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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

Chapter 4: Managing Local Users, Groups, and Devices

If you want to log on to Windows 10, you must have a user account. With this user account, the user can access resources on the local computer or on network computers, such as file servers. User accounts are, in most cases, members of a local group. Giving file access rights to a local group is much easier than giving access rights to individual user accounts.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Managing local users
  • Managing local groups
  • Managing devices

In this chapter, you will learn about the differences between authentication and authorization. You will learn about the various logon accounts and how you can customize them. This is important as users need to have access to data that is stored on file servers and on other network connected devices. We will focus on how to manage Windows 10 devices in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and how to manage local users and local groups.

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