Windows To Go: A Guide for Users and IT Professionals

by Joli Ballew

Overview

Find out how to use, manage, deploy, and secure Windows To Go, the ultimate mobile edition of Windows 10, designed to boot directly from a USB stick. This book shows you how to use your Windows To Go drive to work at home and on the move and access local and network resources from anywhere. Readers responsible for deploying Windows To Go drives will also learn how to plan for, provision, deploy, and manage Windows To Go devices in the workplace in order to create an effective mobility solution for their users.

A Windows To Go drive can be booted on any PC that meets the Windows 7 or later certification requirements, regardless of the operating system running on that PC.

What You'll Learn:

• Understand how Windows To Go differs from a typical Windows installation on a desktop

• Meet the necessary hardware and software requirements for Windows To Go

• Boot your Windows To Go drive

• Use Windows To Go, at home and on the road

• Plan and deploy Windows To Go in the workplace

• Secure and protect Windows To Go drives

Who This Book Is For:

End users and IT professionals

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484221334
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	08/08/2016
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	141
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joli Ballew is a Microsoft MVP and Windows expert. She has written almost 60 books, most on Windows technologies. She currently works at Lynda.com authoring and filming training videos, is an adjunct professor of technology at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas, and teaches Microsoft certification boot camps at Collin College in Plano, Texas. Joli spends her spare time doing yoga and running, and spending time with her family.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Windows To Go.- 2. Using Windows To Go.- 3. Prepare Your Small Business, School, or Enterprise for Windows To Go.- 4. Understand Single Activations, Volume Licensing, and Software Assurance.- 5. Deploy Windows To Go Drives.- 6. Secure and Protect Windows to Go Drives.- 7. Windows 10 for Business.