A cloud-based desktop and mobile device management tool that helps organizations provide their employees with access to
- Corporate applications
- Data and resources
data and resources from the device of their choice
A component of Microsoft's Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS)
Maximize user productivity while protecting corporate data
Old name: Windows Intune

Manage the mobile devices your workforce uses to access company data.
Manage the mobile apps your workforce uses.
Protect your company information by helping to control the way your workforce accesses and shares it.
Ensure devices and apps are compliant with company security requirements.

Larger version

Intune is a component of Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) that manages mobile devices and apps.
Integrates closely with other EMS components like Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) for identity and access control and Azure Information Protection for data protection.
When you use it with Office 365, you can enable your workforce to be productive on all their devices, while keeping your organization's information protected.
Works by using the protocols or APIs that are available in the mobile operating systems (iOs, Android, Microsoft)

Enrolling devices into management so your IT department has an inventory of devices that are accessing corporate services
Configuring devices to ensure they meet company security and health standards
Providing certificates and Wi-Fi/VPN profiles to access corporate services
Reporting on and measuring device compliance to corporate standards
Removing corporate data from managed devices

Keeping personal information isolated from corporate IT awareness
Restricting the actions users can take with corporate information such as copy, cut/paste, save, and view
Removing corporate data from mobile apps, also known as selective wipe or corporate wipe
IT has control of corporate data while the end user maintains control and privacy over personal data.