Microsoft Intune Quick-Start Kit for Small IT Teams
Get your first 50 devices managed in Intune this week — policies, enrollment, and troubleshooting, without the Microsoft docs maze.
You have Intune in your Microsoft 365 license. Your manager wants devices managed. Microsoft's documentation is 100 pages of reference material with no clear starting point. This kit is what the documentation is not: a structured, step-by-step path from first Intune login to one device enrolled with a Compliance Policy active and status Compliant. Scope is honest — Windows 10/11, corporate-owned devices, manual enrollment, no Autopilot complexity.
## key-features
- ✓25-item enrollment checklist across 4 sections — pre-enrollment, first device, first compliance policy, handoff
- ✓5 policy templates with OMA-URI paths: compliance baseline, disable removable storage, enable BitLocker, Defender Antivirus, restrictive device configuration
- ✓Troubleshooting reference card covers 6 real-world Intune gotchas with fixes (Conditional Access lockout, license not assigned, policy conflict, sync delay, enrollment confusion, Admin Templates deprecated)
- ✓Breadcrumb navigation throughout — Portal to Section to Subsection to Action, survives Microsoft admin center reorgs
- ✓Honest scope — Windows 10/11, corporate-owned, manual enrollment. Autopilot and CA enforcement explicitly flagged as Week 2
- ✓Free sample policy template (disable removable storage) available as standalone download
- ▸Intune Quick-Start Guide (PDF + MD) — 20+ pages, 7 chapters from first login to Week 2 roadmap
- ▸Enrollment Checklist (PDF + MD) — 25-item checklist, 4 sections
- ▸Troubleshooting Reference Card (PDF + MD) — 6 Intune gotchas with fixes
- ▸5 JSON policy templates with OMA-URI paths and deployment instructions
- ▸README with portal shortcuts, deployment order, and scope statement
- ▸Complete bundle delivered as a single zip
## goes-well-with
From the same shelf
Active Directory Security Audit Kit for Solo IT Teams
A fillable AD audit checklist covering privileged access, stale accounts, GPO hygiene, MFA gaps, and event log review — everything an auditor expects, packaged for the sysadmin who has no security team.
Windows Event Log Analysis Field Guide for Sysadmins
A practical reference guide covering the 20 most critical Windows Event IDs every sysadmin must monitor — with detection logic, triage steps, and copy-paste PowerShell queries for each.
Microsoft Entra ID Migration Starter Kit for Sysadmins
A practical guide + checklist bundle for IT admins migrating on-premises Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID in 2026 — covering Cloud Sync, legacy auth deprecation, Intune join strategy, and a phased migration checklist sysadmins can actually execute.
## not-ready-to-buy
Take the field notes instead
One practical write-up a week from the same workbench these kits come from — plus reader pricing when new kits ship.