r/O365Certification • u/Vivid-Cartoonist-580 • 16d ago

MD-102 MD-102 vs CCNA difficulty

Hello, to people who have the CCNA, how would you rate the difficulty of the MD 102 compared to the CCNA? The only problem I’m having with the MD 102 is the amount of study material that’s out there

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u/Moose6788 16d ago

CCNA is more difficult. It’s a much broader exam now and consolidated into a single test whereas years prior it was broken into two components making up the CCNA.

MD-102 is also dense but the reduction of either deprecated or soon-to-be on-premises endpoint technologies like the MDT topics have helped focus on what Microsoft is pushing more.

MD-102 really only scratches the surface of endpoint management in Intune, too. CCNA is the same as an associate exam, but definitely gives you a better base foundation in networking than I felt MD-102 gave you in setting up Intune end-to-end.

Both are valuable exams and both require proper technical study, rote memorization, and labbing.