web browsing
Here’s a table summarizing Microsoft’s two offerings:
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For most SMBs, MDM for Office 365 should be enough. Where Microsoft Intune shines is in its ability to push profiles for Wi-Fi, VPN, and more. Moreover, Microsoft Intune can deploy apps and line-of-business apps in stores to users. It also offers more secure web browsing through the Intune Managed Browser app. In the end, which platform you pick depends on your company’s specific needs and objectives.
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Note
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus has been renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. In our documentation, we'll commonly refer to it as Microsoft 365 Apps.
You must use Microsoft 365 Apps licenses to activate Microsoft 365 Apps apps deployed through Microsoft Intune. Microsoft 365 Apps for business edition is supported by Intune, however you must configure the app suite of the Microsoft 365 Apps for business edition using XML data. For more information, see Configure app suite using XML data.
Deploying OneDrive through Intune after removal of the native OneDrive client is not supported. If the native OneDrive client is removed, Intune is not able to redeploy OneDrive. Deployment of OneDrive through Intune is not supported.
Before you start
Important
If there are .msi Office apps on the end-user device, you must use the Remove MSI feature to safely uninstall these apps. Otherwise, the Intune delivered Microsoft 365 apps will fail to install.
- Devices to which you deploy these apps must be running the Windows 10 Creators Update or later.
- Intune supports adding Office apps from the Microsoft 365 Apps suite only.
- If any Office apps are open when Intune installs the app suite, the installation might fail, and users might lose data from unsaved files.
- This installation method is not supported on Windows Home, Windows Team, Windows Holographic, or Windows Holographic for Business devices.
- Intune does not support installing Microsoft 365 desktop apps from the Microsoft Store (known as Office Centennial apps) on a device to which you have already deployed Microsoft 365 apps with Intune. If you install this configuration, it might cause data loss or corruption.
- Multiple required or available app assignments are not additive. A later app assignment will overwrite pre-existing installed app assignments. For example, if the first set of Office apps contains Word, and the later one does not, Word will be uninstalled. This condition does not apply to any Visio or Project applications.
- Multiple Microsoft 365 deployments are not currently supported. Only one deployment will be delivered to the device.
- Office version - Choose whether you want to assign the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Office. You can install the 32-bit version on both 32-bit and 64-bit devices, but you can install the 64-bit version on 64-bit devices only.
- Remove MSI from end-user devices - Choose whether you want to remove pre-existing Office .MSI apps from end-user devices. The installation won't succeed if there are pre-existing .MSI apps on end-user devices. The apps to be uninstalled are not limited to the apps selected for installation in Configure App Suite, as it will remove all Office (MSI) apps from the end user device. For more information, see Remove existing MSI versions of Office when upgrading toMicrosoft 365 Apps. When Intune reinstalls Office on your end user's machines, end users will automatically get the same language packs that they had with previous .MSI Office installations.
Select Microsoft 365 Apps
- Sign in to the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center.
- Select Apps > All apps > Add.
- Select Windows 10 in the Microsoft 365 Apps section of the Select app type pane.
- Click Select. The Add Microsoft 365 Apps steps are displayed.
Step 1 - App suite information
In this step, you provide information about the app suite. This information helps you to identify the app suite in Intune, and it helps users to find the app suite in the company portal.
- In the App suite information page, you can confirm or modify the default values:
- Suite Name: Enter the name of the app suite as it is displayed in the company portal. Make sure that all suite names that you use are unique. If the same app suite name exists twice, only one of the apps is displayed to users in the company portal.
- Suite Description: Enter a description for the app suite. For example, you could list the apps you've selected to include.
- Publisher: Microsoft appears as the publisher.
- Category: Optionally, select one or more of the built-in app categories or a category that you created. This setting makes it easier for users to find the app suite when they browse the company portal.
- Show this as a featured app in the Company Portal: Select this option to display the app suite prominently on the main page of the company portal when users browse for apps.
- Information URL: Optionally, enter the URL of a website that contains information about this app. The URL is displayed to users in the company portal.
- Privacy URL: Optionally, enter the URL of a website that contains privacy information for this app. The URL is displayed to users in the company portal.
- Developer: Microsoft appears as the developer.
- Owner: Microsoft appears as the owner.
- Notes: Enter any notes that you want to associate with this app.
- Logo: The Microsoft 365 Apps logo is displayed with the app when users browse the company portal.
- Click Next to display the Configure app suite page.
Step 2 - (Option 1) Configure app suite using the configuration designer
You can choose a method for configuring app setting by selecting a Configuration settings format. Setting format options include:
- Configuration designer
- Enter XML data
When you choose Configuration designer the Add app pane will change to offer three additional settings areas:
- Configure app suite
- App suite information
- Properties
- On the Configuration app suite page choose Configuration designer.
- Select Office apps: Select the standard Office apps that you want to assign to devices by choosing the apps in the dropdown list.
