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Published inJan 2012
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ISBN-139781849682961
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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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Installing Windows Intune onto a client PC


Now that Windows Intune is available as a subscription, we need to load it onto each PC that will be managed and enable them to register and update themselves. This involves following the subsequent process on each computer:

  • Downloading the client software to the device

  • Unzipping and installing

  • Waiting for the update process to complete

  • Confirming installation

It is vital that the machine has access to the Internet and can access https://manage.microsoft.com during the installation process.

Downloading the client software to the device

We now need to download the client software onto each device. This can be downloaded once from the Windows Intune console and then distributed on a USB flash drive or via a network share or other mechanism. Installing the software ties the computer to the Windows Intune subscription and we have to ensure that we have purchased enough computer subscriptions to cover the total number of devices that the software will be installed...

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Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration
Published in: Jan 2012Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781849682961

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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.
Read more about David Overton