Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Certificate Program

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Systems engineers, network engineers, systems analysts, network analysts, and technical consultants who want to earn their MCSE.

Required prerequisite(s): MCSA

Recommended experience: Familiarity with TCP/IP, Servers and Operating Systems.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify fundamental concepts of Microsoft Server 2012

• Manage Active Directory Environment

• Monitoring and Managing a Network Infrastructure

• Creating and Maintaining Active Directory Objects

• Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services

• Monitoring and Maintaining Servers

• Designing Core Identity and Access Management Components

• Designing for Business Continuity and Data Availability

Certification: MCSE requires two exams

• 70-413: Designing & Implementing a Server Infrastructure

• Number of questions: 50

• Length of test: 120 – 240 minutes

• Passing score: 700

• 70-414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure

• Number of questions: 50

• Length of test: 120 – 240 minutes

• Passing score: 700

Configuring the Active Directory Infrastructure

• Configure a forest or a domain.

• Configure trusts.

• Configure sites.

• Configure Active Directory replication.

• Configure the global catalog.

• Configure operations masters.

Configuring Additional Active Directory Server Roles

• Configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS).

• Configure Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS).

• Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC).

• Configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).

Creating and Maintaining Active Directory Objects

• Automate creation of Active Directory accounts.

• Maintain Active Directory accounts.

• Create and apply Group Policy objects (GPOs).

• Configure GPO templates.

• Configure software deployment GPOs.

• Configure account policies.

• Configure audit policy by using GPOs.

Maintaining the Active Directory Environment

• Configure backup and recovery.

• Perform offline maintenance.

• Monitor Active Directory.

Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services

• Install Active Directory Certificate Services.

• Configure CA server settings.

• Manage certificate templates.

• Manage enrollments.

• Manage certificate revocations.

• Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addressing.

• Configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

• Configure routing.

• Configure IPsec.

Configuring Name Resolution

• Configure a Domain Name System (DNS) server.

• Configure DNS zones.

• Configure DNS records.

• Configure DNS replication.

• Configure name resolution for client computers.

Configuring Network Access

• Configure remote access.

• Configure Network Access Protection (NAP).

• Configure network authentication.

• Configure wireless access.

• Configure firewall settings.

Configuring File and Print Services

• Configure a file server

• Configure Distributed File System (DFS)

• Configure shadow copy services

• Configure backup and restore

• Manage disk quotas

• Configure and monitor print services

Monitoring and Managing a Network Infrastructure

• Configure Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server settings

• Capture performance data

• Monitor event logs

• Gather network data

Planning for Server Deployment

• Plan server installations and upgrades

• Plan for automated server deployment

• Plan infrastructure services server roles

• Plan application servers and services

• Plan file and print server roles

Planning for Server Management

• Plan server management strategies

• Plan for delegated administration

• Plan and implement group policy strategy

Monitoring and Maintaining Servers

• Implement patch management strategy

• Monitor servers for performance evaluation and optimization

• Monitor and maintain security and policies

Planning Application and Data Provisioning

• Provision applications

• Provision data

Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability

• Plan storage

• Plan high availability

• Plan for backup and recovery

Designing Core Identity and Access Management Components

• Design Active Directory forests and domains

• Design the Active Directory physical topology

• Design the Active Directory administrative model

• Design the enterprise-level group policy strategy

Designing Support Identity and Access Management Components

• Plan for domain or forest migration, upgrade, and restructuring

• Design the branch office deployment

• Design and implement public key infrastructure

• Plan for interoperability

Designing for Business Continuity and Data Availability

• Plan for business continuity

• Design for software updates and compliance management

• Design the operating system virtualization strategy

• Design for data management and data access