Creating the Secure Managed Desktop: Using Group Policy, Softgrid, Microsoft Deployment, and Other Management Tools

Creating the Secure Managed Desktop: Group Policy, Softgrid, and Microsoft Deployment and Management Tools teaches the technologies embedded in Windows platforms, including Windows Server 2008, designed to streamline and centralize the tasks of network desktop management. This book takes administrators beyond the fundamentals, teaching them to -

Maintain policy settings as users move from one computer to another
Synchronize offline files
Employ Windows Steady State to lock down a system
Utilize Application Virtualization with Microsoft Softgrid
Ensure client and server security with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
Manage the total cost of ownership

This book is part of the Mark Minasi Windows Administrator Library.