Exam Ref MD-101 Managing Modern Desktops

by Andrew Bettany, Andrew Warren

Overview

Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-101—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge required to manage modern Windows 10 desktops. Designed for Windows administrators, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Deploy and upgrade operating systems

• Manage policies and profiles

• Manage and protect devices

• Manage apps and data

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

• Assumes you have experience deploying, configuring, securing, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in an enterprise environment

About the Exam

Exam MD-101 focuses on knowledge needed to plan a Windows 10 deployment; plan and implement Windows 10 with Windows Autopilot and MDT; manage accounts, VPN connections, and certificates; implement device compliance policies; configure device profiles; manage user profiles; implement and manage device, application, and threat protection; manage Intune devices; monitor devices; manage updates; deploy/update applications; and implement Mobile Application Management (MAM).

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam and Exam MD-100: Windows 10 fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification credential, demonstrating your ability to deploy, configure, secure, manage, and monitor devices and client applications in an enterprise environment.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780137472956
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	11/08/2021
Series:	Exam Ref
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

ANDREW BETTANY, MCT was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (Windows and Devices for IT) for eight years before joining Microsoft. He is a loving dad, IT geek, training mentor and consultant, entrepreneur, and author. Andrew is recognized for his Windows expertise, and he is the author of many publications, including several Windows exam certification prep guides and Microsoft official training materials. He is the author of video training materials for LinkedIn Learning and Pluralsight. As a Microsoft Certified Trainer for 16 years, Andrew delivers learning and consultancy to businesses in many technical areas, including Azure, Windows 10, and Microsoft 365. He has co-founded the “IT Masterclasses” series of short, intensive technical courses (see www.itmasterclasses.com), and he is passionate about helping others learn technology. He is a frequent speaker at Microsoft Ignite and other technical conferences worldwide. Andrew is active on social media and can be found on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. He lives in a village just outside the beautiful city of York in Yorkshire, England.

ANDREW WARREN, MCT, has been writing for Microsoft for many years, helping to develop their official curriculum instructor-led training material. He has served as a subject matter expert on many of the current Windows Server 2016 courses, was technical lead on several of the Windows 10 titles, and was involved in Microsoft 365, Azure, and Intune course development. When not writing about Microsoft technologies, he can be found in the classroom, teaching other IT professionals what they need to know to manage their organization’s IT infrastructure. Outside of IT, Andrew is the author of five books about the First World War, and spends much of his time on the battlefields of France acting as an occasional tour guide. He lives in rural Somerset, England.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Deploy and update operating systems

Chapter 2: Manage policies and profiles

Chapter 3: Manage and protect devices

Chapter 4: Manage apps and data