# Microsoft Intune Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-intune/ 6 people recommended Microsoft Intune in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 20 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Criticized more than recommended: critics call it half-baked next to on-prem AD and Group Policy; those who recommend it cite managing Windows and Mac devices through MDM, especially for teams already on Microsoft licensing. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Half-baked compared with on-prem AD (3 comments in the sample): "Both of those products are about as bad as you might imagine the "cloud" versions of GP & AD might be." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716998)) "Intune, which to me feels half baked compared to something like on Prem AD/GP/SCCM" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48389930)) "5 alternatives in azure/intune for every thing as well that are half baked" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47462616)) - Pushes customers toward costlier licensing (3 comments in the sample): "People didn't buy it otherwise, so now there's an incentive to move customers off E3 and into E5." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46151282)) "building up additional capabilities to extend the dependency, like InTune" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716655)) "they just need to bring hotpatching out of Intune/B2B licenses" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47465532)) - Too many overlapping settings and footguns (2 comments in the sample): "the combination of Windows, Intune, modern Store apps, multiple similar settings, and licensing, make it a full time job full of footguns" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48880348)) "Nobody needs 5 ways of configuring GPOs like Intune has it (+ Azure policies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46064365)) - Weaker on Android and Mac (2 comments in the sample): "since it's garbage but haven't found a good alternative for Android devices yet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49413427)) "managing windows via Intune is still years behind a good macOS MDM" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48388364)) ## Why people recommend it - Works smoothly with Windows and MDM tools (2 comments in the sample): "The last upgrade included a separate work profile managed by MS Intune, and that was also smoothly handled by the upgrade process." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47220518)) "because It Just Works (TM) with Intune and other MDM tools" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218403)) - Handles macOS reasonably well (2 comments in the sample): "It's a lot less capable for Mac but these days you can get by with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47515019)) "Intune handles MacOS reasonably well, you don’t need Jamf" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509069)) ## What people recommend instead - [Apple Business](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-business/): 6 recommend, 9 mixed, 50 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-intune) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Microsoft Intune", https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-intune/ (6 recommend, 3 mixed, 20 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.