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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)

Today's security challenges

Welcome to computer viruses, Trojan horse, rootkits, Backdoors, worms, ransomware, scareware, rogue security software, scamware, crapware, malware, adware, spyware, riskware, grayware, unwanted software, and many, many other threats.

And they are getting more and more sophisticated. Scared?

The cyber-security landscape has changed a lot in the past years. Have you also adapted to it? You can speak of a revolution of cyber threats. Cybercrime has moved on to cyber-espionage, cyber-warfare, and cyber-terror. Where former attackers focused on Fortune 500 companies, you see attackers now go after any target, all verticals, all supply chains, subcontractors, small businesses, and line-level individuals. Malware and vulnerabilities have moved on to credential theft at a large scale and advanced persistent threats. You need to combat this revolution,...