Chapter 8: Administration and Remote Management
In this chapter, we will be covering the administration and remote management of Windows devices within an organization. The administration of your devices is a very important task and one that needs ongoing interaction and support to stay current. The foundation of your Windows administration will be developed from your established framework and baselines, as discussed in Chapter 2, Building a Baseline. However, just as important are your policies, standards, and procedures, which should have already been built to direct how you administer your Windows environment. With that, the administration of your devices should become a much simpler task of execution to meet the defined requirements that have been created and agreed upon.
When it comes to remote management, ensuring a secure and locked down model is a must. Support staff who have remote access to your Windows devices are privileged users that have elevated rights to administer...
