Learn the basics of working with user profiles.
- [Instructor] In this video, I want to show you what user profiles are, because user profiles are going to be a big subject with some of the videos that are coming up. Right now, I'm logged in to this computer as a user with the username, User1. And if I open up File Explorer and I go to This PC and I go to my C drive, you can see that I've got a folder here called Users. And if I go into that Users folder, there are folders with the names of every user that has previously logged on. So, I have a folder for Administrator, for Brien, and for User1.
There's also a Public folder. So, these folders are part of the user profile. They contain everything that's going to be unique for that particular user. They also store the user's documents. If I go into the User1 folder, you can see the elements that make up the profile. We have things like Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Links, Music, OneDrive, Pictures, Saved Games, Searches, and Videos. So, these are all things that are unique to the specific user. So, what I want to do now is go ahead and close this out and I want to login as a different user.
So, I'm going to choose the Sign Out option and I'm going to log back in, but, this time, instead of logging in as User1, I'm going to login as User2. And you can see that Windows says that it's getting things ready for User2, because this is the first time that User2 has logged in. And one of the things that Windows is doing to get itself ready for User2 is to create User2's profile. So, now, if I go back into File Explorer and go to This PC and go to the C drive and go into Users, we can see that now there is a folder for User2, because User2 has now logged onto this PC.
So, all of User2's documents and unique settings are now stored in this folder. So, that's just a quick taste of the way that user profiles work in Windows 10.
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6/20/2017This hands-on, practical course covers the skills necessary for a system admin to plan deployments in Windows 10—and prepare for the Plan Desktop and Device Deployment domain of Microsoft Certification exam 70-697. Brien Posey shows how to perform a migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10, enable and configure Hyper-V, configure mobility options, and work with power plans. Plus, he explains how to encrypt a drive using BitLocker.
Review the learning objectives for the Plan Desktop and Device Deployment domain of exam 70-697 at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-70-697.aspx.
- Migrating and configuring user data
- Collecting files and settings from a source computer
- Restoring files to a destination computer
- Configuring Hyper-V
- Creating and managing a virtual switch
- Modifying a virtual machine
- Configuring mobility options
- Working with the Windows Mobility Center
- Configuring security for mobile devices
- Encrypting a drive
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome45s
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What you should know2m 28s
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1. Migrate and Configure User Data
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What are user profiles1m 52s
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Creating a roaming profile2m 41s
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Preparing to run Sysprep3m 51s
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Sysprepping Windows5m 11s
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Creating a mandatory profile3m 15s
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Deleting an unwanted profile1m 17s
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Configuring folder locations2m 12s
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2. Configuring Hyper-V
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Enable the Hyper-V feature1m 16s
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Create a virtual disk6m 44s
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Editing a virtual disk4m 16s
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Configure Hyper-V4m 32s
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Applying a checkpoint2m 1s
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Create a new virtual machine6m 58s
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Deleting a checkpoint1m 51s
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Modify a virtual machine3m 56s
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Attaching removable media3m 54s
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3. Configure Mobility Options
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Working with power plans2m 9s
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Create a custom power plan1m 29s
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Configuring power policies2m 21s
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Using the PowerCFG tool4m 59s
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Deploying Windows to go3m 46s
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Intro to Wi-Fi direct3m 7s
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4. Configure Security for Mobile Devices
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Checking for a TPM chip1m 16s
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Encrypting a drive2m 24s
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Using BitLocker to go2m 11s
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Conclusion
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Next steps18s
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