Exam 70-337:

Enterprise Voice & Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013

Published:November 06, 2012
Language(s):English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)
Audience(s):IT Professionals
Technology:Microsoft Lync Server 2013
Type:Proctored Exam

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Exam Topics Covered
The beta of this exam is testing on Microsoft Lync 2013 Preview. The live exam testing Lync 2013 RTM will be released around February 15, 2013.
Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam are IT consultants and telecommunications consulting professionals who design, plan, deploy, and maintain solutions for unified communications (UC). Candidates should be able to translate business requirements into technical architecture and design for a UC solution.

Candidates should have a minimum of two years of experience with Microsoft Lync technologies and be familiar with supported migration scenarios. Candidates should be proficient in deploying Lync Server 2013 solutions for end users, endpoint devices, telephony, audio/video and web conferences, security, and high availability.  Candidates should also know how to monitor and troubleshoot Lync Server 2013 using Microsoft tools.

In addition, candidates should be proficient with Active Directory Domain Services, data networks, and telecommunications standards and components that support the configuration of Lync Server 2013. Candidates should be familiar with the requirements for integrating Lync Server 2013 with Microsoft Exchange Server and Office 365.
Credit Toward CertificationExam 70-337: Enterprise Voice & Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013: counts as credit toward the following certification(s):
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Communication
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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 Enterprise Voice (27 percent)
  • Design Enterprise Voice Topology
    • May include but is not limited to: Design mediation server collocation or placement, gateways, trunks, voice resiliency , mediation server dependencies, and voice usage and traffic
  • Design call routing.
    • May include but is not limited to: Design dial-plans, routes, normalization, voice policies, basic emergency dialing and notification, and PSTN Usages
  • Design Voice Interoperability to PSTN.
    • May include but is not limited to: Define SIP Trunk capacity requirements, Design multiple media gateway support, trunk configuration, Define outbound translation rules, inbound dial plan, and Qualify technology options from UCOIP
  • Design voice applications.
    • May include but is not limited to: Design call park, response group delegation model, response group workflows, Determine correct usage of private line, and vacant number announcements
  • Design Unified Messaging.
    • May include but is not limited to: Design UM dial plans, the normalization rules, UM auto-attendant, subscriber access, UM outbound dialing, and UM placement and capacity
Design and Configure Network Services (26 percent)
  • Design for Network Optimization.
    • May include but is not limited to: Assess network requirements, Plan for optimal conferencing traffic, capacity, Edge placement, QOS support, and Estimate network usage
  • Plan network services for Lync.
    • May include but is not limited to: Plan Location Information Services (LIS), Call Admission Control (CAC) for voice, Call Admission Control (CAC) for video, Define port requirements for internal and external services, and Plan for Media Bypass
  • Configure network services for Lync.
    • May include but is not limited to: Configure Location Information Services (LIS), Call Admission Control (CAC) for voice, Call Admission Control (CAC) for video, DHCP for Phone Edition, QOS, and Media Bypass
Configure Enterprise Voice (26 percent)
  • Configure voice applications.
    • May include but is not limited to: Configure call park, Response Group workflows, Response Group Queues, private line, and vacant number announcements
  • Configure call routing.
    • May include but is not limited to: Configure dial-plans, routes, trunks, and apply voice policies, PSTN Usages, and emergency dialing
  • Configure Unified Messaging for Lync.
    • May include but is not limited to: Configure UM dial plans, the normalization rules, UM auto-attendant, subscriber access, and call answering rules
Plan and Configure a Lync Online Hybrid Solution (21 percent)
  • Plan Lync Online hybrid solution.
    • May include but is not limited to: Plan for Lync Online hybrid dependencies, SIP Namespace, corporate access to Lync online, and capacity (network and Lync Online Service), Configure Edge server for federation with Lync Online and Analyze business and user requirements
  • Migrate to Lync Online.
    • May include but is not limited to :Configure clients for Lync Online, Enable or move users to Lync Online, Create a hybrid voice dial plan, Migrate user settings to Lync online, Administer Lync Online native, and Lync Online hybrid
  • Diagnose Connectivity in a Lync Online Hybrid Environment.
    • May include but is not limited to: Confirm DNS records, Choose test CMDLETs, Analyze signaling and media call flow, Validate connectivity, and Use Microsoft Online Services Diagnostics and Logging Support Toolkit
  • Administer Online UM.
    • May include but is not limited to: Configure DNS Records, Configure Edge Server for Integration, Create and configure UM Dial Plan, Manage and Assign Hosted Voice Mail Policies, Enable Users for Hosted Voice Mail, and Create Contact Objects for Hosted Voice Mail
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