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Microsoft Exam MD-100 Windows 10 Certification Guide

You're reading from  Microsoft Exam MD-100 Windows 10 Certification Guide

Product type Book
Published in May 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838822187
Pages 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Jeroen Burgerhout Jeroen Burgerhout
Profile icon Jeroen Burgerhout

Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1 : Deploying Windows
2. Chapter 1: Deploying Windows 10 3. Chapter 2: Upgrading Windows 10 4. Chapter 3: Customizing and Configuring Windows 10 5. Section 2 : Managing Devices and Data
6. Chapter 4: Managing Local Users, Groups, and Devices 7. Chapter 5: Configuring Permissions and File Access 8. Chapter 6: Configuring and Implementing Local Policies 9. Chapter 7: Securing Data and Applications 10. Section 3: Configuring Connectivity
11. Chapter 8: Configuring Various Networks 12. Chapter 9: Configuring Remote Connectivity 13. Section 4: Maintaining Windows
14. Chapter 10: Understanding Troubleshooting and Recovery 15. Chapter 11: Managing Updates 16. Chapter 12: Managing Log Files 17. Chapter 13: Mock Exam (A and B) 18. Assessments 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Managing local groups

In the previous section, you learned that there are built-in local user accounts. There are also a few built-in local groups in Windows 10 that provide users with an easier way to delegate the same permissions and rights as other group members. Assigning permissions to groups is much more efficient than applying these rights to individual user accounts.

If you open the Users group or the Administrators group, then you should see members that you recognize. Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer. Users are unable to make system-wide changes, but they can run most applications that have already been installed on the computer.

Default local groups

In the Groups folder, which you can find in the Computer Management console, you can create local groups, change group memberships, rename groups, and delete groups. Microsoft's best practice is to use the default local groups wherever possible. The built-in groups already have...

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