Topics

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