Andrew Bettany - Exam Ref MD-101 Managing Modern Desktops

Exam Ref MD-101 Managing Modern Desktops

Andrew Bettany

Andrew Warren

Exam Ref MD-101 Managing Modern Desktops

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I would like to dedicate this book to Annette and Tommy, for being hugely supportive and encouraging whenever I work on projects that sometimes eat into our quality time together. This book is also for the reader. Having taught thousands of IT Professionals over my career, I hope this book reaches a greater audience and helps you achieve your career aspirations. Work hard and aim for the stars!

Andrew Bettany

Any book is a collaborative effort, and Id like to thank my co-author, Andrew, and the team at Microsoft Press for helping get this book out there. It seems Ive always been the sort of person that needs a deadline. At school, my homework deadline was the sound of the school bus brakes as we pulled in to the campus. So, Id also like to thank my daughter, Amelia, for occasionally popping through to my office to say, The school bus is almost in, Dad, and for bringing me an espresso to help sharpen my writing.

Andrew Warren

About the Authors

Andrew Bettany is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (Windows and Devices for IT), dad, IT Geek, training mentor and consultant, entrepreneur, and author.

As a Microsoft MVP, 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, Andrew delivers learning and consultancy to businesses on many technical areas, including Microsoft 365, Azure, and Windows.

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 of 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 organizations IT infrastructure.

Introduction

With the new Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification, Microsoft has changed the way that IT Pro certifications work. Rather than being based on a technology area, they are focused on a specific job role. The Microsoft MD-101 Managing Modern Desktops exam provides the foundation of this new Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification.

This book covers every major topic area found on the exam, but it does not cover every exam question. Only the Microsoft exam team has access to the exam questions, and Microsoft regularly adds new questions to the exam, making it impossible to cover specific questions. You should consider this book a supplement to your relevant real-world experience and other study materials. If you encounter a topic in this book that you do not feel completely comfortable with, use the Need more review? links youll find in the text to find more information and take the time to research and study the topic. Great information is available on the Microsoft Learn website at docs.microsoft.com.

Organization of this book

This book is organized by the Skills measured list published for the exam. The Skills measured list is available for each exam on the Microsoft Learn website: http://microsoft.com/learn. Each chapter in this book corresponds to a major topic area in the list, and the technical tasks in each topic area determine a chapters organization. If an exam covers six major topic areas, for example, the book will contain six chapters.