Bringing Mac Device Management into Microsoft Intune

Nearly 800 Macs to migrate to Intune

Although predominantly made up of Windows workstations, Engie's IT fleet was gradually diversifying with the addition of Macs. To standardize its device management policy and pool costs, Engie decided to bring Mac management into Microsoft Intune, calling on two Synapsys Intune experts to strengthen its teams for the migration of close to 800 Macs.

Mac requires a different approach than Windows

Intune had originally been set up to manage Engie's 150,000 Windows workstations and mobile devices. As the Intune experts explained, application management and configuration work differently on Mac, which has a distinct environment built around iCloud, device encryption, and other native features.

Preserving the native Mac experience

Synapsys consultants were given autonomy to run the project, deploying a modern Mac environment that lets users work from wherever they choose, with the applications they need, inside a structured framework. The guiding principle was not to restrict Mac's functional scope: rather than making a Mac behave like a Windows device, the approach leaned into native macOS capabilities to unlock its full potential. A dedicated Mac user community was also created at Engie, with its own Yammer group for sharing best practices.