MD-100 Windows Client

Learning Path 3:
Configure post-installation
settings and
personalization

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 Explore common configuration options

Learning
Path Explore advanced configuration methods
agenda

Manage drivers and device peripherals

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Module 1: Explore common configuration
options

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Module 1: Explore common configuration options

• Customizing the User Interface

• Explore the action center
• Use the settings app
• Use the Control Panel
• Examine the display options
• Evaluate options for mobile devices
• Configure power plans
• Examine Windows client privacy features

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Customize the user interface

You can perform the following

customizations from the Start screen:
• Manage tiles:
- Add tiles
- Remove tiles
- Pin items to taskbar
• Resize tiles:
- Configure live tiles
• Group tiles

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Explore the action center

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Use the settings app

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Use the Control Panel

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Examine the display options

• Found in Settings app:

- Display item in the System category
• Can detect and configure multiple
displays
• Can configure text size, resolution
• Can adjust orientation on tablets:
- Portrait or Landscape

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Evaluate options for mobile devices
• Includes:
- Laptops & notebooks
- Tablets
- Tablets
• Settings app:
- Display, Power, Tablet mode
• Action Center:
- Quick Actions

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Configure power plans

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Examine Windows client privacy

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Module 2: Explore advanced configuration
methods

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Module 2: Explore advanced configuration methods

• Explore Windows activation

• Explain Group Policy
• Apply Group Policy Objects
• Explore Windows PowerShell
• Use Windows PowerShell
• Deploy a custom Start menu in Windows 10
• Deploy a custom Start menu in Windows 11

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Explore Windows activation

• Activation confirms product and product key status

• Activation establishes a relationship between the product key and an installation on
a specific device:
• Three main methods for activation:
- Retail
- OEM
- Microsoft Volume Licensing
• Volume activation models:
- Active Directory-based activation
- KMS
- MAK
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Explain Group Policy

Method for applying settings to clients and servers.

• Group Policy Objects
- Users
- Computers
• Group Policy Settings
- User Settings
- Computer Settings
• GPMC
• Settings and Preferences

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Apply Group Policy Objects
Effective Policy based on order:

1 Local GPOs

2 Site GPOs

3 Domain GPOs

4 OU GPOs

5 Child OU Policies

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Explore Windows PowerShell
Windows PowerShell is an
administrative tool that
provides:

• Operating-system integration
• Remote management
functionality
• Script-based execution

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Use Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell designed for system administration

• Windows PowerShell drives provide access to:
‒ The file system
‒ The registry
‒ Variables in memory

• Cmdlets:
‒ Have a verb-noun format
‒ May have parameters
‒ Example:

Start-Service –Name “Application Identity”

You can use Windows PowerShell to efficiently perform bulk operations

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Deploy a custom Start Menu in Windows 10

Windows 10
• XML file
• Full layout
– Start menu layout locked
• Partial layout
– Group locked
• Can be applied with policies

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Deploy a custom Start Menu in Windows 11

Windows 11
• JSON file (Windows 11)
• Full layout only
• Users can modify layouts
• MDM Policy

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Module 3: Manage drivers and device
peripherals

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Module 3: Manage drivers and device peripherals

• Examine Device Drivers

• Manage Device Peripherals
• Examine printer configuration
• Understand Type 3 and 4 Printer Drivers
• Manage client-side printing
• Manage print server properties

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Examine Device Drivers
• Enable interaction between the operating
system and hardware devices:
‒ Hardware-dependent
‒ operating system-dependent
‒ 32-bit drivers do not work with 64-bit Windows and
vice versa

• Device drivers that ship with Windows have a

Microsoft digital signature
• The driver store is the driver repository
• You install devices in two stages:
‒ Staging. Adding driver packages to the store
‒ Installation. From store, when PnP detects device

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Manage Device Peripherals
• View connected devices, their details and
settings
• Enable and disable devices
• Install, update, and uninstall device drivers
• Troubleshoot issues
• Manage devices locally
• Other tools:
‒ Devices and Printers
‒ Devices in Windows client Settings
‒ Windows PowerShell

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Examine printer configuration

Printing device Printer port: Printer Print Driver

Physical device that creates Port through which printing Windows representation of Used for communicating
print job output device is connected printing device with printing device and
processing print jobs

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Understand Type 3 and 4 Printer Drivers
Benefits of Type 4 printer drivers:
• A single Type 4 driver can support multiple
devices
• Driver files are isolated,
preventing file-naming
conflicts
• Clients download drivers
from Windows Update
• Driver packages are smaller
and install faster
• Can deploy print driver and
printer user interface
independently

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Manage client-side printing
Typical client-side printing
tasks that you can manage:
• Modifying printer properties
• Selecting default printer
• Viewing and managing the print
queue
• Pausing or resuming printer
• Pausing, resuming, restarting, or
canceling print job
• Reordering print jobs in a print
queue

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Manage print server properties
Print Management manages
print servers:
• Add and delete printers, and
add and manage drivers
• Manage print queues, and
modify printer status
• Create custom filters

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Practice Labs

Managing Windows Settings Customize Windows Start Configuring Windows

and Taskbar Layouts Settings using Group Policy

Managing local and network Managing Virtualization

printers using Hyper-V and Windows
Sandbox

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