PowerShell, Intune, and SCCM Working Together for Workstation Management

Managing 31,000 PCs and 15,000 mobiles in a Windows environment

To support the management of a device fleet of 31,000 PCs and 15,000 mobiles running Windows, Bouygues Construction called on Synapsys to reinforce its team with a workstation administrator. The workstation team, made up of several engineers, works across SCCM and Microsoft Intune for device management, and relies on PowerShell scripting to automate tasks.

A progressive migration from SCCM to Intune

At Bouygues Construction, workstation management follows a controlled process, with every aspect planned, structured, and documented upfront to simplify device management and security. SCCM and Intune currently run in co-management, handling Bouygues Construction's extensive device fleet together. This transitional coexistence gives the team time to configure Intune so it can progressively absorb the full set of applications, workstations, and GPOs.

Alongside this gradual application migration to Intune, Bouygues Construction continues rolling out Windows Autopilot, already in production for several months, which will eventually let the team handle device deployment, reset, and reassignment without IT intervention.

Scaling automation with PowerShell

As a Windows-based environment, Bouygues Construction is working to make fuller use of Microsoft's PowerShell scripting language. Accelerating PowerShell-based automation has been one of the strategic priorities for the Synapsys workstation administrator on the account. Over the past year, around thirty scripts have been put to use, for both one-off tasks and ongoing automation.

The Synapsys Cloud Solution Architect on the account works across an international scope, contributing at multiple levels of the environment.