Hope you all enjoyed our Inspire Roadshow which were held across the country last month. I managed to meet and chat with many of you and showcase the Surface Range, so thank you for joining us!
Its Microsoft Surface Pro 7+ promotion month where you can save $$ and since its unveiling, the Pro 7+ has been a consistent performer in the Surface range.
Going back on the years, not much has changed in terms of size or design and honestly this has enabled the Pro Series to one of the most popular Surface ranges. The Surface Pro has become known for its versatility, power and performance, it’s brilliant touch screen, pen capabilities and great battery life. It is by far Microsoft’s most widely adopted Surface device across business and education customers.
The Surface Pro 7+ is a Business Laptop - Purpose built for Business & Education
Many businesses have incorporated the Pro 7+ into their daily hybrid working life, especially with the introduction of optional LTE within the Pro Series. Today, LTE is crucial for business devices due to the inherent security flaws found when using open Wi-Fi networks, especially when traveling at airports or coffee shops and don’t forget it’s much more convenient to have an always-connected PC versus tethering with your phone.
Get It Done Your Way
With the 11th Gen Intel Core Processors, and longer battery life of up to 15 hours the Surface Pro 7+ offers the versatility people need to work wherever, whenever they want. And with both USB-A and USB-C ports, Surface Pro 7+ offers the adaptability to dock into external displays and leverage the needed peripherals for a full workstation setup. You also have the added ability to remove the SSD for data retention which makes this device one of the most flexible in the Surface family.
Surface Management Portal
What makes working with Surface easier than others? The ability to self-serve with the Surface Management Portal which provides a centralized solution to manage and monitor Surface devices at scale.
Built into Microsoft Endpoint Manager, it provides a single environment for the end-to-end visibility of corporate or user-owned Surface devices, the Surface Management Portal lets you quickly see any issues that need prompt attention before they hit your help desk.
Get insights into device compliance, support activity, and warranty coverage. Quickly see the status of each device, which ones are still in warranty or expiring soon, and the status of active support requests with your hardware providers.
When your Surface devices are enrolled for cloud management and users log in for the first time, information from these Surface devices automatically flows into the Surface Management Portal, giving you a single pane of glass for Surface-specific device admin activities.
To get started, sign into Microsoft Endpoint Manager, select All services > Surface Management Portal
Monitor Surface devices
Select Monitor to display insights for all your Surface devices, including:
• Devices out of compliance, which could mean users can’t access information requiring Azure AD login.
• Devices that aren’t registered.
• Devices with critically low storage available on disk, a leading indicator of potential user experience issues.
• Devices requiring updates.
• Devices without drive encryption enabled.
• Devices that are currently inactive.
Select View report to see details on each insights category, giving you diagnostic information that you can customize and export.
Device warranty and coverage
If you manage hundreds or thousands of devices, having direct access to the warranty status of each device is especially useful, letting you quickly see the following information:
• Devices within the warranty period
• Devices expiring
• Devices out of warranty
• Devices eligible for optional coverage
Support requests
The Surface Management Portal gives complete visibility into support activity along with the status of each request.
Surface Management Portal is available to customers who use Microsoft Endpoint Manager and have enrolled Surface devices through Intune. If you’re new to Intune, set up your Intune tenant today by visiting Quickstart: Try Microsoft Intune for free.
To find out more, watch the overview of the Surface Management Portal -
