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The Microsoft Endpoint Administrator course provide the foundation for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Moderne Desktop Administrator Associate certification. It will prepares you for the 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 critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level.
The goal of this course is to provide you with all the tools you need to prepare for the MD-102 Microsoft Endpoint Administrator exam — including text explanations, video demos, lab activities, self-assessment questions, and a practice exam— to increase your chances of passing the exam on your first try
Duration:
Approximately 40 hours. Actual duration will vary by student.
Course Components:
Audience:
Those who want to learn more about Windows client deployments; plan and implement them with Windows Autopilot and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT); configure 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
Recomended Prerequisites
Objectives:
Upon successfull completion of this course, student will be able to:
Lesson 1: Describe the business value of Microsoft Power Platform (4 hours and 24 minutes) (Note: The content below is for Windows Client Deployment and Management, not the Power Platform)
Skill 1.1: Prepare for a Windows client deployment (1 hour and 24 minutes)
Select a deployment tool based on requirements
Choose between migrate and rebuild
Choose an imagining and/or provisioning strategy
Select a Windows edition based on requirements
Plan upgrade and downgrade paths
Implement subscription-based activation
Windows 11 Enterprise Subscription Activation
Skill 1.2: Plan and implement a Windows client deployment by using Windows Autopilot (1 hour and 24 minutes)
Configure device registration for Autopilot
Windows Autopilot deployment scenarios
Windows Autopilot requirements
Create, validate, and assign deployment profiles
Set up the Enrollment Status Page
Deploy Windows devices by using Autopilot
Troubleshoot an Autopilot deployment
Skill 1.3: Plan and implement a Windows client deployment by using MDT (48 minutes)
Plan and implement a Windows client deployment by using MDT
Create and manage images
Monitor and troubleshoot a deployment
Plan and configure user state migration
Skill 1.4: Configure remote management (48 minutes)
Configure Remote Help in Intune
Configure Remote Desktop on a Windows client
Configure the Windows Admin Center
Configure PowerShell remoting and Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
Summary
Case Studies 1-4
Quiz
Lesson 2: Manage identity and compliance (2 hours and 36 minutes)
Skill 2.1: Manage identity (1 hour and 24 minutes)
Overview of identity solutions
Implement user authentication on Windows devices including Windows Hello for Business, passwordless, and tokens
Manage RBAC for Intune
Register devices in and join devices to Azure AD
Implement the Intune Connector for Active Directory
Manage the membership of local groups on Windows devices
Implement and manage LAPS for Azure AD
Skill 2.2: Implement compliance policies for all supported device platforms by using Intune (1 hour and 12 minutes)
Specify compliance policies to meet requirements
Manage notifications for compliance policies
Implement device compliance policies
Monitor device compliance
Troubleshoot compliance policies
Implement Conditional Access policies that require a compliance status
Summary
Case Studies 1-2
Quiz
Lesson 3: Manage, maintain, and protect devices (4 hours and 12 minutes)
Skill 3.1: Manage the device life-cycle in Intune (1 hour)
Configure enrollment settings in Microsoft Intune
Configure automatic and bulk enrollment
Enroll devices
Configure policy sets
Restart, retire, or wipe devices
Skill 3.2: Manage device configuration for all supported device platforms by using Intune (1 hour 12 minutes)
Specify configuration profiles to meet requirements
Implement configuration profiles
Monitor and troubleshoot configuration profiles
Configure and implement Windows kiosk mode
Configure and implement profiles on Android devices
Plan and implement Microsoft Tunnel for Intune
Skill 3.3: Monitor devices (36 minutes)
Monitor devices by using Intune
Monitor devices by using Azure Monitor
Analyze and respond to issues identified in Endpoint analytics and Adoption Score
Skill 3.4: Manage device updates for all supported device platforms by using Intune (1 hour and 24 minutes)
Plan for device updates
Create and manage update rings by using Intune
Configure Windows client delivery optimization by using Intune
Create and a manage update policies by using Intune
Manage Android updates by using configuration profiles
Monitor updates
Troubleshoot updates in Intune
Skill 3.5: Implement endpoint protection for all supported device platforms (1 hour)
Create and manage configuration policies for Endpoint security
Implement and manage security baselines in Microsoft Intune
Onboard devices to Defender for Endpoint
Implement automated response capabilities in defender for Endpoint
Review and respond to device issues identified in the Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management dashboard
Summary
Case Studies 1-4
Quiz
Lesson 4: Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Apps (2 hours and 24 minutes) (Note: The content below is for Application Management, not Power Apps)
Skill 4.1: Deploy and update apps for all supported device platforms (1 hour and 24 minutes)
Deploy apps by using Intune
Configure Microsoft 365 Apps deployment by using the Microsoft Office Deployment Tool or Office Customization Tool (OCT)
Manage Microsoft 365 Apps by using the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center
Deploy Microsoft 365 Apps by using Intune
Configure policies for Office apps by using Group Policy or Intune
Deploy apps to platform-specific app stores by using Intune
Enable sideloading of apps
Skill 4.2: Plan and implement app protection and app configuration policies (1 hour)
Plan and implement App Protection policies for iOS and Android
Manage App Protection policies
Implement Conditional Access policies for app protection policies
To create a Conditional Access policy
Plan and implement app configuration policies for managed apps and managed devices
Manage App Configuration policies
Summary
Case Studies 1-2
Quiz
