Windows Intune – part 3. – Adding users. (survival guide)

Windows Intune supports integration with Active Directory, Office 365 and Windows Azure AD. Office 365 and Windows Intune use same user database (if you have same @domain.onmicrosoft.com). Today I will describe how to add users in Windows Intune.

Adding users without any connection is simple. When you log on to https://account.manage.microsoft.com go to Manage – Users and then click New.

Here you can choose between adding one by one (or only one user) or add multiple users at once (Bulk add.)

If you choose to add one user you will be redirected to this screen.

Required data is only user name and display name. You can also choose domain if you added your domain to Windows Intune before. If you want to add additional details you must expand screen (on triangle), and then you will have same options as screen above.

After you fill desired and required data click next. Then you will be redirected to next screen. Here you can assign role and you must add location (country for this user)

Choose Windows Intune group and press next. Type user mail address to send it username and password for Windows Intune access.

Click create to finish user creation.

For bulk add go to Manage – Users – New, and choose Bulk add. Next screen will be opened.

Download both file, blank and sample .csv. Create your .csv file from blank based on sample and then upload file. When you press next verification will check if everything is OK. If you receive error you will be able to see where error occurred and why

If everything is OK you will have screen like this

Set Sign-In status and location

Set group to Windows Intune. On next screen set email address. All usernames and passwords will be sent to this email address. Press create.

Now you have users added in Windows Intune . About Active Directory synchronization and Windows Azure AD I will write later.

Windows Intune – part 2. – interfaces/portals. (survival guide)

When you create your Windows Intune subscription, you will be redirected to Admin Portal. At first you have wait few seconds to access to portal

And after loading is finished admin portal is available to you.

Admin portal is central place for your Windows Intune configuration and Management. As you can see Admin Portal is divided in ten groups for easier management. But this isn’t only interface what you have in your Windows Intune.

Second interface is Company Portal.

Company portal is place where you can access to applications made available for you, enroll or retire your device and contact IT support personnel.

Access to application is simple. When You click to application you will have list of available application for you. Administrator can decide about list of application available to specific user.

Now you just need to click on application choose device and select install.

To install application you must have enrolled device. Option to enroll your device is available also in Company portal. Note that you can enroll your device as ordinary user. You don’t have to be Windows Intune administrator to enroll devices. When you click to All My devices you will have screen like this (depends about your enrolled devices).

If you what to enroll your device just click link Enroll your computer, And then in next screen click Download Software.

This will start download of Windows Intune agent and for installing it you must have administrative rights on device.

And if you click Contact IT, you will se name. email address, phone number and web page of IT support. Contact IT also describes how to create Remote Assistance request.

This is two of three Windows Intune portals. If you want to add users, or domains, purchase software, create service request or manage groups you will need to login to Admin Home Page.First two portals is accessible through Windows Intune home page.

 

In right side you have My Account ribbon and when you click on it, ribbon will expand and you will have option to choose on what of first two portals you want to log-in. But to log-in on third portal (Admin Home Page) you will must go to: https://account.manage.microsoft.com/Admin/Default.aspx

From here you will manage your users, groups and domains. In next post I will describe how to add new users and groups to Windows Intune and how to connect your domain to it.

See you until then.