Creating the Secure Managed Desktop: Using Group Policy, SoftGrid, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and Other Management Tools (Paperback)

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Key Phrases: redirected folders, local profile, user configuration, Windows Vista, Group Policy, Windows Server (more...)

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Learn how to secure and manage every desktop in your network with Creating the Secure Managed Desktop: Using Group Policy, SoftGrid, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and Other Management Tools. Understand the tools and technologies you will need to create a more secure network using Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and other Windows platforms and learn how to manage, diagnose, configure, update, and protect multiple desktops in an Active Directory network. Master automating tasks, setting and controlling settings, managing user profiles, and locking down systems from this must-have reference.

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Secure and manage every desktop in your network

If you're managing multiple desktops and users in a Windows enterprisenetwork, this book is for you. Going beyond the fundamentals, Group Policy MVP and desktop management expert Jeremy Moskowitz explores Windows® tools and technologies that will make your IT life easier, including Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), Windows Server Update Services, Windows SteadyState, the Group Policy Preference Extensions, and a host of other tools that manage, diagnose, configure, update, and protect multiple desktops in an Active Directory network.

You'll learn to automate tasks, set and control thousands of settings, manage user profiles, lock down systems, and keep a consistent experience for users as they move from one computer to another—while increasing their efficiency and lowering your cost of maintenance. This must-have reference is packed with the techniques, tips, and best practices you need.

• Set up local, roaming, and mandatory profiles for all your Windows clients, and manage those profiles with Group Policy settings

• Create a managed desktop using Redirected Folders, Offline Files, and the Synchronization Manager

• Use Group Policy Software Installation (GPSI) and the Windows Installer Service to install managed software, and leverage Windows Server® Update Services (WSUS) for OS patch management

• Harness SoftGrid Application Virtualization and learn which applications to virtualize and which to avoid

• Sequence and deploy applications for online and offline SoftGrid Clients

• Secure, protect, and remediate your remote computers and laptops with Network Access Protection (NAP)

• Perform a lockdown with Windows SteadyState and Windows Disk Protection

• Coverage Includes:

• Roaming Profiles for Windows XP and Windows Vista, RedirectingFolders and Using Offline Files, Software Deployment Using Group Policy and SoftGrid Application Virtualization

• Master Advanced Security

• Configurations: Network Access Protection (NAP), Windows SteadyState (with Windows Disk Protection), Restrict Hardware, MBSA Security Analyzer, and Patch Management with WSUS

• Go Beyond Group Policy:

• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, SoftGrid Management Console, Advanced Sequencing, Deploying Printers, and Implementing Shadow Copies

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Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Sybex (June 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470277645
• ISBN-13: 978-0470277645
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #59,548 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Covers All the Topcs, May 14, 2009

By	Craig E. Shea "fourpastmidnight" (Green Lane, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been using this book to help me roll out a new Vista deployment. This book has been indispensible. It's really hard to know just how to go about a ground-up deployment (especially if you've never done one before), so this book approaches desktop management and security in an incremental approach, which is appropriate if you are still deciding on what level of desktop management is required in your situation. So I have no complaints. I just wish there was a similar book tha would help (especially small businesss, e.g. 25 employees or less) know what steps to take to plan a managed secure desktop enviroment and then roll it out.