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Here are some of the enterprise features coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

By Ng Chong Seng - on 3 Jul 2017, 8:00am

Here are some of the enterprise features coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

MDM support for Active Directory domain joined devices is coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. (Image source: Microsoft.)

Keen to remind that the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update isn’t all about consumer features, Microsoft has revealed a slew of features targeted at the enterprise.

Microsoft:

For the first time, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) will include seamless integration across the entire Windows threat protection stack to protect, detect and respond with rich, centralized management. In addition, we’re extending the reach of Windows Defender ATP to include Windows Server OS to protect customers across platforms. New features and capabilities in the suite include Windows Defender Exploit Guard, Windows Defender Application Guard and substantial updates to Windows Defender Device Guard and Windows Defender Antivirus.

To drill down a bit, Windows Defender Exploit Guard (WDEG) is a new feature to make EMET (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit) native to Windows 10. Using intelligence from the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph (ISG), it comes with new capabilities to detect and prevent intrusion. Like WDEG, Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) is another malware defense mechanism that sits in-between your firewall and antivirus software. So if someone accidentally downloads malicious malware from their browser, or if a zero day exploit is encountered, WDAG isolates and contains the threat, securing your devices, apps, data, and network.

Security features aside, Windows 10 will also sport new management features. Key of which is AutoPilot, a suite of capabilities powered by cloud-based services, designed to simplify deployment and management of new Windows 10 PCs.

For example, Windows AutoPilot Deployment enables new PCs to be easily transformed into a business-ready device using a cloud configuration. And Windows AutoPilot Reset is a new reset mechanism that can reset a fully configured device, while maintaining MDM management and AAD connection state, and automatically get it back into a fully configured state.

Additionally, there's the ability to pre-assign a device to a specific employee in the organization via cloud configuration; the ability to get new Windows 10 devices into an Active Directory domain joined state along with Intune enrollment; simplified MDM (e.g., deploy and configure Windows Defender Application Guard, as well as configure security baseline settings; MDM support for Active Directory domain joined devices; new kiosk configuration and management features); and a new Device Health functionality in Windows Analytics that identifies issues and proactively suggests steps needed to resolve those issues.

Source: Microsoft (1, 2).

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