Preparation Guide for Exam 74-139
Deploying Business Desktops with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Office 2003
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 | Exam News |
| Audience Profile |
| Preparation Tools and Resources |
| Skills Being Measured |
Exam News
Exam 74-139 is a Technology Specialist exam.
Exam 74-139 became available September 30, 2005.
Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam are IT Professionals who plan, develop, test, and maintain desktops. Primary audience includes ITPros, Solution Architects, and project managers who work for Microsoft Certified Partners (SIs, VARs, VAPs):
| • | 250 to 5,000 or more users | ||||
| • | Three or more physical locations | ||||
| • | Three or more domain controllers | ||||
| • | Network services and resources such as data management, messaging, collaboration, database, file and print, proxy server, firewall, Internet, intranet, remote access, and client computer management | ||||
| • | Connectivity requirements such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet | ||||
| • | At least one year of experience in the following areas:
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Preparation Tools and Resources
We make a wealth of preparation tools and resources available to you, including courses, books, practice tests, and Microsoft Web sites. When you are ready to prepare for this exam, here's where you should start.
Instructor-led Courses for This Exam
| • | Course 2289: Deploying Desktops with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| • | Course 2520: Deploying Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
Microsoft Online Resources
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| • | TechNet: Designed for IT professionals, this site includes How-tos, best practices, downloads, technical chats, and much more. |
| • | Training & 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. |
Skills Being Measured
This exam measures your ability to plan, implement, configure, and manage, a Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 Desktop solution. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed in the following matrix. The matrix shows which Official Microsoft Learning Products 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 74-139 | Course 2289 | Course 2520 | BDD |
| Plan the deployment project | |||
State the business case and goals for a business desktop deployment |  |  | |
Plan the team structure and communications |  | | |
Identify existing assets | | | |
Identify the applications and the packaging option to be included in the deployment | | | |
Create user profiles and usage scenarios | | | |
Identify current network systems, infrastructure, and conventions | | | |
Create the pilot plans | | | |
| Plan the installation architecture | |||
Create a computer configuration | | | |
Identify the appropriate deployment technique for your environment | | | |
Plan the disk-imaging architecture | | | |
Plan a secure client deployment | | | |
Determine a process for capturing and restoring the user data, settings, and preferences | | | |
| Create the deployment solution | |||
Create an Office XP and Office 2003 automated deployment package | | | |
Create the computer configuration | | | |
Create an imaging process to produce a standard enterprise image of the workstation | | | |
Develop the solution scripts | | | |
Create deployment procedures | | | |
Create operations procedures | | | |
| Test the solution | |||
Plan a test environment | | | |
Create a test environment | | | |
Create Issue-Tracking Procedures | | | |
Identify and resolve deployment issues | | | |
| Maintain the Client Infrastructure | |||
Identify methods to update baseline computer configuration | | | |
Deploy additional applications | | | |
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