The updates Microsoft has made to its Intune PC and device management service this week are partly catching up to other MDM systems with features like containers for apps and files, a managed browser and bulk enrollment for iOS devices. But they also add unique options for managing Office apps on iOS and Android.

Intune now lets you set conditional access to Exchange Online and Office 365 (a feature that was already available to customers with Exchange 2013 on-site). “Before you let email or files flow onto a device, you can go check if it’s managed by Intune and if it’s compliant,” senior director of product marketing Andrew Conway explained. “You can set up the compliance policy: you can require a 4-digit PIN, you can require a device that’s not jail-broken or rooted.”

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