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Microsoft Modern Windows Desktop Admin course with SIMS
Role Play
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(5,681 ratings)
21,390 students

Microsoft Modern Windows Desktop Admin course with SIMS

Learn how to expertly administer desktop administration with lecture and hands on simulations available 24/7
Last updated 2/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn the concepts and perform hands on activities needed to master Microsoft Desktop Administration
  • Gain a tremendous amount of knowledge involving Microsoft client operating systems
  • Get loads of hands on experience
  • Utilize hands on simulations that can be access anytime, anywhere!

Course content

17 sections76 lectures9h 33m total length
  • Understanding the Microsoft 365 and Azure Environment1:48
  • A Foundation of Active Directory Domains12:11

    This lecture will feature a drawing demonstration that will help you understand the concepts of Microsoft Active Directory Domains

  • A Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization13:09

    This lecture will feature a drawing demonstration that will help you understand the concepts of Remote Access Services, Demilitarized Zones, and Virtualization

  • A Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services17:14

    This lecture will help you get a good overview of the Microsoft Cloud Services

  • DO NOT SKIP: Portals renamed!1:51
  • Using the assignments in the course5:16

    This video will help you understand how to use assignments in the course

  • Questions for John Christopher5:42

    John Christopher invites you to ask questions and explains how to find official Microsoft docs, navigate updates, and locate courses on Exam Lab Practice, with Udemy for exam questions.

  • Order of concepts covered in the course1:29
  • Certificate of Completion0:33

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of computers

Description

We really hope you'll agree, this training is way more then the average course on Udemy!

Have access to the following:

  • Training from an instructor of over 20 years who has helped thousands on their certification journey

  • Lecture that explains the concepts in an easy to learn method for someone that is just starting out with this material

  • Instructor led hands on that can be followed even if you have little to no experience

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDING HANDS ON LECTURE AND PRACTICE TUTORIALS:

Introduction

  • Intro to foundations

  • A Foundation of Active Directory Domains

  • A Foundation of RAS, DMZ, and Virtualization

  • A Foundation of the Microsoft Cloud Services

(OPTIONAL)Creating Free Accounts and Virtual Machine Setup

  • Creating a free Microsoft 365 Azure AD Account

  • Setting up a Windows 10 and Server 2019 Virtual Machine

Creating and managing user identities and groups

  • Understanding User Identities

  • Creating and licensing User Identities

  • Understanding Groups

  • Creating Groups

  • Creating Microsoft 365 users and groups with PowerShell

Planning and Implementing Windows 10 deployment including MDT

  • Understanding the deployments options in Windows 10

  • Traditional Image Deployment

  • Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to create a deployment share

  • Importing Windows Images into the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

  • Importing Applications for deployment using Microsoft Deployment toolkit (MDT)

  • Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Driver Packages & Task Sequences

  • Managing Provisioning Packages

  • evaluate deployment options in Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Plan and implement Windows 10 by using Windows Autopilot

  • Introduction to autopilot

  • Extracting and importing Autopilot HW IDs

  • Creating autopilot deployment profiles

Manage updates

  • Understanding modern update deployment

  • Modern configuration for Windows update settings

  • Configure Windows Update for Business

  • Deploying Windows updates with WSUS

Manage user profiles

  • Configuring user profiles

  • Configuring Folder Redirection Including OneDrive

  • Understanding Enterprise State Roaming

  • Migrating User Profiles

Joining an On-Premise Active Directory Domain with AzureAD

  • Configuring Custom Domain Settings in Active Directory

  • Configuring Custom Domain Settings in AzureAD

  • Performing an Active Directory Cleanup

  • Performing Azure AD Connect

  • Verifying Azure AD Connect Health

Manage device authentication

  • Manage authentication policies

  • Managing sign-on options with MFA and SSPR

  • perform Azure AD join

Manage Intune device enrollment and inventory

  • Configuring enrollment settings

  • Configuring Device Enrollment Restrictions

  • Enrolling Windows devices

  • Enrolling non-Windows devices

  • Generating device inventory reports

Configure device profiles

  • Understanding and planning device profiles

  • implement device profiles

  • manage device profiles

Implement conditional access and compliance policies for devices

  • Understanding conditional access policies

  • Implement conditional access policies

  • Understanding device compliance policies

  • Implementing and managing compliance policies

Deploy and update applications

  • Assigning apps using Intune

  • deploying apps to a group of devices using Intune

  • deploy apps by using Microsoft Store for Business

  • Looking at the Office 365 subscriptions

  • Customizing the O365 ProPlus deployment with ODT and OCT

  • Managing and implementing MAM App Protection policies with Intune

Manage Windows Defender and Monitoring our devices

  • Managing Windows Defender Antivirus Protection

  • Windows Defender ATP Guard Technologies

  • Monitoring Device Health with Log Analytics




Who this course is for:

  • IT people interested in learning a tremendous amount about Microsoft Desktop Administration
  • People interested in learning a tremendous amount about managing modern desktop administration environment's