About This Study Plan
This 30-day study plan breaks the MD-102 (Endpoint Administrator) exam preparation into 4 focused study sessions with a total of 16 actionable tasks. The plan covers all 4 exam domains — Prepare infrastructure for devices, Manage and maintain devices, Manage applications, Protect devices — ensuring complete coverage of the exam blueprint. Balanced month-long plan for Endpoint Administrator (MD-102).
Prerequisites
- Basic IT knowledge
- 45–75 minutes daily
Study Schedule
- Intune architecture and enrollment types
- Windows Autopilot: user-driven, self-deploying, pre-provisioned
- Co-management and hybrid Entra join
- Device categories, compliance, and groups
- Configuration profiles: settings catalog and ADMX templates
- Compliance policies and non-compliance actions
- Conditional Access with device state
- Windows Update rings, feature updates, and driver updates
- Win32 apps: packaging, requirements, detection, and supersedence
- App protection policies for iOS/Android (MAM-WE)
- Endpoint security policies: antivirus, firewall, encryption
- Security baselines and attack surface reduction rules
- Monitoring: endpoint analytics and proactive remediations
- Troubleshooting: enrollment, sync, and policy delivery
- Full practice exam #1 + review
- Practice exam #2, Autopilot drills, and final prep
Study Tips
Build an Intune lab with Autopilot — Microsoft offers virtual lab environments.
Understand Win32 app detection rules — this is a common exam topic.
Know the differences between Intune standalone and co-management scenarios.
Recommended Microsoft 365 Study Resources
Supplement this study plan with Microsoft Learn's free MD-102 learning path, which provides interactive modules and sandboxed Microsoft 365 environments. The Microsoft Virtual Training Days programme also offers free instructor-led sessions with a 50% exam discount voucher upon completion.
Ready to Practice?
Put your study plan into action with Endpoint Administrator practice questions.