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Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager

By : Christiaan Brinkhoff, Per Larsen
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Book Image

Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager

5 (1)
By: Christiaan Brinkhoff, Per Larsen

Overview of this book

Microsoft Modern Workplace solutions can simplify the management layer of your environment remarkably if you take the time to understand and implement them. With this book, you’ll learn everything you need to know to make the shift to Modern Workplace, running Windows 10, Windows 11, or Windows 365. Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager explains various concepts in detail to give you the clarity to plan how to use Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) and eliminate potential migration challenges beforehand. You'll get to grips with using new services such as Windows 365 Cloud PC, Windows Autopilot, profile management, monitoring and analytics, and Universal Print. The book will take you through the latest features and new Microsoft cloud services to help you to get to grips with the fundamentals of MEM and understand which services you can manage. Whether you are talking about physical or cloud endpoints—it’s all covered. By the end of the book, you'll be able to set up MEM and use it to run Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows 365 efficiently.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Section 1: Understanding the Basics
4
Section 2: Windows 365
7
Section 3: Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager
19
Section 4: Tips and Tricks from the Field

Summary

In the chapter, you've learned about the different policy types and looked at scenarios for configuring Windows in a more modern way via Microsoft Endpoint Manager for both physical and cloud endpoints. We have looked at some scenarios and policy configurations that you can leverage. In the policy management area, you need to figure out what kind of approach you want to take in your enterprise environment. When looking at pure cloud-managed devices and policies, it would be the perfect time to look forward and not backward. As examples, start by deploying policies that have a security impact, such as the Edge security baseline, Windows Defender policies, and so on. Then, look at deploying policies that will help your end users be more productive, such as configuring OneDrive Known Folder Move, policies that help end users start working in their apps better, such as autoconfiguring Microsoft Edge, removing prompts from applications, and so on. When you are done with those...