Microsoft Administrative Portals
Breakdown
Intune Portal
Breakdown
The primary Intune portal is the most functionally utilized Intune management portal today utilized by all environment types such as Enterprise, Healthcare, Small Business, Education and more.
Intune Portal
Policy Configuration, Windows Updates, Defender Onboarding, Advanced Security, VDI Integration, Support & Troubleshooting
Additional Uses
Power BI Report Integration, Windows Autopatch, Intune Suite, Custom Administrative Roles
Relationship
Entra (Device Objects), Autopilot (Hardware Hashes), Azure (Custom Reporting)
Update & Support
Frequent Updates, Dedicated Support, Service Health awareness, Vendor Support, API Integrations
Recommendations
Utilize for primary device management and configure all major environment requirements.
Intune for Education Portal
Breakdown
The Intune for Education portal is the most functionally utilized Intune management portal today amongst Education institutions. This portal has its own dedicated development team at Microsoft and is primarily focused on Education environments.
Intune for Education
Educational Policy Configuration, Educational Insights, School Data Sync, Barcode Scanner
Additional Uses
Pre-Built Device Reports, Bulk Device Changes, Group Hierarchy View, Configuration Errors, User & Device tracking, Enrollment Manager View
Relationship
Same as Primary Intune Portal
Update & Support
Minimal Updates, Support Website, No Service Health Awareness, Vendor Support, No API Integrations
Recommendations
Utilize for additional use cases listed above utilize primary Intune portal for other uses.
Intune for Education Screenshots
M365 Administration Portal
Breakdown
The M365 Administration Portal is primarily used to manage users, groups & teams, licensing, billing, and organizational usage reporting. Since Intune requires license assignment it's important to understand that license assignments are primarily assigned via this portal. These assignments could be (dynamic) or (static) depending on how the system is utilized. Additional licenses can be purchased via this portal directly in addition to resellers.
Relationship
Licensing, Add-On Features, Trials, User Group Management, Billing, Accessing other Administrative Portals in M365
Azure Administration Portal
Breakdown
The Azure portal is primarily used to view user object information, device object information, and audit logs. This portal has some additional settings required for full Intune integration. Some administrators prefer modifying groups as well as their dynamic syntaxes in the Azure portal as it offers better validation tools, it also offers some filterable views not available via the other administration portals.
Relationship
Object Verification, Device Audit Logs, LAPS Enablement, Device Options, Enterprise State Roaming
