Exam 70-665:

PRO: Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Administrator

Published:	March 29, 2011
Language(s):	English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)
Audience(s):	IT Professionals
Technology:	Microsoft Lync Server 2010
Type:	Non-Proctored Exam

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Audience Profile

Candidates for this exam are IT and telecommunications professionals who design and plan solutions for unified communications. Candidates should have a minimum of two years of experience with Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Office Communications Server 2007, or Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and related technologies. In addition, candidates should be proficient with Windows Server Active Directory 2008, data networks, and telecommunications components that support the configuration of Communications Server 2010.

Candidates should know how to design and plan solutions for Lync Server 2010 for end users, endpoint devices, telephony, audio/video and web conferences, security, and high availability. Candidates should be familiar with the requirements for integrating Lync Server 2010 with Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging.

Credit Toward CertificationExam 70-665: PRO: Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Administrator: counts as credit toward the following certification(s):

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Administrator

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Skills Measured

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.

Designing a Topology for Lync Server 2010 (25 percent)

Design address book.

This objective may include but is not limited to: generation; distribution; filtering; normalization; size management

Design central and branch office topology.

This objective may include but is not limited to: designing sites and pools; placement of front-end servers; simple URLs; co-locating roles; designing browser-based access; Director role; capacity considerations

Design mediation topology.

This objective may include but is not limited to: pooled Mediation Servers; standalone mediation servers; media bypass; co-location with other front-end services; capacity considerations

Design archiving and Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring topology.

This objective may include but is not limited to: designing QoE monitoring; placement of servers; Call Detail Recording (CDR); archiving policies

Design Edge topology.

This objective may include but is not limited to: sizing, security, network, and capacity considerations; deployment; federation; reverse proxy configuration; XMPP; PIC; firewall requirements; remote access

Design Call Admission Control (CAC).

This objective may include but is not limited to: sites; site links; exemptions; PSTN bypass; rerouting; CAC policies

Calculate bandwidth.

This objective may include but is not limited to: specify network requirements; calculate voice bandwidth; calculate video bandwidth; P2P vs. conference

Designing a Conferencing and Enterprise Voice Infrastructure (25 percent)

Design a dial plan.

This objective may include but is not limited to: formulate normalization rules and apply them as dial plan policies

Design for voice routing.

This objective may include but is not limited to: PSTN breakout points; PBX phones; trunk routing; media gateway; least cost/alternate routing

Define voice policies.

This objective may include but is not limited to: phone usage records; policy scope; decide level of access to certain features; private line; call parking

Define conference policies.

This objective may include but is not limited to: controlling usage; system capacity considerations

Design for Response Group Services (RGS).

This objective may include but is not limited to: workflow; contact objects; agents and queues; groups

Design for emergency services implementation.

This objective may include but is not limited to: Enhanced 911 (E911); SIP trunk emergency service providers; location policies; Location Information Service (LIS) wiremap; analyze network mapping

Plan for devices.

This objective may include but is not limited to: considerations for different endpoint types, including analog devices, common area phones, and standalone devices; DNS and DHCP requirements

Planning for External Dependencies and Migration (24 percent)

Plan for DNS implementation.

This objective may include but is not limited to: internal and external DNS; identify supported DNS records; identify supported DNS servers

Plan for PKI requirements.

This objective may include but is not limited to: public and private certificates; Subject Alternate Names (SANs)

Plan for Exchange Unified Messaging (UM).

This objective may include but is not limited to: specify requirements to integrate Exchange UM with Lync Server 2010; Exchange UM dependencies; design Exchange UM dial plans

Plan for migration.

This objective may include but is not limited to: configuration requirements; side-by-side migration; Edge migration; meeting considerations; client limitation considerations

Planning for High Availability and Business Continuity (26 percent)

Plan for high availability.

This objective may include but is not limited to: choosing Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) vs. Standard vs. Enterprise in high availability; number of servers and pools required; server redundancy

Plan for load balancing.

This objective may include but is not limited to: DNS; Hardware Load Balancing (HLB)

Plan for backup and restore.

This objective may include but is not limited to: partial recovery; database considerations; DBIMPEXP

Plan for disaster recovery.

This objective may include but is not limited to: bare metal recovery; spread pools; CMS reactivation

Plan for system monitoring.

This objective may include but is not limited to: synthetic transactions; identifying components to monitor; monitoring technologies such as Microsoft System Center Operations Manager

Plan for site resiliency.

This objective may include but is not limited to: SBA; backup registrar

Preparation Materials

Preparation Tools and ResourcesTo help you prepare for this exam, Microsoft Learning recommends that you have hands-on experience with the product and that you use the following training resources. These training resources do not necessarily cover all of the topics listed in the "Skills Measured" tab.

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