At the Worldwide Partner Conference this year, we talked about the growth partners are seeing with Windows Intune adoption. In the weeks since, we heard from New Signature, a 50-person IT consulting firm based in Washington D.C., about the success their customers are having with Windows Intune.

New Signature focuses on five practice areas: Cloud, Infrastructure Optimization, Unified Communications, Network Security and Managed Services. As part of their cloud practice, they are dedicated to building awareness with customers on how Windows Intune addresses pain points that many companies experience.

“The response to Windows Intune has been outstanding because the value proposition is easy to present and easy for customers to understand. In the week after WPC, we signed eight new Intune customers,” said Christopher Hertz, founder and CEO of New Signature. “Reselling Windows Intune has allowed us to reach a broader spectrum of customers that might not have normally consumed our other services, but need a partner to deploy Windows Intune.”

Hertz identifies software updates, licensing compliance and IT policy deployment as a few reasons customers have turned to Windows Intune to manage their PC environments. The subscription to Windows 7 Enterprise has also been advantageous for New Signature customers looking to improve productivity, control, manageability and security.

“To further enhance security and control, we also recommend that customers purchase the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) add-on to Windows Intune to help resolve critical issues, such as diagnosing and recovering unbootable PCs,” said Hertz.

New Signature is seeing small and midsize business customers deploy Windows Intune across their entire organizations on all desktops, laptops and slates; while larger organizations are using Windows Intune in specific scenarios that have traditionally been more difficult to manage such as travel laptops, home computers and branch offices.

“Our SMB clients have been excited about Windows Intune because the value it offers is superior to any solution previously available. We continue to see interest grow as new features like software distribution have been added, so quickly after the initial release. With such fast innovation, we look forward to how Windows Intune can help more of our customers,” said Hertz.

New Signature has been using the beta for the next release of Windows Intune (announced at WPC) and found the added capabilities, like software distribution, especially compelling for remote workers or staff in the field. For instance, they were able to launch a deployment test of Office 2010 Professional in a matter of minutes by distributing to test workstations on multiple networks.

“All told, we love the current beta, Microsoft is clearly on a rapid release cycle with Windows Intune and we can’t wait to see even more features in the future,” said Hertz.

We wish New Signature and their customers continued success with Windows Intune! As I mentioned earlier today, our next release of Windows Intune will be available on October 17 of this year! Check out Windows Intune on Springboard for a full list of the new features and to learn more.