Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Exam 70-384 Recertification for MCSE: Communication

Published: 7 January 2016
Languages: English, German, Japanese
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Lync Server 2013
Credit towards certification: MCP, MCSE

Skills measured
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Plan and Design a Lync topology
Plan Lync site topology
Evaluate user distribution for central and branch site design; analyse business requirements for Persistent Chat ethical boundaries or room design; associate workloads to business requirements; analyse business requirements and plan Lync physical architecture; analyse capacity requirements and plan Lync physical architecture; analyse and design Lync SIP domains
Plan Lync servers
Define collocation of server roles; analyse hardware requirements; determine storage requirements for archiving and monitoring; determine OS version requirements; determine OS dependencies
Design a Lync Server HA/DR solution
Design strategy for branch office scenarios; design for resiliency; design SQL mirroring; design central site failover; design strategy for persistent chat; design strategy for voice applications

Plan and design Lync features
Plan for Lync user experience
Plan for contact list management; plan for client version control; plan for privacy; plan for common area phone hotdesking; plan for Music on Hold; plan for Address Book Web search/download
Plan for clients and devices
Design Lync mobility; plan for Phone Edition or 3PIP devices; define client authentication options; plan for Analog devices; plan for Lync users for VDI

Deploy and configure Lync
Configure and publish topology
Configure mediation server collocation; configure trunks and gateways; configure Lync roles; configure multiple media gateway support; add or remove server features; deploy Edge server
Deploy and configure clients and devices
Configure Lync client features; configure client policies; configure client security options; configure analog or Phone Edition/3PIP policies; configure mobile device policies; configure Lync users for VDI
Configure HA/DR
Configure pool failover; configure site failover; configure SQL mirroring; configure voice resiliency; map user experience to failover scenario

Manage operations and data resiliency for Lync
Troubleshoot the Lync environment
Enable and collect logs; recover from failed server build; analyse event viewer; enable OCSlogger tracing; enable Best Practice Analyzer; verify name resolution
Mitigate data loss
Backup and restore application service data; backup and restore filestore data; backup and restore Contacts; maintain and recover Lync 15 topology; maintain and recover LIS and RTC; recover CMS

Design Enterprise Voice
Design Enterprise Voice topology
Design mediation server collocation or placement; design for gateways; design trunks; design voice resiliency; design mediation server dependencies
Design voice applications
Design call park; design response group delegation mode; design response group workflows; determine correct usage of private line; design vacant number announcements
Design call routing
Design dial plans; design routes; design normalisation; design voice policies; define PSTN usages; design for basic emergency dialling and notification

Design and configure network services
Design for network optimisation
Assess network requirements; plan for optimal conferencing traffic; plan for capacity; plan for Edge placement; plan for QOS support; estimate network usage
Plan network services for Lync
Plan Location Information Services (LIS); plan Call Admission Control (CAC) for voice; plan Call Admission Control (CAC) for video; define port requirements for internal service; define port requirements for external services; plan for Media Bypass
Configure network services for Lync
Configure Location Information Services (LIS); configure Call Admission Control (CAC) for voice; configure Call Admission Control (CAC) for video; configure DHCP for Phone Edition; configure QOS; configure Media Bypass

Configure Enterprise Voice
Configure voice applications
Configure call park; configure Response Group workflows; configure Response Group queues; configure private line; configure vacant number announcements
Configure call routing
Configure dial plans; configure routes; configure trunks; configure and apply voice policies; configure PSTN Usages; configure emergency dialling

QUESTION 1
You need to recommend a solution to resolve the audio issues for the users in the Boston office.
Which three possible recommendations should you include in the solution? (Each correct answer presents a
complete solution. Choose three.)

