Assignment is the mechanism that activates policies in Microsoft Intune, but many practitioners treat it as a technical plumbing problem rather than an operational discipline. This session walks through assignment mechanics from first principles, covering ownership models (user-led vs. device-led), timing implications during provisioning, include/exclude logic, filter support across policy types, and staged rollout strategy using update rings.

The presentation anchors on real-world scenarios: greenfield tenant setup, brownfield migration from leaf groups to governed structures, and multi-tenant standardization for MSPs. We'll troubleshoot four common failures (policy not applied, unintended scope, conflicts, Autopilot reboot anomalies) using a predictable diagnostic sequence, and explore governance patterns that prevent assignment drift.

By the end, you'll understand how to design assignment structures that are operationally clear, auditable at scale, and resilient to change, and how clarity of ownership and intentional scope boundaries prevent months of troubleshooting debt.