MD-102 Prepare infrastructure for devices Practice Question
Your organization uses Microsoft Intune to manage Windows 10 devices. You need to configure a Windows 10 update ring that ensures feature updates are deferred by 120 days and quality updates are deferred by 30 days. Which settings should you configure in the update ring?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse the deferral periods for feature and quality updates, mistakenly swapping the values or assuming a single deferral applies to both, when the question explicitly requires independent settings for each update type.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Set feature update deferral to 120 days and quality update deferral to 30 days.
The Windows 10 update ring settings in Microsoft Intune allow you to specify deferral periods for feature updates and quality updates independently. To meet the requirement of deferring feature updates by 120 days and quality updates by 30 days, you must set the feature update deferral to 120 days and the quality update deferral to 30 days. These values directly control how long the device waits before installing the respective update types after Microsoft releases them.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Set feature update deferral to 180 days and quality update deferral to 0 days.
Why it's wrong here
Deferring feature updates 180 days and quality updates 0 days inverts the required values: the stem needs 120 and 30 respectively. It is tempting because feature deferral is the headline setting administrators tune for stability, but 180 days overshoots and 0 days leaves quality updates undeferred.
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Set feature update deferral to 30 days and quality update deferral to 120 days.
Why it's wrong here
The deferral values are transposed: feature updates need 120 days and quality updates 30 days. Setting feature deferral to 30 days would deliver feature updates far earlier than required, while 120-day quality deferral would withhold security fixes well beyond the specified 30 days.
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Set feature update deferral to 120 days and quality update deferral to 30 days.
Why this is correct
Feature and quality update deferrals are separate settings within a Windows 10 update ring, each measured in days from release. Configuring 120 days for feature updates and 30 days for quality updates directly satisfies both constraints in the stem, since Intune applies these independently per ring without affecting the other update type.
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Set both feature and quality update deferrals to 60 days.
Why it's wrong here
Setting both deferrals to 60 days satisfies neither requirement: feature updates need 120 days and quality updates need 30 days. Equal values are tempting as a simple symmetric configuration, yet Intune exposes feature and quality deferral as independent settings, so each must be set separately.
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Key term
Update ring
An Update ring is a policy-based group in Windows 10/11 deployment that controls the timing, pace, and scope of feature updates and quality updates pushed to devices across an organization.
Key term
Windows 10
Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft that combines the familiarity of Windows 7 with the modern features of Windows 8, designed to run on a wide range of devices from desktops to tablets.
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