What you'll learn

Part 1 of 4 in the Windows 7 Administration (70-680) series. This in-depth course will teach you the essentials of Windows 7 administration. You'll walk away able to address deployment challenges and optimize Windows 7 for your environment, including addressing hardware and software compatibility, protecting Windows 7 systems, optimizing performance for remote users, best practices for granting secure access to network resources and managing file and folder permissions. To get the most out of this course, you should have a solid understanding of networking, and some experience with systems administration will be helpful but is not required.