Exam 70-417

Upgrading your skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012

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  • Published: September 21, 2012
  • Language(s): English, Japanese
  • Audience(s): IT professionals
  • Technology: Windows Server 2012
  • Credit toward certification: MCSA, MCSE

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I'd like to expand and prove my technical skills by earning a Microsoft Certification. My next step is taking Exam 70-417: Upgrading your skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012. The registration fee is $150.00 USD.

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Skills 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. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Exam 70-410

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  • Install servers

    • Plan for a server installation; plan for server roles; plan for a server upgrade; install Server Core; optimize resource utilization by using Features on Demand; migrate roles from previous versions of Windows Server

  • Configure servers

    • Configure Server Core; delegate administration; add and remove features in offline images; deploy roles on remote servers; convert Server Core to/from full GUI; configure services; configure NIC teaming

  • Configure local storage

    • Design storage spaces; configure basic and dynamic disks; configure MBR and GPT disks; manage volumes; create and mount virtual hard disks (VHDs); configure storage pools and disk pools

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  • Configure servers for remote management

    • Configure WinRM; configure down-level server management; configure servers for day-to-day management tasks; configure multi-server management; configure Server Core; configure Windows Firewall

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  • Create and configure virtual machine settings

    • Configure dynamic memory; configure smart paging; configure Resource Metering; configure guest integration services

  • Create and configure virtual machine storage

    • Create VHDs and VHDX; configure differencing drives; modify VHDs; configure pass-through disks; manage snapshots; implement a virtual Fibre Channel adapter

  • Create and configure virtual networks

    • Implement Hyper-V Network Virtualization; configure Hyper-V virtual switches; optimize network performance; configure MAC addresses; configure network isolation; configure synthetic and legacy virtual network adapters

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  • Install domain controllers

    • Add or remove a domain controller from a domain; upgrade a domain controller; install Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) on a Server Core installation; install a domain controller from install from media (IFM); resolve DNS SRV record registration issues; configure a global catalog server

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Exam 70-411

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  • Monitor servers

    • Configure Data Collector Sets (DCS); configure alerts; monitor real-time performance; monitor virtual machines (VMs); monitor events; configure event subscriptions; configure network monitoring

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  • Configure DirectAccess

    • Implement server requirements; implement client configuration; configure DNS for Direct Access; configure certificates for Direct Access

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  • Configure Network Access Protection (NAP)

    • Configure System Health Validators (SHVs); configure health policies; configure NAP enforcement using DHCP and VPN; configure isolation and remediation of non-compliant computers using DHCP and VPN; configure NAP client settings

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  • Configure Domain Controllers

    • Configure Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC); transfer and seize operations masters; install and configure a read-only domain controller (RODC); configure Domain Controller cloning

  • Maintain Active Directory

    • Back up Active Directory and SYSVOL; manage Active Directory offline; optimize an Active Directory database; clean up metadata; configure Active Directory snapshots; perform object- and container-level recovery; perform Active Directory restore

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  • Configure Group Policy processing

    • Configure processing order and precedence; configure blocking of inheritance; configure enforced policies; configure security filtering and WMI filtering; configure loopback processing; configure and manage slow-link processing; configure client-side extension (CSE) behavior

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Exam 70-412

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  • Configure failover clustering

    • Configure Quorum; configure cluster networking; restore single node or cluster configuration; configure cluster storage; implement Cluster Aware Updating; upgrade a cluster

  • Manage failover clustering roles

    • Configure role-specific settings including continuously available shares; configure VM monitoring; configure failover and preference settings

  • Manage Virtual Machine (VM) movement

    • Perform live migration; perform quick migration; perform storage migration; import, export, and copy VMs; migrate from other platforms (P2V and V2V)

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  • Implement Dynamic Access Control (DAC)

    • Configure user and device claim types; implement policy changes and staging; perform access-denied remediation; configure file classification

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  • Configure and manage backups

    • Configure Windows Server backups; configure Windows Online backups; configure role-specific backups; manage VSS settings using VSSAdmin; create System Restore snapshots

  • Configure site-level fault tolerance

    • Configure Hyper-V Replica including Hyper-V Replica Broker and VMs; configure multi-site clustering including network settings, Quorum, and failover settings

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  • Deploy and manage IPAM

    • Configure IPAM manually or by using Group Policy; configure server discovery; create and manage IP blocks and ranges; monitor utilization of IP address space; migrate to IPAM; delegate IPAM administration; manage IPAM collections

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  • Implement Active Directory Federation Services 2.1 (AD FSv2.1)

    • Implement claims-based authentication including Relying Party Trusts; configure Claims Provider Trust rules; configure attribute stores including Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS); manage AD FS certificates; configure AD FS proxy

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Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012

Published: October 2012

Prepare for Exam 70-417—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Windows Server 2012 core infrastructure services. Microsoft Exam 70-417 is an upgrade exam that is a composite of three standalone exams: 70-410, 70-411, and 70-412. Exam 70-417 validates skills related to the core technology features and functionality of Windows Server 2012, from the existing knowledge base of a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Windows Server 2008.

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Who should take this exam?

This exam is intended for IT professionals who want to validate the skills and knowledge necessary to implement the Windows Server 2012 core infrastructure services. Candidates have already earned the MCSA: Windows Server 2008 certification or one of the following MCITP certifications: Virtualization Administrator on Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010, Lync Server Administrator 2010, SharePoint Administrator 2010, or Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7.

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