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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)

Changes to GPOs in Windows 10

Besides the major changes to MDM management, there are also changes to the GPO processing of Windows 10, which will be covered now. These changes begin with GPOs only applicable to certain SKUs, known issues when upgrading your central policy definition store, and known issues when editing new GPOs, including Group Policy Preferences (GPPs) with the old Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) console.

Enterprise/Education - only GPOs

There have been policies that apply only to Windows 10, but for the first time ever in Windows history, now there are also GPOs that apply to certain Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) only. Several GPOs for customizing Windows 10 apply only to Windows 10 Enterprise and Education...