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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)

Windows Sysinternals tools suite

Microsoft provides a range of advanced administration tools, known as the Sysinternals suite. You can explore the tools by viewing the TechNet site: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals.

From here you can gain access to the tools with reference information on how to use them, get updates on changes as they are published, watch instruction videos, and discuss the tools in the forum.

The following sections will explore BgInfo, for displaying useful information on a user's desktop, and the PsTools suite of remote control tools.

BgInfo

A very useful tool available from the Systinternals Suite of tools is BgInfo. This tool enables specific system information to be available when...