Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate Advanced Practice Exam: Hard Questions 2025

Your organization is migrating from on-prem AD to Microsoft Entra ID and Intune. You need to provision 1,500 Windows 11 devices using Windows Autopilot. Devices must be shipped directly to users, join Entra ID, be compliant before accessing Microsoft 365 resources, and minimize the risk of users bypassing enrollment. Some users are remote with unreliable connectivity. Which design best meets the requirements with the least operational overhead?

After rolling out Windows Autopilot user-driven Entra ID join, you notice a subset of devices intermittently fail during ESP at the 'Account setup' phase. The failure correlates with users who belong to multiple dynamic device/user groups, and required Win32 apps are targeted to several of those groups. You need to reduce ESP failures without lowering security posture. What is the best remediation?

You manage a mixed fleet of Windows devices. Some are Entra ID joined via Autopilot, others are co-managed with Configuration Manager. A security baseline requiring BitLocker with silent encryption is deployed. You discover that on a subset of co-managed devices BitLocker settings keep flipping back and forth, and compliance oscillates. You need a stable configuration with minimal user disruption. What is the most likely root cause and the best fix?

A company has strict identity controls: only compliant devices should access Microsoft 365, but they also need to allow a break-glass path for service desk to remediate noncompliant devices without granting broad access. Devices are Windows and managed by Intune. Which Conditional Access and access strategy best satisfies the requirement?

You must deploy Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) using cloud Kerberos trust for passwordless authentication to on-prem resources. Devices are Entra ID joined and managed by Intune. After deployment, users can sign into Windows with PIN but cannot access an on-prem file share; they get prompted for username/password. What is the most likely misconfiguration to check first?

Your organization uses Windows LAPS managed through Intune. A security incident review finds that too many administrators can retrieve local admin passwords from the directory. You need to reduce exposure while keeping operations workable, including Just-In-Time (JIT) elevation for support engineers. What is the best approach?

You deploy an Intune compliance policy requiring BitLocker, Secure Boot, and a minimum OS version. A Conditional Access policy blocks access to Exchange Online for noncompliant devices. After a Windows feature update rollout, many devices are suddenly blocked even though they are encrypted and healthy. Intune shows 'Not compliant' with an OS version mismatch for several hours after the update. You need to reduce business disruption while maintaining strong controls. What is the best adjustment?

You are implementing Endpoint security policies in Intune (Microsoft Defender for Endpoint integrated). You deploy Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules in 'Block' mode to all devices. Immediately, a critical line-of-business app fails for a subset of users. You need to quickly restore business functionality while keeping maximum protection and generating evidence for a permanent exception. What is the best response plan?

You need to deploy a Win32 application that installs a kernel driver and requires a reboot. The app must be installed during Autopilot so users cannot access corporate resources until it is present. However, forcing a reboot during ESP has led to inconsistent outcomes and occasional enrollment failures. What is the best approach to ensure reliable deployment while meeting the access control requirement?

You manage Windows Update for Business (WUfB) via Intune. After configuring update rings, you still observe inconsistent feature update versions across identical device models. Some devices remain on older feature releases despite meeting eligibility requirements. You need to enforce convergence to a specific feature update version while minimizing risk and maintaining phased deployment. What should you implement?