Windows 10 was introduced in 2014 and has become a ubiquitous operating system for personal users and businesses alike. With a broad set of features that leverage usability and connectivity, Windows 10 is as easy to use as it is powerful. Learn about preparing to install the Windows 10 client, beginning with a review of Windows 10 and its editions. You'll consider how to choose an edition and look at a basic rundown of the Windows 10 interface, hardware requirements, and feature-specific requirements. Explore feature changes over previous Windows editions and an overview of Windows update channels. Finally, you'll discover how to prepare for a Windows 10 installation.

Windows 10 has become a ubiquitous operating system for personal users and businesses alike and includes a broad set of features that leverage usability and connectivity. The easy to use and powerful platform offers several types of deployment options for small, medium, and large businesses. In this course, learn about deploying Windows 10, including typical installation methods and how to prepare for deployment. Next, discover how to install Windows 10 and perform post-installation tasks, and compare the pros and cons of upgrading to Windows 10. Finally, explore Windows activation, common deployment tools, and Windows Autopilot and other tools for managing installations.

Windows 10 is as easy to use as it is powerful. Use this course to explore detailed and sophisticated ways to configure your operating system and increase its usability, privacy, and security. Learn the basic features of Windows 10 configuration and how to use provisioning packages. Discover Windows 10 system settings, Windows startup options, as well as account, privacy, and security settings. Also explore ease of access settings, how to configure Cortana, phone settings, app settings, Edge browser configuration, optional Windows features, as well as search and indexing.

Windows 10 has a broad range of specific settings for every aspect of the operating system, many of which are easy to use, but it also includes many under-the-hood settings for advanced configuration. Explore advanced Windows 10 settings, beginning with Computer Management, the Control Panel, and Windows services. Discover how to manage a Windows 10 client with Task Manager, Task Scheduler, and the Windows registry. Finally, learn about the features and uses of Group Policy, the Group Policy Editor, and the Windows Command Shell and PowerShell.

Windows 10 is a powerful and easy-to-use operating system for individual users and small, medium, and large businesses. It also offers an expansive range of connectivity options for adding and managing devices, making it even more valuable to users. In this course, learn how to work with devices in Windows 10, including installing and configuring devices and drivers. Next, discover how to use Windows Device Manager and manage devices with Group Policy and PowerShell. Finally, explore common troubleshooting techniques and how to troubleshoot device problems in Windows 10.

Working with your IT colleagues to use tools, migration strategies, and activation methods to prepare for your deployments can mean the difference between success and failure when it comes to managing Windows clients and devices. In this course, learn how to better prepare for your deployments by exploring infrastructure evaluation, deployment tools, and planning. Review key considerations and methods for Windows migration. Learn about product keys, license management, subscription activation, as well as imaging and provisioning strategies. Finally, consider different deployment scenarios, and how to deploy Windows clients.

IT professionals in enterprise environments must be able to plan for and provision Windows clients. They must also make use of the tools provided by Microsoft, including Windows Autopilot, and they will likely be required to collaborate with other Microsoft 365 professionals when planning and implementing an organizational strategy for provisioning devices. Explore Windows client provisioning with Autopilot beginning with an overview of Autopilot, user-driven mode, self-deploying mode, Windows Autopilot reset, and pre-provisioned deployments. Learn about deploying existing devices, device registration, creating device groups, and configuring Autopilot profiles. Finally, discover how to deploy Azure AD joined devices, BitLocker encryption, Device Firmware Configuration Interface (DFCI) management, and how to troubleshoot Autopilot.

IT professionals in enterprise environments planning for device deployment should be familiar with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a collection of automation tools and procedures for deploying operating systems to devices. Through this course, learn how to work with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). Examine MDT and discover how to prepare for Windows deployments with MDT, manage boot images and OS upgrade packages, and manage applications and drivers. Next, learn how to manage user state, deploy to unknown systems, and deploy Windows 10 with PXE. Finally, work with task sequences, configure customsettings.ini and bootstrap.ini, troubleshoot MDT deployments, and explore the User State Migration Tool (USMT).

