Exam Ref MD-102 Microsoft Endpoint Administrator

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 Certifi ed 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 Authors Andrew Bettany is a Microsoft MVP and consults on Microsoft 365, Azure, and Windows client. He has authored Windows exam prep guides, official Microsoft training, and video training for LinkedIn Learning and Pluralsight. He co-created the IT Masterclasses series of short, intensive technical courses. His most recent project involved delivering Microsoft Fundamentals skills training to over 250,000 students worldwide. Andrew Warren has helped Microsoft develop official training curricula, served as subject matter expert on many current Windows Server courses, was technical lead on several Windows titles, and co-developed courses on Microsoft 365, Azure, and Intune 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 Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-102and 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 Certifi ed Associate level. Focus on the expertise measured by these This Microsoft Exam About the Authors Andrew Bettany is a Microsoft MVP and consults on Microsoft 365, Azure, and Windows client. He has authored Windows exam prep guides, official Microsoft training, and video training for LinkedIn Learning and Pluralsight. He co-created the IT Masterclasses series of short, intensive technical courses. His most recent project involved delivering Microsoft Fundamentals skills training to over 250,000 students worldwide. Andrew Warren has helped Microsoft develop official training curricula, served as subject matter expert on many current Windows Server courses, was technical lead on several Windows titles, and co-developed courses on Microsoft 365, Azure, and Intune 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 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 (http://microsoft.com/learn) microsoft.com/learn Title Page Copyright Page Pearson’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Contents at a glance Contents Acknowledgments About the authors Introduction Organization of this book Preparing for the exam Microsoft certifications Access the exam updates chapter and online references Errata, updates & book support Stay in touch Chapter 1. Deploy Windows client Skill 1.1: Prepare for a Windows client deployment Skill 1.2: Plan and implement a Windows client deployment by using Windows Autopilot Skill 1.3: Plan and implement a Windows client deployment by using MDT Skill 1.4: Configure remote management Chapter summary Thought experiment Thought experiment answers Chapter 2. Manage identity and compliance Skill 2.1: Manage identity Skill 2.2: Implement compliance policies for all supported device platforms by using Intune Chapter summary Thought experiment Thought experiment answers Chapter 3. Manage, maintain, and protect devices Skill 3.1: Manage the device lifecycle in Intune Skill 3.2: Manage device configuration for all supported device platforms by using Intune Skill 3.3: Monitor devices Skill 3.4: Manage device updates for all supported device platforms by using Intune Skill 3.5: Implement endpoint protection for all supported device platforms Chapter summary Thought experiment Thought experiment answers Chapter 4. Manage applications Skill 4.1: Deploy and update apps for all supported device platforms Skill 4.2: Plan and implement app protection and app configuration policies Chapter summary Thought experiment Thought experiment answers Chapter 5. MD-102 Endpoint Administrator exam updates The purpose of this chapter Exam objective updates Updated technical content Objective mapping Index Exam Ref MD-102 Microsoft Endpoint Administrator Code Snippets