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Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP): Server
Administrator training leads to The Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
(MCSA): Windows Server 2008 certification shows that you have the minimum
set of skills needed to hit the ground running, and differentiates you as
better able to work with Windows Server 2008 in a real-world business
context. This certification validates a set of primary Windows Server skills
that are relevant across multiple solution areas. MCSA: Windows Server 2008
certification is a prerequisite for earning an
As a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate, you will cultivate industry-supported
skills and credentials that you will be able to transfer to future
employment opportunities. With your MCSA certification, you will be able
to demonstrate and promote the fact that you have the necessary skills to do
your job effectively and you are certified by Microsoft Corporation the
leader in Enterprise Operating Systems.
Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
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Exam
No.
Course Length: |
70-640
4 days |
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Skills Being Measured:
This exam
measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.
The
percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the
exam.
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Exam
Topics
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Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) for Active Directory (16 percent) |
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Configure zones.
May include but is not limited
to: Dynamic DNS (DDNS), Non-dynamic DNS (NDDNS), and Secure Dynamic DNS
(SDDNS), Time to Live (TTL), GlobalNames, Primary, Secondary, Active
Directory Integrated, Stub, SOA, zone scavenging, forward lookup,
reverse lookup
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Configure DNS
server settings.
May include but is not limited
to: forwarding, root hints, configure zone delegation, round robin,
disable recursion, debug logging, server scavenging
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Configure zone
transfers and replication.
May include but is not limited
to: configure replication scope (forestDNSzone, domainDNSzone),
incremental zone transfers, DNS Notify, secure zone transfers, configure
name servers, application directory partitions
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Configuring the Active Directory
infrastructure
(25 percent)
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C
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Configure a forest
or a domain.
May include but is not limited
to: remove a domain, perform an unattended installation, Active
Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) v3 (pruning and grafting), raise forest
and domain functional levels, interoperability with previous versions of
Active Directory, alternate user principal name (UPN) suffix, forestprep,
domainprep
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Configure trusts.
May include but is not limited
to: forest trust, selective authentication versus forest-wide
authentication, transitive trust, external trust, shortcut trust, SID
filtering
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Configure sites.
May include but is not limited
to: create Active Directory subnets, configure site links, configure
site link costing, configure sites infrastructure
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Configure Active
Directory replication.
May include but is not limited
to: Distributed File System, one-way replication, bridgehead server,
replication scheduling, configure replication protocols, force intersite
replication
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Configure the
global catalog.
May include but is not limited
to: Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC), partial attribute set,
promote to global catalog
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Configure
operations masters.
May include but is not limited
to: seize and transfer, backup operations master, operations master
placement, Schema Master, extending the schema, time service
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Configuring
additional Active Directory server roles (9 percent) |
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Configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS).
May include
but is not limited to: migration to AD LDS, configure data within AD
LDS, configure an authentication server, server core, Windows Server
2008 Hyper-V
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Configure Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS).
May include
but is not limited to: certificate request and installation,
self-enrollments, delegation, Active Directory Metadirectory Services
(AD MDS), Windows Server virtualization
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Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC).
May include
but is not limited to: unidirectional replication, Administrator role
separation, read-only DNS, BitLocker, credential caching, password
replication, syskey, Windows Server virtualization
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Configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).
May include
but is not limited to: install AD FS server role, exchange certificate
with AD FS agents, configure trust policies, configure user and group
claim mapping, Windows Server virtualization
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Creating
and maintaining Active Directory objects (24 percent)
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Automate creation
of Active Directory accounts.
May include but is not limited
to: bulk import, configure the UPN, create computer, user, and group
accounts (scripts, import, migration), template accounts, contacts,
distribution lists
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Maintain Active
Directory accounts.
May include but is not limited
to: configure group membership, account resets, delegation, AGDLP/AGGUDLP,
deny domain local group, local versus domain, Protected Admin, disabling
accounts versus deleting accounts, deprovisioning, contacts, creating
organizational units (OUs), delegation of control
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Create and apply
Group Policy objects (GPOs).
May include but is not limited
to: enforce, OU hierarchy, block inheritance, and enabling user objects,
Group Policy processing priority, WMI, Group Policy filtering, Group
Policy loopback
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Configure GPO
templates.
May include but is not limited
to: user rights, ADMX Central Store, administrative templates, security
templates, restricted groups, security options, starter GPOs, shell
access policies
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Configure GPO
templates.
May include but is not limited
to: user rights, ADMX Central Store, administrative templates, security
templates, restricted groups, security options, starter GPOs, shell
access policies
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Configure software
deployment GPOs.
