Hi All,

Does anyone have any Exp or understanding of the Intune licensing model.
I spent most of yesterday trying to understand it.

Here is my scenario

I want to replace our AV solution with Microsoft Endpoint solution.

I work for a company where the vast majority of the PC’s are basically hot
desk PCs. users Log on to different ones every day. A breakdown is below,

  • 18-20 Microsoft 365 Business Premium users

  • 70 Business standard uses

  • 200-250 unlicensed users (don’t use email or any 365 services)

I want to make sure every PC can be protected with Intune and MEM in the
business.

From my understanding:

Business Premium users include Intune and MEM

Business standard need an Intune user license added on

I am not sure on the non-licensed users. Can I buy Intune device
licenses?

Also, for all the users except (business premium) do I need to buy an
addon to use MEM within Intune? If so, do you know which license that would be.

Thanks in advance

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Hi Rajas,

Licenses is user based, and what there is assigned to a specific user is what features there is available for the specific user.

And yes, the licensing for Microsoft 365/Office 365 features can indeed be a bit complex :)

Here is an overview here (not official Microsoft page, but gives a nice overview): https://m365maps.com/

Regarding the users and how to assign licenses is descripted here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/fundamentals/license-users-groups and how it works in general here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/manage/assign-licenses-to-users?view=o365-worldwide

Let me hear if you have more questions or this was helpful.

So if I understand your question correct: Yes, they need all the license.

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@Rajas Khokle, Thanks for posting in Q&A. Based on my researching, DLP is a feature in Microsoft Purview. Microsoft Purview is a comprehensive set of solutions that can help your organization govern, protect, and manage data, wherever it lives.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/purview

DLP for different app needs different licenses. The user with the license can use this feature. So the license needs to assign to end users. You can see more details in the following link:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/microsoft-365-service-descriptions/microsoft-365-tenantlevel-services-licensing-guidance/microsoft-365-security-compliance-licensing-guidance#microsoft-purview-data-loss-prevention-endpoint-data-loss-protection-dlp

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Hello everyone,

I am working in an "old school" - environment. Most things runs on prem (Fileserver, ActiveDirectory, bunch of programs and services) except for exchange mail server. We do use currently microsoft 365 with the business standard plan.

Since we are hybrid environment because of exchange and SAML with some apps with the free entra plan, I am thinking about the benefits of switching to M365 Business Premium.
I do like the idea of having more control over MFA and user identity which is included in M365 business premium.

But I do not understand what I can do with "intune" part of M365 business premium. We currently have a patch management and software distribution running on-prem (Endpoint Central). It does come with an integration to intune. As far as I understand intune can provide apps and software updates? Why can't it replace our current patch management then?

And what is ConfigMgr? Is that running on-prem or does it run in cloud?

Someone here can please help me understand the capabilities of intune / config mgr (sccm?)?

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