MD100: Microsoft Windows 10

Discover how Windows as a service delivers feature and quality updates through servicing channels, flighting, and tools like WSUS, Windows Update for Business, Intune, and System Center Configuration Manager.

Learn how to configure Windows update for Windows 10 using options, group policy objects, WSUS, Intune, and Configuration Manager, including deferral, active hours, rollback, and deployment planning.

Windows Update for Business and Intune enable IT to manage updates across devices, covering feature updates, quality updates, group policy, scheduling, and delivery optimization.

Customize Windows 10 start menu and desktop by adding, removing, and resizing tiles, pinning apps to start or the taskbar. Configure the action center and Cortana for personalization.

Explore Windows 10 common configuration options, including display and power settings, tablet mode, action center quick actions, and wireless connections like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and VPN.

Explore Windows 10 power management with balanced, power saver, and high performance plans, and learn to customize power options via settings and control panel for battery and plugged-in use.

Explore Windows PowerShell as a powerful command line and scripting tool for configuring Windows 10, enabling remote management, automating tasks, and handling bulk operations with verbs like get and new.

Explore configuring devices and drivers in Windows 10, using Device Manager to install, rollback, and troubleshoot drivers. Learn about driver packages, digital signatures, driver door, and two-stage installation.

Explore how to install, share, and manage printers in Windows 10 using the print management console, including driver types, ports, and deploying printers via group policy and Active Directory.

Explore configuring IP networking in Windows 10, including IPv4 and IPv6 settings, subnet masks, name resolution, Wi-Fi, and remote access, with practical tools to configure and troubleshoot networks.

Learn how Windows 10 manages IP networking, including default gateways, DHCP and scopes, IPv4/IPv6 dual stack, APIPA, and DNS settings with PowerShell and netsh.

Explore how Windows 10 resolves names to IPs using DNS, hosts, and NetBIOS, and troubleshoot with ipconfig and ping across forward and reverse lookup zones.

Explore Windows 10 wireless connectivity, including 802.11 standards, security with WPA and WPA2, and wireless profile configuration; learn Miracast wireless display and Wi‑Fi Sense features, plus MAC address randomization.

Explore remote access in Windows 10, including VPN vs direct access, always-on VPN, and configuring VPN profiles with MDM and Intune.

Learn how to enable and use remote desktop and remote assistance in Windows 10, including easy connect, quick assist, and remote desktop services for enterprise administration.

Explore configuring storage in Windows 10, contrasting local storage and virtual hard disks with NAS and SAN, and leveraging cloud options like OneDrive and Azure for accessible, backed-up data.

Master the basics of preparing Windows 10 local storage by partitioning disks with MBR or GPT, creating and formatting volumes, and managing basic and dynamic disks.

Explore Windows 10 disk management and DiskPart for managing disks and volumes. Create, convert, extend, shrink, and configure simple, mirrored, striped, and span volumes across basic and dynamic disks.

Explore how Windows 10 manages storage, including monitoring usage, defragmenting disks, compressing files and folders, and configuring disk quotas on NTFS volumes to optimize space and performance.

Explore how Windows 10 storage spaces virtualizes multiple disks into a single resilient pool, using mirrors, parity, and provisioning options to optimize capacity and performance.

Distinguish between desktop and Windows Store apps and compare manual and automated deployment methods, including Group Policy, Configuration Manager, Intune, and remote app options.

Learn to deploy Windows 10 desktop apps using manual, network, and group policy methods, Windows Installer packages, MDT, Intune, and configuration manager for automated, scalable deployments.

Describe Universal Windows apps and the Windows Store for Business, and explain how to manage access, deploy, assign, and perform side loading of apps in Windows 10.

Describes Edge and Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10, comparing Edge's reading mode, extensions from the Store, and privacy tools with Internet Explorer 11's legacy app compatibility and enterprise mode.

Explore how Internet Explorer 11 uses smart screen filter and cross-site scripting filter to block phishing and malware, manage ActiveX controls, and enforce security zones in Windows 10.

Describe authentication versus authorization and how to use local, service, and Microsoft accounts with credential manager and Windows Hello for secure access on personal and company-managed devices.

Explore credential management with Windows credential manager and Windows Hello, plus Windows Hello for business with device-bound authentication and two-factor authentication enforced via group policy and MDM.

Understand how Windows 10's user account control elevates privileges, distinguishes standard from administrative users, and configures prompts and notification settings to improve security.

Implement device registration by registering devices in Active Directory to enable single sign-on for company apps and websites, supporting non-domain joined devices with certificate-based authentication.

Explore how Windows 10 formats volumes by selecting file systems such as fat, fat32, ex fat, NTFS, and the universal file system, and compare security, auditing, compression, and encryption.

Configure and manage file and folder permissions on NTFS and RSS volumes in Windows 10, including inheritance, effective permissions, and basic versus advanced permissions, using File Explorer and PowerShell.

Explore explicit and inherited permissions on files and folders, manage inheritance and blocking, and use advanced security settings to enforce deny and allow rules and effective permissions.

Explore how to configure and manage shared folders in Windows 10, including share permissions, file permissions, basic and advanced sharing, and access via UNC paths.

Identify malware types, phishing, eavesdropping, and other network threats such as denial of service and port scanning. Apply mitigations with Windows Defender, updates, anti-malware tools, firewalls, VPN, and intrusion detection.

Explore how Windows Defender safeguards devices against malware with real-time protection, offline scans, and automatic updates, and configure Windows Defender firewall and advanced security for domain, private, and public networks.

Explore how connection security rules in Windows 10 enforce authentication and encrypt data using IP SAC, ESP, and AH, with server or domain isolation and configurable authentication options.

Apply defense in depth for Windows 10 by using security baselines and the security compliance toolkit, and protect data with BitLocker, TPM, and Windows defender advanced threat protection.

Explore advanced protection methods in Windows 10, including AppLocker, group policy rules, and data protection features like Windows Information Protection, device health attestation, and Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection.