Summary

In this chapter, we covered end user device management with a focus on the importance of security as it relates to end user device management. In short, you simply cannot efficiently and securely manage your end user devices without a well-rounded management solution to ensure and enforce compliance. We introduced the chapter with a brief overview of the evolution of device management and the shift from traditional management tools to where we are today. We then shifted our focus toward device imaging and Windows Autopilot by discussing in-place upgrades and migrations. That section then covered Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit, Windows Configuration Designer, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), Windows Deployment Services (WDS), MDT and Configuration Manager, and finally, Windows Autopilot.

The next section covered Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, which was formerly known as SCCM. Within that section, we reviewed how to securely deploy clients for configuration...