Printers in the enterprise
Print servers, deploying printers with policy, Point and Print restrictions and why they exist.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 35 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Explain how printers are deployed from a print server and Group Policy
- Explain why Point and Print driver installation requires administrator rights by default
- Resolve a printer deployment problem without weakening security
Course outline
- 1.Printers in the enterpriseVideo · 5 min
- 2.How printers reach users, and why drivers need admin rightsLesson · 12 min
- 3.Following a print job end to endLesson · 13 min
- 4.Drivers, Point and Print and keeping printing secureLesson · 12 min
- 5.Printers in the enterprise: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 18 questions
- 6.New copier asks everyone for admin credentialsScenario
- 7.Final exam5 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Microsoft Learn: Deploy printers by using Group Policy
- Microsoft Learn: KB5005010: Restricting installation of new printer drivers after applying the July 6, 2021 updates
- Microsoft Learn: Universal Print overview
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