A. user services
B. Quality of Service (QoS)
C. Call Admission Control (CAC)
D. a location policy
E. a conferencing policy

Answer: B,C,E


QUESTION 2
Which two tasks should be performed to meet the administrative requirements for Tech1? (Each correct answer
presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

A. Modify the permissions of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group.
B. Run the New-CsAdminRole cmdlet.
C. Run the Update-CsAdminRole cmdlet.
D. Create a new universal security group and add Tech1 to the group.
E. Create a new global security group and add Tech1 to the group.

Answer: B,D

Explanation:
“To create a new role, you must first create a universal security group in Active Directory Domain Services that
shares a name with the role;”
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398271.aspx

QUESTION 3
You are evaluating the implementation the second Front End Server. You need to recommend which common
name must be used for the certificate that will be installed on Lync2.
Which name should you recommend using?

A. *.contoso.com
B. lync2.contoso.com
C. lyncdiscover.contoso.com
D. pool1.contoso.com
Answer: D
Explanation: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-
US/ocscertificates/thread/bc2b0383-17cd-4707-8c2f-19db8dd340f0/
The common name or SN of any Front End Server Certificate is the Pool Name.




Monday, March 21, 2016

Exam 70-345 Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 (beta)

Published: January 8, 2016
Languages: English
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
Credit toward certification: MCSE

Skills measured
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Certification program.

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Plan, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot mailbox databases (15–20%)
Plan, deploy, and manage mailbox databases
Plan for database size and storage performance requirements, plan mailbox database capacity and placement, plan archive mailboxes capacity and placement, plan modern public folder capacity and placement, plan for storage architecture (SAN, DAS, RAID, JBOD), plan file system requirements, plan for auto reseed, plan for virtualization requirements and scenarios, validate storage design by running JetStress, create and configure mailbox databases, manage mailbox databases, configure transaction log properties and file placement
Plan, deploy, and manage high-availability solutions for mailbox databases
Identify failure domains; plan a solution that meets SLA requirements around scheduled downtime; plan for software updates and server maintenance; plan for change management; create, configure, and manage Database Availability Groups (DAGs); create, configure, and manage DAG networks; create, configure, and manage proper placement of a file share witness (FSW); create and configure mailbox database copies; create, configure, and manage Azure file share witness (FSW); create, configure, and manage Azure DAG members
Plan, deploy, and manage a site-resilient Database Availability Group (DAG)
Recommend quorum options with given customer requirements; plan, create, and configure cross-site DAG configuration; plan, deploy, and configure Datacenter Activation Coordination (DAC); configure and manage proper placement of an alternate file share witness (FSW); test and perform site recovery
Monitor and troubleshoot mailbox databases
Monitor mailbox database replication and content indexing, troubleshoot mailbox database replication and replay, troubleshoot mailbox database copy activation, troubleshoot mailbox database performance, troubleshoot database failures (e.g., repair, defrag, recover), resolve quorum issues, troubleshoot data center activation
Plan, deploy, and manage backup and recovery solutions for mailbox databases
Plan most appropriate backup solution that meets SLA requirements of recovery point objectives and recovery time objectives; deploy, configure, and manage lagged mailbox database copies; recover an Exchange Server, mailbox database, mailbox, public folder, or mail item; recover the public folder hierarchy; perform a dial tone restore

