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Intune and Defender Cleanup Plan
Endpoint control plan for Intune, Autopilot, Defender onboarding, baselines and exception handling.
The Intune and Defender Cleanup Plan maps the current endpoint estate, finds the policy conflicts and compliance gaps, and produces an ordered remediation plan your team can approve and action. It is a focused endpoint engagement, not an open-ended Intune project.
How it runs
Endpoint inventory first, policy changes second.
The plan starts with the enrolled device list, current compliance results, Autopilot profiles, baseline assignments and exception groups. Scope is agreed before access is granted. Changes only happen when the full context — including the risk and the decision owner — is clear.
Findings are grouped by endpoint risk: compliance failures and privilege gaps before policy drift and baseline exceptions. That keeps the remediation sequence tied to what creates actual exposure, not what is easiest to fix first.
Best for
- Teams with partly managed devices and unclear compliance status.
- SMEs paying for Defender or Intune but not getting useful control.
- Internal IT teams that need a phased endpoint cleanup plan they can keep running.
Commercial details
- Commercial model
- Scoped endpoint plan with fee agreed after a short intake.
- Typical budget
- £2,000 to £4,500
- Typical timeframe
- Usually 5 to 10 working days depending on tenant and endpoint complexity.
Signs this is the right fit
Use these signals before booking the cleanup plan. They check whether the endpoint problem is a design issue that needs a plan, not just a misconfiguration that needs a settings change.
- Intune says devices are managed but compliance and onboarding results do not match reality.
- Defender is licensed, yet alert ownership, exclusions or endpoint coverage remain unclear.
- The team needs a phased endpoint plan before enforcing stronger access or audit controls.
The output maps device state, policy decisions, Defender coverage, pilot groups, exception handling and the checks internal IT should repeat.
The first week makes device truth visible: join state, ownership, compliance, baseline assignment, Defender onboarding and local admin state. Inventory comes before new policies, so exceptions stay explainable.
Included
- Intune enrolment, compliance and baseline review.
- Autopilot profile and device lifecycle check.
- Defender onboarding, coverage, exclusion and escalation review.
- Local admin, exception and remediation workflow review.
- Practical rollout plan with pilot groups and rollback notes.
Outputs
- Endpoint control gap list.
- Cleanup sequence.
- Policy decisions and support model notes.
- Internal IT notes.
Not included
- 24/7 monitoring.
- Full MDR service.
- Hardware procurement or repair.
Sample output headings
- Device join state and management truth.
- Intune compliance and baseline conflicts.
- Defender onboarding and coverage gaps.
- Local admin and exception handling.
- Pilot groups, rollback notes and rollout order.
Useful before you book
Quick self-check across identity, endpoint, governance, and monitoring.
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