Quick Answer
The answer is Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) with user affinity. This method is correct because it leverages Apple Business Manager to enforce supervision automatically during the initial setup, a mandatory security requirement for healthcare devices, while user affinity ties each device to a specific clinician via the Company Portal app, which is deployed as a required VPP app. On the MD-102 exam, this scenario tests your understanding of how ADE differs from other enrollment methods like Device Enrollment Program (DEP) alone or without user affinity; a common trap is choosing ADE without user affinity, which would prevent user-based conditional access policies. Remember the key distinction: supervision is for device control, user affinity is for identity-based access. A useful memory tip is “ADE with affinity = supervised device + assigned user,” ensuring both security and personalization for clinical workflows.
This MD-102 practice question tests your understanding of prepare infrastructure for devices. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
You manage a fleet of 2,000 iOS devices for a healthcare organization. The devices are used by clinicians and must be enrolled in Intune. Due to security requirements, you must ensure that devices are supervised and that the Company Portal app is installed automatically. You have Apple Business Manager (ABM) set up with Intune. You need to configure the enrollment process so that when a new device is unboxed and turned on, it automatically enrolls and receives the required configuration. Which enrollment method should you use?
Device enrollment (without user affinity)
Why wrong: This does not use ABM.
Company Portal enrollment
Why wrong: Requires user to manually download and enroll.
Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) with user affinity
This provides supervision and automatic app installation.
User enrollment (BYOD)
Why wrong: BYOD does not provide supervision.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) with user affinity
Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) with user affinity is the correct method because it leverages Apple Business Manager (ABM) to supervise devices automatically during the initial setup, enforces the required supervision state, and installs the Company Portal app via a mandatory VPP app assignment. User affinity ensures that each device is associated with a specific clinician, enabling user-based policies and conditional access. This meets the healthcare organization's security requirements for supervised devices and automatic app deployment.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Device enrollment (without user affinity)
Why it's wrong here
This does not use ABM.
Company Portal enrollment
Why it's wrong here
Requires user to manually download and enroll.
Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) with user affinity
Why this is correct
This provides supervision and automatic app installation.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
User enrollment (BYOD)
Why it's wrong here
BYOD does not provide supervision.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often choose Device enrollment without user affinity (Option A) thinking it is sufficient for supervised devices, but they overlook the requirement for user-specific policies and conditional access that only user affinity can provide.
Detailed technical explanation
ADE uses Apple's DEP (Device Enrollment Program) token to silently enroll devices into Intune during the Setup Assistant, bypassing user interaction for supervision. The Company Portal app is deployed as a required VPP app via Intune, leveraging the device's volume purchase token to install it without user consent. In real-world scenarios, if user affinity is not configured, the device would be enrolled as a shared device, preventing per-user conditional access policies like MFA or app protection policies tied to a specific clinician.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
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The correct answer is: Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) with user affinity — Automated Device Enrollment (ADE) with user affinity is the correct method because it leverages Apple Business Manager (ABM) to supervise devices automatically during the initial setup, enforces the required supervision state, and installs the Company Portal app via a mandatory VPP app assignment. User affinity ensures that each device is associated with a specific clinician, enabling user-based policies and conditional access. This meets the healthcare organization's security requirements for supervised devices and automatic app deployment.
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