Episode 428: Migrating Group Policy to Microsoft Intune

About this episode

In this episode, Ben and Scott discuss migrating Group Policy to Microsoft Intune, focusing on modernizing IT management and avoiding common pitfalls.

Welcome to Episode 428 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast. In this episode, Ben and Scott unlock the secrets to modernizing your IT management by ditching pesky on-prem GPOs and embracing the future with Intune. They discuss how savvy IT pros are migrating thousands of GPOs into clean, manageable cloud policies. Dive into real-world workflows: from exporting and analyzing legacy GPOs with AI tools, to recreating policies in Entra ID, and finally decommissioning AD. You’ll discover how to think through the migration, avoid common pitfalls like leftover legacy configs, and implement a phased migration that minimizes disruption. Your support makes this show possible! Please consider becoming a premium member for access to live shows and more. Check out our membership options . Show Notes DiskPrices.com These HDD prices are getting crazy. An increase of 96.4% in 1 month for the same 26TB drive. $279.99 a month ago to $549.99 today. Where are we buying hard drives now? Import and analyze your on-premises GPOs using Group Policy analytics in Microsoft Intune Microsoft Copilot in Intune Policy CSP Use the Intune settings catalog to configure settings Use the Intune properties catalog…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Stegink, Scott Hoag

Topics covered

• IT management
• Group Policy migration
• Microsoft Intune
• cloud policies
• legacy systems
• phased migration

Keywords

• Group Policy
• Intune
• migration
• cloud management
• IT policies
• Active Directory
• Entra ID
• AI tools

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft Intune, Entra ID, Active Directory

Products: Microsoft Copilot, Group Policy analytics

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