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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)

Evolving business needs

According to Forrester Research, mobility is the new normal. Information workers will erase the boundary between enterprise and consumer technologies and therefore mobility is certainly a defining vector in the evolution of the new business world. 56% of information workers send their first email before getting to the office, and 73% send their last email after leaving the office. 52% of information workers are using three or more devices for work.

Business needs are evolving with the new Industry 4.0 from employees working Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 toward a 24/7 blur of work and personal activity; from computers on a LAN corporate network toward multiple devices, any time, anywhere; and from on-premises applications and file hosting towards Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and cloud based file hosting.

So also, old-school methods of managing computers...