July 29, 2026
Efficiently Connected examined the findings of Recast Software’s State of Intune 2026 survey through the lens of modern endpoint management. The analysis argues that organizations have largely embraced Microsoft Intune, but many IT teams continue to spend significant time on routine operational work that limits their capacity for strategic initiatives. The article highlights the growing need for automation, the reality of long-term hybrid management environments, and the increasing security risks associated with patching and application management, encouraging IT leaders to view operational efficiency as both a productivity and security imperative.
Originally published in Efficiently Connected, Inc.
Excerpt: “Third-party patching, which ranked as the second-largest Intune challenge at 33% of respondents, is exactly the surface area where AI-generated or AI-assisted malicious packages would land. The intersection of slow manual patching workflows and accelerating AI-driven threat vectors is a genuine risk amplifier, and it gives IT leaders a sharper business case for automation investment than operational efficiency alone can provide.”
