Configuring Windows Devices (70-697)

Overview

This section gives the information about configuring Windows devices. It covers topics that are responsible for deploying, maintaining and supporting Windows desktops in a corporate or enterprise environment.

Windows Store and Apps

This section covers some of the different cloud technologies that Windows 10 devices can integrate with. It shows how to manage sideloading apps into images and the configuration of the policies for this work.

Supporting Authentication

This section covers the authentication factors. It demonstrate the multiple ways of authentication and Microsoft biometric framework that works with Microsoft passport.

Configuring Hyper-V

This section covers configuring Hyper-V in Windows 10. It describe the basic hardware requirements to get it installed in Windows 10. It explains Hyper-V manager functioning and shows how to create a VM in Windows 10 Hyper-V.

Mobility Options

This section covers configuration of the different options that allow access to files when offline and even the ability to take Windows 10 with you wherever you go. It also explores some of the power management policies.

Using Powercfg

This section covers Powercfg from the command line and from GUI in control panel. It shows how to see the current power plan on the machines using the CLIs and GUID. It also demonstrate how to set a particular power plan as being active and how to bring up html reports on energy efficiency and battery life for power consumption issues.

Supporting BitLocker

This section shows the management of BitLocker from CLI and shows how to enable bit locker using the manage-bde command on both TPM based and non TPM based machines. It also demonstrate how to verify the status and how to disable and enable protectors to make sure we get the combination of protections that we desire to have when using BitLocker for drive encryption.

Support Networking

This section shows how to use the command prompt to help support users on the network. It shows how to change profiles through command prompt using PowerShell cmdlets and also by using netsh commands.

Support Mobile Devices

This section dive in supporting mobile access and data synchronization. It describes how to use Work Folders and Sync Center in Windows 10 for offline file access.

Intune Device Management

This section covers basic management for Microsoft Intune. It explains how to create and manage InTune user accounts and how devices are managed using InTune. At the end it describes user creation, computer groups management and the configurations required for the Microsoft InTune device management solution.

Supporting Microsoft Intune

This section takes dive in Microsoft InTune environment. It starts with different administrative roles, InTune configuration and compliance policies. Further it covers how to deploy created policies and how to connect a windows and Android based mobiles phones. At the end it shows connecting Apple IOS devices to an Intune environment its policies and configurations.

Configure IP Settings

This tutorial covers configuring IP settings in Windows 10, IP settings with name resolution, configuration of primary and alternate DNS servers, static and dynamic assignment of IP settings and IPv4, IPv6 classes and firewall profiles.

Configure Network Security

This section describes network security options provided in the Windows 10 and firewall basics its configuration and advance settings. It also explains how to implement connection security rules (IPsec), connection authentication, exceptions and configurations.

Supporting Data Security

This section covers how to troubleshoot common issues related to access and authorization. It explains NTFS and share permissions, how to utilize the effective Access, Permissions and Security, securing access to removable media using group policy.

Data Security

This section covers data security in Windows 10 and how to resolve issues related to permissions and Dynamic Access Control (DAC). It explains how to recover EFS encrypted files using the Data Recovery Agent and how to handle access to removable media like CD/DVDs, Floppy drives, and removable disks.

App Technology Benefits

This section describes the benefits of the Microsoft suite of mobile device administration tools such as Azure RemoteApp, Intune, App-V, and Office 365.

Configure Shared Resources

This section covers different ways to access and share resources. It explains in detail how to create and manage shared folders, its permissions and how to share a connected print device.

File and Folder Access

This section covers the basics of configuration of file and folder access through proper NTFS permissions. It also shows how to enable disk quotas for limiting disk usage and how to secure files using the Encrypted File System (EFS).

Remote Connections

This section covers how to configure remote connections in the Windows 10 and how to take advantage of the Remote Desktop program, built-in Virtual Private Network (VPN) client, and broadband tethering.

Azure RemoteApp

This section covers accessing applications through the Azure cloud service using Azure RemoteApp. It shows how to prepare for deployment and the configuration required for RemoteApp. It also explains how to prepare the client device to connect and use RemoteApp.

Supporting Azure RemoteApp

This section covers the procedure for deploying Azure RemoteApp, how to publish your RemoteApp and how to connect to RemoteApp using Windows 10 mobile device

Supporting AppV

This section shows how to install, configure, and deploy App-V in Windows 10.

System Recovery

This section describes how to configure a Recovery Drive in Windows 10 and shows how to setup Windows 10 to utilize Restore Points to revert a PC back to a previous state when encountering critical system issues.

Updates and File Recovery

This section covers how to configure file recovery in Windows 10 using file recovery utility and how to restore a lost or corrupted file.