Overview

Audience Profile

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. 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

Credit Toward Certification

When you pass Exam 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring, you complete the requirements for the following certification(s):

• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration

Exam 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring counts as credit toward the following certification(s):

• Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator
• Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Server Administrator

Skills Measured

• Configure zones.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective 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

• Configure a forest or a domain.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC); partial attribute set; promote to global catalog
• Configure operations masters.
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: seize and transfer; backup operations master; operations master placement; Schema Master; extending the schema; time service

• Configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS).
  
  This objective 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).
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: certificate request and installation; self-enrollments; delegation; create RMS templates; RMS administrative roles; RM Add-on for IE
• Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC).
  
  This objective 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).
  
  This objective 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

• Automate creation of Active Directory accounts.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective 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).
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: domain password policy; account lockout policy; fine-grain password policies
• Configure audit policy by using GPOs.
  
  This objective 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

• Configure backup and recovery.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: offline defragmentation and compaction; Restartable Active Directory; Active Directory database mounting tool
• Monitor Active Directory.
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: event viewer subscriptions; data collector sets; real-time monitoring; analyzing logs; WMI queries; PowerShell

• Install Active Directory Certificate Services.
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: certificate authority (CA) types, including standalone, enterprise, root, and subordinate; role services; prepare for multiple-forest deployments
• Configure CA server settings.
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: key archival; certificate database backup and restore; assigning administration roles; high-volume CAs; auditing
• Manage certificate templates.
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: certificate template types; securing template permissions; managing different certificate template versions; key recovery agent
• Manage enrollments.
  
  This objective 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.
  
  This objective may include but is not limited to: configure Online Responders; Certificate Revocation List (CRL); CRL Distribution Point (CDP); Authority Information Access (AIA)

Preparation Materials

• 6425C: Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services (5 Days)
• 6426C: Configuring and Troubleshooting Identity and Access Solutions with Windows Server 2008 Active Directory (3 Days)

• 6426CE: Configuring and Troubleshooting Identity and Access Solutions with Windows Server 2008 Active Directory (14 Hours)
• 6425BE: Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services (16 Hours)

• MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-640): Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory (2nd Edition)

• MeasureUp (Measureup.com)
• Self Test Software (Selftestsoftware.com)

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