Windows Endpoint Administration: Manage, Maintain, and Protect Devices

Managing Windows devices over time involves enrolling them into a management ecosystem, ensuring that they adhere to a consistent and desired set of operating system settings, protecting them from the many possible sources of both intentional and unintentional harm, and monitoring them on an ongoing basis for both security and stability. In this course, Windows Endpoint Administration: Manage, Maintain, and Protect Devices, you will gain the ability to enroll, protect, and monitor Windows 10 and 11 devices with both LAN-based and cloud-based utilities. First, you will learn about all the methods – automatic and manual – for enrolling devices into Microsoft’s MDM solution, Intune. Next, you will discover how to protect those devices with the many security components that Microsoft has branded with the Microsoft Defender label, using settings that can be made locally or through corporate management tools. Finally, you will explore ways to keep tabs on Windows systems by using Azure Monitor, Endpoint Manager Admin Center, Microsoft 365 Defender portal, and Endpoint Analytics. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to enroll, secure, and monitor Windows 10 and 11 devices with both on-premises and cloud-based tools, and be prepared for the MD-102 exam to obtain certification as an Endpoint Administrator Associate.