MD-101 Exam Study Guide (Managing Modern Desktops)
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Preparing for the MD-101 Managing Modern Desktops exam, to achieve Microsoft 365 Certification for Modern Desktop Administrator Associate? Don’t know where to start? This post is the MD-101 Certificate Study Guide (with links to each exam objective).
I have curated a list of articles from Microsoft documentation for each objective of the MD-101 exam. Please share the post within your circles so it helps them to prepare for the exam.
Skills Measured
- Deploy and Update Operating Systems (25-30%)
- Manage Policies and Profiles (20-25%)
- Manage and Protect Devices (30-35%)
- Manage Apps and Data (10-15%)
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For each test objective, I’ve compiled a thorough collection of articles from Microsoft documentation. Please feel free to forward this page to your friends and coworkers in order to assist them in preparing for the test .
Deploy and Update Operating Systems (25-30%)
Plan a Windows 10 Deployment
- Assess infrastructure readiness
- Evaluate infrastructure and tools
- Define readiness criteria
- Evaluate and select appropriate deployment options (Endpoint Manager, MDT)
- Windows 10 deployment scenarios
- Windows 10 deployment with Endpoint Manager
- Steps to deploy Windows 10 with Endpoint Manager
- Zero Touch Installation with Endpoint Manager
- In-place upgrade to Windows 10 with Endpoint Manager
- Windows 10 deployment with MDT
- Prepare for deployment with MDT
- Deploy a Windows 10 image using MDT
- Plan upgrade and downgrade paths
- Windows 10 upgrade paths
- Downgrade path from Windows 10 Pro
- Windows 10 downgrade paths
- Plan app compatibility
- Windows 10 compatibility
- Plan for user state
- User State Migration Tool (USMT) Overview
- Getting started with the User State Migration Tool
Plan and Implement Windows 10 by Using Windows Autopilot
- Choose a method based on requirements
- Overview of Windows Autopilot
- Windows Autopilot deployment scenarios
- Create, validate, and assign deployment profile
- Create a Windows Autopilot deployment profile
- Assign a Windows Autopilot deployment profile
- Extract device HW information to CSV file
- Command to extract properties of a Windows machine in a CSV file
- Import device HW information to cloud service
- Add Windows Autopilot devices
- Deploy Windows 10
- Demonstrate Autopilot deployment
- Troubleshoot deployment
- Troubleshooting Windows Autopilot
- Troubleshoot Windows 10 deployment: top 10 tips and tricks
Plan and Implement Windows 10 Using MDT
- Choose configuration options based on requirements
- Configure MDT deployment share rules
- Configure MDT for UserExit scripts
- Create and manage images
- Create a Windows 10 reference image
- Deploy images (may include WDS)
- Deploy a Windows 10 image using MDT
- Create and use task sequences
- Create the deployment task sequence
- Create a task sequence with Configuration Manager
- Manage application and driver deployment
- Prepare the drivers repository
- Driver repository
- Deploying applications
- Add an application to the deployment
- Monitor and troubleshoot deployment
- Enable deployment monitoring
- Troubleshoot for the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- Troubleshoot MDT Deployments with log files
Manage Accounts, VPN Connections, and Certificates on Windows 10
- Secure privileged accounts on Windows 10
- Privileged access: Accounts
- Configure VPN client
- Configure Windows 10 client Always On VPN connections
- Connect to a VPN in Windows 10
- Configure and manage certificates on client devices
- Manage certs with Windows Certificate Manager
- Manage certificates with Certificate Stores
- View certificates with the MMC snap-in
Manage Policies and Profiles (20-25%)
Implement Compliance Policies for Devices
- Implement device compliance policies
- Compliance policies for Windows 10
- Create a compliance policy in Intune
- Manage device compliance policies
- Monitor Intune device compliance policies
- Plan device compliance policies
- Compliance policies for devices you manage
Configure Device Profiles
- Implement device profiles; Manage device profiles
- Create a device profile in Microsoft Intune
- Assign user and device profiles in Microsoft Intune
- Plan device profiles, Control policy conflicts
- Apply features and settings on your devices using device profiles
- Configure and implement assigned access or public devices
- Set up a single-app kiosk
- Guidelines for choosing an app for assigned access
Manage User Profiles
- Configure user profiles
- Configuring User Profiles in Windows 10
- Configure Enterprise State Roaming in Azure AD
- What is enterprise state roaming?