May include but is not limited
to: publishing to users, assigning software to users, assigning to
computers, software removal
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Configure account
policies.
May include but is not limited
to: domain password policy, account lockout policy, fine-grain password
policies
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Configure audit
policy by using GPOs.
May include but is not limited
to: audit logon events, audit account logon events, audit policy change,
audit access privilege use, audit directory service access, audit object
access
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Maintaining the Active Directory
environment
(13 percent)
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Configure backup
and recovery.
May include but is not limited
to: using Windows Server Backup, backup files and system state data to
media, backup and restore by using removable media, perform an
authoritative or non-authoritative Active Directory restore, linked
value replication, Directory Services Recovery Mode (DSRM) (reset admin
password), back up and restore GPOs
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Perform offline
maintenance.
May include but is not limited
to: offline defragmentation and compaction, Restartable Active
Directory, Active Directory database storage allocation
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Monitor Active
Directory.
May include but is not limited
to: Network Monitor, Task Manager, Event Viewer, ReplMon, RepAdmin,
Windows System Resource Manager, Reliability and Performance Monitor,
Server Performance Advisor, RSOP
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Configuring Active Directory
Certificate Services
(13 percent)
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Install Active
Directory Certificate Services.
May include but is not limited
to: standalone versus enterprise, CA hierarchies—root versus
subordinate, certificate requests, certificate practice statement
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Configure CA
server settings.
May include but is not limited
to: key archival, certificate database backup and restore, assigning
administration roles
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Manage certificate
templates.
May include but is not limited
to: certificate template types, securing template permissions, managing
different certificate template versions, key recovery agent
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Manage
enrollments.
May include but is not limited
to: network device enrollment service (NDES), autoenrollment, Web
enrollment, smart card enrollment, creating enrollment agents
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Manage certificate
revocations.
May include but is not
limited to: configure Online Responders, Certificate Revocation List (CRL),
CRL Distribution Point (CDP), Authority Information Access (AIA)
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Configuring
Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure
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Exam
No.
Course Length: |
70-642
4 days |
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Skills Being Measured:
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed
in the following table. The percentages indicate the relative weight of
each major topic area on the exam.
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Exam
Topics
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Configuring IP Addressing and Services (24
percent) |
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Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addressing.
May include but is not limited to: configure IP options,
subnetting, supernetting, alternative configuration
Configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
May include but is not limited to: DHCP options, creating new
options, PXE boot, default user profiles, DHCP relay agents,
exclusions, authorize server in Active Directory, scopes, server
core, Windows Server Hyper-V
Configure routing.
May include but is not limited to: static routing, persistent
routing, Routing Internet Protocol (RIP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Configure IPsec.
May include but is not limited to: create IPsec policy, IPsec
Authentication Header (AH), IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload
(ESP)
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Configuring Name Resolution (27
percent) |
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C Configure
a Domain Name System (DNS) server.
May include but is not limited to: conditional
forwarding, external forwarders, root hints, cache-only, server core,
WINS and DNS integration, Windows Server virtualization
Configure DNS zones.
May include but is not limited to: DNS Refresh
no-refresh, intervals, DNS listserv address (NSLOOKUP),
primary/secondary zones, Active Directory integration, Dynamic Domain
Name System (DDNS), GlobalNames, SOA refresh
Configure DNS records.
May include but is not limited to: record types, host,
pointer, MX, SRV, NS, dynamic updates, Time to Live (TTL)
Configure DNS replication.
May include but is not limited to: DNS secondary
zones, DNS stub zones, DNS scavenging interval, replication scope
Configure name resolution for client computers.
May include but is not limited to: DNS and WINS
integration, configuring HOSTS file, LMHOSTS, node type, Link-Local
Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR), broadcasting, resolver cache, DNS
Server list, Suffix Search order, manage client settings by using group
policy
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Configuring Network Access (22 percent) |
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Configure remote access.
May include but is not limited to: dial-up, Remote
Access Policy, Network Address Translation (NAT), Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS), VPN, Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS),
inbound/outbound filters, configure Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service (RADIUS) server, configure RADIUS proxy, remote access
protocols, Connection Manager
Configure Network Access Protection (NAP).
May include but is not limited to: network layer
protection, DHCP enforcement, VPN enforcement, configure NAP health
policies, IPsec enforcement, 802.1x enforcement, flexible host isolation
Configure network authentication.