Plan, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot client access services (15–20%)
Plan, deploy, and manage client access services
Plan namespaces for client connectivity; plan proxy and redirection requirements; plan and deploy certificates; plan and configure authentication (including FBA, Basic, NTLM, and Kerberos); plan, deploy, and configure Autodiscover, Outlook Anywhere, Outlook MAPI over HTTP, Exchange Web Services, Outlook on the Web, Exchange Admin Center, Exchange ActiveSync, POP3, and IMAP4; plan, deploy, and configure Office Online Servers (OOS); plan, create, and configure Offline Address Book (OAB); plan, create, and configure hierarchical address lists; plan, deploy, and configure address book policies
Plan, deploy, and manage mobility solutions
Plan, deploy, and configure OWA for Devices, Outlook for the Web policies, and mobile device mailbox policies; plan, deploy, and configure Allow Block Quarantine (ABQ); plan, deploy, and configure Office Apps
Plan, deploy, and manage load balancing
Configure namespace load balancing, plan for differences between layer seven and layer four load balancing methods
Monitor and troubleshoot client connectivity
Troubleshoot Outlook Anywhere connectivity, troubleshoot Outlook MAPI over HTTP connectivity, troubleshoot Exchange Web Services (EWS), troubleshoot Outlook on the Web, troubleshoot POP3 and IMAP4, troubleshoot authentication, troubleshoot Autodiscover, troubleshoot Exchange ActiveSync, troubleshoot proxy and redirection issues
Plan, deploy, and manage a site-resilient client access services solution
Plan site-resilient namespaces, configure site-resilient namespace URLs, perform and test steps for site failover and switchover, plan certificate requirements for site failovers, manage expected client behavior during a failover and switchover

Plan, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot transport services (15–20%)
Plan, deploy, and manage transport services
Plan a solution that meets SLA requirements around message delivery; plan inter-site mail flow; plan inter-org mail flow; plan, deploy, and configure redundancy for intra-site scenarios; plan and configure for SafetyNet; plan and configure for shadow redundancy; plan and configure for redundant MX records; plan, create, and configure TLS transport, Edge transport, Send/Receive connectors, transport rules, accepted domains, email address policies, and Address Rewriting
Troubleshoot and monitor transport services
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 TLS; troubleshoot the new transport architecture
Plan, deploy, and manage message hygiene
Plan and configure malware filtering, plan and configure connection filtering, plan and configure spam filtering, plan and configure recipient filtering, plan and configure Sender Policy Framework, plan and configure Spam Confidence Level (SCL) thresholds
Plan, deploy, and manage site resilience transport services
Plan, create and configure MX records for failover scenarios; manage resubmission and reroute queues; plan, create, and configure Send/Receive connectors for site resiliency; test and perform steps for transport failover and switchover

Plan, deploy, and manage an Exchange infrastructure, recipients, and security (15–20%)
Plan and configure Active Directory (AD) Domain Services for Exchange and Organizational settings
Plan the number of domain controllers, plan placement of Global Catalog (GC), plan and configure DNS changes required for Exchange, plan for schema changes required for Exchange, prepare AD for Exchange, prepare domains for Exchange, plan and configure Active Directory site topology, plan and configure throttling policies
Create and configure mail-enabled objects
Create and configure mailboxes, create and configure resource mailboxes and scheduling, create and configure shared mailboxes, create and configure mail-enabled users and contacts, create and configure distribution lists, configure moderation, create and configure linked mailboxes, create and configure modern public folders
Manage mail-enabled object permissions
Determine when to use Send-As and Send-On-Behalf permissions, configure mailbox folder permissions, configure mailbox permissions, set up room mailbox delegates, configure auto-mapping, create and configure public folder permissions
Plan, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
Determine appropriate RBAC roles and cmdlets, limit administration using existing role groups, evaluate differences between RBAC and Active Directory split permissions, plan and configure a custom-scoped role group, plan and configure delegated setup, plan and create unscoped top-level roles, troubleshoot RBAC, plan and configure user assignment policies
Plan an appropriate security strategy
Plan and configure BitLocker, plan and configure S/MIME
Plan, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot IRM with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) or Azure RMS
Plan and configure Information Rights Management (IRM) in Exchange, create an RMS template, plan and create transport protection rules, plan and create Outlook protection rules, plan and configure journal report decryption, plan and configure IRM for eDiscovery, plan and configure pre-licensing for client access, troubleshoot failed IRM protection

