What schools face
Schools manage hundreds of devices — laptops, tablets, and desktops — spread across classrooms and sites. Keeping them updated, secure, and ready for lessons is time-consuming and often falls to staff who have other priorities. Lost or stolen devices are a data risk, and without proper management, machines drift out of compliance and become unreliable just when they are needed most.
How We Help
We use Microsoft Intune to manage your school's devices centrally, giving you control over every laptop, tablet, and desktop without needing to touch each one individually. Intune lets us push out security policies, deploy applications, manage updates, and enforce compliance — all from the cloud. If a device is lost or stolen, we can remotely wipe it to protect sensitive data.
When new devices arrive, we provision them so they are ready to use straight out of the box. Staff or pupils sign in and everything they need is already there — applications installed, policies applied, network settings configured. No more spending the first week of term setting up machines one by one. We also handle OS upgrades and patches out of hours, so devices stay secure without disrupting lessons.
Beyond day-to-day management, we help you plan ahead. Our asset tracking gives you a clear picture of what you have, how old it is, and when it will need replacing. That means you can budget for replacements over time rather than facing a sudden bill when an entire set of classroom laptops reaches end of life at once.
What's Included
Devices
The DfE expects schools to manage devices effectively, keeping them secure, up to date, and fit for purpose. Our device management service ensures compliance across your entire estate.
Learn more about the DfE standardsWhy Hurst Technology
- Microsoft Intune specialists — we manage thousands of devices across our school partners
- We handle the tedious provisioning so your staff do not have to
- Clear asset reporting that is ready for audits
- Lifecycle planning to help you spread costs and avoid surprise replacements