| Description |
1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Windows 11 comes with a plethora of new security measures, customizability, and accessibility features that can help your organization run more smoothly. But, without a proper introduction to this new version of Windows, it's easy to miss the most important improvements, along with configuration options that will make migrating to Windows 11 frictionless. Windows 11 for Enterprise Administrators helps you understand the installation process, configuration methods, deployment scenarios, and management strategies. You'll delve into configuring Remote Server Administration Tools for remote Windows Server and Azure Active Directory management. This edition emphasizes PowerShell's role in automating administrative tasks, and its importance in Windows 11 and Windows Server management. It also provides comprehensive insights into Windows 11 updates, including Version 21H2 and 22H2, contrasting them with Windows 10, ensuring your knowledge stays current with the latest enhancements in the Windows ecosystem. By the end of this book, you'll be well-equipped with Windows 11's vital technologies and potentials, enabling you to adeptly oversee and implement these attributes within your company. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Windows 11 -- Installation and Upgrading -- Selecting the edition and channel version -- General Availability Channel (GAC) and support timeline -- Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) and support timeline -- Recommendations -- Hardware requirements for Windows 11 -- Official (minimum) requirements -- CPU limitations -- Hardware requirements for additional features -- Recommendations for a future-oriented hardware choice -- Upgrading to Windows 11 -- In-place upgrades |
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Limitations and blockers of an in-place upgrade -- Traditional wipe-and-load -- An alternative -- provisioning package (PPKG) -- The modern way -- Windows Autopilot -- Activation of Windows 11 -- Classic activation by Multiple Activation Key (MAK) or Key Management Services (KMS) -- More modern via Active Directory-based activation -- Future-oriented via Windows 10/11 Subscription Activation -- Tips and tricks for a smooth in-place upgrade from Windows 8.1 or 10 to Windows 11 -- Looking up SetupDiag data in case of error/rollback -- Integrating cumulative updates into install sources |
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Updating drivers -- Looking at Setupact.log and Setupapi.dev.log -- Desktop Analytics and Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center -- Selecting the deployment tools -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Introduction to PowerShell -- What is PowerShell? -- Windows PowerShell versus PowerShell 7 -- Installing PowerShell 7 -- Keeping PowerShell up to date -- The three key pillars of PowerShell -- Cmdlets -- Objects -- The pipeline -- PowerShell's scripting language -- PowerShell's formatting features -- Getting help -- Modules and commands -- Commands -- Modules -- Discovery -- PowerShell and security |
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Security by default -- PowerShell logging -- PowerShell script block logging -- Module logging -- Execution policy -- Transcription -- Configuring PowerShell -- Adding modules -- Profiles -- Group Policy -- Using PowerShell -- The PowerShell console -- The Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) -- Windows Terminal -- Microsoft Visual Studio Code -- Desired State Configuration -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Configuration and Customization -- Evolution of WaaS -- Image customization -- Imaging process -- Customizing the image -- Microsoft Autopilot -- BYOD scenarios |
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Upgrade expectations -- Security mitigation -- Internet Explorer 11 retired -- Windows Store for Business EOL announced -- Windows 11 Start and taskbar layout -- Audit mode -- Tips -- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure -- SCT -- AppLocker and Windows Defender Application Guard (previously MDAC) -- Microsoft telemetry -- Windows Spotlight -- Mandatory user profiles -- Summary -- Chapter 4: User Account Administration -- Windows account types -- Account privileges -- Local Administrator Password Solution -- Creating policies to control local accounts -- Password policy -- Account lockout policy |
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Microsoft Windows (Computer file)
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Operating systems (Computers)
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Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs) |
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operating systems. |
| Added Author |
Stokes, Jeff, author.
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Miles, Steve, author.
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Lee, Thomas, author.
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Diver, Richard, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Singer, Manuel Windows 11 for Enterprise Administrators Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited,c2023 9781804618592 |
| ISBN |
9781804617793 |
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1804617792 |
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