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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

Password-less authentication

While reading the previous section, you might have thought, what about password-less sign-in authentication? Good point!

Microsoft aims to make setting passwords easier; our strategy is a four-step approach where we deploy replacement offerings, reduce the password surface area, transition to password-less deployment, and finally, eliminate passwords.

Figure 13.30 – Password-less phases

Password-less authentication is a way to log on to your Windows 10 Enterprise endpoint without entering your password. One of the most common approaches to do this is via a so-called YubiKey security key. You have them for USB-C, USB, and other devices, such as an Apple device. Other options are to use text messages or the Microsoft Authenticator app.

Figure 13.31 – YubiKey

Let's talk about the YubiKey. The end user experience looks very similar to how you normally log on to Windows. While you are...