MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator Study Guide- Exam 70-646

Exam 70-646: Pro: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator: counts as credit toward the following certification(s):

• Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Server Administrator

The MCITP: Server Administrator certification can help you develop and validate your skills in your current position, or propel you toward a future role, such as:

• Windows server administrator
• Server systems administrator
• Monitoring operator
• Network administrator

• Planning for Server Deployment (19 percent)
• Plan server installations and upgrades. May include but is not limited to: Windows Server 2008 edition selection, rollback planning, Bitlocker implementation requirements
• Plan for automated server deployment. May include but is not limited to: standard server image, automation and scheduling of server deployments
• Plan infrastructure services server roles. May include but is not limited to: address assignment, name resolution, network access control, directory services, application services, certificate services
• Plan application servers and services. May include but is not limited to: virtualization server planning, availability, resilience, and accessibility
• Plan file and print server roles. May include but is not limited to: access permissions, storage quotas, replication, indexing, file storage policy, availability, printer publishing
• Planning for Server Management (23 percent)
• Plan server management strategies. May include but is not limited to: remote administration, remote desktop, server management technologies, Server Manager and ServerManagerCMD, delegation policies and procedures
• Plan for delegated administration. May include but is not limited to: delegate authority, delegate Active Directory objects, application management
• Plan and implement group policy strategy. May include but is not limited to: GPO management, GPO backup and recovery, group policy troubleshooting, group policy planning
• Monitoring and Maintaining Servers (20 percent)
• Implement patch management strategy. May include but is not limited to: operating system patch level maintenance, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), application patch level maintenance
• Monitor servers for performance evaluation and optimization. May include but is not limited to: server and service monitoring, optimization, event management, trending and baseline analysis
• Monitor and maintain security and policies. May include but is not limited to: remote access, monitor and maintain NPAS, network access, server security, firewall rules and policies, authentication and authorization, data security, auditing
• Planning Application and Data Provisioning (19 percent)
• Provision applications. May include but is not limited to: presentation virtualization, terminal server infrastructure, resource allocation, application virtualization alternatives, application deployment, System Center Configuration Manager
• Provision data. May include but is not limited to: shared resources, offline data access
• Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability (19 percent)
• Plan storage. May include but is not limited to: storage solutions, storage management
• Plan high availability. May include but is not limited to: service redundancy, service availability