01 · Starting point
Situation
Several subsidiaries brought along organically grown Active Directory structures, group policies, permission models and endpoint processes. Integration therefore had to take technical standards, organisational boundaries and ongoing operations into account at the same time.
Constraints
- Heterogeneous starting environments and differing operating habits
- Permission and governance boundaries between subsidiaries
- Integration with as little disruption to ongoing operations as possible
02 · Responsibility
My scope of responsibility
As a freelance Microsoft Solution Architect I was responsible for the technical direction of the integration paths covering Active Directory, Group Policy, Intune and MECM. My contribution was to make dependencies visible and prepare controlled transitions between the environments involved.
- I analysed differences in directory services, group policies, device management and application delivery.
03 · Technical work
Documented scope of work
Key decisions
Design AD, GPO, Intune and MECM as one connected integration path. Identity, policies, device management and applications affect one another and must not drift apart in separate partial migrations.
Model permissions and governance explicitly before the technical transition. Otherwise unresolved responsibilities or inherited rights turn into operational risks that are hard to control after a migration.
- I developed technical integration paths for Active Directory, Group Policy, Intune and MECM.
- I prepared concepts for permission, policy and application migrations.
04 · Technical context
Technology in use
Active Directory
Directory structures and dependencies were analysed for integration planning.
Group Policy
Group policies and governance boundaries were included in the migration concepts.
Intune
Device management and policy transitions were taken into account in the integration path.
MECM
Application and endpoint dependencies were described for controlled transitions.
05 · Factual basis
Evidence and limits
The documented deliverables were technical integration paths and concepts for permission, policy and application migrations.
The implementation status of individual subsidiary environments remains confidential.
- Engagement
- Microsoft Solution Architect, July 2022 to March 2023
- Integration areas
- Active Directory, Group Policy, Intune and MECM
Lesson from the engagement
Enterprise integration is above all governance work: only once identity, policies and responsibilities fit together does the technical migration last.
Confidentiality note: The number and internal structures of the integrated companies are not published.