The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-646 Prep Kit

The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-646 Prep Kit

by Anthony Piltzecker
Released August 2011
Publisher(s): Syngress
ISBN: 9780080879147

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Book description

This exam is designed to validate skills as a Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator. This exam will fulfill the Windows Server 2008 IT Professional requirements of Exam 70-646.

The Microsoft Certified IT Professional(MCITP) on Windows Server 2008 credential is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who work in the complex computing environment of medium to large companies. The MCITP candidate should have at least one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system in an environment that has the following characteristics: 250 to 5,000 or more users; three or more physical locations; and three or more domain controllers.

A MCITP Server Administrator is responsible for the operations and day-to-day management of an infrastructure of servers for an enterprise organization. Server administrators manage the infrastructure, web, and IT application servers, and use scripts to accomplish tasks on a regular basis. They conduct most server management tasks remotely by using Terminal Server or administration tools installed on their local workstation. MCITP Server Administrators also support engineering projects, and are responsible for server builds and configuration.
  • Targeted at MCSE/MCSA upgraders, AND new MCITP certification seekers
  • Interactive FastTrack e-learning modules help simplify difficult exam topics
  • Two full-function ExamDay practice exams guarantee double coverage of all exam objectives
  • Free download of audio FastTracks for use with iPods or other MP3 players
  • Comprehensive study guide guarantees 100% coverage of all Microsoft's exam objectives

