- What is the MD-102 exam?
- Exam MD-102: Endpoint Administrator is the exam for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate certification. It tests deploying, managing, protecting and monitoring devices and client applications in a Microsoft 365 tenant with Microsoft Intune, across Windows, macOS, iOS/iPadOS and Android. A score of 700 or greater is required to pass, and the study guide is published on Microsoft Learn.
- Is the MD-102 exam changing in 2026?
- Yes. A new skills outline takes effect July 24, 2026. The exam grows from four domains to five with the addition of optimize endpoint operations by using automation, monitoring, and reporting at 10 to 15 percent, and the change log grades four existing objective groups Major: Intune enrollment, cloud-based Windows deployment, remote actions, and endpoint security. If you test before that date, the previous outline applies.
- What is on the MD-102 exam?
- Five domains from July 24, 2026: prepare infrastructure for devices (20 to 25 percent), manage and maintain devices (25 to 30 percent, the biggest), protect devices (15 to 20 percent), manage and secure applications (15 to 20 percent), and optimize endpoint operations by using automation, monitoring, and reporting (10 to 15 percent). The outline names Autopilot, Windows 365, Windows LAPS, Autopatch, Endpoint Privilege Management, Cloud PKI and Security Copilot agents verbatim.
- How hard is the MD-102 exam?
- The difficulty is platform breadth, not any single hard topic. One outline covers four operating systems, three Android enrollment programs, the paid Intune Suite add-ons, Defender for Endpoint integration and now agent-driven automation. Admins whose estate is Windows-only and Group Policy-driven consistently underestimate the macOS, iOS and Android objectives.
- Is the MD-102 certification worth it?
- For device administrators it is the core credential of the role, and it carries strategic weight: Endpoint Administrator Associate is one of only three associate certifications that qualify you for the Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert certification alongside passing MS-102. If the Expert badge is your goal, MD-102 plus the MS-102 practice exam is a natural sequence.
- How many questions are on the MD-102 exam?
- Microsoft does not publish an official question count for MD-102. It does publish a passing score of 700, the exam page allots 100 minutes for the assessment, and a free official practice assessment is available on Microsoft Learn. Treat any site quoting an exact question count as unofficial, and confirm details on the exam page when you schedule.
- What did the MD-102 exam replace?
- MD-102 consolidated the earlier two-exam Modern Desktop Administrator path, MD-100 Windows Client and MD-101 Managing Modern Desktops, into a single exam when it launched in 2023. Both older exams are retired. Since then the exam has been revised repeatedly, and the July 24, 2026 revision is the largest yet thanks to the new automation and monitoring domain.
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