Mastering Microsoft Intune: A complete guide to AI-first management for Windows 11, Windows 365, agents and Zero Trust - Softcover

Christiaan Brinkhoff; Per Larsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1807789039 ISBN 13: 9781807789039

Publisher: Packt Publishing - ebooks Account, 2026

Synopsis

Deploy and secure Windows 365 and Windows 11 with Microsoft Intune, Security Copilot, and modern Zero Trust practices

Key Features

• Learn from Microsoft product leaders shaping Intune, Windows 365, and endpoint security
• Build secure, cloud-first endpoint strategies with Zero Trust and enterprise-tested guidance
• Use Security Copilot and AI agents to modernize investigation, remediation, and operations

Book Description

Modern endpoint management has changed dramatically. You are no longer just deploying devices and policies; you are managing Cloud PCs, securing hybrid work, enforcing Zero Trust, and preparing for AI-driven operations. Mastering Microsoft Intune Third Edition takes you through that full journey.

Written by Microsoft experts Christiaan Brinkhoff and Per Larsen, this edition begins with Microsoft Intune, modern management, and the architecture needed for a secure, cloud-first endpoint strategy. From there, the book moves into planning and deploying Windows 365, onboarding devices with Autopilot, delivering applications, enforcing policies, managing updates, and strengthening identity and endpoint security.

What makes this third edition especially timely is its expanded focus on changes across the Microsoft ecosystem. You will explore AI-enabled Cloud PCs, Intune Suite, Security Copilot, built-in agents, and new approaches to troubleshooting, remediation, and governance. Rather than treating these as separate innovations, the book shows how they fit into everyday endpoint operations.

By the end of the book, you will be ready to design, deploy, secure, monitor, and troubleshoot modern Windows environments with greater confidence and a clearer view of where endpoint management is heading next.

What you will learn

• Design Windows 365 architectures for enterprise needs
• Deploy Cloud PCs and Windows devices with Intune
• Enroll and provision devices with Windows Autopilot
• Apply Zero Trust controls across endpoint workflows
• Strengthen security with Intune Suite and Defender
• Use Security Copilot for investigation and remediation
• Troubleshoot policy, app, and enrollment issues faster

Who this book is for

This book is for endpoint administrators, IT professionals, cloud architects, consultants, security practitioners, and Microsoft partners responsible for managing Windows devices and Cloud PCs. It is ideal for readers working with Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, and Microsoft 365 who want to modernize endpoint operations, strengthen security, and adopt AI-assisted workflows. Familiarity with Windows, Microsoft 365, and enterprise IT administration is recommended.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Microsoft 365 Cloud and AI services
2. Modern Management in a Zero Trost world
3. Requirements for Microsoft Intune
4. What is Windows 365?
5. Deploying Windows 365
6. Windows Cloud Native Management
7. Windows Autopilot
8. Advanced Application Management
9. Advanced Policy Management
10. Windows Autopatch
11. Intune Suite
12. Security Copilot and Agents
13. Identity and Security Management
14. Monitoring and Endpoint Analytics
15. Troubleshooting Intune & Windows 365 (policies, app distribution etc)
16. Added Value Partners for Windows 365 & Intune

About this title

About the Authors

Christiaan Brinkhoff works as a Principal Program Manager and Community Director for Windows 365 and AVD at Microsoft, in his role at Microsoft, he works on features such as Windows 11, Windows 365 app, Switch and Boot. Christiaan is also an Author (3 books) and Inventor (3 patents). His mission is to drive innovation while bringing Windows 365, Windows, and Microsoft Intune closer together, drive community efforts around virtualization to empower Microsoft customers in leveraging new cloud virtualization scenarios. Christiaan joined Microsoft in 2018 as part of the FSLogix acquisition. He has also been rewarded with the Microsoft MVP, Citrix CTP, and VMware vExpert community achievements - for his continued support in the EUC community.

Per Larsen works as a Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Endpoint Manager - Customer Acceleration Team - Commercial Management Experiences (CMX) Engineering, where he takes learnings from Microsoft's largest and most strategic customers back into the rest of engineering to drive improvements for the service so that customers have a continuously improving product experience. He also helps deploy and adopt Microsoft Endpoint Manager - Microsoft Intune. Per mainly focuses on the management of Windows and special devices such as HoloLens 2, Surface Hub, and Microsoft Teams Room System.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing - ebooks Account
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1807789039
• ISBN 13: 9781807789039
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 765