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Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration

By : David Overton
Book Image

Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration

By: David Overton

Overview of this book

Microsoft Windows Intune is a cloud service solution that simplifies how small and mid-sized businesses manage and secure PCs using Microsoft cloud services and Windows 7óso your computers and users can operate at peak performance all the time.This step-by-step guide will show you how to plan, set up and maintain Windows Intune, showing you how to manage a group of PCs (either 1 business or several if a partner) from the base operating system, through to the patches, anti-malware solution and deployed software and policies from a central console, using the Windows Intune service. This book takes you through all the steps to plan, set up and maintain Windows Intune and how to manage a group of PCs. The book starts by providing an overview of Cloud Computing and PC Management. The book then dives into topics such as Windows Intune features, signing up for Windows Intune and installing the client software, configuring Windows Intune, proactive management, and monitoring and dealing with alerts, including remote assistance amongst others. As Windows 7 is part of Windows Intune, the book will also cover the minimum steps required to move from Windows XP to Windows 7 while keeping user settings and preferences.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Summary


In this chapter, we have examined the many features of Windows Intune that facilitate good PC management. The Windows Intune architecture enables management from any location with the computers being managed located anywhere providing they have access to the Internet.

The Windows Intune subscription includes Windows 7 Enterprise edition, anti-malware software, management of Windows Updates, and a suite of audit and alerting technology to enable us to keep informed of the status of the environment. To assist with PC management, Remote Assistance is also provided to ensure that we can deliver an excellent quality of service. Reporting and the ability to export data for our own reports enables us to provide evidence that the excellent service is being delivered.

Finally, Windows Intune enables us to have this support provided by a Microsoft partner so not only can the infrastructure costs be managed, but so can the actual administration.

These features enable us to deliver the tasks that...