Preparation Guide for Exam 74-134
Pre-installing Microsoft Products and Technologies
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| Skills Being Measured |
Exam News
Exam 74-134 is a Technology Specialist exam.
Exam 74-134 became available January 26, 2005.
Audience Profile
A candidate for this exam should have experience installing Microsoft operating systems and applications using the OEM Pre-installation Kit (OPK). Candidates should pre-qualify themselves by passing the online "Pre-installation Specialist" exam.
Preparation Tools and Resources
We make a wealth of preparation tools and resources available to you, including courses and Microsoft Web sites. When you are ready to prepare for this exam, here's where you should start.
Courses for This Exam
| • | Pre-installation of Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office system | ||||
| • | Using the OEM Pre-installation Kit to Preinstall Windows Small Business Server 2003 | ||||
| • | Pre-installation Guides
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Microsoft Online Resources
| • | Partner Site: Designed for our partners, this site includes training, sales and marketing advice, events, and competency resources. | ||||||||||||
| • | TechNet: Designed for IT professionals, this site includes How-tos, best practices, downloads, technical chats, and much more. | ||||||||||||
| • | MSDN: The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is a reference for developers, featuring code samples, technical articles, newsgroups, chats, and more. | ||||||||||||
| • | Training and Certification Newsgroups: A newsgroup exists for every Microsoft certification. By participating in the ongoing dialogue, you take advantage of a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with and ask questions of others, including more than 750 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) worldwide. | ||||||||||||
| • | OEM Pre-installation Webcasts: Each of the following webcasts includes an overview of the exam topic area and practice questions for each particular area.
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Skills Being Measured
This exam measures your ability to install Microsoft products and technologies using the OEM Pre-Installation Kit. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed in the following matrix. The matrix shows which Microsoft courses may help you reach competency in the skills being tested in the exam.
| KEY: |  = The course provides a general introductory overview of this task. You will need to supplement the course with additional work  = The course includes some material to prepare you for this task. You will need to supplement the course with additional work  = The course includes material to prepare you for this task |
| Skills measured by exam 74-134 | XP and Server Course | SBS Course | OPK Documentation | Windows XP SP2 Webcast | ||||||||||||
| Using OEM Pre-installation Kit (OPK) tools to preinstall an operating system | ||||||||||||||||
Install the OPK tools |  | | | | ||||||||||||
Prepare the hardware using the Windows Pre-installation (Windows PE) Environment
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Create a configuration set using Setup Manager
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Set up a technician computer with multiple configuration sets | | | | | ||||||||||||
Prepare the system for shipping | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Creating and applying pre-installation images | ||||||||||||||||
Prepare the system for imaging | | | | | ||||||||||||
Push out images through the network
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Create a customized Windows PE CD
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| Pre-installing applications, drivers, and updates | ||||||||||||||||
Preinstall Office | | | ||||||||||||||
Preinstall updates and hot fixes | | | | | ||||||||||||
Preinstall third-party applications, including the following:
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Preinstall drivers | | | | |||||||||||||
| Complying with the licensing requirements | ||||||||||||||||
Ensure the Certificate of Authentication (COA) is attached to the computer | | |||||||||||||||
Ensure the branding is configured | | | | |||||||||||||
Ensure the support information is configured | | | | |||||||||||||
Ensure that the customer receives the CD and manual | | |||||||||||||||
Ensure that sysprep is run | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Troubleshooting the pre-installation environment | ||||||||||||||||
Troubleshoot the Windows PE boot process | | | | | ||||||||||||
Troubleshoot hardware driver issues | | | | | ||||||||||||
Troubleshoot network connections | | | | | ||||||||||||
Troubleshoot applications | | | | | ||||||||||||
| Preinstalling Small Business Server (SBS) | ||||||||||||||||
Create a configuration set to install SBS | | | ||||||||||||||
Ensure the pre-installation set is a domain controller | | | ||||||||||||||
Preinstall Exchange, Windows SharePoint Services, SBS Administrator Tools, et al | | |
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