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MaaS360 vs Microsoft Endpoint Manager
March 15, 2025 | Author: Michael Stromann
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MDM in Minutes: Deploy, Secure and Support Smartphones & Tablets. Every organization needs to see and control the mobile devices entering their enterprise, whether they are provided by the company or part of a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program. MaaS360 mobile device management (MDM) is the fastest, most comprehensive way to make that happen.
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Get endpoint security, device management, and intelligent cloud actions in a unified management platform with Microsoft Intune and Configuration Manager.
MaaS360 and Microsoft Endpoint Manager, you see, both exist for the noble purpose of managing devices—be it phones, tablets or laptops—like some all-knowing intergalactic traffic controller. They provide the necessary means to lock, wipe and generally keep things secure, ensuring your corporate apps don't become the next big security breach. Whether you're wielding an Android, an iPhone or something running Windows, both these systems can offer you a reassuring sense of control, as if the universe were not entirely out of your hands. They also both come with a delightful smattering of policies to ensure your devices behave themselves.
Now, MaaS360, which debuted back in 2011 thanks to Fiberlink (which, for reasons only the universe understands, was swallowed by IBM in 2014), was designed with the small and medium-sized business in mind. It carries the peculiar flair of artificial intelligence, offering insights that could make even the most apathetic admin pause. It's more than just a MDM; it integrates with IBM’s vast security toolkit, as though it’s trying to bring order to a chaotic digital galaxy. Its reports on mobile device security feel like an unwelcome but necessary truth bomb, delivered right to your inbox.
On the other hand, Microsoft Endpoint Manager arrived much later in 2019, an amalgamation of Intune and Configuration Manager, which is, of course, a rather clever way of saying, "Here’s your one-stop solution for enterprise chaos." Targeting the behemoths of the corporate world, it integrates like a jigsaw piece into the Microsoft 365 and Azure AD ecosystem. It’s as though it was born specifically to manage every endpoint in the Microsoft universe, from desktop to mobile. Originating in the United States, it’s the no-nonsense, big enterprise solution to the problem of keeping everything in line—much like a very organized spaceship that never seems to lose its way.
See also: Top 10 MDM software
Now, MaaS360, which debuted back in 2011 thanks to Fiberlink (which, for reasons only the universe understands, was swallowed by IBM in 2014), was designed with the small and medium-sized business in mind. It carries the peculiar flair of artificial intelligence, offering insights that could make even the most apathetic admin pause. It's more than just a MDM; it integrates with IBM’s vast security toolkit, as though it’s trying to bring order to a chaotic digital galaxy. Its reports on mobile device security feel like an unwelcome but necessary truth bomb, delivered right to your inbox.
On the other hand, Microsoft Endpoint Manager arrived much later in 2019, an amalgamation of Intune and Configuration Manager, which is, of course, a rather clever way of saying, "Here’s your one-stop solution for enterprise chaos." Targeting the behemoths of the corporate world, it integrates like a jigsaw piece into the Microsoft 365 and Azure AD ecosystem. It’s as though it was born specifically to manage every endpoint in the Microsoft universe, from desktop to mobile. Originating in the United States, it’s the no-nonsense, big enterprise solution to the problem of keeping everything in line—much like a very organized spaceship that never seems to lose its way.
See also: Top 10 MDM software
