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Audience Profile
The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows
Server 2008 credentials are intended for information technology
(IT) professionals who work in the complex computing environment
of medium to large companies. The MCTS candidate should have at
least one year of experience implementing and administering
Windows Server 2008 R2 in an environment that has the following
characteristics:
250 to 5,000 or more users
multiple physical locations
multiple domain controllers
network services and resources such as
messaging, databases, file and print, a firewall, Internet
access, an intranet, Public Key Infrastructure, remote
access, remote desktop, virtualization, and client computer
management
connectivity requirements such as
connecting branch offices and individual users in remote
locations to corporate resources and connecting corporate
networks
Credit Toward CertificationWhen
you pass Exam 70-643: TS: Windows Server 2008 Applications
Infrastructure, Configuring, you complete the requirements for the
following certification(s):
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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.
Deploying Servers (28
percent)
Deploy images by using Windows Deployment Services.
May include but
is not limited to: Install from media (IFM); configure
Windows Deployment Services; capture Windows Deployment
Services images; deploy Windows Deployment Services images;
dynamic driver provisioning; PXE provider; multicasting; VHD
deployment
Configure Microsoft Windows activation.
May include but
is not limited to: install a KMS server; create a DNS SRV
record; replicate volume license data; Multiple Activation
Key (MAK); managing activation
Configure Windows Server Hyper-V and virtual machines.
May include but
is not limited to: Virtual networking; virtualization
hardware requirements; Virtual Hard Disks; migration types;
Integration Services; dynamic memory allocation; dynamic
virtual machine storage; import/export; snapshot
Configure high availability.
May include but
is not limited to: failover clustering; Network Load
Balancing; geo-clustering support; cluster service
migration; Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
Configure storage.
May include but
is not limited to: RAID types; Virtual Disk Specification
(VDS); iSCSI Initiator; Storage Area Networks (SANs); mount
points; Multipath I/O (MPIO); VHD mounting; boot from VHD;
N-Port Identification Virtualization (NPIV)
Configuring Remote Desktop
Services (26 percent)
Configure RemoteApp and Remote Desktop Web Access.
May include but
is not limited to: providing access to remote resources;
per-user filtering; forms-based authentication; single
sign-on
Configure Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway).
May include but
is not limited to: certificate configuration; Remote Desktop
resource authorization policy (RD RAP); Remote Desktop
connection authorization policy (RD CAP); Remote Desktop
group policy
Configure Remote Desktop Connection Broker.
May include but
is not limited to: redirection modes; DNS registration; set
by using group policy
Configure and monitor Remote Desktop resources.
May include but
is not limited to: allocate resources by using Windows
Server Resource Manager; configure application logging; fair
share CPU scheduling; viewing processes
Configure Remote Desktop licensing.
May include but
is not limited to: deploy licensing server; connectivity
between Remote Desktop Session Hosts (RD Session Hosts) and
Remote Desktop Licensing (RD Licensing); recovering Remote
Desktop Licensing server; managing Remote Desktop Services
client access licenses (RDS CALs); revoking licensing
Configure Remote Desktop Session Host.
May include but
is not limited to: session options; session permissions;
display data prioritization; profiles and home folders; IP
Virtualization; RemoteFX
Configuring a Web Services
Infrastructure (25 percent)
Configure Web applications.
May include but
is not limited to: directory-dependent; publishing;
URL-specified configuration; Microsoft .NET components, for
example, .NET and aspx; configure application pools; manage
service accounts; server core
Manage Web sites.
May include but
is not limited to: migrate sites and Web applications;
publish IIS Web sites; configure virtual directories; xcopy
deployment
Configure a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server.
May include but
is not limited to: configure for extranet users; configure
permissions; configure File Transfer Protocol Secure (FTPS);
WebDAV integration; user isolation
Configure Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
May include but
is not limited to: setting up smart hosts; configuring size
limitations; setting up security and authentication to the
delivering server; creating proper service accounts;
authentication; SMTP relay
Manage the Web Server (IIS) role.
May include but
is not limited to: Web site content backup and restore; IIS
configuration backup; monitor IIS; configuration logging and
tracing; delegation of administrative rights
Configure SSL security.
May include but
is not limited to: configure certificates; requesting SSL
certificate; renewing SSL certificate; exporting and
importing certificates
Configure Web site authentication and permissions.
May include but
is not limited to: configure site permissions and
authentication; configure application permissions; client
certificate mappings; request filtering
May include but
is not limited to: installation; on-demand replication;
caching and proxy; multicast streaming; advertising;
Web-based administration; Real-Time Streaming Protocol
(RTSP)
Secure streaming media.
May include but
is not limited to: encryption; sharing business rules;
configuring license delivery; configuring policy templates;
configure Windows Media Rights Manager; automatically
acquire media usage rights; Microsoft DRM upgrade service
Configure SharePoint Foundation options.
May include but
is not limited to: site permissions; backup; service
accounts; rights management services (RMS); migration;
audience targeting; claims-based authentication; SharePoint
Timer jobs; usage and report logging
Configure SharePoint Foundation integration.
May include but
is not limited to: configuring a document library to receive
e-mail; configuring incoming vs. outgoing e-mail; support
for Office Web Apps and SharePoint Workspaces