Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)

With the growth in use of devices such as smartphones and tablets at work, companies need ways to manage and secure these devices. Cloud-based unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions, such as Microsoft Intune, allow a company to manage these devices, along with traditional devices, from a single service. Options exist for fully managing company-owned devices or partially managing personal devices, also known as bring your own device (BYOD) devices. Managing company-owned devices gives the organization full control over security policies and settings on a device, while managing BYOD devices gives the organization the ability to secure company apps and data on a device, without the ability to control anything else. UEM solutions also allow hardware vendors to add devices purchased through them into the company’s UEM solution before shipping the devices. This allows for the complete setup and configuration of a device directly out of the box, known as zero-touch provisioning. This contrasts to setting up devices in the past, where IT employees had to physically touch every device to set it up before handing it out to an employee. Windows Autopilot, Android Enterprise, and Apple Business Manager can all be set up to enroll devices this way into a UEM solution.