- Select other Office apps (license required): Select additional Office apps that you want to assign to devices and that you have licenses for by choosing the apps in the dropdown list. These apps include licensed apps, such as Microsoft Project Online desktop client and Microsoft Visio Online Plan 2.
- Architecture: Choose whether you want to assign the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Microsoft 365 Apps. You can install the 32-bit version on both 32-bit and 64-bit devices, but you can install the 64-bit version on 64-bit devices only.
- Update Channel: Choose how Office is updated on devices. For information about the various update channels, see Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. Choose from:
- Monthly
- Monthly (Targeted)
- Semi-Annual
- Semi-Annual (Targeted)
After you choose a channel, you can choose the following:- Remove other versions: Choose Yes to remove other versions of Office (MSI) from user devices. Choose this option when you want to remove pre-existing Office .MSI apps from end-user devices. The installation won't succeed if there are pre-existing .MSI apps on end-user devices. The apps to be uninstalled are not limited to the apps selected for installation in Configure App Suite, as it will remove all Office (MSI) apps from the end user device. For more information, see Remove existing MSI versions of Office when upgrading to Microsoft 365 Apps. When Intune reinstalls Office on your end user's machines, end users will automatically get the same language packs that they had with previous .MSI Office installations.
- Version to install: Choose the version of Office that should be installed.
- Specific version: If you have chosen Specific as the Version to install in the above setting, you can select to install a specific version of Office for the selected channel on end user devices.The available versions will change over time. Therefore, when creating a new deployment, the versions available may be newer and not have certain older versions available. Current deployments will continue to deploy the older version, but the version list will be continually updated per channel.For devices that update their pinned version (or update any other properties) and are deployed as available, the reporting status will show as Installed if they installed the previous version until the device check-in occurs. When the device check-in happens, the status will temporarily change to Unknown, however it will not be shown to the user. When the user initiates the install for the newer available version, the user will see the status changed to Installed.For more information, see Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps.
- Use shared computer activation: Select this option when multiple users share a computer. For more information, see Overview of shared computer activation for Microsoft 365 Apps.
- Automatically accept the app end user license agreement: Select this option if you don't require end users to accept the license agreement. Intune then automatically accepts the agreement.
- Languages: Office is automatically installed in any of the supported languages that are installed with Windows on the end-user's device. Select this option if you want to install additional languages with the app suite.You can deploy additional languages for Microsoft 365 Apps managed through Intune. The list of available languages includes the Type of language pack (core, partial, and proofing). In the portal, select Microsoft Intune > Apps > All apps > Add. In the App type list of the Add app pane, select Windows 10 under Microsoft 365 Apps. Select Languages in the App Suite Settings pane. For additional information, see Overview of deploying languages in Microsoft 365 Apps.
- Click Next to display the Scope tags page.
Step 2 - (Option 2) Configure app suite using XML data
If you selected the Enter XML data option under the Setting format dropdown box on the Configure app suite page, you can configure the Office app suite using a custom configuration file.
- Added your configuration XML.NoteFruity loops free download full version crack. Mar 17, 2020 All done, Enjoy! Fl Studio 20.0 + plugins activated for free. ? FL Studio Producer Edition 20.0.1 (2018) incl Crack Download Links! Download Fruity Loops Studio v20 Cracked.zip / Alternate Link / Link 2 / Mirror Link (726 mb). FL Studio 20.6.2.1549 Crack Full Keygen incl Reg Key Latest Download FL Studio Crack Full Keygen incl Reg Key is indeed the best multimedia software. It is the latest most trusted music editing tool for windows as well as for Mac.The Product ID can either be Business (
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For more information about entering XML data, see Configuration options for the Office Deployment Tool.
Step 3 - Select scope tags (optional)
You can use scope tags to determine who can see client app information in Intune. For full details about scope tags, see Use role-based access control and scope tags for distributed IT.
- Click Select scope tags to optionally add scope tags for the app suite.
- Click Next to display the Assignments page.
Step 4 - Assignments
- Select the Required, Available for enrolled devices, or Uninstall group assignments for the app suite. For more information, see Add groups to organize users and devices and Assign apps to groups with Microsoft Intune.
- Click Next to display the Review + create page.
Step 5 - Review + create
- Review the values and settings you entered for the app suite.
- When you are done, click Create to add the app to Intune.The Overview blade is displayed.
Deployment details
Once the deployment policy from Intune is assigned to the target machines through Office configuration service provider (CSP), the end device will automatically download the installation package from the officecdn.microsoft.com location. You will see two directories appearing in the Program Files directory:
Under the Microsoft Office directory, a new folder is created where the installation files are stored:
Under the Microsoft Office 15 directory, the Office Click-to-Run installation launcher files are stored. The installation will start automatically if the assignment type is required:
The installation will be in silent mode if the assignment of Microsoft 365 is configured as required. The downloaded installation files will be deleted once the installation succeeded. If the assignment is configured as Available, the Office applications will appear in the Company Portal application so that end-users can trigger the installation manually.
