Last Updated on August 3, 2021 by addihetja
There is a lot to cover and therefore I thought I’d throw together a list of topics as a to-do list to help keep me focused. I’ll link to the articles once I post them
- Technologies –
- Active Directory – the ubiqutous catalog service from Microsoft that has sat at the centre of almost all management systems
- Client/server – the tools that have been used to perform the tasks a catalog service cannot do
- MDM – Mobile Device Management; the tools that were invented to help manage mobile phones and how they’ve changed classic management
- EMM – Enterprise Mobility Management; or MDM version 1.5
- UEM – Unified Endpoint Management; or MDM version 3.0
- Models
- COBO – Company Owned, Business Only; the classic management model used in businesses
- BYOD – Bring Your Own Device/Disaster; YMMV
- COPE – Company Owned, Personally Enabled; the management model that was invented to adapt to the demands of end-users
- POBE – Personally Owned, Business Enabled; the next management model you want to deal with
- Management paradigms
- “Sneakernet” – The management paradigm we used before we had any tools
- Classic management– How management of devices has classically been done
- Modern management – How modernizing the technologies used has allowed us to securely manage devices across the internet
- Post-modern management – The next management paradigm
- Other
- App management – how and why to customize the settings in apps on devices
- VPN – It’s been with us forever
- Zero Touch – How you can minimize admin involvement in onboarding machines
- Zero Trust – How you can decrease your attack surface by having fewer assumptions about the state of your fleet