Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals Preview Edition

Introducing

Windows 10 for IT Professionals

Preview Edition

ED BOTT

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Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals, Preview Edition

Ed Bott

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Contents

Introduction

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Chapter 1 An overview of the Windows 10 Technical Preview

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What is Windows 10?............................................................................................................................................................... 1

A new approach to updates and upgrades ................................................................................................................. 2

The evolution of the Windows user experience......................................................................................................... 3

User accounts and synchronization ................................................................................................................................ 4

Windows apps........................................................................................................................................................................ 6

A new default browser............................................................................................................................................................. 8

What's new for IT pros?........................................................................................................................................................... 9

Security enhancements ....................................................................................................................................................... 9

Deployment and manageability ....................................................................................................................................12

Virtualization ........................................................................................................................................................................13

Chapter 2 The Windows 10 user experience

15

An overview of the new Windows user experience.....................................................................................................15

The Settings app..................................................................................................................................................................17

Notifications Center and action buttons ....................................................................................................................18

Cortana ...................................................................................................................................................................................19

Modern apps in resizable windows...................................................................................................................................21

Navigation.................................................................................................................................................................................. 22

Tablet Mode ..............................................................................................................................................................................23

File Explorer ...............................................................................................................................................................................24

Cloud connections ..................................................................................................................................................................26

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Chapter 3 Installing and deploying the Windows 10

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29

Compatibility and preparation........................................................................................................................................... 30

Enterprise deployment tools: A roadmap ...................................................................................................................... 31

Windows 10 installation options ....................................................................................................................................... 32

Upgrade or clean install? ................................................................................................................................................. 32

Choosing an account type .............................................................................................................................................. 34

Which account type should you use? ......................................................................................................................... 39

Chapter 4 Security in Windows 10

41

The evolution of the threat landscape ............................................................................................................................ 41

Securing hardware.................................................................................................................................................................. 42

Securing the boot process .............................................................................................................................................. 43

Locking down enterprise PCs......................................................................................................................................... 45

Securing data on local storage devices........................................................................................................................... 45

Device encryption .............................................................................................................................................................. 46

BitLocker Drive Encryption.............................................................................................................................................. 46

Remote business data removal...................................................................................................................................... 47

Securing identities .................................................................................................................................................................. 47

Blocking malware.................................................................................................................................................................... 51

Windows Defender ............................................................................................................................................................ 51

SmartScreen and phishing protection ........................................................................................................................ 51

Chapter 5 Deploying and managing Windows Store apps

53

Introducing the new Windows Store ............................................................................................................................... 53

How universal apps work ..................................................................................................................................................... 55

Distributing line-of-business apps ............................................................................................................................... 58

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