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Windows 10 for Enterprise Administrators

By : Richard Diver, Manuel Singer, Jeff Stokes
Book Image

Windows 10 for Enterprise Administrators

By: Richard Diver, Manuel Singer, Jeff Stokes

Overview of this book

Microsoft's launch of Windows 10 is a step toward satisfying enterprise administrators' needs for management and user experience customization. This book provides enterprise administrators with the knowledge needed to fully utilize the advanced feature set of Windows 10 Enterprise. This practical guide shows Windows 10 from an administrator's point of view. You'll focus on areas such as installation and configuration techniques based on your enterprise requirements, various deployment scenarios and management strategies, and setting up and managing admin and other user accounts. You'll see how to configure Remote Server Administration Tools to remotely manage Windows Server and Azure Active Directory. Lastly, you will learn modern mobile device management for effective BYOD and how to enable enhanced data protection, system hardening, and enterprise-level security with the new Windows 10 in order to prevent data breaches and to impede attacks. By the end of this book, you will know the key technologies and capabilities in Windows 10 and will confidently be able to manage and deploy these features in your organization.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

My people app

My people is a new feature that is intended to allow users to gain a deeper interaction with a few of their key contacts in new ways. For example, messages being received via SMS and appearing on the desktop, enabling interaction with emails, and allowing responses via another app such as Skype are all brought together in a single view. The solution provides a quick method of sharing content with the contact through simple drag and drop or through new context menus. It works by combining some of the key features from other apps, such as Contacts, Mail, Skype, and OneDrive, to achieve the following:

  • View multiple communication apps together that are filtered to each person on your taskbar.
  • Select the app you want to use to chat and Windows will remember for next time.
  • People-first sharing: You can either drag and drop files onto the contacts in the taskbar to share...