In modern IT environments, organizations must establish rules to ensure data safety inside and outside of the network perimeter. IT professionals can rely on many tools and methods to create and enforce policies and ensure that data is secure and accessible only when authorized. Through this course, learn about app protection and configuration in enterprise Windows environments. Explore app protection policies, application management, and the data protection framework. Next, discover how to implement, validate, and monitor app protection policies and implement app protection exceptions. Finally, learn about implementing app configuration, configuration policies, and app configuration for iOS and Android devices. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

In modern IT environments, apps are bountiful and provide functionality for just about any task. However, organizations routinely establish app requirements in the workplace. IT professionals can rely on Microsoft products to ensure that applications are properly deployed and managed. In this course, you will explore application deployment, beginning with Intune app deployment. Then you will deploy apps from the Microsoft Store for Business, Apple Store, and Android Store. Next, you will discover the Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center, the Office Customization Tool, and the Office Deployment Tool. You will deploy and troubleshoot Microsoft 365 apps and manage Office apps using Intune. Finally, you will work with Office app policies and use Group Policy to manage Office settings. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

Microsoft 365 professionals in organizational environments often need to work together to ensure that systems and infrastructure operate to their full potential. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is the backbone of modern Windows enterprise configuration settings, and IT professionals need to be able to work with it as well as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). In this course, you will explore Azure AD, beginning with a discussion of Azure AD and AD DS. Then you will learn about user and group management, connecting to Azure AD, and Azure AD registered and joined devices. Finally, you will discover Enterprise State Roaming in Azure AD and how to manage it. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

Device compliance and configuration profiles secure and protect organizational data and put the ability to manage devices in the hands of IT professionals. By securing an organization's devices, Microsoft 365 professionals can ensure reliable systems and operations. In this course, you will explore compliance policies and configuration profiles, beginning with how to customize device compliance policies, configure actions, manage compliance notifications, and monitor and troubleshoot compliance policies. Then you'll discover device configuration profiles, restrictions, working with Group Policy, and monitoring and troubleshooting configuration profiles. Finally, you will learn how to set up a shared computer and a kiosk. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

User and device identity are critical components of the modern enterprise environment, often operating outside the organization's security perimeter. Conditional access is a key piece of enterprise security management that Microsoft 365 professionals need to master. Explore conditional access, conditional access policies, policy assignments, and continuous access evaluation. Discover access controls, conditional access deployment planning considerations, and the creation of conditional access policies. Finally, learn how to establish multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Azure AD, configure authentication session management, use the What-If tool, and troubleshoot conditional access. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

Working with your IT colleagues to use tools, migration strategies, and activation methods to prepare for your deployments can mean the difference between success and failure when it comes to managing Windows clients and devices. In this course, learn how to better prepare for your deployments by exploring infrastructure evaluation, deployment tools, and planning. Review key considerations and methods for Windows migration. Learn about product keys, license management, subscription activation, as well as imaging and provisioning strategies. Finally, consider different deployment scenarios, and how to deploy Windows clients. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

IT professionals in the modern IT enterprise environment must be able to manage the lifecycle of all devices in the organization, not only inside the security perimeter but also outside the firewall. Intune is a powerful tool for enrolling and managing devices from their first use in the organization to retirement. Through this course, learn how to work with and manage device lifecycles. Explore device lifecycle management, beginning with Windows enrollment, automatic enrollment, bulk enrollment, and working with proxy servers. Next, discover how to enroll Apple and Android devices. Finally, investigate policy sets, how to create them, and how to manage devices using Intune. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

In today's complex management environment, IT professionals are expected to protect their infrastructure, maintain its reliability, and ensure a quality user experience as never before. Endpoint Analytics is a tool that can help you deliver just that. In this course, explore Endpoint Analytics functionality, scores, baselines, data collection, concepts, and insights. See firsthand how to enroll Intune and Configuration Manager devices. Learn how to configure Endpoint Analytics and troubleshoot issues. Finally, review how to implement PowerShell scripts so you can remediate proactively. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

In modern enterprise environments, organizations need to be proactive and prepare for unforeseen circumstances, perform detection, and assemble automatic investigation and mitigation strategies. Fortunately, IT professionals can rely on robust tools like the kind found in Microsoft 365 environments. Through this course, learn about endpoint protection in Microsoft 365 environments. Explore endpoint security, manage security baselines and policies, and work with firewall and attack surface reduction policies. Next, examine account protection policies, encrypted disk security, antivirus policies, endpoint detection, and response policies. Finally, learn about firewall rule management and how to configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, monitor devices, and investigate and respond to threats. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

In the modern enterprise environment, having fine-grained control over users and their devices is a crucial aspect of IT management. Microsoft 365 professionals can use powerful tools to manage and monitor all devices, including those outside the security perimeter. In this course, you will explore device management and monitoring, beginning with managing devices and users with Intune, using Fresh Start, and restricting and restarting devices. Then you will discover how to wipe, unenroll, and retire devices and how to bulk manage devices. Finally, you will learn about monitoring with Azure Monitor, Endpoint Manager admin center, and Endpoint analytics. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

Device update management is a necessity in modern enterprise environments, and IT professionals must be able to plan and implement device updates. Completing updates for a large number of devices cannot be done manually, and ensuring the smooth and reliable operation of the organization network requires powerful tools for update management. Through this course, learn how to manage device updates. Explore how to plan device updates, work with update rings, and manage quality and feature update policies. Next, discover how to manage iOS and Android updates and monitor updates. Finally, learn how to troubleshoot updates using Intune and manage delivery optimization. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

IT professionals in enterprise environments planning for device deployment should be familiar with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a collection of automation tools and procedures for deploying operating systems to devices. Through this course, learn how to work with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). Examine MDT and discover how to prepare for Windows deployments with MDT, manage boot images and OS upgrade packages, and manage applications and drivers. Next, learn how to manage user state, deploy to unknown systems, and deploy Windows 10 with PXE. Finally, work with task sequences, configure customsettings.ini and bootstrap.ini, troubleshoot MDT deployments, and explore the User State Migration Tool (USMT). This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.

IT professionals in enterprise environments must be able to plan for and provision Windows clients. They must also make use of the tools provided by Microsoft, including Windows Autopilot, and they will likely be required to collaborate with other Microsoft 365 professionals when planning and implementing an organizational strategy for provisioning devices. Explore Windows client provisioning with Autopilot beginning with an overview of Autopilot, user-driven mode, self-deploying mode, Windows Autopilot reset, and pre-provisioned deployments. Learn about deploying existing devices, device registration, creating device groups, and configuring Autopilot profiles. Finally, discover how to deploy Azure AD joined devices, BitLocker encryption, Device Firmware Configuration Interface (DFCI) management, and how to troubleshoot Autopilot. This course is part of a series preparing learners for the MD-101: Managing Modern Desktop exam.