Now, nearly everything can be managed as if it were a mobile device, using APIs at the operating system for assured reach and consistent implementation of company policies across all devices.
Since 2010's iOS 4.2, IT admins have been able tomanage iPhones and iPadsthis way, which opened the door to dozens of mobile device management (MDM) tools. Android did the same, though to a lesser extent in 2010, with Android Froyo 2.2. Thenthe Mac joined the API-based management partyas of 2011's OS X Lion. Now it's Microsoft's turn, as of Windows 10.
This means you can manage Windows 10 PCs via APIs rather than through separately installed client apps, likely via the same mobile management tool you now use to manage iOS devices, Android devices, and Macs.
That begs the question: How do Windows 10's management APIs stack up to those long available for OS X? (To see what mobile management APIs support, check out InfoWorld'sMobile Security Deep Dive, available in PDF and ePub versions.)