For networking professionals, Windows 10 clients are easy to configure and troubleshoot due to remote management and monitoring. Its capabilities include remote access with Remote Desktop, the Windows Admin Center, and remote configuration through tools like PowerShell. Through this course, learn about remote management and monitoring in Windows 10 clients. Explore Windows 10 administration and remote access, how to make a connection to a system using the Remote Desktop client, and the purpose of the Windows Admin Center. Next, learn about remote management with PowerShell, use Remote Assistance tools, and log management with Event Viewer. Finally, discover how to monitor system performance and reliability.

Windows 10 supports sophisticated user account features, which is a must have in a networked environment like a small business or an enterprise. Supporting a wide range of options and settings, Windows 10 user account settings are powerful and easy to implement. Through this course, learn how to work with user accounts in Windows 10 clients. Discover how to manage local users and privileges and work with user profiles and groups. Next, learn about Active Directory (AD) and join computers to AD. Finally, practice configuring sign-in options, managing credentials and User Account Control (UAC), and deploying the Local Administrator Password Solutions (LAPS) feature of Windows 10.

Windows 10 clients offer sophisticated integrated security features that make network administration easier for small and large enterprises. With a large range of security controls that can be configured at the administrative level, Windows 10 clients provide an added layer of network security. With this course, learn about key Windows 10 integrated security features. Explore Windows 10 security management, beginning with Microsoft Defender Antivirus and threat protection, account protection, and Windows Defender Firewall. Next, learn about Windows Defender Credential Guard, app and browser control, device security, and device performance and health. Finally, examine family options, BitLocker Drive Encryption, and Windows 10 security best practices.

User and device identity are critical components of the modern enterprise environment, often operating outside the organization’s security perimeter. Conditional access is a key piece of enterprise security management that Microsoft 365 professionals need to master. Explore conditional access, conditional access policies, policy assignments, and continuous access evaluation. Discover access controls, conditional access deployment planning considerations, and the creation of conditional access policies. Finally, learn how to establish multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Azure AD, configure authentication session management, use the What-If tool, and troubleshoot conditional access.

Device compliance and configuration profiles secure and protect organizational data and put the ability to manage devices in the hands of IT professionals. By securing an organization’s devices, Microsoft 365 professionals can ensure reliable systems and operations. In this course, you will explore compliance policies and configuration profiles, beginning with how to customize device compliance policies, configure actions, manage compliance notifications, and monitor and troubleshoot compliance policies. Then you’ll discover device configuration profiles, restrictions, working with Group Policy, and monitoring and troubleshooting configuration profiles. Finally, you will learn how to set up a shared computer and a kiosk.

IT professionals in the modern IT enterprise environment must be able to manage the lifecycle of all devices in the organization, not only inside the security perimeter but also outside the firewall. Intune is a powerful tool for enrolling and managing devices from their first use in the organization to retirement. Through this course, learn how to work with and manage device lifecycles. Explore device lifecycle management, beginning with Windows enrollment, automatic enrollment, bulk enrollment, and working with proxy servers. Next, discover how to enroll Apple and Android devices. Finally, investigate policy sets, how to create them, and how to manage devices using Intune.

In the modern enterprise environment, having fine-grained control over users and their devices is a crucial aspect of IT management. Microsoft 365 professionals can use powerful tools to manage and monitor all devices, including those outside the security perimeter. In this course, you will explore device management and monitoring, beginning with managing devices and users with Intune, using Fresh Start, and restricting and restarting devices. Then you will discover how to wipe, unenroll, and retire devices and how to bulk manage devices. Finally, you will learn about monitoring with Azure Monitor, Endpoint Manager admin center, and Endpoint analytics.