- Enable Enterprise State Roaming in Azure Active Directory
- Configure sync settings
- About sync settings on Windows 10 devices
Manage and Protect Devices (30-35%)
Implement and Manage Device, Application, and Threat Protection
- Implement and manage Windows Defender Application Guard
- Microsoft Defender Application Guard overview
- Prepare to install Microsoft Defender Application Guard
- Implement and manage Windows Defender Credential Guard
- Protect domain credentials with Windows Defender Credential Guard
- Manage Windows Defender Credential Guard
- Implement and manage Windows Defender Exploit Guard
- Windows Defender Exploit Guard: Reducing the attack surface
- Protect your data with Windows Defender Exploit Guard settings
- Plan and implement Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection for Windows 10
- What is Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection?
- Onboard devices to the Microsoft Defender ATP service
- Integrate Windows Defender Application Control
- Windows Defender Application Control Overview
- Getting started with Windows Defender Application Control deployment
- Protect devices using Endpoint Security
- Manage endpoint security in Intune
- Manage enterprise-level disk encryption
- BitLocker Device Encryption in Windows 10
- Implement and manage security baselines in Microsoft Intune
- Use security baselines in Intune
- Manage security baseline profiles in Intune
Manage Intune Device Enrollment and Inventory
- Configure enrollment settings
- Set up enrollment for Windows devices
- Configure Intune automatic enrollment
- Set up automatic enrollment for Windows 10 devices
- Enable device enrollment
- Enable Intune management of devices by setting the MDM authority
- Enroll non-Windows devices
- Enroll iOS/iPadOS devices in Intune
- Set up enrollment for macOS devices in Intune
- Enroll Android devices
- Enroll Windows devices
- Enroll your Windows 10 device
- Generate custom device inventory reports
- Reporting data across Intune
- Review device inventory
- Examine device inventory
Monitor Devices
- Monitor devices using Azure Monitor and Desktop Analytics
- Health status monitoring in Desktop Analytics
- Monitor device inventory reports using Endpoint Manager Admin Center
- Intune reports
- Reports in Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Manage Updates
- Configure Windows 10 delivery optimization
- Delivery optimization for Windows 10 updates
- Deploy Windows updates using Microsoft Intune
- Manage Windows 10 software updates in Intune
- Monitor Windows 10 updates
- Monitor Windows Updates with update compliance
- Get started with update compliance
Manage Apps and Data (10-15%)
Deploy and Update Applications
- Assign apps to groups
- Assign apps to groups with Microsoft Intune
- Deploy apps by using Microsoft Intune
- Windows 10 app deployment by using Microsoft Intune
- Deploy apps by using Microsoft Store for Business/iTunes/Google Play
- Add apps to the Desktop portal from Microsoft Store
- Microsoft Store for Business apps
- Add Managed Google Play apps with Intune
- Add iOS store apps to Microsoft Intune
- Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise using Microsoft Intune
- Plan your enterprise deployment of Microsoft 365 Apps
- Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps from a local source
- Enable sideloading of apps into images
- Sideload Apps with DISM
- Sideload LOB apps in Windows 10
- Gather Microsoft 365 Apps readiness data
- Readiness assessment tools for Microsoft 365 Apps
- Use the Readiness Toolkit to assess compatibility
Implement Mobile Application Management (MAM)
- Implement App Protection policies
- How to create and assign app protection policies
- Manage App Protection policies
- Monitor app protection policies
- Plan App protection policies
- App protection policies overview
- Plan and implement App Configuration Policies (Windows Information Protection)
- Create a Windows Information Protection policy for Intune
- Create and deploy WIP policy with Intune
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