Group Policy shaped on-prem Windows domains for decades. Intune manages cloud-era devices that may never touch the office LAN.
When Intune leads
- Entra-joined or remote-first fleets
- Mobile and mixed OS estates
- Conditional Access device compliance
When GPO still appears
- Legacy line-of-business constraints
- Hybrid environments mid-migration
Many organizations run hybrid for a period—then reduce GPO surface as cloud management matures.
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