Microsoft Intune – Introduction

🔐 Microsoft Intune – Introduction

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based device and application management (MDM/MAM) service from Microsoft.

It helps organizations secure, manage, and control devices like:

• Laptops (Windows, macOS)
• Mobile phones (Android, iOS)
• Tablets

🔹 Why Intune is used

• Manage employee devices remotely
• Enforce security policies
• Protect company data
• Support Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

🔹 Key Features of Intune

• 📱 Device Management (MDM)
• Control settings, updates, passwords, encryption
• 🧩 Application Management (MAM)
• Control apps without controlling the whole device
• 🔐 Security Policies
• Require PINs, encryption, antivirus, firewall
• 🚫 Conditional Access
• Allow access only if the device is compliant
• ☁️ Cloud-based
• No on-premise servers required

🔹 Example

If a company laptop is lost, Intune can remotely lock or wipe the device to protect data.

🌐 Computer Networking – Introduction

Computer Networking is the practice of connecting computers and devices so they can communicate and share resources.

🔹 What networking allows

• Share files and printers
• Access the internet
• Send emails and messages
• Use cloud services

🔹 Types of Networks

• LAN (Local Area Network) – Home, school, office
• WAN (Wide Area Network) – Internet
• MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) – City-wide networks
• PAN (Personal Area Network) – Bluetooth, mobile hotspot

🔹 Basic Networking Devices

• 🖧 Router – Connects networks to the internet
• 🔀 Switch – Connects devices inside a network
• 📡 Access Point – Provides Wi-Fi
• 🛡️ Firewall – Protects the network from threats

🔹 Key Networking Concepts

• IP Address – Unique address of a device
• MAC Address – Hardware identity
• Protocols – Rules for communication (TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS)
• Bandwidth – Speed of data transfer
• Latency – Delay in communication
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