Windows Server 2008 70-647 Exam, Enterprise Administrator:Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator
The enterprise administrator is responsible for the overall Windows Server 2008 70-647 Exam R2 environment and architecture. The enterprise administrator translates business goals into technology decisions and designs mid-range to long-term strategies. Enterprise administrators also make key decisions and recommendations about the following:
Network infrastructure
Directory services, identity management, and authentication
Security policies
Business continuity (disaster recovery, personnel, equipment, and data)
Design of IT administrative structure (delegation models)
Best practices, standards, and service level agreements (SLAs)
The enterprise administrator is responsible for infrastructure design and global configuration changes. The enterprise administrator’s job role involves 20 percent operations, 60 percent engineering, and 20 percent support tasks.
Credit Toward Certification
Exam 70-647: Pro: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator: counts as credit toward the following certification(s):
Skills Being Measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.
The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.
Planning network and application services (23 percent)
Plan for name resolution and IP addressing. May include but is not limited to: internal and external naming strategy, naming resolution support for legacy clients, naming resolution for directory services, IP addressing scheme, TCP/IP version coexistence
Design for network access. May include but is not limited to: network access policies, remote access strategy, perimeter networks, server and domain isolation
Plan for application delivery. May include but is not limited to: application virtualization, presentation virtualization, locally installed software, Web-based applications
Plan for Remote Desktop Services. May include but is not limited to: Terminal Services licensing, Remote Desktop Services infrastructure
Designing core identity and access management components (25 percent)
Design Active Directory forests and domains. May include but is not limited to: forest structure, forest and domain functional levels, intra-organizational authorization and authentication, schema modifications
Design the Active Directory physical topology. May include but is not limited to: placement of servers, site and replication topology, printer location policies
Design the Active Directory administrative model. May include but is not limited to: delegation, group strategy, compliance auditing, group administration, organizational structure
Design the enterprise-level group policy strategy. May include but is not limited to: group policy hierarchy and scope filtering, control device installation, authentication and authorization
Designing support identity and access management components (29 percent)
Plan for domain or forest migration, upgrade, and restructuring. May include but is not limited to: cross-forest authentication, backward compatibility, object migration, migration planning, implementation planning, environment preparation
Design the branch office deployment. May include but is not limited to: authentication strategy, server security
Design and implement public key infrastructure. May include but is not limited to: certificate services, PKI operations and maintenance, certificate life cycle management
Plan for interoperability. May include but is not limited to: inter-organizational authorization and authentication, application authentication interoperability, cross-platform interoperability
Designing for business continuity and data availability (23 percent)
Plan for business continuity. May include but is not limited to: service availability, directory service recovery
Design for software updates and compliance management. May include but is not limited to: patch management and patch management compliance, Microsoft Update and Windows Update, security baselines, system health models
Design the operating system virtualization strategy. May include but is not limited to: server consolidation, application compatibility, virtualization management, placement of servers
Design for data management and data access. May include but is not limited to: data security, data accessibility and redundancy, data collaboration
Preparation Tools and ResourcesTo help you prepare for this exam, Microsoft Learning recommends that you have hands-on experience with the product and that you use the following training resources. These training resources do not necessarily cover all of the topics listed in the “Skills Measured” tab.
Classroom Training 6437A: Designing a Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure (3 Days)6435A: Designing a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure (5 Days)6436A: Designing a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Infrastructure and Services (5 Days)
Microsoft E-Learning 10271AE: MCITP (Exam 70-647): Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator (26 Hours)
Microsoft Press Books MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-647): Windows Server Enterprise AdministrationMCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-647): Windows Server Enterprise Administration (2nd Edition)
Practice Tests MeasureUp(Measureup.com)Self Test Software(Selftestsoftware.com)
Microsoft Online ResourcesWindows Server 2008 – Learning Portal: Find special offers and information on training and certification.Product information: Visit the Windows Server 2008 Web site for detailed product information.TechNet: Designed for IT professionals, this site includes how-to instructions, best practices, downloads, technical resources, newsgroups, and chats.MSDN: Designed for developers, the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) features code samples, technical articles, downloads, newsgroups, and chats.Microsoft Learning Community: Join newsgroups and visit community forums to connect with your peers for suggestions on training resources and advice on your certification path and studies.
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Windows Server 2008 70-647 Exam, Enterprise Administrator
March 4th, 2011 by IT Certification
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