The first module contained data about installing devices and device drivers, managing installed devices and staging device drivers so that local users do not have to go to Windows Update to get a driver. This has the advantage of allowing the sysadmin to block access to Windows Update, thereby ensuring that any drivers used will have been provided by the system administrator.
Another module talked about working with displays and how to optimize the system display. This was followed by information about working with system storage devices and introduces Windows 8's Storage Spaces feature. This allows a local machine to contain logical hard drives consisting of more than one physical device. This can be used for increased storage or to provide failover tolerance.
The lesson this week also talked about disk optimization and treatment of removable storage. It ended with a primer on OneDrive, Microsoft's cloud storage solution. This is used with a separate installed app on Windows 7 and 8.0, but is built into the File Explorer shell in Windows 8.1.
Overall, this was an interesting lesson that built on the foundation we began last week. Looking forward to more experience that will help me learn appropriate materials for the Windows Client Pro certification.
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