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Real MCITP Exam 646 Windows Server 2008 server Administrator Prep Kit
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Technical Editor
  5. Contributing Authors
  6. Contents (1/2)
  7. Contents (2/2)
  8. Foreword
    1. What Is Professional Series Exam 70–646?
    2. Path to MCTS/MCITP/MS Certified Architect
      1. Prerequisites and Preparation
    3. Exam Day Experience
      1. Exam Format
      2. Test-Taking Tips
    4. Pedagogical Elements
    5. Additional Resources
  9. Chapter 1: Planning for Server Deployment
    1. Introduction
    2. Planning for Installation or Upgrade
      1. Selecting a Windows 2008 Edition
      2. Rollback Planning
      3. Implementing BitLocker
    3. Planning for Infrastructure Services
      1. Address Assignment (1/2)
      2. Address Assignment (2/2)
      3. Name Resolution (DNS) (1/2)
      4. Name Resolution (DNS) (2/2)
        1. DNS Zones
          1. Reverse Zones
        2. Planning For Global Naming Zones
        3. DNS Records
        4. Planning for Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
          1. Scavenging
        5. Planning For DNS Forwarding
      5. Network Access Protection
        1. Planning for NAP Enforcement Methods
        2. Planning For DHCP NAP Enforcement
        3. Planning For IPSec NAP Enforcement
        4. Planning For 802.1x NAP Enforcement
        5. Planning For VPN NAP Enforcement
        6. Planning for NAP Servers
          1. Health Policy Servers
          2. Health Requirement Servers
          3. Health Registration Authority Servers
        7. Planning for NAP Clients
      6. Directory Services (1/2)
      7. Directory Services (2/2)
        1. Planning Forests and Domains
        2. Planning Domain Controller Placement
        3. Planning Active Directory Sites and Site Links
        4. Planning Organizational Unit Design
          1. Delegating Authority to Organizational Units
    4. Planning for Automated Server Deployment (1/3)
    5. Planning for Automated Server Deployment (2/3)
    6. Planning for Automated Server Deployment (3/3)
      1. Standard Server Image
      2. Automation and Scheduling
      3. Certificate Services
        1. Introduction to Public Key Infrastructure
        2. Planning Certificate Servers
          1. Planning Root, Subordinate, and Intermediate Certificate Authorities
    7. Planning Application Services
      1. Planning for Web Applications
        1. Web Farms and Web Site Availability
        2. IIS Authentication Methods
        3. IIS Delegation and Remote Administration
        4. IIS 7 Core Server
        5. FTP, POP3, and SMTP
        6. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
      2. Planning for Virtualization
      3. Planning for Availability
        1. Resilience
        2. Accessibility
    8. Planning for File and Print Services
      1. Working with Access Permissions
        1. Share Level Permissions vs File/Folder Permissions
        2. Providing Access to Users and Groups
        3. Allow and Deny
      2. Storage Quotas
      3. Planning for Replication
      4. Indexing Files
      5. Storage Policies
      6. Understanding Availability Options
        1. File and Print Server Clustering
      7. Publishing Printers
    9. Summary of Exam Objectives
    10. Exam Objectives Fast Track
      1. Planning for Installation and Upgrade
      2. Planning for Automated Server Deployment
    11. Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
    12. Self Test
    13. Self Test Quick Answer Key
  10. Chapter 2: Planning for Server Management
    1. Introduction
    2. Developing a Management Strategy
      1. Remote Administration
      2. Remote Desktop
      3. Server Management Technologies
        1. Windows Powershell
        2. Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
        3. Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor
      4. Server Manager (1/2)
      5. Server Manager (2/2)
        1. ServerManagerCMD
    3. Delegating Administration
      1. Delegating Authority
      2. Delegating Active Directory Objects
      3. Application Management
    4. Planning a Group Policy Strategy
      1. Understanding Group Policy
      2. Types of Group Policies
        1. Local Group Policy
        2. Non-Local Group Policy Objects
          1. Preferences
          2. Network Location Awareness
        3. User
        4. Computer
      3. Planning for GPOs
        1. Site, Domain, and OU Hierarchy
        2. Group Policy Processing Priority
    5. Creating and Linking Group Policy Objects
      1. Creating Stand-Alone GPOs
      2. Linking Existing GPOs
      3. Creating and Linking at One Time
    6. Controlling Application of Group Policies
      1. Enforce
      2. Block Inheritance
      3. GPO Backup and Recovery
      4. Troubleshooting
        1. Group Policy Results and Group Policy Modeling
    7. Summary of Exam Objectives
    8. Exam Objectives Fast Track
      1. Developing a Management Strategy
      2. Delegating Administration
      3. Planning a Group Policy Strategy
      4. Creating and Linking Group Policy Objects
      5. Controlling Application of Group Policies
    9. Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
    10. Self Test (1/2)
    11. Self Test (2/2)
    12. Self Test Quick Answer Key
  11. Chapter 3: Monitoring and Maintaining Servers
    1. Introduction
    2. Patch Management
      1. OS Level Patch Management
      2. Windows Server Update Service (1/6)
      3. Windows Server Update Service (2/6)
      4. Windows Server Update Service (3/6)
      5. Windows Server Update Service (4/6)
      6. Windows Server Update Service (5/6)
      7. Windows Server Update Service (6/6)
        1. WSUS 3.0 SP1 Deployment on Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
        2. Microsoft WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1 Administration Console
        3. Configure Microsoft WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1 Automatic Updates for Clients
      8. Application Patching
    3. Monitoring for Performance
      1. Monitoring Servers (1/2)
      2. Monitoring Servers (2/2)
      3. Optimization (1/2)
      4. Optimization (2/2)
      5. Event and Service Management
      6. Trending and Baseline Analysis
    4. Summary of Exam Objectives
    5. Exam Objectives Fast Track
    6. Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
    7. Self Test
    8. Self Test Quick Answer Key
  12. Chapter 4: Security and Policies
    1. Introduction
    2. Remote Access Security
      1. Installing and Configuring NPAS
      2. Routing and Remote Access Service
        1. Network Interfaces
        2. Remote Access Clients
        3. Ports
          1. PPTP
          2. L2TP/IPsec
          3. SSTP
    3. Network Access Protection
      1. Working with NAP
        1. Network Layer Protection
      2. NAP Clients
      3. NAP Enforcement Points
      4. Active Directory Domain Services
      5. NAP Health Policy Server
