Administering Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager Training (55348)
What’s the secret to keeping enterprise devices secure, compliant, and up to date across thousands of users? Today’s organizations depend on skilled administrators who can leverage Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager to deliver, protect, and manage devices at scale.
Microsoft reports that Configuration Manager is already managing more than 12.5 million devices worldwide, underscoring its critical role in enterprise IT. The Administering Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager Training (55348) course equips you with the practical skills to deploy clients, deliver applications, enforce compliance, roll out operating systems, and manage updates, ensuring your environment remains efficient, secure, and resilient.
After completing this course, you’ll be able to:
- Use Configuration Manager and Intune to manage PCs and mobile devices
- Analyze device and user data using queries, reports, and CMPivot
- Deploy and manage Configuration Manager clients and monitor client health
- Configure, deploy, and manage applications and software updates
- Implement and optimize Endpoint Protection
- Prepare for OS deployment and manage Windows as a service
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and update your Configuration Manager site
This course is designed for experienced IT professionals such as Enterprise Desktop Administrators (EDAs) responsible for deploying, managing, and maintaining devices and applications across medium, large, or enterprise organizations, especially those using Configuration Manager or looking to upgrade their skills.
- Networking fundamentals (protocols, routing, switching)
- Experience with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
- Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting for Windows PCs
- Basic PKI security concepts
- Scripting/PowerShell basics
- Understanding of Windows Server roles/services
- Basic mobile device configuration (iOS/Android)
- Understand enterprise systems management and Configuration Manager architecture
- Explore administrative, monitoring, and troubleshooting tools
- Analyze data using queries, reports, and CMPivot for real-time insights
- Configure site boundaries and boundary groups
- Implement resource discovery for devices and users
- Organize and manage collections for targeting deployments
- Deploy and monitor Configuration Manager clients and settings
- Configure hardware and software inventory collection
- Manage software metering and Asset Intelligence
- Prepare infrastructure for content distribution
- Manage distribution points and monitor content status
- Create, deploy, and manage applications and Windows apps
- Understand the software updates process and prerequisites
- Configure automatic deployment rules and third-party updates
- Monitor and troubleshoot software update deployments
- Configure and deploy Endpoint Protection and threat policies
- Manage compliance settings and evaluate configuration results
- Implement secure resource and data access policies
- Prepare for OS deployment and manage task sequences
- Deploy operating systems across managed devices
- Manage Windows as a service lifecycle and feature updates
- Configure role-based administration and remote tools
- Use Management Insights for operational efficiency
- Perform backup, recovery, and infrastructure updates
- Review recent enhancements in Microsoft Endpoint Manager
- Explore integration improvements across releases
- Understand new features supporting modern management