Exam 70-341:

Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

Published:January 15, 2013
Language(s):English, Japanese
Audience(s):IT Professionals
Technology:Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
Type:Proctored Exam

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Exam Topics Covered
This exam tests on coexistence and migration scenarios requiring Exchange 2010 SP3.
Audience Profile
This exam is designed for candidates who are responsible for the Exchange messaging environment in an enterprise environment. They are senior administrators who act as the technical lead over a team of administrators. These candidates are a third level of support between the Exchange Recipient Administrator and the Exchange Server Administrator. They should have a minimum of three years of experience administering, deploying, managing, monitoring, upgrading, migrating, and designing Exchange servers.
Credit Toward CertificationExam 70-341: Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013: counts as credit toward the following certification(s):
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Messaging
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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.
Plan, Install, Configure, and Manage Transport (25 percent)
  • Plan a high availability solution for common scenarios.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Set up redundancy for intra-site scenarios; plan for Transport Dumpster; plan for shadow redundancy; plan for redundant MX records
  • Design a transport solution.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Design inter-site mail flow; design inter-org mail flow; plan for Domain Secure/TLS; design Edge transport; design message hygiene solutions; design shared namespace scenarios
  • Configure and manage transport.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure Edge servers; configure Send/Receive connectors; configure transport rules; configure accepted domains; configure email policies; configure Address Rewriting
  • Troubleshoot and monitor transport.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Interpret message tracking logs and protocol logs; troubleshoot a shared namespace environment; troubleshoot SMTP mail flow; given a failure scenario, predict mail flow and identify how to recover; troubleshoot Domain Secure/TLS; troubleshoot the new transport architecture
  • Configure and manage hygiene.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Manage content filtering; manage recipient filtering; manage SenderID; manage connection filtering; manage Spam Confidence Level (SCL) thresholds; manage anti-malware
Install, Configure, and Manage the Mailbox Role (25 percent)
  • Plan the mailbox role.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Plan for database size and storage performance requirements; plan for virtualization requirements and scenarios; plan mailbox role capacity and placement; design public folder placement strategy; validate storage by running JetStress
  • Configure and manage the mailbox role.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Create and configure Offline Address Book (OAB); create and configure public folders; deploy mailbox server roles; design and create hierarchical address lists
  • Deploy and manage high availability solutions for the mailbox role.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Create and configure a Database Availability Group (DAG); identify failure domains; manage DAG networks; configure proper placement of a file share witness; manage mailbox database copies
  • Monitor and troubleshoot the mailbox role.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Troubleshoot database replication and replay; troubleshoot database copy activation; troubleshoot mailbox role performance; troubleshoot database failures; monitor database replication and content indexing
  • Develop backup and recovery solutions for the mailbox role and public folders.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Manage lagged copies; determine most appropriate backup solution/strategy; perform a dial tone restore; perform item-level recovery; recover the public folder hierarchy; recover a mailbox server role
  • Create and configure mail-enabled objects.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure resource mailboxes and scheduling; configure team mailboxes; configure distribution lists; configure moderation; configure a linked mailbox
  • Manage mail-enabled object permissions.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure mailbox folder permissions; configure mailbox permissions; set up room mailbox delegates; set up team mailbox membership; set up auto-mapping; determine when to use Send As and Send On Behalf permissions
Plan, Install, Configure, and Manage Client Access (25 percent)
  • Plan, deploy, and manage a Client Access Server (CAS).
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Design to account for differences between legacy CAS and Exchange CAS/CAF; configure Office web application
  • Plan and configure namespaces and client services.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Design namespaces for client connectivity; configure URLs; plan for certificates; configure authentication methods; implement auto-discover for a given namespace
  • Deploy and manage mobility solutions.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Deploy Mobile OWA (MOWA); configure OWA policies; configure Microsoft ActiveSync policies; configure Allow Block Quarantine (ABQ); deploy and manage Agaves
  • Implement load balancing.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure namespace load balancing; configure Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) load balancing; plan for differences between layer seven and layer four load balancing methods; configure Windows Network Load Balancing (WNLB)
  • Troubleshoot client connectivity.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Troubleshoot Outlook Anywhere connectivity; troubleshoot POP/IMAP; troubleshoot authentication; troubleshoot web services; troubleshoot AutoDiscover; troubleshoot mobile devices
Design and Manage an Exchange Infrastructure (25 percent)
  • Plan for impact of Exchange on Active Directory directory services.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Plan the number of domain controllers; plan placement of Global Catalog (GC); determine DNS changes required for Exchange; prepare domains for Exchange; evaluate impact of schema changes required for Exchange; plan around Active Directory site topology
  • Administer Exchange Workload Management.
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Configure user workload policies; configure system workload policies; monitor system workload events; monitor user workload events
  • Plan and manage Role Based Access Control (RBAC).
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Determine appropriate RBAC roles and cmdlets; limit administration using existing role groups; evaluate differences between RBAC and Active Directory split permissions; configure a custom-scoped role group; configure delegated setup
  • Design an appropriate Exchange solution for a given SLA
    • This objective may include but is not limited to: Plan for updates; plan for change management; design a solution that meets SLA requirements around scheduled downtime; design a solution that meets SLA requirements around RPO/RTO; design a solution that meets SLA requirements around message delivery
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