Exam Prep: 70-412 & 70-417MCSA: Windows Server 2012

Malcolm Jeffrey CRA106

Certification Overview

Microsoft Certifications

Master

Expert

Associate

Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM)

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert

(MCSE)

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate

(MCSA)

Steps to obtain the MCSA: Server 2012• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA)

Three exams are required and should be taken in the following order:

+ =Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

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AM41

0 Administering Windows Server 2012

EX

AM41

1Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services

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AM41

2+

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA)

So you can upgrade to the MCSA: Server 2012 from a range of certifications!

Upgrade to MCSA: Windows Server 2012

Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012

EX

AM41

7

Any of the following certifications qualify:

• MCSA: Windows Server 2008• MCITP: Virtualization Administrator • MCITP: Enterprise Messaging

Administrator• MCITP: Lync Server Administrator• MCITP: SharePoint Administrator• MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator

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MCSA Server 2012: Foundation for 6 MCSEs

Windows Server 2012

Your Exam Experience

Exam InternalsNon-Disclosure Agreement! Please remember this!

Approximately 50 questions on each exam

700 is passing

No partial credits!

Each exam has a cut score, which is the minimum correct for passing

Interactive and multiple choice items

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Exam Objectives• Available on the

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guide your learning• Identify knowledge

gaps• Provide structure to

your revision• Allows you to

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70-412

BEFORE WE BEGINI am not here to give you the answers to the exams.

My job here is merely to give you a slightly deeper heads up into the nature of the questions and the areas you can expect to be examined on.

With that in mind…..let’s continue.

Exam AreasConfigure and manage high availability (15 – 20%)Configure File and storage solutions (15 – 20%)Implement business continuity and disaster recovery (15 – 20%)Configure network services (15 – 20%)Configure the Active Directory Infrastructure (15 – 20%)Configure identity and access solutions (15–20%)

Configure and manage high availability (15–20%)• Configure Network Load Balancing• Configure failover clustering• Manage failover clustering roles• Manage Virtual Machine movement

Practice QuestionYou have a Hyper V server, called HVServer1 that is being replaced by a new, faster server, called HVServer2. HVServer2 has faster disks, different RAM, and a different CPU to HVServer1. You need to move all the machines from HVServer1 to HVServer2 with minimal outage time. What should you do?

A. Perform a quick migration.B. Perform a storage migration.C. Export the virtual machines from Server1 and import

the virtual machines to Server2.D. Perform a live migration.

Configure File and storage solutions (15 -20%)

• Configure advanced file services• Implement Dynamic Access Control• Configure and optimize storage

Practice QuestionYou have a Server 2012 server that is used for file storage. You have a volume setup for Data deduplication, but you want to exclude a given folder from deduplication. Where should you configure this?

A. Disk Management in Computer ManagementB. File and Storage Services in Server ManagerC. the classification rules in File Server Resource

Manager (FSRM)D. the properties of D:\Folder1

Implement business continuity and disaster recovery (15–20%)

• Configure and manage backups• Recover servers• Configure Site-level tolerance

Practice QuestionYou have created a customized Windows Recovery Environment image and you need to ensure that when a server starts from the custom image, the server will see a mapped network driver automatically. What should you modify for this to work?

A. startnet.cmdB. Xsl-mApp1ngs.xmlC. Win.iniD. smb.types.ps1xml

Configure network services (15–20%)

• Implement an advanced DHCP solution• Implement an advanced DNS solution• Deploy and manage IPAM

Practice QuestionYour network, Auldhouse.com, contains two servers, one with the IPAM feature(IPAM1), the other is a DHCP server (DHCP1). Dodgy Dave is a user who is a member of the IPAM Users group. Dodgy Dave needs to be able to use IPAM to modify the DHCP scopes on DHCP1.

Which group should you add him to.

A. DHCP Administrators on Server2B. IPAM ASM Administrators on Server1C. IPAMUG in Active DirectoryD. IPAM MSM Administrators on Server1

Configure the Active Directory infrastructure (15–20%)

• Configure a Forest or a Domain• Configure Trusts• Configure Sites• Manage Active Directory and SYSVOL

replication

Practice QuestionYou have an AD forest which contains two domains named Auldhouse.com and MalcyJ.com, and runs with the Forest Functional Level of Windows Server 2003. You have a domain outside the forest named AcmeInc.Com which needs to be configured to meet the following requirements:

• Users in AcmeInc.com must be able to access resources in Auldhouse.com

• Users in AcmeInc.com must be prevented from accessing resources in MalcyJ.com.

• Users in both Auldhouse.com and MalcyJ.com must be prevented from accessing resources in AcmeInc.com.

What should you create?

A. A one-way external trust from Auldhouse.com to AcmeInc.comB. A one-way realm trust from AcmeInc.com to Auldhouse.comC. A one-way realm trust from Auldhouse.com to AcmeInc.comD. A one-way external trust from AcmeInc.com to Auldhouse.com

Configure identity and access solutions (15–20%)

• Implement AD Federation Services 2.1 (AD FSv2.1)

• Install and configure AD CS• Manage certificates• Install and configure AD Rights

Management Services (AD RMS)

Practice QuestionYou have a server running the AD CS role. That server has a Hardware Security Module to protect the private key, which is backed up regularly, including the database, logs etc.What else should you do to preserve AD CS?

A. Run the certutil.exe command and specify the -backupkey parameter.B. Run the certutil.exe command and specify the -backupdb parameter.C. Run the certutil.exe command and specify the -backup parameter.D. Run the certutil.exe command and specify the -dump parameter.

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