Exam 70-331:

Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

Published:February 01, 2013
Language(s):English, Japanese
Audience(s):IT Professionals
Technology:Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
Type:Proctored Exam

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Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam typically have more than four years of hands-on experience planning and maintaining SharePoint and other core technologies upon which SharePoint depends, including Windows Server 2008 R2 or later, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or later, Active Directory, and networking infrastructure services.
The minimally qualified candidate typically:
The candidate is an IT professional who plans, implements, and maintains a multi-server deployment of SharePoint 2013. Has a working knowledge of and hands-on experience with SharePoint Online. Has broad familiarity with SharePoint workloads. Have experience with business continuity management, including data backup, restoration, and high availability. Has experience with authentication and security technologies. Has experience with Windows PowerShell.

Hands-on experience or job experience is considered a solutions-based role where the candidate works within the solutions space covered by SharePoint, working on multiple solutions that include document management, content management, and search.
Credit Toward CertificationExam 70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013: counts as credit toward the following certification(s):
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): SharePoint
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Skills Being MeasuredThis 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.The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.

The information after “This objective may include but is not limited to” is intended to further define or scope the objective by describing the types of skills and topics that may be tested for the objective. However, it is not an exhaustive list of skills and topics that could be included on the exam for a given skill area. You may be tested on other skills and topics related to the objective that are not explicitly listed here.
Design a SharePoint Topology
  • Design information architecture.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: design an intersite navigational taxonomy, design site columns and content types, design keywords, synonyms, best bets, and managed properties, plan information management policies, plan managed site structures, plan term sets
  • Design a logical architecture.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: plan application pools, plan web applications, plan for software boundaries, plan content databases, plan host-header site collections, plan zones and alternate access mapping
  • Design a physical architecture.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: design a storage architecture, configure basic request management, define individual server requirements, define service topologies, plan server load balancing, plan a network infrastructure
  • Plan a SharePoint Online (Microsoft Office 365) deployment.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: evaluate service offerings, plan service applications, plan site collections, plan customizations and solutions, plan security for SharePoint Online, plan networking services for SharePoint Online
Plan Security
    • Plan and configure authentication.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: plan and configure Windows authentication, plan and configure identity federation, configure claims providers, configure site-to-site (S2S) intra-server and OAuth authentication, plan and configure anonymous authentication, configure connections to Access Control Service
    • Plan and configure authorization.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: plan and configure SharePoint users and groups, plan and configure People Picker, plan and configure sharing, plan and configure permission inheritance, plan and configure anonymous access, plan web application policies
    • Plan and configure platform security.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: plan and configure security isolation, plan and configure services lockdown, plan and configure general firewall security, plan and configure antivirus settings, plan and configure certificate management
    • Plan and configure farm-level security.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: plan rights management, plan and configure delegated farm administration, plan and configure delegated service application administration, plan and configure managed accounts, plan and configure blocked file types, plan and configure web part security
    Install and Configure SharePoint Farms
    • Plan installation.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: identify and configure installation prerequisites, implement scripted deployment, implement patch slipstreaming, plan and install language packs, plan and configure service connection points, plan installation tracking and auditing
    • Plan and configure farm-wide settings.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: configure incoming and outgoing email, plan and configure proxy groups, configure SharePoint Designer settings, plan and configure a corporate catalog, configure Office Web Apps integration, configure Windows Azure workflow server integration
    • Create and configure enterprise search.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: plan and configure a search topology, plan and configure content sources, plan and configure crawl schedules, plan and configure crawl rules, plan and configure crawl performance, plan and configure security trimming
    • Create and configure a Managed Metadata Service (MMS) application.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: configure proxy settings for managed service applications, configure content type hub settings, configure sharing term sets, plan and configure content type propagation schedules, configure custom properties, configure term store permissions
    • Create and configure a User Profile Service (UPA) application.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: configure a UPA application, set up My Sites and My Site hosts, configure social permissions, plan and configure sync connections, configure profile properties, configure audiences
    Create and Configure Web Applications and Site Collections
    • Provision and configure web applications.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: create managed paths, configure HTTP throttling, configure List throttling, configure Alternate Access Mappings (AAM), configure an authentication provider, configure SharePoint Designer settings
    • Create and maintain site collections.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: configure Host header site collections, configure self-service site creation, maintain site owners, maintain site quotas, configure site policies, configure a team mailbox
    • Manage site and site collection security.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: manage site access requests, manage App permissions, manage anonymous access, manage permission inheritance, configure permission levels, configure HTML field security
    • Manage search.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: manage result sources, manage query rules, manage display templates, manage Search Engine Optimization (SEO) settings, manage result types, manage a search schema
    • Manage taxonomy.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: manage site collection term set access, manage term set navigation, manage topic catalog pages, configure custom properties, configure search refinement, configure list refinement
    Maintain a Core SharePoint Environment
    • Monitor a SharePoint environment.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: define monitoring requirements, configure performance counter capture, configure page performance monitoring, configure usage and health providers, monitor and forecast storage needs
    • Tune and optimize a SharePoint environment.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: plan and configure SQL optimization, execute database maintenance rules, plan for capacity software boundaries, estimate storage requirements, plan and configure caching, tune network performance
    • Troubleshoot a SharePoint environment.
      • This objective may include but is not limited to: establish baseline performance, perform client-side tracing, perform server-side tracing, analyze usage data, enable a developer dashboard, analyze diagnostic logs
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