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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

Paths to modern management

Having a single management solution for all your endpoints is the main benefit of moving to a unified endpoint management solution like Microsoft Endpoint Manager.

The concept of modern management is not new, but in 2020, with the global COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of companies had most of their workforce working from home. With this new way of working as the primary way, the need for organizations to think differently accelerated.

Since the first Windows 10 release back in 2015, Microsoft has included the mobile device management (MDM) stack native build in it. Also, since the first release of Windows 10, many companies have explored new management options, with one of these being advancements in cloud technology, while bring your own device (BYOD) trends have made the move toward modern management more compelling for many organizations, not only for mobile devices running iOS and Android but also for physical and cloud-based Windows PCs.

Modern...