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Published inJan 2012
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David Overton
David Overton
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David Overton

David Overton has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft in the UK for more than eleven years. David fell in love with Small and Medium Business when he was given responsibility for engaging with journalists at the time of the launch of Small Business Server 2003 in the UK. For the next four years David was responsible for improving SBS deliveries by Microsoft partners. As well as his day job, David is also a writer: he has written for consumer publications Windows XP and Windows Vista magazines, and he blogs at http://davidoverton.com, where he helps readers find solutions to questions and problems. In 2009, David published his first book on SBS 2008 which was well received. When not working or writing, David likes to spend time with his family and also tries to fit in sailing any time of the year in any weather.
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Continuous cycle of PC Management


PC management is a continuous cycle of evaluation, similar to 6-sigma or other management processes. It starts by evaluating the goals that the IT team have been given by the business. These may be vague or specific, but they have to be translated into policies and actions for us to manage against. It has five stages to it and it is a continuous process of evaluation to ensure that goals and deliverables are aligned.

We can see the five stages below, starting with the definition of goals, then the implementation of those responding to problems that arise. By reporting on IT's performance and challenges, the business is able to reevaluate the goals and change the original goals if required.

Windows Intune can help us with the implementation of your IT goals and reporting, however the setting and evaluation of goals is something we can explore in this book briefly, but it would be impossible for me to define here as every business's needs are different as...

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Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration
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David Overton

David Overton has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft in the UK for more than eleven years. David fell in love with Small and Medium Business when he was given responsibility for engaging with journalists at the time of the launch of Small Business Server 2003 in the UK. For the next four years David was responsible for improving SBS deliveries by Microsoft partners. As well as his day job, David is also a writer: he has written for consumer publications Windows XP and Windows Vista magazines, and he blogs at http://davidoverton.com, where he helps readers find solutions to questions and problems. In 2009, David published his first book on SBS 2008 which was well received. When not working or writing, David likes to spend time with his family and also tries to fit in sailing any time of the year in any weather.
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