Exam Ref 70-696 Managing Enterprise Devices and Apps

391 Pages·2015·15.82 MB·English

by  Orin Thomas

Exam Ref 70-696 Managing Enterprise
Devices and Apps
Orin Thomas
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Contents at a glance
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Deploy and manage virtual applications
CHAPTER 2 Deploy and manage desktop and mobile applications
CHAPTER 3 Plan and implement software updates
CHAPTER 4 Manage compliance and endpoint protection settings
CHAPTER 5 Manage Configuration Manager clients
CHAPTER 6 Manage inventory using Configuration Manager
CHAPTER 7 Provision and manage mobile devices
Index
Contents
Introduction
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Chapter 1 Deploy and manage virtual applications
Objective 1.1: Prepare virtual applications
Application virtualization concepts
Sequencing an application
Preparing the Sequencer environment
App-V Connection Groups
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 1.2: Manage application virtualization environments
App-V infrastructure
App-V deployment models
Deploying sequenced applications
App-V Group Policy
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 1.3: Deploy and manage RemoteApp
Application presentation strategies
Preparing RemoteApp applications
Publishing and configuring RemoteApps
Managing connections to RemoteApp applications
Group Policy settings
Objective summary
Objective review
Answers
Objective 1.1
Objective 1.2
Objective 1.3
Chapter 2 Deploy and manage desktop and mobile applications
Objective 2.1: Plan an application distribution strategy
Application management by using Configuration Manager
Applications and packages
Application management features
Application management server roles
Software Center
Application Catalog
Software distribution to mobile devices
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 2.2: Deploy applications using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration
Manager
Creating applications
Application deployment
Detection methods
Dependencies
Global conditions
Requirements
User device affinity
Deploy software wizard
Simulated deployment
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 2.3: Deploy applications using Microsoft Intune
Intune operating system support
Deploy software to the company portal
Deploy software for automatic installation
Intune update policies
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 2.4: Plan for application upgrades
Application supersedence
Application revision history
Retiring applications
Uninstalling applications
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 2.5: Monitor applications
Monitoring application deployment
Asset Intelligence
Software metering
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 2.6: Manage content distribution
Content management
Distribution points
Network bandwidth considerations
Content library
Prerequisites for content management
Distribution point monitoring
Content distribution
Prestaging content
Objective summary
Objective review
Answers
Objective 2.1
Objective 2.2
Objective 2.3
Objective 2.4
Objective 2.5
Objective 2.6
Chapter 3 Plan and implement software updates
Objective 3.1: Plan and deploy third-party updates
System Center Updates Publisher
SCUP options
Managing updates
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 3.2: Deploy software updates by using Configuration Manager and WSUS.
Software updates in Configuration Manager
Configuration Manager software update point
Software update client settings
Managing updates
Monitoring and troubleshooting software updates
Automatic deployment rules
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 3.3: Deploy software updates by using Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune update policies
Updating categories and classifications
Approving updates
Automatic approval rules
Third-party updates
Objective summary
Objective review
Answers
Objective 3.1
Objective 3.2
Objective 3.3
Chapter 4 Manage compliance and endpoint protection settings
Objective 4.1: Build a configuration item
Overview of compliance settings
Configuration items
Creating configuration items
Create a child configuration item
Configuration item settings
Mobile device settings
Remediation
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 4.2: Create and monitor a baseline
Configuration baselines
Creating configuration baselines
Deploying configuration baselines
Configuration packs
Viewing compliance information
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 4.3: Configure Endpoint Protection
System Center Endpoint Protection
Implement Endpoint Protection
Antimalware policies
Windows Firewall policies
Policy management
Monitoring Endpoint Protection status
Configuring alerts
Objective summary
Objective review
Answers
Objective 4.1
Objective 4.2
Objective 4.3
Chapter 5 Manage Configuration Manager clients
Objective 5.1: Deploy and manage the client agent
The Configuration Manager client
Client installation
Extending the schema
Site systems used in client deployment
Client assignment
Client settings
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 5.2: Manage collections
Collections
Collection rules
Maintenance windows
Power management
Monitoring collections
Objective summary
Objective review
Objective 5.3: Configure and monitor client status
Verifying client installation
Client status
Client health evaluation and remediation