Windows Intune 2.0 now available for beta testing
Windows Intune 2.0, the first major update to Microsoft's cloud-based PC management solution for small and medium sized businesses, is now available in beta to qualified users.
Interested testers must sign up on the Windows Intune
TechNet site with their Windows Live ID, and they can preview all the updates to Intune that have taken place since the RTM in March.
These updates include an improved UI, 2 GB of cloud storage for deploying packaged applications to managed PCs remotely, an improved dashboard for hardware reporting, a third party license manager which also handles Microsoft's volume licenses, support for image deployment, and more.
The Intune 2.0 beta can be used to manage up to 10 PCs for a period of a little more than 30 days. Microsoft says the beta will expire 30 days after the commercial release of Intune 2.0, which it expects to happen this week.