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Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-102 and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of the skills and knowledge required to deploy, manage, and protect modern endpoints at scale in Microsoft 365 environments. Designed for endpoint administrators, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

Prepare infrastructure for devices Manage and maintain devices Manage applications Protect devices

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

Organizes its coverage by exam objectives Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you Assumes you have experience with Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 technologies, including Intune, as well as strong skills and experience in deploying, configuring, and maintaining Windows client and non-Windows devices

About the Exam

Exam MD-102 focuses on the knowledge needed to prepare infrastructure for devices; enroll devices to Microsoft Intune; implement identity and compliance; deploy and upgrade Windows clients by using cloud-based tools; plan and implement device configuration profiles; plan remote actions on devices; manage applications; deploy and update apps; plan and implement app protection and app configuration policies; configure endpoint security; and manage device updates by using Intune.

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate credential, demonstrating your ability to implementing solutions for efficient deployment and management of endpoints on various operating systems, platforms, and device types; implement and manage endpoints at scale by using Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Intune Suite, Windows Autopilot, Microsoft Copilot for Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 365; and implement identity, security, access, policies, updates, and apps for endpoints.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-100: Windows 10—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge required to deploy, configure, secure, manage, and monitor Windows devices and client applications. Designed for Windows administrators, Exam Ref MD-100: Windows 10 focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level.

 

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: 

Deploy Windows Manage devices and data Configure connectivity Maintain Windows

This Microsoft Exam Ref MD-100: Windows 10:

Organizes its coverage by exam objectives Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you Assumes you have some experience administering Windows 10 and non-Windows devices and technologies

About the Exam

Exam MD-100: Windows 10 focuses on knowledge needed to deploy Windows; perform post-installation configuration; manage local users, local groups, and devices; configure data access and protection; configure devices with local policies; manage Windows security; configure networking; configure remote connectivity; configure system and data recovery; manage updates; and monitor and manage Windows.

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam and Exam MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification credential, demonstrating your ability to install Windows 10 operating systems and deploy and manage modern desktops and devices in an enterprise environment.

 

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-101–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge required to manage modern Windows 10 desktops. Designed for Windows administrators, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level. 

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: 

Deploy and update operating systems  Manage policies and profiles  Manage and protect devices  Manage apps and data 

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

Organizes its coverage by exam objectives  Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you  Assumes you have experience deploying, configuring, securing, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in an enterprise environment 

About the Exam 

Exam MD-101 focuses on knowledge needed to plan and implement Windows 10 with dynamic deployment or Windows Autopilot; upgrade devices to Windows 10; manage updates and device authentication; plan and implement co-management; implement conditional access and compliance policies; configure device profiles; manage user profiles; manage Windows Defender; manage Intune device enrollment and inventory; monitor devices; deploy/update applications, and implement Mobile Application Management (MAM). 

About Microsoft Certification 

Passing this exam and Exam MD-100 Windows 10 fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification credential, demonstrating your ability to install Windows 10 operating systems and deploy and manage modern desktops and devices in an enterprise environment. 

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn 

Prepare for the updated version of Microsoft Exam MD-100—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge required to deploy, configure, and maintain Windows 10 devices and technologies in an enterprise environment. Designed for Windows Administrators, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Deploy Windows

• Manage devices and data

• Configure storage and connectivity

• Maintain Windows

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

• Assumes you have experience administering Windows 10 and non-Windows devices and technologies

About the Exam

Exam MD-100 focuses on knowledge needed to install Windows 10; perform post-installation configuration; manage users, groups, and devices; configure devices with local policies; manage Windows security; configure networking; configure data access and protection; configure system and data recovery; manage updates; monitor and manage Windows; and configure remote connectivity.

About Microsoft Certification Passing this exam and Exam MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification credential, demonstrating your ability to deploy, configure, secure, manage, and monitor devices and client applications in an enterprise environment.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-101—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge required to manage modern Windows 10 desktops. Designed for Windows administrators, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Deploy and upgrade operating systems

• Manage policies and profiles

• Manage and protect devices

• Manage apps and data

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

• Assumes you have experience deploying, configuring, securing, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in an enterprise environment

About the Exam

Exam MD-101 focuses on knowledge needed to plan a Windows 10 deployment; plan and implement Windows 10 with Windows Autopilot and MDT; manage accounts, VPN connections, and certificates; implement device compliance policies; configure device profiles; manage user profiles; implement and manage device, application, and threat protection; manage Intune devices; monitor devices; manage updates; deploy/update applications; and implement Mobile Application Management (MAM).

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam and Exam MD-100: Windows 10 fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification credential, demonstrating your ability to deploy, configure, secure, manage, and monitor devices and client applications in an enterprise environment.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-102 and demonstrate your real-world mastery of the skills and knowledge required to deploy, manage, and protect modern endpoints at scale in Microsoft 365 environments. Designed for endpoint administrators, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

Deploy Windows client Manage identity and compliance Manage, maintain, and protect devices Manage applications

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

Organizes its coverage by exam objectives Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you Assumes you have experience deploying, configuring, protecting, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in a Microsoft 365 environment

About the Exam

Exam MD-102 focuses on the knowledge needed to prepare for Windows client deployments; plan and implement them with Windows Autopilot and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT); confi gure remote management; manage identity; implement compliance policies for all supported device platforms with Microsoft Intune; manage device lifecycles, configurations, and updates with Intune; monitor devices; protect endpoints; deploy and update apps; and establish app protection and configuration policies.

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate credential, demonstrating your ability to deploy, configure, protect, manage, and monitor devices and client apps in Microsoft 365 environments; manage endpoint identity, security, access, policies, updates, and apps; efficiently deploy and administer diverse endpoints at scale, and collaborate on modern workplace strategies that address organizational needs.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

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Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Implement Windows

• Configure and support core services

• Manage and maintain Windows

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

• Assumes you have experience with installing, configuring, and locally managing and maintaining Windows 10 core services