About This Study Plan
This 7-day study plan breaks the MD-102 (Endpoint Administrator) exam preparation into 7 focused study sessions with a total of 28 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. Intensive 7-day review for the Endpoint Administrator (MD-102) exam covering device management, app deployment, and endpoint protection with Intune.
Prerequisites
- Intune and Entra ID experience
- 4–6 hours per day
Study Schedule
- Intune enrollment methods: auto, bulk, user-driven, Autopilot
- Windows Autopilot: deployment profiles and ESP
- Co-management: SCCM + Intune configuration
- Device categories, groups, and enrollment restrictions
- Configuration profiles: settings catalog, templates, and ADMX
- Compliance policies: rules, actions for non-compliance, grace periods
- Conditional Access integration with device compliance
- Windows Update rings and feature update policies
- App types: Win32, LOB, Microsoft Store, web apps
- App deployment: required, available, and uninstall assignments
- App protection policies (MAM without enrollment)
- Microsoft 365 Apps deployment and update channels
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: onboarding and ASR rules
- Endpoint security policies: antivirus, firewall, disk encryption
- BitLocker management and recovery keys
- Security baselines and attack surface reduction
- Intune reports: device compliance, app install status
- Endpoint analytics and proactive remediations
- Troubleshooting enrollment and policy delivery failures
- Windows Autopilot troubleshooting and ESP issues
- Take a full timed practice exam
- Review all incorrect answers
- Focus on Autopilot and compliance scenarios
- Review app deployment edge cases
- Enrollment method decision tree
- Compliance vs configuration profile comparison
- App type selection guide
- Rest before exam
Study Tips
Windows Autopilot is heavily tested — know all deployment modes and ESP behavior.
Understand the difference between device configuration and compliance policies.
Know Win32 app packaging requirements and detection rules.
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.