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Windows Server 2008 Technology Specialist series: Exams 70-640 Presenter: Bob Reinsch, Centriq Training, Leawood, KS (USA)

Presenter: Bob Reinsch

Education & Certifications B.A., Wichita State University MCT, MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Admin., MCITP: Enterprise Support Tech, MCITP: Enterprise Admin., MCITP: Server Admin., A+, Network+, Security+, CTT, MCSE: Windows 2003, MCSE: Security, MCSE: Messaging, Real World Security Authorized Instructor and Sair/GNU Linux Certified Professional Number of Years in IT 24 years Number of Years in Training 18 years Areas of Expertise Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Windows 2008 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Active Directory Security Exchange Messaging

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Agenda
General Study Tips
70-640 Exam Cram

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MCA

IT Certifications

MCM

MCITP & MCPD

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AND/OR
MOS

MTA

MOS Certifications

MOS MASTER

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General Tips Exam Information

70-640 Information
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70640&locale=en-us

Question Types include multiple choice, drag & drop, sequentials 50 Questions Passing Score is 700

General Tips - Studying

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Real-world experience in field
Hands-on experience in lab/virtual machine Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) - ILT Online course (MODL) Microsoft E-learning Microsoft Press Practice Questions MeasureUp or SelfTest **Focus on New Features/Upgraded Features from Windows Server 2003**

70-640 : Configuring Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

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. Passing this exam earns you the certification for MCTS:Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring and counts as credit towards MCITP:Enterprise Administrator and MCITP:Server Administrator

70-640 : Configuring Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure 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, firewalls, 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

Skills being measured

Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) for Active Directory (17%) Configure zones.
May include but is not limited to: Dynamic DNS (DDNS), Non-dynamic DNS (NDDNS), and Secure Dynamic DNS (SDDNS); Time to Live (TTL); GlobalNames; Primary, Secondary, Active Directory Integrated, Stub; SOA; zone scavenging; forward lookup; reverse lookup

Configure DNS server settings.

May include but is not limited to: forwarding; root hints; configure zone delegation; round robin; disable recursion; debug logging; server scavenging

Configure zone transfers and replication.

May include but is not limited to: configure replication scope (forestDNSzone; domainDNSzone); incremental zone transfers; DNS Notify; secure zone transfers; configure name servers; application directory partitions

Skills being measured

Configuring the Active Directory infrastructure (17 percent) Configure a forest or a domain.
May include but is not limited to: remove a domain; perform an unattended installation; Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) ; change forest and domain functional levels; interoperability with previous versions of Active Directory; multiple user principal name (UPN) suffixes; forestprep; domainprep

Configure trusts.
May include but is not limited to: forest trust; selective authentication vs. forest-wide authentication; transitive trust; external trust; shortcut trust; SID filtering

Configure sites.
May include but is not limited to: create Active Directory subnets; configure site links; configure site link costing; configure sites infrastructure

Configure Active Directory replication.

May include but is not limited to: DFSR; one-way replication; Bridgehead server; replication scheduling; configure replication protocols; force intersite replication

Configure the global catalog.

May include but is not limited to: Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC); partial attribute set; promote to global catalog

Configure operations masters.

May include but is not limited to: seize and transfer; backup operations master; operations master placement; Schema Master; extending the schema; time service

Skills being measured

Configuring Active Directory Roles and Services (14 percent) Configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS).
May include but is not limited to: migration to AD LDS; configure data within AD LDS; configure an authentication server; Server Core Installation

Configure Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS).

May include but is not limited to: certificate request and installation; selfenrollments; delegation; create RMS templates; RMS administrative roles; RM Add-on for IE

Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC).

May include but is not limited to: replication; Administrator role separation; read-only DNS; BitLocker; credential caching; password replication; syskey; read-only SYSVOL; staged install

Configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FSv2).

May include but is not limited to: install AD FS server role; exchange certificate with AD FS agents; configure trust policies; configure user and group claim mapping; import and export trust policies

Skills being measured

Creating and maintaining Active Directory objects (18 percent)
Automate creation of Active Directory accounts.
May include but is not limited to: bulk import; configure the UPN; create computer, user, and group accounts (scripts, import, migration); template accounts; contacts; distribution lists; offline domain join

Maintain Active Directory accounts.

