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Mastering Windows 365

By : Christiaan Brinkhoff, Sandeep Patnaik, Morten Pedholt
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Book Image

Mastering Windows 365

5 (1)
By: Christiaan Brinkhoff, Sandeep Patnaik, Morten Pedholt

Overview of this book

Written by experts from the Windows 365 product group and a seasoned Microsoft MVP, this book offers a unique perspective on the features, functionality, and best practices of Windows 365. Drawing from their extensive professional experience and insight, the authors provide invaluable knowledge for those eager to learn about the next generation of cloud computing. Get ready to gain deep insights into this cutting-edge technology from industry insiders. Mastering Windows 365 starts by covering the fundamentals of Windows 365, helping you gain a deep understanding of deployment, management, access, security, analysis, and extensions with partner solutions. As you progress, you’ll explore the different connectivity layers and options to optimize your network connectivity from the endpoint to your Cloud PC. You’ll also learn how to manage a Cloud PC via the Microsoft Intune admin center successfully and experience how Windows and Windows 365 come together to provide new integrated experiences with Windows 11. In addition, this book will help you prepare for the new MD-102 Endpoint Administrator Exam, enhancing your career prospects. By the end of this book, you will be able to successfully plan, set up, and deploy Windows 365 Cloud PCs.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Part 1: Understanding the Basics of Windows 365
3
Part 2: Implementing and Managing Cloud PCs
7
Part 3: Accessing, Securing, and Analyzing Cloud PCs
11
Part 4: Extending Windows 365 with Partner Solutions

Configuring configuration profiles

For many years, IT administrators have used Group Policy Management to configure and control the end user devices in their environment. There is no question that Microsoft Intune has come to rule the management aspect of end user devices. With Microsoft Intune, you can configure and control your end user devices as you used to, but this is now handled with Configuration Profiles (Configuration service providers or CSPs), which is a more modern and simplified way to manage your devices.

The good thing about Windows 365 is its integration with Microsoft Intune (https://intune.microsoft.com/); this means all the effort and time that is put into a Microsoft Intune environment can be reused for Windows 365 Cloud PCs.

You might already work with Intune and have experience with CSPs. If so, that is great. We hope you are still able to find some valuable information in this section about CSPs and learn how to manage the assignment. We will look at a...