Entra Connect, Autopilot and Intune

[Gobstopper]

Good evening all,

 

I am hoping for a bit of guidance on how I make the first steps in migrating an On-Prem AD to 365.

 

We support a number of Primary Schools that would like to migrate to the cloud and get as close to a serverless configuration as possible.

 

Most have been configured with Entra Connect and are happily using OneDrive storage with SSO. They all have an OVS agreement but only show A1 Staff and Student licensing on 365.

 

Would someone please guide me on what I need to start this process based on the current configuration? From what I understand I may need Intune licensing? If I get this, is it just a case of generating HWIDs for the device and uploading csv files to Entra?

 

Really sorry to sound like a newbie but I am not entirely sure where to start!

 

Thanks as always!

[ThatBoringBloke]

Not something I know much about I'm afraid as we are a Google school but I have been looking at this a little recently, so please take anything I say as just my understanding of it.

 

Firstly I believe that you will need some MS365 A3 licencing for staff (not necessarilly all staff).

In the intune admin console you can assign an a user as a DEM (Device Enrollment Manager), this would allow you to join the machines to Entra AD in much the same way that you would local AD, meaning no need for the autopilot enrollment.

Once the machines are in EntraAD you can start to assign settings and policies to them through Intune. You can even upload your existing GPO's and see how compatible they are with 'cloud' management.

 

Hopefully someone who knows more will come along soon...

Edited March 7, 2024 by ThatBoringBloke