MECM to Intune & Azure Arc Migration

MECM to Intune & Azure Arc Migration: 4 to 8 Weeks, Fixed Fee, Cloud-Native by Day 30 Decouple your client AND server patching workloads from legacy MECM/WSUS infrastructure and shift them to the Microsoft Cloud. Fixed-fee, fully-scoped, finished in 4 to 8 weeks depending on tier. Built for organizations preparing to go cloud-only on Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Intune.

Why this matters now Attempting to retire on-prem AD and go Entra-only without first modernizing patching leads to orphaned devices, broken compliance reports, and severed security updates. MECM is the single biggest dependency tying your Windows estate back to on-premises Active Directory. Modernize patching first; everything else follows.

Phase 0: Free 30-day readiness assessment Read-only discovery of your MECM Automatic Deployment Rules, maintenance windows, and Entra ID group structures. Delivered: a customized Patching Risk Report with specific findings against your environment. Outcome: confidence on tier selection, scope, and timeline before you commit to the paid engagement. Cost: $0. No-cost lead magnet; no purchase commitment. Phase 1: Client track (Microsoft Intune) Expert setup of Windows Update for Business (WUfB) rings: Canary → Pilot → Production. Feature Updates, Quality Updates, and Driver profiles tuned to Windows 10 / Windows 11. Co-management workload shift for hybrid-managed clients still partially on MECM. Autopilot deployment profile for greenfield devices. Defender for Endpoint onboarding via Intune. Phase 1: Server track (Azure Arc + Azure Update Manager) Onboarding of legacy on-premises servers to Azure Arc. Azure Update Manager configuration for orchestrated server patching from the cloud. Maintenance window setup mapped to your existing change-management policies. Sentinel integration so server patch events feed into your SOC. Phase 2: Pilot + production rollout Pilot rollout to a representative subset (clients + servers). Two-week observation window with issue triage and runbook updates. Production rollout with maintenance-window-aware scheduling. 30-day post-cutover support window. Named deliverables Patching Risk Report (Phase 0). Implementation Design Document (architecture decisions, ring strategy, rollback plan). Intune Configuration Baseline (WUfB rings, update profiles, compliance policies). Azure Arc Server Inventory (onboarded servers, maintenance schedules, compliance baselines). Pilot Validation Report (typically covering 100 to 500 devices + 20 servers). Production Deployment Runbook with rollback procedures. Customer admin training session (two 90-minute recordings). Optional 60-day complimentary access to the Cloud-Native Patching Compliance Dashboard SaaS (see related listing). Outcomes customers see Decommission WSUS infrastructure within 60 days post-engagement. Eliminate VPN bottlenecks for remote workers; devices pull updates direct from Microsoft CDN. Centralized compliance visibility for clients + servers in a single Power BI dashboard (with the companion SaaS). Unblock the AD-decommissioning roadmap; Hybrid Entra Join devices become Entra-Join candidates. Reduce patch-deployment failure rate by 50 to 75% within the first 60 days (typical observed range for engagements involving more than 500 endpoints). Pricing Tier 1 (Corporate / Mid-Market): Pricing starts at $7,500 USD; final fee scoped via Private Offer. Up to 500 endpoints + 50 servers. 4 to 5 weeks. Tier 2 (Enterprise): Pricing starts at $19,500 USD; final fee scoped via Private Offer. 501 to 2,500 endpoints + 51 to 200 servers. 6 to 8 weeks. Tier 3 (Large Enterprise): Pricing starts at $39,500 USD and is scoped to environment complexity. 2,500+ endpoints OR 200+ servers. 8+ weeks.

Microsoft co-sell aligned FY26 Microsoft solution plays: Modern Work Endpoint Modernization (primary), Modern Work Microsoft 365 E5 to E7 expansion (Intune is core to E5 / E7), Security Threat Protection (Defender for Endpoint onboarding via Intune is part of the engagement).

Why Simplicity IT Decoupled methodology: client track and server track run in parallel by separate engineers, cutting calendar time in half compared to sequential migrations. Microsoft-native end to end. No third-party patching solution, no WSUS-as-a-service workaround. Pure Intune + Azure Arc. Compliance posture The migration runs against Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Intune services covered by Microsoft's SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, and HIPAA-eligible attestations (verifiable via the Microsoft Trust Center). Handover documentation is structured to fit cleanly into the customer's own SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, or FFIEC audit evidence base. Simplicity IT has not yet completed an independent SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audit covering it