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You're reading from Windows 10 for Enterprise Administrators Modern Administrators' guide based on Redstone 3 version

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786462824

Length 314 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Azure

Concepts

System Administration

Authors (4):

Manuel Singer

Jeff Stokes

Richard Diver

Zane Williams

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Installation and Upgrading FREE CHAPTER

2. Configuration and Customization

3. User Account Administration

4. Remote Administration Tools

5. Device Management

6. Protecting Enterprise Data in BYOD Scenarios

7. Windows 10 Security

8. Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection

9. Advanced Configurations

10. RedStone 3 Changes

Windows Defender Exploit Guard

Since a long time ago, you could enable extra security on your OS using the free Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET). Development of EMET was stopped last year, and support for it will end in July 2018. Also, the latest version of EMET 5.5.2 is no longer supported on Windows 10 1709 and will be uninstalled with an in-place upgrade, and installation of EMET will be actively blocked.

But no worries; all the functionality of EMET and even more features are now built in to Windows 10 1709. This new security feature is named Windows Defender Exploit Guard and is located inside the Windows Defender Security Center under App & browser control | Exploit protection:

By accessing the Exploit protection settings, you can control system-wide settings and program-specific overrides. Be carefully with system-wide settings. Per-program settings are...

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Authors (4)

Zane Williams

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Richard Diver

Richard Diver is a senior technical business strategy manager for the Microsoft Security Solutions group, focused on developing security partners. Based in Chicago, Richard works with advanced security and compliance partners to help them build solutions across the entire Microsoft platform, including Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft 365 security solutions, and many more. Prior to Microsoft, Richard worked in multiple industries and for several Microsoft partners to architect and implement cloud security solutions for a wide variety of customers around the world. Any spare time he gets is usually spent with his family.

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Jeff Stokes

Jeff Stokes is a Windows / Microsoft Engineer currently employed at Microsoft. He specializes in Operating System Health, Reliability, and Performance. He is skilled in Windows Deployment with MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) and has exceptional skills in VDI (Virtual Desktop) and performance analysis. He is an active writer and blogger and loves technology.

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Manuel Singer

Manuel Singer works as a Senior Premier Field Engineer for Windows Client at Microsoft and is based in Germany. He has more than 10 years of experience in system management and deployment using Microsoft technologies. He specializes in client enterprise design, deployment, performance, reliability, and Microsoft devices. Manuel works with local and international top customers from the private and public sector to provide professional technical and technological support.

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