Microsoft MD-102 (Endpoint Administrator)
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The modules mapped to it
16 modules · about 21 h estimated in all
The 48-Hour Intune Setup Guide for Small Businesses
A time-boxed, hour-by-hour weekend plan for bringing up to about 50 devices under Intune when an insurer, client or lost laptop has made device security urgent. It sequences licensing, admin roles, emergency access, enrollment settings, compliance, configuration, apps, update rings and Conditional Access so each layer is proven on a pilot before the business depends on it, and says plainly what the weekend does and doesn't prove.
Why Time-Boxing Works, and What This Plan Assumes
The trigger for a rushed Intune rollout is often outside IT's control: a cyber-insurance renewal questionnaire asks for proof of multifactor authentication and disk encryption, a client contract adds a device-security clause, or a laptop with customer data goes missing and nobody can wipe it. When that happens there is no time for a six-week phased pilot. This guide compresses the essential work (tenant preparation, enrollment, compliance, configuration, apps, updates and Conditional Access) into 48 clock hours of hour blocks you can actually hit, while keeping the one habit that makes a fast rollout safe: a small pilot proves each layer before the whole company depends on it.
What the plan assumes. Up to about 50 devices, one Microsoft 365 tenant, one admin doing the work, and Windows devices running Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise or Education. Windows 10 reached end of support on 14 October 2025, so any Windows 10 device you find this weekend is a device to upgrade or replace, not one to design around. Windows Home editions can't be Microsoft Entra joined, so a Home laptop in the device fleet is a purchasing problem you list on Friday, not a Saturday surprise. If your situation differs (several tenants, a heavy on-premises Active Directory estate, hundreds of devices), use this plan as a checklist and give it more than a weekend.
What "secured by Monday" means. By Sunday night the goal is: every enrolled Windows device encrypted and reporting compliant, MFA enforced, a Conditional Access policy blocking noncompliant Windows devices from company data (or staged in Report-only if the fleet isn't fully enrolled), core apps and an update ring in place, and a written runbook for Monday's support calls. It does not mean the business is "compliant" with anything. Intune settings and reports can support a SOC 2 or HIPAA program by producing evidence that controls exist and operate; they don't make an organization compliant, and an auditor or insurer decides what evidence they accept.
Where this sits in MD-102. The Microsoft MD-102 study guide (skills measured as of 27 October 2026) weights Prepare infrastructure for devices at 20–25% of the exam. This module works through several of its named skills in the order a real rollout needs them: configuring enrollment settings and automatic enrollment for Windows, managing Intune roles and scope tags, multi-admin approval, compliance policies, and Conditional Access policies that require a compliance status. Deeper treatments live in other modules of this track and are named where they apply.
| Block | When | Outcome you can check |
|---|---|---|
| Before Friday | Any weekday | Licenses confirmed, inventory exported, security-defaults decision made |
| Hour 0–6 | Friday night | Roles, emergency access accounts, groups and naming decided |
| Hour 6–12 | Saturday morning | Automatic enrollment scoped to the pilot; restrictions set |
| Hour 12–20 | Saturday | Compliance policies assigned; 3–5 pilot devices compliant |
| Hour 20–36 | Saturday night into Sunday | Configuration, apps and update rings deployed; fleet enrolling |
| Hour 36–48 | Sunday | Conditional Access tested in Report-only, then enforced (or held); runbook written |
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