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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)

Summary

Windows 10 Enterprise provides the tools required to provide a secure environment to access sensitive and valuable information and systems.

There are many options to consider when creating and securing local user accounts that will gain authorized access to your systems. The most important factors are:

  • Never log in to computers with local admin rights enabled, use run-as to elevate rights with a separate administrative account
  • Never log in to a client computer with domain-privileged accounts, limit logging on to trusted IT PCs only, such as PAW
  • Ensure all administrative account passwords are unique across computers, complex, and changed regularly

In the next chapter, we will explore remote administration for troubleshooting and remote assistance.