May include but is not limited to: LAN authentication
by using NTLMv2 and Kerberos, WLAN authentication by using 802.1x, RAS
authentication by using MS-CHAP, MS-CHAP v2, and EAP
Configure wireless access.
May include but is not limited to: Set Service
Identifier (SSID), Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), Wi-Fi Protected
Access (WPA), Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), ad hoc versus
infrastructure mode, group policy for wireless
Configure firewall settings.
May include but is not limited to: incoming and
outgoing traffic filtering, Active Directory account integration,
identify ports and protocols, Microsoft Windows Firewall versus Windows
Firewall with Advanced Security, configure firewall by using group
policy, isolation policy
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Configuring
File and Print Services (13 percent)
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· Configure a file server.
May include but is not limited to: file share
publishing, Offline Files, share permissions, NTFS permissions,
encrypting file system (EFS)
Configure Distributed File System (DFS).
May include but is not limited to: DFS namespace, DFS
configuration and application, creating and configuring targets, DFS
replication
Configure shadow copy services.
May include but is not limited to: recover previous
versions, set schedule, set storage locations
Configure backup and restore.
May include but is not limited to: backup types,
backup schedules, managing remotely, restoring data
Manage disk quotas.
May include but is not limited to: quota by volume or
quota by user, quota entries, quota templates
Configure and monitor print services.
May include but is not limited to: printer share,
publish printers to Active Directory, printer permissions, deploy
printer connections, install printer drivers, export and import print
queues and printer settings, add counters to Reliability and Performance
Monitor to monitor print servers, print pooling, print priority
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Monitoring
and Managing a Network Infrastructure (14 percent) |
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Configure Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server
settings.
May include but is not limited to: update type selection, client
settings, Group Policy object (GPO), client targeting, software updates,
test and approval, disconnected networks
Capture performance data.
May include but is not limited to: Data Collector Sets, Performance
Monitor, Reliability Monitor, monitoring System Stability Index
Monitor event logs.
May include but is not limited to: custom views, application and
services logs, subscriptions, DNS log
Gather network data.
May include but is not limited to: Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP), Baseline Security Analyzer, Network Monitor
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Windows Server 2008 Administrator
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Exam
No.
Course Length: |
70-646
3 days |
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Skills Being Measured:
This exam
measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.
The
percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the
exam.
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Exam
Topics
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Planning for Server Deployment (19
percent) |
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Plan server installations and upgrades.
May include but is not limited to: Windows Server 2008 edition
selection, rollback planning, Bitlocker implementation requirements
· Plan
for automated server deployment.
May include but is not limited to: standard server image, automation
and scheduling of server deployments
· Plan
infrastructure services server roles.
May include but is not limited to: address assignment, name
resolution, network access control, directory services, application
services, certificate services
Plan application servers and services.
May include but is not limited to: virtualization server planning,
availability, resilience, and accessibility
Plan file and print server roles.
May include but is not limited to: access permissions, storage
quotas, replication, indexing, file storage policy, availability,
printer publishing
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Planning for Server Management (23
percent) |
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CPlan server
management strategies.
May include but is not limited to: remote administration, remote
desktop, server management technologies, Server Manager and
ServerManagerCMD, delegation policies and procedures
· Plan
for delegated administration.
May include but is not limited to: delegate authority, delegate
Active Directory objects, application management
· Plan
and implement group policy strategy.
May include but is not limited to: GPO management, GPO backup and
recovery, group policy troubleshooting, group policy planning
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Monitoring and Maintaining Servers (20 percent) |
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Implement patch management strategy.
May include but is not limited to: operating system patch level
maintenance, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), application patch
level maintenance
· Monitor
servers for performance evaluation and optimization.
May include but is not limited to: server and service monitoring,
optimization, event management, trending and baseline analysis
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Monitor and maintain security and policies.
May include but is not limited to: remote access, monitor and
maintain NPAS, network access, server security, firewall rules and
policies, authentication and authorization, data security, auditing
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Planning Application and Data
Provisioning
(19 percent)
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· Provision
applications.
May include but is not limited to: presentation virtualization,
terminal server infrastructure, resource allocation, application
virtualization alternatives, application deployment, System Center
Configuration Manager
· Provision
data.
May include but is not limited to: shared resources, offline data
access
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Planning for Business
Continuity and High Availability (19 percent) |
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· Plan
storage.
May include but is not limited to: storage solutions, storage
management
· Plan
high availability.
May include but is not limited to: service redundancy, service
availability
· Plan
for backup and recovery.
May include but is not limited to: data recovery strategy, server
recovery strategy, directory service recovery strategy, object level
recovery
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