The Installing and Configuring Windows 10: 70-698 Exam Guide is designed to consolidate what you already know, while also updating your knowledge of Windows 10. With its easy-to-follow guidance, you will quickly learn the user interface and discover steps to work efficiently in Windows 10 to rule out delays and obstacles.
This book begins by covering various ways of installing Windows 10, followed by instructions on post-installation tasks. You will learn about the deployment of Windows 10 in Enterprise and also see how to configure networking in Windows 10. You'll understand how to leverage Disk Management and Windows PowerShell to configure disks, volumes, and file system options. As you progress through the chapters, you will be able to set up remote management in Windows 10 and learn more about Windows update usage, behavior, and settings. You will also gain insights that will help you monitor and manage data recovery and explore how to configure authentication, authorization, and advanced management tools in Windows 10.
By the end of this book, you will be equipped with sufficient knowledge to take the 70-698 exam and explore different study methods to improve your chances of passing the exam with ease.
This book is for IT professionals who perform installation, configuration, general local management, and maintenance of Windows 10 core services, and are preparing to undertake the Windows 10: 70-698 exam.
Chapter 1, Preparing for Installation, explains pre-installation preparation and requirements.
Chapter 2, Installing Windows 10, covers the installation of Windows 10.
Chapter 3, Configuring Devices and Device Drivers, covers devices and device drivers.
Chapter 4, Performing Post-Installation Configuration, explains Windows 10 post-installation tasks.
Chapter 5, Implementing Windows in an Enterprise Environment, explains the Windows 10 deployment in Enterprise.
Chapter 6, Configuring Networking, covers Windows 10 networking.
Chapter 7, Configuring Storage, explains storage in Windows 10.
Chapter 8, Configuring Data Access and Usage, covers data access and usage in Windows 10.
Chapter 9, Implementing Apps, explains app installation and configuration in Windows 10.
Chapter 10, Configuring Remote Management, explains remote management in Windows 10.
Chapter 11, Configuring Updates, explains Windows 10 updates, as well as Windows Update usage, behavior, and settings.
Chapter 12, Monitoring Windows 10, explains Windows 10 monitoring.
Chapter 13, Configuring System and Data Recovery, explains system and data recovery in Windows 10.
Chapter 14, Configuring Authorization and Authentication, explains authorization and authentication in Windows 10.
Chapter 15, Configuring Advanced Management Tools, explains those advanced management tools that are available in Windows 10.
Chapter 16, Studying and Passing Exam 70-698, helps you become familiar with the 70-698 exam and learn about study methods to improve your odds of passing the exam.
For few chapter labs you need Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows Education with 8 GB of RAM. Whereas for most of the chapter labs Windows 10 Pro with 4 GB of RAM will do the work.
There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.
CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Click the search box in the taskbar and enter cmd."
Any command-line input or output is written as follows:
Get-SmbShareAccess Grant-SmbShareAccess
Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Click Done to close the File Sharing Wizard."
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