Microsoft Managing Modern Desktops MD101

Course Overview

As desktops has evolved, so have methods for deploying and updating them. In this course, you'll learn how to plan and implement an operating system deployment strategy. This course will help you understand the various methods available, the scenarios they're suited for, as well as how to deploy Windows using modern methods. This course will also cover planning and implementing an update strategy for Windows.

During this course, you’ll be introduced to key components of modern management and co-management strategies. You’ll examine what it takes to incorporate Microsoft Intune into your organization and how to use it to manage modern desktops and devices. You’ll also learn about methods for deployment and management of apps and browser-based applications.

In this course, the student will be introduced to the key concepts of security in modern management. This course covers authentication, identities, and access, as well as about how to protect these categories. The student will be introduced to Azure Active Directory and learn how to use Microsoft Intune to protect devices and data with compliance policies. Finally, this course will cover key capabilities of Azure Information Protection and Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection and how to implement these capabilities.

Special Notice

Prerequisites

• • The Modern Desktop Administrator must be familiar with M365 workloads and must have strong skills and experience of deploying, configuring, and maintaining Windows 10 and non-Windows devices. This knowledge can be gained from attending course MD100 'Microsoft Windows 10'. The MDA role focuses on cloud services rather than on-premises management technologies.

Target Audience for this Course

• • The Modern Desktop Administrator deploys, configures, secures, manages, and monitors devices and client applications in an enterprise environment. Responsibilities include managing identity, access, policies, updates, and apps. The MDA collaborates with the M365 Enterprise Administrator to design and implement a device strategy that meets the business needs of a modern organization.
    
    The Modern Desktop Administrator must be familiar with M365 workloads and must have strong skills and experience of deploying, configuring, and maintaining Windows 10 and non-Windows devices. The MDA role focuses on cloud services rather than on-premises management technologies.

Course Content

• Planning an Operating System Deployment Strategy

  This module explains how to plan and implement a deployment strategy. It covers various methods and scenarios for deploying Windows. It discusses on-premise and cloud technologies as well as considerations for new deployments, upgrading, and migrations.
  Lessons
  Overview of Windows as a service
  Windows 10 Deployment options
  Considerations for Windows 10 deployment
  Lab : Practice Lab - Planning Windows 10 deployment

• Implementing Windows 10

  This module covers new modern methods for deploying Windows 10 such as Windows Autopilot and provisioning packages. This module also covers tool used in upgrade planning, application compatibility and migration methods.
  Lessons
  Implementing Windows 10 by using dynamic deployment
  Implementing Windows 10 by using Windows Autopilot
  Upgrading devices to Windows 10
  Lab : Practice Lab - Implementing Windows 10
  Creating and deploying provisioning package
  Migrating user settings
  Deploying Windows 10 with AutoPilot

• Managing Updates for Windows 10

  This module covers managing updates to Windows. This module introduces the servicing options for Windows 10. Students will learn the different methods for deploying updates and how to configure windows update policies.
  Lessons
  Implementing Windows 10 by using dynamic deployment
  Implementing Windows 10 by using Windows Autopilot
  Upgrading devices to Windows 10
  Lab : Practice Lab - Managing Updates for Windows 10
  Manually configuring Windows Update settings
  Configuring Windows Update by using GPOs

• Device Enrolment

  In this module, students will examine the benefits and prerequisites for co-management and learn how to plan for it. This module will also cover Azure AD join and will be introduced to Microsoft Intune, as well as learn how to configure policies for enrolling devices. The module will conclude with an overview of device inventory in Intune and reporting using the Intune console, Power BI and Microsoft Graph.
  Lessons
  Device management options
  Manage Intune device enrollment and inventory
  Lab : Practice Lab - Device Enrollment and Management
  Installing the MDM Migration Analysis Tool (MMAT)
  Obtain Intune and Azure AD Premium licenses and enable device management
  Enrolling devices in Intune
  Managing devices in Intune
  Creating device inventory reports

• Configuring Profiles

  
  This module dives deeper into Intune device profiles including the types of device profiles and the difference between built-in and custom profiles. The student will learn about assigning profiles to Azure AD groups and monitoring devices and profiles in Intune. The module will conclude with an overview of using Windows Analytics for health and compliance reporting.
  Lessons
  Configuring device profiles
  Managing user profiles
  Monitoring devices
  Lab : Practice Lab - Managing profiles
  Configuring roaming user profiles and Folder Redirection
  Create and deploy device profile based on the scenario
  Change deployed policy and monitor user and device activity
  Configuring Enterprise State Roaming

• Application Management

  In this module, students learn about application management on-premise and cloud-based solutions. This module will cover how to manage Office 365 ProPlus deployments in Intune as well as how to manage apps on non-enrolled devices. The module will conclude with an overview of Enterprise Mode with Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge and tracking your installed applications, licenses, and assigned apps using Intune.
  Lessons
  Implement Mobile Application Management (MAM)
  Deploying and updating applications
  Administering applications
  Lab : Practice Lab - Managing Applications
  Deploying apps by using Intune
  Configure and deploy Office 365 ProPlus from Intune
  Configure mobile application management (MAM) policies in Intune

• Managing Authentication in Azure AD

  In this module, students well be introduced to the concept of directory in the cloud with Azure AD. Students will learn the similarities and differences between Azure AD and Active Directory DS and how to synchronize between the two. Students will explore identity management in Azure AD and learn about identity protection using Windows Hello for Business, as well as Azure AD Identity Protection and multi-factor authentication. The module will conclude with securely accessing corporate resources and introduce concepts such as Always On VPN and remote connectivity in Windows 10.
  Lessons
  Azure AD Overview
  Managing identities in Azure AD
  Protecting identities in Azure AD
  Managing device authentication
  Enabling corporate access
  Lab : Practice Lab - Managing objects and authentication in Azure AD
  Enabling and configuring Azure AD Premium with Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) tenant
  Creating user and group objects with UI and Windows PowerShell
  Configuring Self-service password reset (SSPR) for user accounts in Azure AD
  Joining a device to Azure AD

• Managing Devices and Device Policies

  In this module, students will be introduced to managing device security with Intune. Students will discover how Intune can use device profiles to manage configuration of devices to protect data on a device. Students will learn how to create and deploy compliance policies and use compliance policies for conditional access. The module concludes with monitoring devices enrolled in Intune.
  Lessons
  Microsoft Intune Overview
  Managing devices with Intune
  Implement device compliance policies
  Lab : Practice Lab - Managing devices
  Configuring Microsoft Intune for device management
  Configuring compliance policies and device profiles
  Enrolling Windows 10 devices and managing compliance

• Managing Security

  In this module, students will learn about data protection. Topics will include Windows & Azure Information Protection, and various encryption technologies supported in Windows 10. This module also covers key capabilities of Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection and how to implement these capabilities on devices in your organization. The module concludes using Windows Defender and using functionalities such as antivirus, firewall and Credential Guard.
  Lessons
  Implement device data protection
  Managing Windows Defender ATP
  Managing Windows Defender in Windows 10
  Lab : Practice Lab - Managing Security in Windows 10
  Configuring Encrypting File System (EFS)
  Configuring BitLocker
  Configuring a WIP policy in Intune
  Configuring Windows Defender

Included with this course

• • Comprehensive course materials and exercises