Exam objective

MD-102

Configure endpoint security

This objective sits in Protect devices, which carries 18% of the MD-102 Endpoint Administrator exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Microsoft Azure page it rests on.

Objective title verbatim from the official objectives. Microsoft Azure exam page

A worked example

Shown solved, with the whole explanation open: this is what every question here carries.

Protect devices

You plan ASR rules through Intune. Which platform prerequisite is required for an attack surface reduction (ASR) rule to function?

Windows Home edition onlyASR is not limited to Windows Home edition.
Microsoft Defender AntivirusCorrect · your answerCorrect.
Configuration Manager onlyConfiguration Manager alone is not required for ASR.
A third-party antivirusA third-party antivirus is not the ASR dependency.

Correct.

Concept

ASR rules are a Defender Antivirus feature. Most rules list Defender Antivirus as a dependency.

Why B

ASR rules are a Microsoft Defender Antivirus feature.

Source

ASR rules are a Microsoft Defender Antivirus feature that's available on any edition of Windows that includes Microsoft Defender Antivirus (for example, Windows 11 Home).

Microsoft, ASR rules reference, checked August 2026
#endpoint-security

Now you: practice questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

Protect devices

Where do you enable the connection so Intune integrates with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint?

Sample question 2 of 3

Protect devices

After the Intune and Defender for Endpoint connection is established, how are Windows devices onboarded?

Sample question 3 of 3

Protect devices

A compliance policy uses 'Require the device to be at or under the machine risk score' with the recommended balanced setting. Which value is recommended?

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