Who should attend MD-102 endpoint administrator training?
MD-102 is designed for endpoint administrators managing large device fleets, IT operations engineers in hybrid environments, security administrators enforcing zero trust policies, and M365 administrators aligning endpoint strategy with compliance. Windows administration and Entra ID experience are required.
MD-102 is designed for endpoint administrators managing large device fleets, IT operations engineers working in hybrid environments, security administrators enforcing zero trust policies, and M365 administrators aligning endpoint strategy with compliance requirements.
Prerequisites include Windows administration experience, familiarity with Microsoft 365 services, basic identity management, and working knowledge of Azure Entra ID. Without this foundation, configuration decisions and practical exercises in the 5-day course will be difficult to complete.
Abilene Academy delivers the course through active consultants who configure Intune and Entra ID environments in enterprise projects daily. The course focuses on documentation, validation, and cross-team alignment between security, IT, and compliance.
Related Information
- Exam MD-102 · Passing score: 700/1000
- Standard Microsoft exam format · Available in EN, FR, DE, ES, IT · CHF 119 in Switzerland
- Microsoft certification · No expiry — stays current with M365 and Intune updates
- Recommended path: MS-900 or equivalent M365 role-based cert before MD-102
- 5-day instructor-led program at Abilene Academy · Hands-on Intune and Entra ID labs
Expert Insight
Participants without prior Windows administration experience consistently struggle with the hybrid Entra ID join labs and Autopilot profile configuration exercises. The course assumes familiarity with Active Directory objects, Windows client administration, and basic identity concepts — without that, the configuration decisions in the lab environment are arbitrary rather than principled.
The strongest MD-102 candidates come from IT operations roles where they already own device fleet management and have encountered the compliance policy and conditional access problems the course addresses. They treat the 5-day course as a systematic upgrade of their current practice — replacing ad-hoc workarounds with documented, enforceable configurations that can survive an internal audit.
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What does the MD-102 exam cover?
The MD-102 exam tests deploying Windows endpoints using Autopilot and Intune, configuring identity and access with Microsoft Entra ID, managing application deployment, evaluating and enforcing compliance policies, and securing endpoints using Microsoft Defender. The passing score is 700.
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What is the MD-102 certification and what does it qualify you to do?
The MD-102 exam leads to the Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate credential, which validates the ability to deploy, configure, and secure enterprise endpoints using Microsoft Intune, Entra ID, and Autopilot. The passing score is 700.
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What is the difference between MD-102 and MS-102?
MD-102 focuses on endpoint management using Intune, Autopilot, Entra ID, and Defender — it is the right certification for administrators whose primary responsibility is device management. MS-102 covers the full Microsoft 365 tenant including identity, Defender, compliance, retention, and DLP across all workloads.
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