Device update management is a necessity in modern enterprise environments, and IT professionals must be able to plan and implement device updates. Completing updates for a large number of devices cannot be done manually, and ensuring the smooth and reliable operation of the organization network requires powerful tools for update management. Through this course, learn how to manage device updates. Explore how to plan device updates, work with update rings, and manage quality and feature update policies. Next, discover how to manage iOS and Android updates and monitor updates. Finally, learn how to troubleshoot updates using Intune and manage delivery optimization.

In modern IT environments, apps are bountiful and provide functionality for just about any task. However, organizations routinely establish app requirements in the workplace. IT professionals can rely on Microsoft products to ensure that applications are properly deployed and managed. In this course, you will explore application deployment, beginning with Intune app deployment. Then you will deploy apps from the Microsoft Store for Business, Apple Store, and Android Store. Next, you will discover the Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center, the Office Customization Tool, and the Office Deployment Tool. You will deploy and troubleshoot Microsoft 365 apps and manage Office apps using Intune. Finally, you will work with Office app policies and use Group Policy to manage Office settings.

In modern IT environments, organizations must establish rules to ensure data safety inside and outside of the network perimeter. IT professionals can rely on many tools and methods to create and enforce policies and ensure that data is secure and accessible only when authorized. Through this course, learn about app protection and configuration in enterprise Windows environments. Explore app protection policies, application management, and the data protection framework. Next, discover how to implement, validate, and monitor app protection policies and implement app protection exceptions. Finally, learn about implementing app configuration, configuration policies, and app configuration for iOS and Android devices.

Updates are a crucial feature of modern computing. Whether it is for new or improved features or for critical security and functionality updates, networking professionals need updates to be simple to manage, easy to configure and access, and automated. In this course, explore Windows 10 update management, beginning with the Windows servicing models for updates, servicing channels and tools, and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS). Then, discover Windows Update for Business, Windows delivery optimization, and update configuration using both Windows 10 client and Group Policy. Finally, investigate how to troubleshoot updates in Windows 10 clients.

Windows 10 clients provide workstations for users in networking environments, backed by servers and other technology used to create a network infrastructure. Management of these clients is facilitated in numerous ways, but at the center of network user management is Group Policy. Explore working with Group Policy in Windows, beginning with the basics of Group Policy, and how to navigate and configure Group Policy. Learn about aspects of Windows that can be managed using Group Policy, including Windows settings, the Control Panel, security policy, users, and user rights. Finally, discover audit policy configuration and how to troubleshoot Group Policy issues, as well as best practices for Group Policy management.

Microsoft 365 professionals in organizational environments often need to work together to ensure that systems and infrastructure operate to their full potential. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is the backbone of modern Windows enterprise configuration settings, and IT professionals need to be able to work with it as well as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). In this course, you will explore Azure AD, beginning with a discussion of Azure AD and AD DS. Then you will learn about user and group management, connecting to Azure AD, and Azure AD registered and joined devices. Finally, you will discover Enterprise State Roaming in Azure AD and how to manage it.

In modern enterprise environments, organizations need to be proactive and prepare for unforeseen circumstances, perform detection, and assemble automatic investigation and mitigation strategies. Fortunately, IT professionals can rely on robust tools like the kind found in Microsoft 365 environments. Through this course, learn about endpoint protection in Microsoft 365 environments. Explore endpoint security, manage security baselines and policies, and work with firewall and attack surface reduction policies. Next, examine account protection policies, encrypted disk security, antivirus policies, endpoint detection, and response policies. Finally, learn about firewall rule management and how to configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, monitor devices, and investigate and respond to threats.

In today’s complex management environment, IT professionals are expected to protect their infrastructure, maintain its reliability, and ensure a quality user experience as never before. Endpoint Analytics is a tool that can help you deliver just that. In this course, explore Endpoint Analytics functionality, scores, baselines, data collection, concepts, and insights. See firsthand how to enroll Intune and Configuration Manager devices. Learn how to configure Endpoint Analytics and troubleshoot issues. Finally, review how to implement PowerShell scripts so you can remediate proactively.

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