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Audience Profile
Candidates for Exam 70-681: TS: Windows 7 and Office 2010,
Deploying are IT professionals who deploy and maintain Windows 7
desktops and Office 2010. Candidates have a minimum of one year
of experience managing Windows desktop deployments.
Credit Toward CertificationWhen
you pass Exam 70-681: TS: Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deploying, you
complete the requirements for the following certification(s):
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7 and Office
2010, Deployment
Exam 70-681: TS:
Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deploying: counts as credit toward the
following certification(s):
Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator
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.
Configuring a Deployment Infrastructure (24%)
Configure the
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) environment.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: deployment database,
deployment share, task sequences, create deployment points
Configure
networking for deployment.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP), IP Helper, Windows Deployment
Services, PXE boot, multicast
Configure
activation.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: Windows 7, Office 2010,
Key Management Service (KMS), Multiple Activation Key (MAK),
Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT)
Configure the
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Operating System
Deployment (OSD) environment.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: System Center
Configuration Manager and MDT integration; build an
operating system installation, a boot image, and driver
packages
Creating and Configuring Images (25%)
Create and capture
an image.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: modify a WIM file, modify
a Windows PE boot image, build a base image
Create automated
installation scripts.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: silent install scripts,
unattended answer files, join a domain, customize user
settings, configure auto-naming
Create and
customize task sequences.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: installation tasks for
Office 2010 and additional applications
Customize default
operating system settings.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: environment settings,
user settings, configure local Group Policy, Windows
Internet Explorer settings
Add applications to
an image.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: modify or install on a
base image
Configure
application compatibility.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: configure applications
for User Access Control (UAC), create and deploy shims
Deploying Windows 7 (27%)
Perform a Lite
Touch Installation of Windows 7.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: staggered deployment,
permissions
Perform a Zero
Touch Installation of Windows 7.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: permissions, configure a
task sequence, configure scheduling
Migrate user
settings and data.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: Windows Vista, Windows
XP, local store vs. remote store
Configure
post–operating system deployment tasks.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: configure run-once
scripts, identify appropriate log files, deploy language
packs and security updates
Customize hardware
settings.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: inject drivers, install
hardware-specific applications, configure Windows BitLocker
Drive Encryption
Configuring and Deploying Office 2010 (24%)
Configure Office
2010 user-specific settings.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: configure Microsoft
Outlook settings, configure Microsoft Office Communicator
settings, set display languages, set editing languages, set
default file locations
This objective
may include but is not limited to: configure compatibility
settings, add or remove applications, add language packs,
configure application add-ins, security settings, updates,
and KMS
Deploy Office 2010.
This objective
may include but is not limited to: clean install, Group
Policy Startup script, installation package in System Center
Configuration Manager, upgrade from Office 2003, upgrade
from Office 2007; migrate user settings, 32 or 64 bit