Microsoft Intune PC Tool for Small Businesses

BANGALORE, INDIA:

Microsoft believes that the tools large corporations use to manage their PC network should be available to small and medium sized businesses, which is why they just invented Intune, a web-based service which gives businesses the ability to patch and update programs and track antivirus software on their computers.

Intune is primarily aimed at small to medium sized businesses, especially ones with little tech support and a small infrastructure.

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Intune is already gaining interest. Microsoft launched Intune in beta form last April and capped its limit of 1,000 users within 24 hours. A second beta was later released in July and hit its 10,000 user limit by September. Even though Intune comes with the option of upgrading your PC to Windows 7 Enterprise, it still works fine on Windows XP and Windows Vista. It does not, however, run on PCs using an older version of Windows or Macs.

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Intune, in addition to managing and deploying software updates and checking up on malware activity, allows companies to set up remote assistance for employees and workers who may be away from the home office. It also gives you a complete inventory of hardware as well as software within the company.

There is also a feature within Intune that Microsoft designed that is set up to help IT consultants manage PCs for multiple companies. The multi-account console, as it is being called, gives IT consultants the ability to switch between customers in order to manage their PCs.

Source: www.microsoft.com