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Group policies, meet EMM: New and old Windows 10 management unite

October 11, 2016

Via: CIO

One of Windows 10’s biggest internal changes is support for management and security APIs à la enterprise mobile management (EMM). It uses APIs similar to those in iOS, Android, and MacOS. But Windows 10’s EMM policies are limited compared to what traditional Windows management tools can do. Thus, a lot of what IT does to manage PCs today can’t be done in Windows 10 via EMM, such as set up kiosk mode or enable local encryption. Instead, old-school tools like System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) must be used instead.

EMM provider MobileIron has an answer: MobileIron Bridge, an add-on to its EMM tools that lets IT apply their familiar — and often extensive — group policy objects (GPOs) to Windows 10 PCs managed via EMM.

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