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MCITP Server Administrator Certification Overview
While being a Microsoft Certified IT Professional is creditable enough; appearing for Server Administrator exams can give you enough mileage. As a Server Administrator, you are in the midst of immense activity and are in a position to take up the daily operations of Windows Server 2008. The server administrator exam can help you update your skills for being a server systems administrator, a monitoring operator or even a network administrator. In order to be a skilled server administrator, there are three exams that you need to clear. There are two Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist exams or the MCTS and one professional series of examinations.
MCITP Server Administrator Certification Course Contents
MCIPT Enterprise Administrator Exam 70-640
Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical
Devices
Manage basic disks and dynamic disks.
Hardware Troubleshooting Wizard, Device Manager
and appropriate Control
Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) for Active Directory
Configure zones.
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
Configure DNS server settings.
Forwarding, root hints, configure zone delegation, round robin,
disable recursion, debug logging, server scavenging
Configure zone transfers and replication.
Configure replication scope (forestDNSzone, domainDNSzone),
incremental zone transfers, DNS Notify, secure zone transfers,
configure name servers, application directory partitions
Configuring the Active Directory Infrastructure
Configure a forest or a domain.
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
Configure trusts.
Forest trust, selective authentication versus forest-wide authentication,
transitive trust, external trust, shortcut trust, SID filtering
Configure sites.
Create Active Directory subnets, configure site links,
configure site link costing, configure sites infrastructure
Configure Active Directory replication.
Distributed File System, one-way replication, Bridgehead server,
replication scheduling, configure replication protocols, force intersite replication
Configure the global catalog.
Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC),
partial attribute set, promote to global catalog
Configure operations masters.
Seize and transfer, backup operations master, operations master placement,
Schema Master, extending the schema, time service
Configuring Additional Active Directory Server Roles
Configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS).
Migration to AD LDS, configure data within AD LDS,
configure an authentication server, server core, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
Configure Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS).
Certificate request and installation, self-enrollments, delegation,
Active Directory Metadirectory Services (AD MDS), Windows Server virtualization
Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC).
Unidirectional replication, Administrator role separation,
read-only DNS, BitLocker, credential caching,
password replication, syskey, Windows Server virtualization
Configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).
Install AD FS server role, exchange certificate with AD FS agents,
configure trust policies, configure user and group claim mapping, Windows Server virtualization
Creating and Maintaining Active Directory Objects
Automate creation of Active Directory accounts.
Bulk import, configure the UPN, create computer,
user, and group accounts (scripts, import, migration),
template accounts, contacts, distribution lists
Maintain Active Directory accounts.
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
Create and apply Group Policy objects (GPOs).
Enforce, OU hierarchy, block inheritance, and enabling user objects,
group policy processing priority, WMI, group policy filtering, group policy loopback
Configure GPO templates.
User rights, ADMX Central Store, administrative templates,
security templates, restricted groups, security options, starter GPOs, shell access policies
Configure software deployment GPOs.
Publishing to users, assigning software to users,
assigning to computers, software removal
Configure account policies.
Domain password policy, account lockout policy,
fine-grain password policies
Configure audit policy by using GPOs.
Audit logon events, audit account logon events,
audit policy change, audit access privilege use,
audit directory service access, audit object access
Maintaining the Active Directory Environment
Configure backup and recovery.
Using Windows Server Backup, back up files and system state data to media,
back up 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
Perform offline maintenance.
Offline defragmentation and compaction, Restartable Active Directory,
Active Directory database storage allocation
Monitor Active Directory.
Network Monitor, Task Manager, Event Viewer,
ReplMon, RepAdmin, Windows System Resource Manager,
Reliability and Performance Monitor, Server Performance Advisor, RSOP
Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services
Install Active Directory Certificate Services.
Standalone versus enterprise, CA hierarchies—root versus subordinate,
certificate requests, certificate practice statement
Configure CA server settings.
Key archival, certificate database backup and restore,
assigning administration roles
Manage certificate templates.
Certificate template types, securing template permissions, managing different certificate template versions, key recovery agent
Manage enrollments.
Network device enrollment service (NDES), Autoenrollment,
Web enrollment, smart card enrollment, creating enrollment agents
Manage certificate revocations.
