Microsoft Entra ID with Microsoft Intune
Combine Entra identity and device registration with Intune enrolment, compliance and Conditional Access without confusing registration, management and trust state.
Integration boundary
Entra supplies identities and device objects; Intune manages enrolled endpoints and reports compliance that Conditional Access can evaluate.
Supported approaches
Corporate enrolment
Join or register supported devices through platform-specific automated or user-driven enrolment.
Application protection
Apply supported app-level data controls where full device enrolment is not appropriate.
Prerequisites
- Appropriate Microsoft licences
- Configured MDM authority and enrolment scope
- Supported platform enrolment method
- Emergency access and Conditional Access rollout plan
Implementation
Define ownership and enrolment
Choose the supported corporate or personal-device flow before assigning policy.
Build compliance policy
Make required signals explicit and account for evaluation grace periods and unsupported settings.
Introduce Conditional Access safely
Start in report-only mode, exclude emergency accounts and validate sign-in results before enforcement.
Verification
Confirm device identity
Match Entra device ID, Intune managed-device record, user and ownership state.
Review compliance detail
Use per-setting state and check-in time rather than only the aggregate compliant label.
Inspect sign-in evaluation
Confirm the intended Conditional Access grant control in sign-in logs.
Common failure modes
- Stale duplicate device objects
- Compliance assigned before enrolment prerequisites
- Conditional Access enforced without report-only evidence
- Registration mistaken for Intune management
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