Proactive Monitoring in Intune: What You Can (and Should) Be Using Right Now

 You don’t need to sit in the Intune portal all day to stay on top of your environment. While Microsoft Intune doesn’t yet offer native alerting for every possible scenario, it does provide a set of built-in monitoring tools, integration options, and smart workarounds that help IT stay proactive.

In today’s article, we’ll cover the real-world tools available today for monitoring device compliance, troubleshooting, and staying ahead of issues, without relying on outdated or unavailable alerting features.

Use Reports to Monitor Key Events

Start here. Intune’s Reports blade provides valuable insight into everything from device compliance to app deployments and Windows update status.

Go to Intune Admin Center > Reports

From here, you can access:

You can export these reports or schedule regular reviews internally.

Bookmark your most-used reports and build a weekly review workflow to catch drift before users notice.

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Monitor Autopilot and Enrollment Issues

For onboarding scenarios, you can track failures using:

Intune Admin Center > Devices > Enrollment > Enrollment Status Page

Here, you’ll find:

  • Devices that failed ESP (Enrollment Status Page)
  • Devices that didn’t apply all assigned profiles or apps
  • Enrollment time and status

Use this view after deploying Autopilot to catch policy timing issues or app conflicts early.

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Enable and Use Endpoint Analytics

Intune integrates Endpoint Analytics natively, giving you visibility into device performance, login delays, app reliability, and user experience scores.

Go to Intune Admin Center > Reports > Endpoint Analytics

Here, you can monitor:

  • Startup performance
  • Application reliability
  • Work from anywhere
  • Resource performance

Use this proactively to justify hardware refresh cycles and surface “invisible” issues before they hit your help desk.

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Notifications for Enrollment Events

Intune supports user-facing notifications for specific actions like new device enrollments or compliance state changes.

To configure these:

  • Go to Intune Admin Center > Devices > Enrollment > Enrollment notifications
  • Set up email alerts to notify users when a device is enrolled under their identity

These are user notifications, not admin alerts, but still valuable for security awareness and transparency.

Reference: Microsoft Docs – Enrollment notifications

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Use Microsoft 365 Service Health & Message Center

While not Intune-specific, the Microsoft 365 Admin Center provides alerts when Intune experiences service degradation, delayed policy delivery, or reporting issues.

Go to admin.microsoft.com

Subscribe key team members to Service Health emails so you don’t miss backend disruptions that affect device behavior.

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