Set up and secure managed devices

Welcome to your final critical mission. Here, you'll onboard and implement protection for all the managed devices in your organization. Onboard your devices to Defender for Business to help ensure those devices are protected from ransomware, malware, phishing, and other threats. You can also make sure Windows devices are protected and ready for Office deployment. When you're done, you can rest assured, knowing you've done what you can to protect your organization when these objectives have been achieved!

Your objectives are to:

• Set up managed devices
• Onboard enrolled devices and apply policies
• Protect Windows devices by taking these steps:
  • Upgrade Windows devices to Windows 10 Pro (if necessary)
  • Learn about threat protection by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
  • Secure Windows devices with default settings
  • Manage Windows devices with Microsoft 365 Business Premium
  • Prepare to automatically install Office apps to client computers
  • Validate device protection settings for Windows 10 or 11 PCs
• Review and edit device policies
• Manage device groups

Once these objectives have been achieved, your overall mission to protect your organization against cyberattacks and other cybersecurity threats is a success! Now, make sure to set up your response teams to deal with any situation that may arise while defending the integrity of the system. See your next steps!

Next steps

• Set up a security operations process.
• Learn about security incident management.
• Learn how to maintain your environment.