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What is Microsoft Intune?

The service that controls the computers and phones holding company data — wiping a lost laptop, requiring a PIN, pushing software out.

Which plan do I need?
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The license that grants it

Microsoft Intune Plan 1
$10

a seat, a month

Who already has it

Business Premium, F1 and F3 include it, so a company already on one of those has it. On every other plan it is bought on its own.

What Intune does

Device enrolledCOMPANY OR PERSONALPolicy appliedPIN AND ENCRYPTIONApps pushed outEVERY MACHINE AT ONCELaptop lostWIPED FROM HEREENROLMENT IS WHAT MAKES THE REST POSSIBLE
Device enrolledCOMPANY OR PERSONALPolicy appliedPIN AND ENCRYPTIONApps pushed outEVERY MACHINE AT ONCELaptop lostWIPED FROM HEREENROLMENT MAKES THE REST POSSIBLE

Wiping a lost laptop is the step everybody asks about, and it is only available because of the first one. A device that was never enrolled cannot be reached at all.

  • Wipe a lost or stolen laptop without touching the person’s own phone.

  • Require a PIN, or enforce disk encryption, before a device is allowed at company data.

  • Push an application out to every machine at once.

Which plans include it

Every plan compared on this site, and whether Intune is part of it.

PlanPer person, per monthIncluded
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$9

Not included

Microsoft 365 Apps for business
$13

Not included

Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$18

Not included

Microsoft 365 Business Premium
$28

Included

Microsoft 365 F1
$4

Included

Microsoft 365 F3
$13

Included

Where a plan does not include it, Microsoft Intune Plan 1 supplies it at $10 a seat.

Where it stops

A device enrolled on a device-only license cannot use app protection policies or Conditional Access. Those follow the person, so they need a user license.

Worth knowing

  • An administrator does not consume a license to manage Intune.

  • A license is needed for any user or device that benefits from the service, including through an API.

  • Plan 2 and the Suite sit above Plan 1 and are additive to it, never a replacement.

Common questions

Do administrators need a license?

No. Managing Intune consumes nothing. The license is counted against the people and the devices being managed.

Who does need one?

Any user or device that benefits from the service, including through an API. That covers a device enrolled with no person attached to it.

What do Plan 2 and the Suite add?

Plan 2 adds tunnel for mobile app management, specialty and shared device management, and firmware-over-the-air updates. The Suite is Plan 2 plus endpoint privilege management, Cloud PKI, enterprise app management, Remote Help and advanced analytics. Both are additive to Plan 1 rather than a replacement for it, so Plan 2 with Plan 1 is $15 a seat and the Suite with Plan 1 is $23.

Which plans include Intune?

Business Premium, F1 and F3. On Business Basic, Apps for business and Business Standard it is added with Microsoft Intune Plan 1 at $10 a seat.

Related licensing questions

Conditional access

Requiring a second factor, or blocking a sign-in from an unexpected place or an unmanaged device.

Defender for Business

Catching something that runs on a laptop, rather than something that arrives by mail.

Data loss prevention

Labeling the files that matter and stopping them leaving by mail.

Teams Phone

The phone system inside Teams: numbers, voicemail, forwarding and call queues.

Copilot

Microsoft’s assistant working inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.

Windows 365

A Windows desktop that runs in the cloud and opens on whatever device is to hand.

Check it against the plan you are on

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