In a cloud-only installation, where does the Intune service run?

In a cloud-only installation of Microsoft Intune, the Intune service operates entirely within Microsoft’s own infrastructure. This means that all the management capabilities, data processing, and storage associated with Intune are provided through Microsoft’s secure cloud environment, which is designed for scalability, reliability, and integration with other Microsoft services.

By leveraging Microsoft’s infrastructure, organizations benefit from high availability and the advanced security measures that Microsoft implements across its cloud services. This setup eliminates the need for local infrastructure or third-party services, allowing businesses to focus on utilizing the platform for device management, application deployment, and security without worrying about backend hardware or network management.

The other options would imply that Intune is either tied to a company’s own infrastructure, managed through another organization’s cloud services, or bound to a private network solution, which does not accurately represent how a cloud-only environment functions.