Effective from 1st March 2023, Microsoft enhanced its Intune suite of cloud-based tools to further improve cybersecurity and IT efficiency for organisations.
The existing Intune plan which is also included in the following products has become Intune Plan 1: Microsoft 365 Business Premium/E3/E5/F1/F3; Enterprise Mobility + Security E3/E5
The new Intune Plan 2 and Intune Suite are add-ons at additional costs.
- Microsoft Intune Plan 2: This is an add-on to Plan 1 and offers advanced endpoint management capabilities, including management and configuration of specialty devices and Microsoft Tunnel for Mobile Application Management.
- Microsoft Intune Suite: This is also an add-on to Plan 1 and unifies a series of mission-critical advanced endpoint management and security capabilities. The capabilities of the suite are integrated with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Security across endpoint platforms for both cloud and on-premises co-managed devices. The Intune Suite includes Remote Help (standalone) and all capabilities that come with Intune Plan 2. The bundled list price is lower than the sum of all the individual capabilities of the Intune Suite.
See Microsoft Intune Plans and Pricing
Some capabilities are available to purchase as standalone add-ons, e.g. Remote Help and Advanced Endpoint Analytics.
Further information on the announcement can be found here (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/03/01/the-microsoft-intune-suite-fuels-cyber-safety-and-it-efficiency/)
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