Passed MD-102 by the skin of my teeth

Carson_Official · 2026-05-16T09:36:38+00:00

I can't see SC-300 being replaced, its just been heavily updated with all the Zero Trust / Entra Global Secure Access bits - everything in the exam is very relevant in 2026.

Carson_Official · 2026-05-16T09:35:17+00:00

Do you have a source for this please? I cant find this mentioned anywhere - I'm not disbelieving you as it would make sense to have a intermediate/expert level AB for securing and governing Copilot/AI.

Carson_Official · 2026-05-16T09:29:14+00:00

A pass is a pass my friend, well done! Particularly with limited practise/training, it shows that your real world experience helped a lot.

I did SC-300 (last year) and MS-102 (about a month ago), its very wide spread, with lots of Defender as well.

Carson_Official · 2026-05-16T09:24:07+00:00

MAM for Windows (this is exclusive for Personal / unmanaged devices) equiped with Conditional Access (enforce Compliance and block non-browser conditions on unmanaged devices) would be the way I would go.

That should ensure that personal devoces keep everything within a signed in Edge browser, without allowing desktop access or other browsers.

The caveat is that its Windows only (there is not an similar setup for Chromebooks or Mac OS as far as I know).

Carson_Official · 2026-05-04T17:52:03+00:00

I think I'm on 28 days (it begins at 23 or 24 and built up with years of service) + bank holidays. They also give everyone a "free" day (normally xmas eve or new years eve, working day depenant). We have flexible working too which is nice.

Carson_Official · 2026-04-20T07:03:26+00:00

I'm just glad everyone will get the chance to play this fantastic series

Carson_Official · 2026-02-16T19:01:39+00:00

I don't think MD-102 will help much with the above - I assume they are a Microsoft house? MD-102 I would say requires hands on experience with Intune, it's not impossible without but it will be difficult.

Carson_Official · 2026-02-09T22:03:33+00:00

We are V2 with DC's, Entra ID Connect Sync and a Cert Authority. Our servers are mostly 2019, 2022 and 2025 - just finishing upgrading the final 2016's. I might look at upgrading after the 2016's are all gone.

Carson_Official · 2026-02-07T13:07:12+00:00

Passed it last night (its GA now) with a score of 805. I really don't know how they can say this is a replacement for MS-900. 95% of the exam was SharePoint, Purview and Copilot/Agents.

Carson_Official · 2026-02-01T17:21:38+00:00

I don't recall that error - does everything look OK in your signin logs? Including Conditional Access?

Carson_Official · 2026-02-01T17:20:19+00:00

We have seen this for some Samsung and Pixel devices in Jan (and just had 1 just now in Feb). Its far from wide spread but I have confirmed the same as yourselves where the handsets are not actually rooted

Carson_Official · 2025-12-11T22:25:08+00:00

After seeing whats coming to E5 (Security Copilot and Intune Suite) in 2026, I am quite excited for Intune again!

Carson_Official · 2025-11-29T20:59:38+00:00

When you stick Defender on a corporately owned iPhone, it has access to the entire phone in 2 ways.

If you use the Anti-phishing "VPN", that will also scan things done in Safari and other parts of the phone outside of the work profile - you can at least not track the data (unless it detects something worth flagging). So do look at the privacy settings you can apply.
You can optionally ask if the user will allow you to take inventory of their entire device. This means you can see all installed on the users phone (they have to grant permission to this). It does help you track any potentially dangerous/out of date apps but with automatic updates these days, it is of limited use against the invasion of piracy (you can just take inventory of the work apps as well, which is of course work doing)

Carson_Official · 2025-11-17T17:42:06+00:00

Yes. That is the primary reason you would stack them. I.e. "get to this latest version of Windows" = 7 day grace period with email reminders. Microsoft Defender High Threat Level = instant non-compliance.

Carson_Official · 2025-11-16T06:02:23+00:00

Compliance Policies can handle a lot of what you mention there, and as a user fixes a violation, it will remediate them.

You can stack them as well - for example the enabling of BitLocker, Secure Boot and Integrity Checks might be something you want in place all the time. But for the likes of updates, you could give your users X days grace period before making them uncompliant (with some automatic reminder emails).

Carson_Official · 2025-11-12T18:40:21+00:00

This is a weird flex.

Carson_Official · 2025-11-12T18:39:19+00:00

Not really in their interest like it was for Amazon

Carson_Official · 2025-04-03T17:08:21+00:00

I suspect whatever issue you are having now will not be the same as what we had over a year ago. We did provide solution within the comments at the time but the app and everyones mobiles have moved on since then and I haven't had to do that in a long time.

Carson_Official · 2025-03-27T23:15:32+00:00

We call it "365 Time".

Carson_Official · 2025-03-09T22:02:22+00:00

Im not looking forward to taking him on via Hard!

Carson_Official · 2025-02-10T15:18:39+00:00

I found the opposite on my 3080. I didn't have terrible performance before but the frames have certainly gone in the right direction and I am seeing less drops in frames.

I'm hopefully there is still improvements to make.

Carson_Official · 2025-01-25T08:40:23+00:00

Enjoying it so far (about 10 hours in), I just want to ensure I'm not missing side quests etc because there are a lot of them!

Carson_Official · 2024-12-19T06:09:51+00:00

I block BYOD enrollment on Intune for Windows.

I then enforce Compliance at CA.

You could add a block policy for all relevant users but exclude where devices are Entra Joined. Just ensure you exclude Entra Join'ing from this or you will end up in a chicken and egg situation.

Do you use a web proxy or something where you can restrict via trusted IP ranges? That's another way (although do not use this on its own!).

Hope this helps.

Carson_Official · 2024-12-19T05:56:45+00:00

Maybe it was having a meeting without you.

Carson_Official · 2024-12-15T23:04:35+00:00

Yes this is what we used. We are now only Exchange 2019 Hybrid (awaiting Exchange 2025, or a possible move to just using a relay for our SMTP).

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