deployment option, assigning deployment profiles, identifying upgrade and downgrade paths, migrating user profiles, optimizing Windows 10 delivery, using Desktop Analytics, configuring Windows Update for Business, and more.
Chapter 6: Manage Policies and Profiles This chapter asks questions on planning and implementing co-management, implementing conditional access and compliance policies for devices, configuring device profiles, and managing user profiles. It covers questions regarding implementing co-management precedence, migrating group policies to mobility device management (MDM) policies, conditional access policies, device compliance policies, device profiles, user profiles, Enterprise State Roaming, and Folder Redirection.
Chapter 7: Manage and Protect Devices This chapter asks questions on how to manage Microsoft Defender and managing Intune device enrollment and inventory. It covers questions regarding implementing and managing Microsoft Defender tools, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, and Microsoft Defender Antivirus; configuring enrollment settings and Intune automatic enrollment, enrolling devices; and monitoring device health using different tools.
Chapter 8: Manage Apps and Data This chapter asks questions on how to deploy and update applications and how to implement Mobile Application Management (MAM). This chapter covers questions pertaining to assigning apps to groups, deploying apps, enabling sideloading, gathering readiness data, configuring and implementing kiosks, using MAM policies, using Windows Information Protection (WIP) policies, and using Azure Information Protection templates.
Chapter 9: Practice Exam 1: MD-100 This is a series of review questions on what you learned when going through Chapters 1–4.
Chapter 10: Practice Exam 2: MD-101 This is a series of review questions on what you learned when going through Chapters 5–8.
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Exam MD-100 and Exam MD-101 Certification Objectives
This book has been written to cover the MCA Modern Desktop Administrator exam MD-100 and exam MD-101 objectives. The following table lists the domains measured by these exams and the extent to which they are represented:
| Exam Objective | Percentage of Exam |
| Part 1 - MD-100 Objectives | |
| 1.0 Deploy Windows 10 | 15–20% |
| 2.0 Manage Devices and Data | 35–40% |
| 3.0 Configure Connectivity | 15–20% |
| 4.0 Maintain Windows | 25–30% |
| Total | 100% |
| Part 2 - MD-101 Objectives | |
| 5.0 Deploy and Update Operating Systems | 35–40% |
| 6.0 Manage Policies and Profiles | 25–30% |
| 7.0 Manage and Protect Devices | 20–25% |
| 8.0 Manage Apps and Data | 10–15% |
| Total | 100% |
Objectives Map for Exam MD-100 and Exam MD-101
The following is the objective map for the MCA Modern Desktop Administrator certification exams. This will enable you to find the location where each objective is covered in the book.
| Part 1: MD-100 | |
| 1.0 Deploy Windows | |
| 1.1 Deploy Windows 10 | Chapter 1 |
| Configure language packsMigrate user dataPerform a clean installationPerform an in-place upgrade (using tools such as MDT, WDS, ADK, etc.)Select the appropriate Windows editionTroubleshoot activation issues | |
| 1.2 Perform Post-Installation Configuration | Chapter 1 |
| Configure Edge and Internet ExplorerConfigure mobility settingsConfigure sign-in optionsCustomize the Windows desktop | |
| 2.0 Manage Devices and Data | |
| 2.1 Manage Local users, Local Groups, and Devices | Chapter 2 |
| Manage devices in directoriesManage local groupsManage local users | |
| 2.2 Configure Data Access and Protection | Chapter 2 |
| Configure NTFS permissionsConfigure shared permissions | |
| 2.3 Configure Devices by Using Local Policies | Chapter 2 |
| Configure local registryImplement local policyTroubleshoot group policies on devices | |
| 2.4 Manage Windows Security | Chapter 2 |
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Configure User Account Control
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