Modernizing Endpoint Management with Intune, Autopilot, and Microsoft 365 Security

Challenge

An organization managing approximately 400 Windows devices needed a more secure, scalable, and consistent endpoint management model. The environment required transitioning users from legacy Windows profiles into Entra ID cloud-based profiles, standardizing device enrollment, deploying applications centrally, enforcing compliance policies for antivirus, BitLocker, Microsoft Defender, and firewall settings, and improving the Microsoft 365 tenant security posture — all while minimizing disruption to end users during migration.

Approach

Safari Micro structured the engagement across four connected workstreams: (1) Microsoft Intune and endpoint management deployment — configuring MDM authority, Entra ID groups, corporate device policies, compliance policies, Windows Update rings, BitLocker encryption, Company Portal branding, and Windows Autopilot for Entra ID joined devices; (2) application deployment configuration — setting up standard and complex application packaging through Intune to reduce manual setup; (3) Windows profile migration — building a scheduling process, user and device tracking report, migration scripts, remote migration assistance, domain removal, Entra ID join, data migration, Outlook and OneDrive setup, and immediate user support; and (4) Microsoft 365 security assessment — reviewing tenant configuration against Microsoft best practices and industry security frameworks, identifying satisfied and unsatisfied controls, and producing a practical remediation checklist.

Results

• Stronger Intune-based endpoint management foundation established for ~400 Windows devices
• Consistent device onboarding delivered through Windows Autopilot for Entra ID joined endpoints
• Improved visibility into device compliance and endpoint security posture across the fleet
• Reduced manual effort for device provisioning and application deployment through centralized policies
• BitLocker, Microsoft Defender, firewall, antivirus, and Windows Update policies enforced at scale
• Structured Windows profile migration process delivered with minimal end-user disruption
• Microsoft 365 security posture reviewed against industry security frameworks with actionable remediation roadmap