Getting certified on the Windows operating system can help you reach your goals. In today’s increasingly complex IT environment, a Windows certification helps prove to customers and employers that you have the technical skills necessary to do the job.

Prove you have the expertise to configure, manage, and maintain a Windows 10 enterprise system. Earning an MCSA: Windows 10 certification qualifies you for a position as a computer support specialist

Course Content

1 – Installing Windows 10

• Overview of Windows 10
• Planning your Windows 10 deployment
• Installing and deploying Windows 10
• Upgrading to Windows 10
• Windows 10 installation maintenance
• Managing volume activation
• Lab : Upgrading to Windows 10
• Migrating user settings
• Upgrading from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 (optional)
• Lab : Maintaining a Windows 10 installation with Windows ICD
• Create and configure a Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (Windows ICD) provisioning package

2 – Performing post-installation configuration

• Overview of management tools
• Customizing the user interface
• Managing devices, device drivers, and services
• Configuring features, mobility, and power options
• Overview of Client Hyper-V
• Lab : Managing devices
• Install a device driver
• Resolving the device driver problem
• Lab : Configuring features and power options
• Turning on Windows features with Control Panel
• Managing installed Windows features
• Configuring power options

3 – Implementing networking

• Homegroups, workgroups, and domains
• Configuring IPv4 network connectivity
• Configuring IPv6 network connectivity
• Implementing name resolution
• Troubleshooting network connectivity
• Implementing wireless network connectivity
• Lab : Implementing network connections
• Verifying and testing network connectivity
• Configuring automatic IPv4 addressing
• Configuring and testing name resolution
• Lab : Troubleshooting network connections
• Resolving a network problem (1)
• Resolving a network problem (2)

4 – Implementing network security

• Implementing Windows Firewall
• Connection security rules
• Implementing Windows Defender
• Lab : Implementing network security
• Creating and testing inbound rules
• Creating and testing outbound rules
• Creating and testing connection security rules
• Configuring Windows Defender

5 – Managing Windows 10 with Group Policy

• Overview of Group Policy
• Configuring Windows 10 devices with GPOs
• Lab : Describe Windows Firewall.
• Managing Windows 10 by using Group Policy

6 – Implementing remote management

• Using Remote Desktop
• Using Remote Assistance
• Remoting with Windows PowerShell
• Lab : Implementing remote management
• Using Remote Desktop
• Using Remote Assistance
• Remoting with Windows PowerShell

7 – Managing storage

• Overview of storage options
• Managing disks, partitions, and volumes
• Maintaining disks and volumes
• Implementing Storage Spaces
• Implementing and managing OneDrive
• Working with virtual hard disks
• Lab : Managing storage
• Adding a disk
• Creating a simple volume
• Creating a storage space

8 – Managing files and resources

• Overview of file systems
• Configuring and managing file access
• Managing shared folders
• Implementing Work Folders
• Managing printers
• Lab : Creating, securing, and sharing a folder
• Creating, securing, and sharing a folder
• Lab : Implementing Work Folders
• Configuring Work Folders
• Lab : Managing printers
• Installing and sharing a printer

9 – Deploying and managing apps

• Overview of apps in Windows 10
• The Windows Store and Windows Store for Business
• Automating app deployment
• Configure web browsers
• Lab : Deploying and managing Windows Store apps
• Sideloading an app
• Lab : Deploying apps with Windows ICD
• Creating a provisioning package
• Deploying the package
• Verifying deployment
• Lab : Configuring Microsoft Edge
• Configuring and using Microsoft Edge

10 – Securing Windows 10

• Managing user accounts
• Configuring UAC
• Implementing and Managing BitLocker
• Lab : Configuring user accounts
• Managing user accounts
• Configuring UAC
• Lab : Managing data security
• Using BitLocker

11 – Implementing remote connectivity

• Overview of remote connectivity options
• Implementing VPNs
• Implementing DirectAccess
• Lab : Implementing a VPN
• Deploying a virtual private network (VPN) server
• Creating a VPN connection

12 – Maintaining Windows 10

• Updating Windows 10
• Monitoring Windows 10
• Lab : Maintaining Windows
• Configuring updates for a single device
• Configuring updates with GPOs
• Monitoring reliability and performance

13 – Recovering Windows 10

• Recovering files
• Performing system recovery
• Lab : Troubleshooting and recovery
• Using File History to recover files
• Using Previous Versions to recover files
• Recovering a device with a restore point
• Using the advanced startup options to recover a device