Sign up for a Windows Intune organizational account

Sign up for an account at Windows Intune.

For more information, see Windows Intune organizational account in the documentation library for Windows Intune.

Make sure that you have a publicly registered domain name

All user accounts must have a publicly registered UPN that can be verified by Windows Intune. GoDaddy or Symantec are typical examples of companies that provide domain names.

Verify that users have a public domain UPN

Before synchronizing the Active Directory user account, you must verify that user accounts have a public domain UPN. For more information, see Add User Principal Name Suffixes in the Active Directory documentation library.

You can create a Configuration Manager custom report to verify that the UPN of the users who are discovered is consistent with the Intune Account Portal by using the following SQL query:

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SELECT UserPrincipalName, COUNT(*) AS NumOfOccurances FROM (SELECT RIGHT(User_Principal_Name0, LEN(User_Principal_Name0)-PATINDEX('%@%', User_Principal_Name0)) AS UserPrincipalName FROM CM_EC1.dbo.v_R_User) AS sub GROUP BY UserPrincipalName

Optional, but strongly recommended: Deploy and configure Active Directory Federated Services (AD FS)

When you set up single sign-on, your users can sign in with their corporate credentials to access the services in Windows Intune.

For more information, see the following topics:

• Prepare for single sign-on
  
  
• Plan for and deploy AD FS 2.0 for use with single sign-on
  
  

Deploy and configure directory synchronization

Directory synchronization lets you populate Windows Intune with synchronized user accounts. The synchronized user accounts and security groups are added to Windows Intune. For more information, see Configure directory synchronization in the Active Directory documentation library.

Optional, not recommended: If you are not using AD FS, reset users’ Microsoft Online passwords

If you are not using AD FS, you must set a Microsoft Online password for each user.

Create a DNS alias

Create a DNS alias (CNAME record type). You have to configure a CNAME in DNS that redirects EnterpriseEnrollment.<company domain name>.com to manage.microsoft.com. For example, if Melissa's email address is Meliss@contoso.com, you have to create a CNAME in DNS that redirects EnterpriseEnrollment.contoso.com to manage.microsoft.com.

The CNAME record is used as part of the enrollment process.

Obtain the required certificates or keys for mobile device platforms

For Windows RT devices:

• Prerequisites for Enrolling Windows RT Devices
  
  

For Windows Phone 8 devices:

• Prerequisites for Enrolling Windows Phone 8 Devices
  
  

For iOS devices:

• Prerequisites for Enrolling iOS Devices
  
  

Create the Windows Intune subscription

How to create the Windows Intune subscription

Add the Windows Intune connector site system role

How to configure the Windows Intune Connector role

Verify that Configuration Manager is successfully connecting to the Windows Intune service

• Check the Cloudusersync.log to verify that user accounts are successfully synchronized.
  
  
• Check the Sitecomp.log to verify that the Windows Intune connector was created successfully.