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Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration

By : David Overton
Book Image

Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration

By: David Overton

Overview of this book

Microsoft Windows Intune is a cloud service solution that simplifies how small and mid-sized businesses manage and secure PCs using Microsoft cloud services and Windows 7óso your computers and users can operate at peak performance all the time.This step-by-step guide will show you how to plan, set up and maintain Windows Intune, showing you how to manage a group of PCs (either 1 business or several if a partner) from the base operating system, through to the patches, anti-malware solution and deployed software and policies from a central console, using the Windows Intune service. This book takes you through all the steps to plan, set up and maintain Windows Intune and how to manage a group of PCs. The book starts by providing an overview of Cloud Computing and PC Management. The book then dives into topics such as Windows Intune features, signing up for Windows Intune and installing the client software, configuring Windows Intune, proactive management, and monitoring and dealing with alerts, including remote assistance amongst others. As Windows 7 is part of Windows Intune, the book will also cover the minimum steps required to move from Windows XP to Windows 7 while keeping user settings and preferences.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Checking pre-requisites for Windows 7


The hardware requirements for Windows 7 are higher than those for Windows XP, so older computers may need hardware upgrades before we can proceed. The easiest way to see if a computer meets all the requirements is to run an automated tool from Microsoft. This can be downloaded from http://davidoverton.com/r.ashx?2B.

Plug in all the devices that the user will want to use with Windows 7. This should include printers and USB devices, as older ones may not work with Windows 7 and the advisor can only test for the hardware and software installed.

To use the advisor, follow these steps:

  1. 1. Install the Windows 7 Advisor Tool and start it.

  2. 2. Once all your devices are installed, press the Start check button.

  3. 3. The tool will display Checking compatibility for several minutes before displaying the list of issues that need addressing and items that are fine. We can choose to consider a 32-bit report or 64-bit report depending on the version of Windows that could...