Troubleshooting
Intune uses the Office Deployment Tool to download and deploy Microsoft 365 Apps to your client computers using the Office 365 CDN. Reference the best practices outlined in Managing Office 365 endpoints to ensure that your network configuration permits clients to access the CDN directly rather than routing CDN traffic through central proxies to avoid introducing unnecessary latency.
Important
For custom Office Deployment Tool XML installs, the install status only reflects the result of the installation attempt. Running process monitor. The install status does not reflect whether the app is currently installed on the machine.
Run the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant for Microsoft 365 on a targeted device if you encounter installation or run-time issues.
Additional troubleshooting details
When you are unable to install the Microsoft 365 apps to a device, you must identify whether the issue is Intune-related or OS/Office-related. If you can see the two folders Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office 15 appearing in the Program Files directory of the device, you can confirm that Intune has initiated the deployment successfully. If you cannot see the two folders appearing under Program Files, you should confirm the below cases:
- The device is properly enrolled into Microsoft Intune.
- There is an active network connection on the device. If the device is in airplane mode, is turned off, or is in a location with no service, the policy will not apply until network connectivity is established.
- Both Intune and Microsoft 365 network requirements are met and the related IP ranges are accessible based on the following articles:
- The correct groups have been assigned the Microsoft 365 app suite.
In addition, monitor the size of the directory C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeUpdatesDownload. The installation package downloaded from the Intune cloud will be stored in this location. If the size does not increase or only increases very slowly, it is recommended to double-check the network connectivity and bandwidth.
Once you can conclude that both Intune and the network infrastructure work as expected, you should further analyze the issue from an OS perspective. Consider the following conditions:
- The target device must run on Windows 10 Creators Update or later.
- No existing Office apps are opened while Intune deploys the applications.
- Existing MSI versions of Office have been properly removed from the device. Intune utilizes Office Click-to-Run which is not compatible with Office MSI. This behavior is further mentioned in this document:
Office installed with Click-to-Run and Windows Installer on same computer isn't supported - The sign-in user should have permission to install applications on the device.
- Confirm there are no issues based on the Windows Event Viewer log Windows Logs > Applications.
- Capture Office installation verbose logs during the installation. To do this, follow these steps:
- Activate verbose logging for Office installation on the target machines. To do this, run the following command to modify the registry:
reg add HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftClickToRunOverRide /v LogLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 3
- Deploy the Microsoft 365 Apps to the target devices again.
- Wait approximately 15 to 20 minutes and go to the %temp% folder and the %windir%temp folder, sort by Date Modified, pick the {Machine Name}-{TimeStamp}.log files that are modified according to your repro time.
- Run the following command to disable verbose log:
reg delete HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftClickToRunOverRide /v LogLevel /f
The verbose logs can provide further detailed information on the installation process.
- Activate verbose logging for Office installation on the target machines. To do this, run the following command to modify the registry:
Errors during installation of the app suite
See How to enable Microsoft 365 Apps ULS logging for information on how to view verbose installation logs.
The following tables list common error codes you might encounter and their meaning.
Status for Office CSP
Office 365 Windows Intune
Status | Phase | Description |
---|---|---|
1460 (ERROR_TIMEOUT) | Download | Failed to download the Office Deployment Tool |
13 (ERROR_INVALID_DATA) | - | Cannot verify the signature of the downloaded Office Deployment Tool |
Error code from CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy | - | Failed certification check for the downloaded Office Deployment Tool |
997 | WIP | Installing |
0 | After installation | Installation succeeded |
1603 (ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE) | - | Failed any prerequisite check, such as:SxS (Tried to install when 2016 MSI is installed)Version mismatchOthers |
0x8000ffff (E_UNEXPECTED) | - | Tried to uninstall when there is no Click-to-Run Office on the machine |
17002 | - | Failed to complete the scenario (install). Possible reasons:Installation canceled by userInstallation canceled by another installationOut of disk space during installationUnknown language ID |
17004 | - | Unknown SKUs |
Office Deployment Tool error codes
Microsoft Office 365 Intune
Scenario | Return code | UI | Note |
---|---|---|---|
Uninstall effort when there is no active Click-to-Run installation | -2147418113, 0x8000ffff or 2147549183 | Error Code: 30088-1008Error Code: 30125-1011 (404) | Office Deployment Tool |
Install when there is MSI version installed | 1603 | - | Office Deployment Tool |
Installation canceled by user, or by another installation | 17002 | - | Click-to-Run |
Try to install 64-bit on a device that has 32-bit installed. | 1603 | - | Office Deployment Tool return code |
Try to install an unknown SKU (not a legitimate use case for Office CSP since we should only pass in valid SKUs) | 17004 | - | Click-to-Run |
Lack of space | 17002 | - | Click-to-Run |
The Click-to-Run client failed to start (unexpected) | 17000 | - | Click-to-Run |
The Click-to-Run client failed to queue scenario (unexpected) | 17001 | - | Click-to-Run |
Next steps
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- To assign the app suite to additional groups, see Assign apps to groups.