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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

Reactive response to problems


Reacting to problems is a key requirement of a good IT administrator. Good planning will minimise the situations in which these occur, but having in place both proactive and reactive support plans is the key to success.

Going back to the house analogy I used earlier, starting the right way will make management easier, but incidents will occur and these will need to be dealt with. Some areas of maintenance in a house are carried out to avoid things breaking, such as painting the exterior or fixing roof tiles. Others are reactionary, such as dealing with a burst pipe or perhaps something minor, such as replacing a light bulb.

Managing a PC has similar features with a continuous low level of maintenance, kept as short as possible with the use of Windows Intune. Windows Intune will also send alerts to you, giving us the opportunity to focus time on areas that are showing stress as well as dealing with situations that your users bring to your attention that may be...