Configure Online Responders, Certificate Revocation List (CRL),
CRL Distribution Point (CDP), Authority Information Access (AIA)
MCIPT Enterprise Administrator Exam 70-642
Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
Configuring IP Addressing and Services
Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addressing.
Configure IP options, subnetting, supernetting, alternative configuration
Configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
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.
Static routing, persistent routing, Routing Internet Protocol (RIP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Configure IPsec.
Create IPsec policy, IPsec Authentication Header (AH), IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
Configuring Name Resolution
Configure a Domain Name System (DNS) server.
Conditional forwarding, external forwarders, root hints, cache-only, server core, WINS and DNS integration, Windows Server virtualization
Configure DNS zones.
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.
Record types, host, pointer, MX, SRV, NS, dynamic updates, Time to Live (TTL)
Configure DNS replication.
DNS secondary zones, DNS stub zones, DNS scavenging interval, replication scope
Configure name resolution for client computers.
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
Configuring Network Access
Configure remote access.
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).
Network layer protection, DHCP enforcement, VPN enforcement, configure NAP health policies, IPsec enforcement, 802.1x enforcement, flexible host isolation
Configure network authentication.
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.
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.
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
Configuring File and Print Services
Configure a file server.
File share publishing, Offline Files, share permissions, NTFS permissions, encrypting file system (EFS)
Configure Distributed File System (DFS).
DFS namespace, DFS configuration and application, creating and configuring targets, DFS replication
Configure shadow copy services.
Recover previous versions, set schedule, set storage locations
Configure backup and restore.
Backup types, backup schedules, managing remotely, restoring data
Manage disk quotas.
Quota by volume or quota by user, quota entries, quota templates
Configure and monitor print services.
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
Monitoring and Managing a Network Infrastructure
Configure Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server settings.
update type selection, client settings, Group Policy object (GPO), client targeting, software updates, test and approval, disconnected networks
Capture performance data.
Data Collector Sets, Performance Monitor, Reliability Monitor, monitoring System Stability Index
Monitor event logs.
Custom views, application and services logs, subscriptions, DNS log
Gather network data.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Baseline Security Analyzer, Network Monitor
MCIPT Enterprise Administrator Exam 70-646
Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
Deploying Servers
Deploy images by using Windows Deployment Services.
Install from media (IFM), configure Windows Deployment Services, capture Windows Deployment Services images, deploy Windows Deployment Services images, server core
Planning for Server Deployment
Plan server installations and upgrades.
Windows Server 2008 edition selection,
Rollback planning, Bitlocker implementation requirements
Plan for automated server deployment.
Standard server image, automation and scheduling of server deployments
Plan infrastructure services server roles.
Address assignment, name resolution, network access control,
Directory services, application services, certificate services
Plan application servers and services.
Virtualization server planning, availability,
Resilience, and accessibility
Plan file and print server roles.
Access permissions, storage quotas, replication, indexing,
File storage policy, availability, printer publishing
Planning for Server Management
Plan server management strategies.
Remote administration, remote desktop, server management technologies,
Server Manager and ServerManagerCMD, delegation policies and procedures
Plan for delegated administration.
Delegate authority, delegate Active Directory objects,
Application management
Plan and implement group policy strategy.
GPO management, GPO backup and recovery,
Group policy troubleshooting, group policy planning
Monitoring and Maintaining Servers
Implement patch management strategy.
Operating system patch level maintenance, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS),
Application patch level maintenance
Monitor servers for performance evaluation and optimization.
Server and service monitoring, optimization, event management,
Trending and baseline analysis
Monitor and maintain security and policies.
Remote access, monitor and maintain NPAS, network access,
Server security, firewall rules and policies, authentication and authorization, data security, auditing
Planning Application and Data Provisioning
Provision applications.
Presentation virtualization, terminal server infrastructure, resource allocation,
Application virtualization alternatives, application deployment, System Center Configuration Manager
Provision data.
Shared resources, offline data access
Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability
Plan storage.
Storage solutions, storage management
Plan high availability.
Service redundancy, service availability
Plan for backup and recovery.
Data recovery strategy, server recovery strategy,
Directory service recovery strategy, object level recovery |