Plan, deploy, and manage compliance, archiving, eDiscovery, and auditing (10–15%)
Plan and configure Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions
Plan a DLP solution to meet business requirements, plan and configure pre-built rules, plan and create custom rules, plan and configure custom DLP policies, plan and configure DLP fingerprinting
Plan, configure, and manage Archiving and Message Records Management (MRM)
Plan and configure retention policies; plan, create, and configure custom tags; assign policies to users; plan and configure the Managed Folder Assistant; remove and delete tags; plan and configure online archiving (Office 365); plan and create archive policies; plan and configure in-place archiving
Plan, configure, and perform eDiscovery
Plan and delegate RBAC roles for eDiscovery; enable a legal/litigation hold; perform a query-based InPlace hold; perform multi-mailbox searches in Exchange Administration Center (EAC) and Exchange Management Shell; integrate InPlace federated searches with Microsoft SharePoint Discovery center
Plan, configure, and manage a compliance solution
Plan and configure MailTips; plan, create, configure, and deploy message classifications; plan and configure transport rules to meet specified compliance requirements; plan and configure journaling
Plan, manage, and use mailbox and administrative auditing
Plan and configure mailbox audit logging, plan and configure administrative audit logging, search and interpret all audit logs

Implement and manage coexistence, hybrid scenarios, migration, and federation (10–15%)
Plan, deploy, and troubleshoot coexistence with Office 365 (Exchange Online)
Plan, deploy, and manage hybrid configuration; evaluate limitations of the Hybrid Configuration Wizard; plan and manage hybrid deployment OAuth-based authentication; plan and configure certificate and firewall requirements for Exchange Hybrid setup; troubleshoot transport with Exchange Online; troubleshoot client access with Exchange Online; troubleshoot directory synchronization
Plan, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Exchange federation
Plan, create, and manage federation trusts with Microsoft federation gateways; manage sharing policies; manage organization relationships; plan and create certificate and firewall requirements for federation; troubleshoot Exchange federation trust and organization relationships; troubleshoot cross-forest availability
Plan, deploy, and troubleshoot on-premises coexistence with earlier supported versions of Exchange
Plan, create, and configure namespaces for coexistence; plan and configure proxy redirect; plan firewall configuration for coexistence; plan and configure for mail flow requirements; plan for mailbox migrations; troubleshoot transport in coexistence; troubleshoot client access in coexistence
Migrate from earlier supported versions of Exchange
Determine transition paths to Exchange, migrate to modern public folders, migrate mailboxes, plan for discontinued features, transition and decommission servers, troubleshoot Mailbox Replication Services

Who should take this exam?
This exam is designed for candidates who have a minimum of three years of experience designing and managing Exchange Server and who are responsible for the Exchange Server 2016 messaging environment in an enterprise environment. They are IT consultants or senior administrators who act as the technical lead over a team of administrators. Candidates should be familiar with the requirements for integrating Microsoft Exchange Server with Skype for Business and Office 365.

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Exam 70-247 Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

Published: April 7, 2014
Languages: English, Japanese
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Microsoft System Center 2012 and Microsoft System Center 2012 R2
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSE

Skills measured
This 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. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

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Design and deploy System Center (15–20%)
Design a scalable System Center architecture
Planning for capacity, high availability, scalability, business continuity, delegation, and disaster recovery; assess the current datacenter environment; identify the appropriate System Center components for the private cloud implementation
Install the System Center Infrastructure
Install prerequisites required for System Center; install System Center components
Upgrade System Center components
In-place upgrade, side-by-side migration

Preparation resources
Infrastructure planning and design guides for System Center
Upgrade to System Center 2012
Preparing a target computer for System Center 2012 components

Configure System Center infrastructure (20–25%)
Configure System Center components
Configure Data Protection Manager (DPM) storage pools; configure DPM site-to-site replication; configure System Center agents; configure System Center Management Groups; configure System Center data retention; configure Orchestrator watcher nodes; configure Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for System Center; configure user roles, Run-As accounts, Run-As profiles; configure Service Manager database; configure Operations Manager Gateway
Configure portals and dashboards
App Controller portal; Service Manager self-service portal; Operations Manager dashboards including Application Monitoring dashboards

