When preparing for the MD-101 exam, or any Microsoft exam, Microsoft Docs is a great source of information. It is such a vast repository of information however, finding the relevant content can sometimes be challenging.
One method I used when preparing for the MD-101 exam, as well as planning episodes for the Managing Modern Desktops (MD-101) course at ITProTV, is to use the exam objectives as a roadmap, and search for each topic on docs.microsoft.com. (Tip: use your google-fu and add site:docs.microsoft.com to your search).
Below are the MD-101 exam objectives, with links to the relative content from Microsoft Docs. This is not meant to be an all inclusive list, but a starting point. These links might take you to an overview page for a topic, but usually there are corresponding How-To or Quickstarts that you should look at as well.
Deploy and update operating systems (35-40%)
Plan and implement Windows 10 by using dynamic deployment
- Evaluate and select an appropriate deployment option
- Pilot deployment
- Manage and troubleshoot provisioning packages
- Evaluate deployment options in Microsoft Endpoint Manager
Plan and implement Windows 10 by using Windows Autopilot
- Evaluate and select an appropriate deployment option
- Pilot deployment
- Create, validate, and assign deployment profile
- Extract device HW information to CSV file
- Import device HW information to cloud service
- Troubleshoot deployment
Upgrade devices to Windows 10
- Identify upgrade and downgrade paths
- Manage in-place upgrades
- Configure a Desktop Analytics environment
- Assess which computers can be upgraded to Windows 10
- Migrate user profiles
Manage updates
- Configure Windows 10 delivery optimization
- Configure Windows Update for Business
- Deploy Windows updates
- Implement feature updates
- Monitor Windows 10 updates
Manage device authentication
- Manage authentication policies
- Manage sign-on options
- Perform Azure AD join
Manage policies and profiles (25-30%)
Plan and implement co-management
- Implement co-management precedence
- Migrate group policy to MDM policies
- Recommend a co-management strategy
Implement conditional access and compliance policies for devices
- Implement conditional access policies
- Manage conditional access policies
- Plan conditional access policies
- Implement device compliance policies
- Manage device compliance policies
- Plan device compliance policies
Configure device profiles
- Implement device profiles
- Manage device profiles
- Plan device profiles
Manage user profiles
- Configure user profiles
- Configure Enterprise State Roaming in Azure AD
- Configure sync settings
- Implement Folder Redirection, including OneDrive
Manage and protect devices (20-25%)
Manage Windows Defender
- Implement and manage Windows Defender Application Guard
- Implement and manage Windows Defender Credential Guard
- Implement and manage Windows Defender Exploit Guard
- Implement Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection
- Integrate Windows Defender Application Control
- Manage Windows Defender Antivirus
Manage Intune device enrollment and inventory
- Configure enrollment settings
- Configure Intune automatic enrollment
- Enable device enrollment
- Enroll non-Windows devices
- Enroll Windows devices
- Generate custom device inventory reports
Monitor devices
- Monitor device health (e.g., log analytics, Desktop Analytics, or other cloud-based tools, etc.)
- Monitor device security
Manage apps and data (10-15%)
Deploy and update applications
- Assign apps to groups
- Deploy apps by using Intune
- Deploy apps by using Microsoft Store for Business
- Deploy O365 ProPlus
- Enable sideloading of apps into images
- Gather Office readiness data
- Configure and implement kiosk (assigned access) or public devices
Implement Mobile Application Management (MAM)
- Implement MAM policies
- Manage MAM policies
- Plan MAM
- Configure Windows Information Protection
- Implement Azure Information Protection templates
- Securing data by using Intune
Hopefully you will find this information useful as you prepare to take the MD-101 exam. Don’t forget to check out the Managing Modern Desktops (MD-101) course at ITProTV.
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