May include but is not limited to: manage computer accounts; configure group membership; account resets; delegation; AGDLP/AGGUDLP; deny domain local group; local vs. domain; Protected Admin; disabling accounts vs. deleting accounts; deprovisioning; contacts; creating organizational units (OUs); delegation of control; protecting AD objects from deletion; managed service accounts

Create and apply Group Policy objects (GPOs).

May include but is not limited to: enforce, OU hierarchy, block inheritance, and enabling user objects; group policy processing priority; WMI; group policy filtering; group policy loopback; Group Policy Preferences (GPP)

Configure GPO templates.

May include but is not limited to: user rights; ADMX Central Store; administrative templates; security templates; restricted groups; security options; starter GPOs; shell access policies

Deploy and manage software by using GPOs.

May include but is not limited to: publishing to users; assigning software to users; assigning to computers; software removal; software restriction policies; AppLocker

Configure account policies.

May include but is not limited to: domain password policy; account lockout policy; fine-grain password policies

Configure audit policy by using GPOs.

May include but is not limited to: audit logon events; audit account logon events; audit policy change; audit access privilege use; audit directory service access; audit object access; advanced audit policies; global object access auditing; Reason for Access reporting

Skills being measured

Maintaining the Active Directory environment (18 percent) Configure backup and recovery.

May include but is not limited to: using Windows Server Backup; back up files and system state data to media; backup and restore by using removable media; perform an authoritative or non-authoritative restores; linked value replication; Directory Services Recovery Mode (DSRM); backup and restore GPOs; configure AD recycle bin

Perform offline maintenance.

May include but is not limited to: offline defragmentation and compaction; Restartable Active Directory; Active Directory database mounting tool

Monitor Active Directory.

May include but is not limited to: event viewer subscriptions; data collector sets; real-time monitoring; analyzing logs; WMI queries; PowerShell

Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services (15 percent)

Install Active Directory Certificate Services.
May include but is not limited to: certificate authority (CA) types, including standalone, enterprise, root, and subordinate; role services; prepare for multiple-forest deployments

Skills being measured

Configure CA server settings.

May include but is not limited to: key archival; certificate database backup and restore; assigning administration roles; high-volume CAs; auditing

Manage certificate templates.

May include but is not limited to: certificate template types; securing template permissions; managing different certificate template versions; key recovery agent

Manage enrollments.
May include but is not limited to: network device enrollment service (NDES); auto enrollment; Web enrollment; extranet enrollment; smart card enrollment; authentication mechanism assurance; creating enrollment agents; deploying multiple-forest certificates; x.509 certificate mapping

Manage certificate revocations.

May include but is not limited to: configure Online Responders; Certificate Revocation List (CRL); CRL Distribution Point (CDP); Authority Information Access (AIA)

Deep Dive: Command Line

Command Line Necessities: My experience has lead me to believe that one of the areas that many admins pursuing this certification is knowledge of the command line and the options.
Dcpromo.exe
dsacls dsmove redircmp secedit

netdom
dsadd dsrm redirusr scwcmd

netsh
dsget dsquery gpupdate Scw.exe

ocsetup
dsmod csvde gpresult adprep

Deep Dive: Command Line

Dsmgmt Dfsrmig.exe Dsmgmt Ktpass Nltest Adamsync.exe Certutil Nslookup Repadmin.exe Gpfixup.exe Ldifde W32tm.exe Adamuninstall.exe A-Z List of Commands Dnscmd Dcdiag.exe Ipconfig Ldp Wbadmin Adschemaanalyzer Ntdsutil Dsamain Ksetup Movetree Adaminstall.exe Dsdbutil.exe

Additional Info
Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Springboard Site Download an evaluation copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 Technet Virtual Labs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd459137.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb512925.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb310558

Exam 70-640 TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring presented by Bob Reinsch
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