Preparation resources
Automate private cloud protection and recovery with Microsoft System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager
Self-service portal deployment scenarios for System Center 2012 – Service Manager
How to install the VMM self-service portal

Configure the fabric (25–30%)
Configure the storage fabric
Classification and pools; providers; arrays; File server cluster; storage pools; file shares
Configure the network fabric
Logical networks; VM networks; IP/MAC resource pools; VIP templates; load balancing; logical switches; network isolation, including network virtualization with Windows Server Gateway; private VLANs and VLANs
Configure and manage the deployment and update servers
Integrate a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server into the Virtual Machine Manager fabric; configure and manage a library server; integrate Windows Deployment Services (WDS)/PXE into the Virtual Machine Manager fabric, including virtualization hosts deployment using Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
Configure clouds and virtualization hosts
Clouds and host groups; configure and deploy virtualization hosts

Preparation resources
Configuring Fabric Resources in VMM
Managing your Fabric with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
Workloads: Monitoring the Microsoft Private Cloud Fabric with Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 – Operations Manager

Configure System Center integration (15–20%)
Configure private cloud integration
Configure Operations Manager connectors; Orchestrator integration packs; Service Manager connectors; SharePoint integration; Configure IP Address Management (IPAM) server integration, configure AppController
Configure integration of private and public clouds
Configure Service Provider Framework (SPF), configure Microsoft Azure Pack for Windows Server

Preparation resources
Integration packs for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator
Creating profiles and templates in VMM
System Center 2012 integration guide

Configure and deploy virtual machines and services (15–20%)
Configure profiles
Configure physical computer profiles, guest operating system profiles, hardware profiles, SQL server profiles, application profiles, capability profiles
Create and configure server App-V packages
Sequence an application, configure App-V package settings; configure and deploy a server App-V agent
Configure and deploy a service
Import and export templates; configure VM templates; configure service templates; deploy a SQL DAC package; deploy a web deploy package; deploy a Server App-V package; create and configure pre-install post-install, and First VM When Created scripts
Update a service
Apply updates to existing VMs (in-place); deploy new VMs with updated settings; update/replace the operating system; update/replace apps; update/replace SQL; scale out service tiers

Preparation resources
Configuring profiles and templates
Server App-V, sequencing and deploying datacenter apps
QUESTION 1
You need to recommend a deployment topology for the PKI. The deployment topology must meet the cloud requirements.
What should you recommend? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)

A. An online enterprise root certification authority (CA) only
B. An online standalone root certification authority (CA) only
C. An offline root certification authority (CA) and an online enterprise subordinate CA
D. An offline root certification authority (CA) and an online standalone subordinate CA

Answer: C


QUESTION 2
You need to recommend a solution for the management packs. The solution must meet the cloud requirements.
What should you recommend? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)

A. Export the management packs, and then modify the settings of the management packs. Seal the management packs, and then import the management packs.
B. Export the management packs, modify the settings of the management packs, and then import the unsealed management packs.
C. Unseal the management packs, and then modify the settings of the management packs.
D. Create a new management pack that contains overrides.

Answer: B


QUESTION 3
You need to recommend a solution to meet the requirements for App2.
What should you include in the recommendation?

A. Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
B. Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
C. Windows Azure Active Directory Rights Management Services
D. Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 R2

Answer: B


QUESTION 4
You need to recommend the configuration settings for the SQL Server instance that will host the App Controller database. The solution must support the planned changes.
What should you include in the recommendation?

A. Change the database collation.
B. Enable case sensitivity.
C. Disable full-text search.
D. Install the SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).

Answer: A

Explanation: To support Simplified Chinese change MS SQL Collation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144250(v=sql.105).aspx


QUESTION 5
You need to identify which components must be created to meet the App1 deployment requirements.
Which components should you identify?

A. A service template and a service request template
B. A guest operating system profile and a virtual IP (VIP) template
C. A guest operating system profile and a service request template
D. A service template and a virtual IP (VIP) template

Answer: C