      6. Health Requirement Server
      7. Restricted Network
      8. Software Policy Validation
    4. Server Security
      1. Windows Firewall Management (1/2)
      2. Windows Firewall Management (2/2)
        1. Working with Built-in Firewall Exceptions
        2. Creating Manual Firewall Exceptions
      3. Advanced Configuration of the Windows Firewall (1/5)
      4. Advanced Configuration of the Windows Firewall (2/5)
      5. Advanced Configuration of the Windows Firewall (3/5)
      6. Advanced Configuration of the Windows Firewall (4/5)
      7. Advanced Configuration of the Windows Firewall (5/5)
        1. Modifying IPsec Defaults
          1. Key Exchange (Main Mode)
          2. Data Protection (Quick Mode)
          3. Authentication Method
        2. Creating Connection Security Rules
          1. Configuring a Server-to-Server Connection Security Rule
        3. Creating Firewall Rules
        4. Monitoring the Windows Firewall
      8. Data Security
        1. BitLocker
        2. Encrypted File System
    5. Auditing
      1. Auditing AD DS and LDS
      2. Event Log
    6. Summary of Exam Objectives
    7. Exam Objectives Fast Track
    8. Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
    9. Self Test
    10. Self Test Quick Answer Key
  13. Chapter 5: Planning for Server Virtualization
    1. Introduction
    2. Understanding Virtualization
      1. Server Consolidation
      2. Quality Assurance and Development Testing Environments
      3. Disaster Recovery
      4. Microkernelized vs. Monolithic Hypervisor
        1. Monolithic Hypervisor
        2. Microkernel Hypervisor
      5. Detailed Architecture
        1. Parent Partition
        2. Child Partitions
        3. Guest Operating Systems
          1. Guest with Enlightened Operating System
          2. Guest with Partially Enlightened Operating System
          3. Legacy Guest
      6. Application Compatibility
      7. Microsoft Server Virtualization
      8. Hyper-V
    3. Configuration
      1. Installing the Virtualization Role on Windows Server 2008 (1/3)
      2. Installing the Virtualization Role on Windows Server 2008 (2/3)
      3. Installing the Virtualization Role on Windows Server 2008 (3/3)
      4. Configuring Virtual Servers with Hyper-V (1/2)
      5. Configuring Virtual Servers with Hyper-V (2/2)
      6. Server Core
      7. Competition Comparison
      8. Server Placement
    4. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007
      1. Virtual Machine Manager Administrator Console
      2. Windows PowerShell Command-Line Interface
      3. System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self Service Web Portal
      4. Virtual Machine Manager Library
      5. Migration Support Functionality
      6. Virtual Machine Creation Process Using SCVMM
      7. Managing Servers
      8. Stand-Alone Virtualization Management Console
      9. Managing Applications
      10. Managing VMware
    5. Summary of Exam Objectives
    6. Exam Objectives Fast Track
    7. Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
    8. Self Test
    9. Self Test Quick Answer Key
  14. Chapter 6: Application and Data Provisioning
    1. Introduction
    2. Provisioning Applications
      1. Terminal Server Infrastructure
        1. Terminal Server Licensing
        2. Terminal Services Gateway Server
        3. Terminal Services Session Broker
        4. Terminal Services RemoteApp
      2. Resource Allocation
        1. Microsoft Windows System Resource Manager
      3. Application Virtualization
        1. Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization
    3. System Center Configuration Manager 2007
      1. Introduction to SCCM (1/2)
      2. Introduction to SCCM (2/2)
      3. Hardware Inventory
      4. Software Inventory
      5. Application Management and Deployment
      6. OS Deployment
    4. Provisioning Data
      1. Working with Shared Resources
      2. Offline Data Access
    5. Summary of Exam Objectives
    6. Exam Objectives Fast Track
    7. Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
    8. Self Test
    9. Self Test Quick Answer Key
  15. Chapter 7: Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability
    1. Introduction
    2. Planning for Storage Requirements
      1. Self Healing NTFS
      2. Multipath I/O (MPIO)
      3. Data Management
        1. Share and Storage Management Console
        2. Storage Explorer
        3. Storage Manager for SANs Console
      4. Data Security
        1. Group Policy Control over Removable Media
        2. BitLocker Drive Encryption
          1. BitLocker Volume Recovery
          2. BitLocker Management Options
          3. Using BitLocker for the Safe Decommissioning of Hardware
    3. Data Collaboration
    4. Planning for High Availability
      1. Failover Clustering
        1. Architectural Details of Windows 2008 Failover Clustering
        2. Multi-Site Clusters
      2. Service Redundancy
      3. Service Availability
      4. Data Accessibility and Redundancy
        1. Failover Clustering
          1. Prerequisites
        2. Distributed File System
      5. Virtualization and High Availability
    5. Planning for Backup and Recovery (1/3)
    6. Planning for Backup and Recovery (2/3)
    7. Planning for Backup and Recovery (3/3)
      1. Data Recovery Strategies
      2. Server Recovery
        1. WinRE Recovery Environment Bare Metal Restore
        2. Command Line Bare Metal Restore
      3. Recovering Directory Services (1/3)
      4. Recovering Directory Services (2/3)
      5. Recovering Directory Services (3/3)
        1. Backup Methods for Directory Services
        2. Backup Types for Directory Services
        3. Recovery Methods for Directory Services
          1. Directory Services Restore Mode Recovery
          2. Non-Authoritative Restore
          3. Authoritative Restore
        4. Object Level Recovery
    8. Summary of Exam Objectives
    9. Exam Objectives Fast Track
    10. Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
    11. Self Test
    12. Self Test Quick Answer Key
  16. Appendix: Self Test Appendix
    1. Chapter 1: Planning for Server Deployment
    2. Chapter 2: Planning for Server Management (1/3)
    3. Chapter 2: Planning for Server Management (2/3)
    4. Chapter 2: Planning for Server Management (3/3)
    5. Chapter 3: Monitoring and Maintaining Servers
    6. Chapter 4: Security and Policies
    7. Chapter 5: Planning for Server Virtualization
    8. Chapter 6: Application and Data Provisioning
    9. Chapter 7: Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability (1/2)
    10. Chapter 7: Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability (2/2)
  17. Index (1/5)
  18. Index (2/5)
  19. Index (3/5)
  20. Index (4/5)
  21. Index (5/5)

Product information

  • Title: The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-646 Prep Kit
  • Author(s): Anthony Piltzecker
  • Release date: August 2011
  • Publisher(s): Syngress
  • ISBN: 9780080879147