Microsoft 365: How Global Admins Seamlessly Manage Local Device Settings

Key insights

• Global Administrators in Microsoft 365 have broad permissions to manage users, groups, apps, services, and local device settings through tools like Microsoft Intune, Azure Active Directory, and Microsoft Endpoint Manager.
   
• Device Enrollment happens when users sign in with their work or school account and agree to organizational management, allowing admins to apply company policies such as security updates and configuration profiles remotely.
   
• Policy Application ensures that enrolled devices automatically receive required security patches, antivirus settings, access restrictions, and compliance rules set by the organization.
   
• Admin Roles and Permissions: Only authorized roles like Global Admin can manage high-level device configurations. New specialized roles such as the AI Administrator, introduced in 2025, focus on managing AI-related enterprise services.
   
• This approach provides centralized control for device management at scale, enforces strong security policies like encryption and password requirements, and offers flexibility between personal and corporate devices while maintaining privacy boundaries.
   
• The Microsoft 365 Admin Center continues to improve with regular updates. It now integrates more features from Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune), making it easier for Global Admins to monitor devices and deploy policies efficiently.

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