Connecting Microsoft Intune to CM
The main goal of connecting Microsoft Intune to CM is to offer the administrator a one-stop solution to administer mobile devices as well as desktop devices. But that is not the only benefit coming from that integration. Here's a non-complete list of improvements when integrating with CM:
Management using PowerShell (Intune doesn't provide any PowerShell interface)
Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
Advanced User and Device grouping
Scalibility (Standalone Intune tenant supports up to 50,000 devices. CM integrated with Intune can manage up to 300,000 devices)
Microsoft provides a detailed list of pros and cons of standalone versus hybrid mode, which will help you decide whether to use Microsoft Intune in a standalone or hybrid way https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt706478.aspx.
Getting ready
To make that integration, you need to prepare the following:
An active Microsoft Intune subscription and the admin account credentials.
A synchronized Active Directory...
