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Microsoft Exam MD-100 Windows 10 Certification Guide

By : Jeroen Burgerhout
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Microsoft Exam MD-100 Windows 10 Certification Guide

By: Jeroen Burgerhout

Overview of this book

Microsoft Exam MD-100 Windows 10 Certification Guide offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the MD-100 exam, helping you take the exam with confidence, fully equipped to pass on the first attempt. Complete with a clear, succinct explanation of key concepts, self-assessment questions, tips, and mock exams with detailed answers, this MD-100 study guide covers different facets of upgrading and deploying Windows 10. You’ll learn how to manage devices and data, configure connectivity, troubleshoot OS and app problems, and secure and maintain Windows 10 with updates and recovery. You’ll also explore different Windows 10 editions and learn how to choose the best fit for your organization. This book will guide you in installing and configuring Windows 10 using different approaches. As you advance, you’ll get to grips with managing local users and groups in Windows 10 and learn how to establish connections via different networks, such as a LAN and WLAN/Wi-Fi. By the end of this book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the MD-100 certification exam and become a Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1 : Deploying Windows
5
Section 2 : Managing Devices and Data
10
Section 3: Configuring Connectivity
13
Section 4: Maintaining Windows
17
Chapter 13: Mock Exam (A and B)
18
Assessments

Summary

You learned, throughout this chapter, that it's essential to keep your Windows 10 devices up to date. You learned what the term Windows as a service is and that there are three servicing channels that you can use in your organization. By using deployment rings in your organization, you can have control over the deployment of your updates. You can configure deployment rings with GPOs or with Microsoft Endpoint Manager.

You can now configure Windows Update on a machine via a GPO or Microsoft Endpoint Manager. You can also change the active hours, pause any updates, or view the update history. You now know about the various ways of finding and solving upgrade problems using different techniques, as well as which resources are important for Windows Update to update properly. Also, you now know how to uninstall and roll back updates in different ways.

You learned that you can configure delivery optimization to speed up the downloading of updates to client computers. Furthermore...