Expanding your telecommuter workforce may have a significant impact on IT architecture, security/compliance, and corporate workflows. Progent has 20 years of experience helping SMBs to design, configure, manage, tune, and debug IT networks that incorporate at-home workers. Progent can assist your Grand Rapids company to pick the right tools and follow best practices in building and operating a safe virtual solution for telecommuters that promotes collaboration and delivers top value. Progent can provide support services ranging from as-needed guidance for helping you over challenging technical roadblocks to comprehensive project management to help you successfully complete business-critical initiatives.

Progent's consultants can assist Grand Rapids, Michigan businesses to with any aspect of building a high-performing work-at-home environment by delivering network infrastructure configuration services, IP voice troubleshooting, voice/video conferencing support, collaboration platform selection and deployment, public cloud connectivity, Help Desk augmentation, endpoint security, backup/restore solutions, and unified management.

Unified Management for an At-Home Workforce
Microsoft has renamed and rebundled its endpoint management platforms under the title Microsoft Endpoint Manager, which encompasses Intune for cloud management of remote devices and Configuration Manager for managing onsite computers. Endpoint Manager features a centralized environment for safeguarding corporate data by managing local, mobile, and at-home endpoint devices.

Intune
Intune is a component of Microsoft's Endpoint Management family that also features Microsoft Configuration Manager. Intune is a cloud service for managing and protecting mobile computers and applications. Managed endpoint devices can be user owned or business owned. IT administrators managing the endpoint computers of teleworkers can use Intune to deploy and authenticate applications on devices, push patches and certificates, set up rules for permission to access data and networks, manage passwords, establish VPN tunnels, control how teleworkers share data, establish threat protection, ensure security compliance, and delete corporate information from lost, stolen or deactivated endpoint devices. Intune works with Apple iOS, Google Android, Windows, and macOS devices. To learn about Intune and to find out how Progent can help your company to use this platform to administer the devices of your teleworkers, see Intune telecommuter endpoint management consultants.

VMware Workspace ONE
VMware Workspace ONE is an advanced centralized Mobile Device Management (MDM) product that allows network administrators to keep remote endpoint devices current and secure. Workspace ONE incorporates VMware AirWatch for centralized endpoint administration plus VMware's Horizon virtual application delivery platform for access control, application management, and setup management of endpoint computers. Workspace ONE operates with endpoints based on Windows 10, macOS, Apple iOS, Google Android, Chrome OS, or popular distros of Linux. VMware Workspace ONE is offered by subscription as a cloud service or as an on-site product through a one-time purchase. Top features of VMware Workspace ONE include fast remote provisioning of new notebooks, immediate onboarding of new employees, policy setting and enforcement for all classes of devices, unifies management reporting and performance analytics, an email encryption gateway, and tight integration with Microsoft applications and cloud-based services. To find out about Progent's support services for VMware Workspace ONE, refer to VMware Workspace ONE mobile device management expertise.

Contact Progent for Remote Workforce Expertise
To contact Progent about building and maintaining an efficient telecommuter environment for your Grand Rapids, Michigan organization, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.