Intune RBAC Focuses on Device Management Scenarios

• Intune role-based access control can help control the scope of device management responsibilities within an organization.
• Intune provides specific methods for controlling scope that can address the problems of traditional control methods.
• Organizations should plan carefully as Intune’s unique method of scoping carries significant overhead and requires a consistent approach.

Intune role-based access control (RBAC) enables granular management of Intune-managed devices and policy sets through the use of scope tags or Entra ID (previously called Azure Active Directory [AAD]) administrative units (AUs). RBAC uses a least-privilege management technique that permits just enough access to perform an administrative role’s tasks, and no more. Configuring scope tags carries significant overhead, but they can make delegated management with Intune significantly easier.

Understanding Intune RBAC

Intune RBAC grants principals (users and groups) access to the administrative and data-related tasks that need to be performed within Intune and against physical devices, VMs, and Windows 365 Cloud PCs managed by the service. Intune RBAC role assignments combine three things: