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Policy management has evolved fast: from on‑prem Group Policy/ADMX and domain‑joined assumptions to hybrid realities and truly cloud‑native configuration at scale. Tune in as we unpack what changes (and what should change) as you modernize policy in Microsoft Intune—including how to take inventory of what you have today, map it to modern equivalents, and decide what to migrate, redesign, or retire. We’ll share practical tips for creating cloud policies, talk about when to use templates vs. the settings catalog, and discuss how to avoid overlapping policy assignments during hybrid transition. Bring your edge cases! This is designed to be interactive, with plenty of time for your questions.
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- Pearl-Angeles
Community Manager
Sharing a recap of all the questions covered during this show, along with associated timestamps:
Question – What’s currently top of mind for this team? – answered at 2:33.
Question – We have hundreds of GPOs built up over years. Where do we even start figuring out what to migrate, what to retire, and what to redesign for cloud-native? – answered at 9:33.
Question – With admin templates being deprecated, should we be using the Settings Catalog for everything now? When does it still make sense to use templates or custom ADMX? – answered at 15:40.
Question – Cloud-native tools handle Windows updates great, but third-party application patching can still be a hurdle. How are you leveraging cloud policies to keep non-Microsoft software updated without relying on local packaging servers? – answered at 21:24.
Question – How to manage those registry setting which are set in group policy does all these settings are available in setting catalogue? – answered at 23:31.
Question – What about security group targeting or WMI filters? How do we replicate that level of granularity in Intune? – answered at 27:34.
Question – Once we've deployed cloud-native policies, how do we get the same visibility we had with gpresult and RSOP to confirm the right settings are actually landing on devices? – answered at 30:33.
Question – Will it be possible in the future to allow multiple MDMs? We would love to centrally manage our MDE configs from Intune, but we can't on MacOS because compliance is established by JAMF. As soon as we try to enforce MDE configs on MacOS, Intune takes over establishing compliance for the device incorrectly, breaking other processes we have/need. We had a case with Microsoft that determined Intune doesn't support multiple MDMs. – answered at 33:07.
Question – How long should we realistically expect to run hybrid (GPO + Intune), and what does ‘done’ actually look like? – answered at 37:15.
Question – What are the common mistakes during hybrid to cloud-native migration? – answered at 44:02.
Question – Without OUs, how can Intune policies be applied to different geographic locations? Can devices be tagged with the country or office they're in? – answered at 48:32.
Question – What's the most effective way to reduce configuration drift across hybrid environments? – answered at 52:14.
Question – Is there a checklist to analyze GPOs in AD/SCCM to help do the "same" in Intune? Templates, baselines, a GitHub ready-to-deploy repository? – answered at 55:08. - Heather_Poulsen
Community Manager
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- JoseescmCopper Contributor
how is the best method to group devices based on software needs. Something that was easily done in SCCM
- C00kieMonsterBrass Contributor
Is there (or will there be) a published list of URLs for Intune and Windows Autopilot that are not allowed to be SSL inspected? I find different bits of guidance for some URLs that just happen to be explicitly called out in some notes here and there in various Learn articles, but would be great if there was a consolidated "do not perform SSL inspection on these URLs" list. We regularly encounter issues with this on-prem, and it can be difficult to ID what URLs can and can not be inspected.
- UdiAOccasional Reader
Hi team,
Do you see a future roadmap for replacing the current mobile access approach to on-prem / enterprise applications through Microsoft Tunnel (Per-App VPN) with a solution that is simpler to operate and maintain?
For example, platforms like VMware Workspace ONE / AirWatch provide a more streamlined UEM experience around app access, tunneling, and policy management.
Is Microsoft planning improvements in this area to reduce operational complexity for admins managing large-scale mobile environments?
- Brian_Knackstedt_at_BDOBrass Contributor
During Group Policy to Intune migration, how should we think about policy precedence and configuration profile design?
In Group Policy, we had link order, inheritance, enforcement, and policy priority, so if the same setting existed in multiple GPOs there was a predictable winning policy. In Intune, when the same setting is configured in multiple profiles, it appears to report a conflict instead of applying a clear priority model.
What is Microsoft’s recommended approach for structuring Intune configuration profiles to avoid these conflicts? For example, should we organize profiles by security baseline, setting category, device role, user group, or application/workload? And if different teams need to manage overlapping settings, what design pattern is recommended for ownership, exceptions, and conflict prevention?
- EndpointDanOccasional Reader
Without OUs how can Intune policies be applied to different geographic locations? Can devices be tagged with the country or office they're in?
- Pearl-Angeles
Community Manager
Thanks for your participation! This topic was covered at 48:32 during the live show.
- Intune_with_devicesCopper Contributor
How do you replicate group policy preferences in Intune?
- C00kieMonsterBrass Contributor
Will it be possible in the future to allow multiple MDMs? We would love to centrally manage our MDE configs from Intune, but we can't on MacOS because compliance is established by JAMF. Soon as we try to enforce MDE configs on MacOS, Intune takes over establishing compliance for the device incorrectly, breaking other processes we have/need Had a case with Microsoft that determined Intune doesn't support multiple MDMs. :(
- Pearl-Angeles
Community Manager
Thanks for your feedback and question. This topic was covered at 33:07 during the live discussion.
- ehosifat1Copper Contributor
Hello,
SCCM out Intune IN...is there any checklist to analyze GPOs in AD/SCCM to help do the "same" in intune. Templates, bases lines github readay to deploy repository ?
- Pearl-Angeles
Community Manager
Thanks for your question! This was discussed at 55:08 during the live show.