

Its main strengths are its conditional access policy functionality and, being cloud-based, does not require on-premises IT infrastructure to operate. Microsoft released Intune in 2011 as an MDM service, but it has gradually expanded its abilities to also manage Windows systems. After you install the ConfigMgr client on a Windows machine, you can find it in the Assets and Compliance workspace in SCCM. You can work with devices either via the SCCM console or the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin portal - if you use the tenant-attached configuration.

Microsoft recently combined both products in the Microsoft Endpoint Manager suite to cover a range of complicated scenarios, including traditional on-premises platforms, such as Active Directory, and more modern arrangements that involve hybrid-joined devices in Azure Active Directory. Microsoft released Intune in 2011 for mobile device management (MDM), but it has steadily accumulated functionality to make it another viable alternative to administer Windows client devices. Since 1994, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) has been the gold standard to manage workstations, servers and mobile devices.
