Microsoft Certification Overview: Exam 70-411 Administering Windows Server 2012

2. Exam Prep70-411 Administering Windows Server 2012 Brian Svidergol http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

4. What we’ll cover today Microsoft Certification Overview Study for Success http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

5. Microsoft Certification Overview http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

6. Certification Overview

7. Microsoft Certifications Solution/cloud focus Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM) Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) Master Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Expert Associate http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

8. MCSE and MCSD certifications Desktop Infrastructure Private Cloud Server Infrastructure Web Applications SharePoint Data Platform SharePoint

9. MCSA: Windows Server 2012 411 412 410 EXAM EXAM EXAM Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Administering Windows Server 2012 Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services MCSA: Windows Server 2012 + = + http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

10. Taking the Exam

11. Upgrade paths Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012 • Any of the following certifications qualify: • MCSA: Windows Server 2008 • MCITP: Virtualization Administrator on Windows Server 2008 R2 • MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010 • MCITP: Lync Server Administrator 2010 • MCITP: SharePoint Administrator 2010 • MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7 + + 70-417 http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html * Individuals that have earned the MCITP: Enterprise Administrator or MCITP: Server Administrator have also earned the MCSA: Windows Server 2008

12. Study for Success http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

13. Topics covered on the exam Replace the Ns with your exam number to find your prep guide: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-NNN List of available languages Second tab shows Skills Measured. Third tab shows Preparation Materials, including a link to the Learning Plan for the exam.

14. Studying for the Exam

15. Know What to Expect http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

16. How to interpret the questions Business Problem All questions have a consistent anatomy Goal Statement One or Multiple Correct Answers Questions are not intended to trick you Multiple Distracters

17. Question types go beyond multiple choice Two Part Analysis Extending Matching items Extending Matching items Code Review Code Review Case Studies Case Studies Choose All That Apply Choose All That Apply Graphics Interpretation Best Answer Best Answer Active Screen Active Screen Drag & Drop Drag & Drop Multi-source Reasoning Build Lists Build Lists Be sure to view the exam item type demo before you take your first exam!

18. Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

19. The Objectives

20. Deploy, Manage, and Maintain Servers

21. Deploy and Manage Server Images (1/2) Install the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) role Prerequisites: AD DS/DHCP/DNS/NTFS, member of Administrators Install-WindowsFeature –Name WDS -ComputerName Server01 –IncludeManagementTools (Servermanagercmd.exe deprecated) Boot, capture, install, discover images Boot image is Windows PE + client (boot.wim on media) Capture image is used to capture a reference computer to use for your install image Install image is what you deploy (install.wim on media) Discover image when computer can’t use PXE (boot to discover image media) Update images - patches/hotfixes/drivers/features DISM (ImageX, Package Manager, OCSetup- deprecated), 22 DISM cmdlets dism /online /enable-feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient

22. Deploy and Manage Server Images (2/2) Update images - patches/hotfixes/drivers/features Mount the offline image: DISM /Mount-Image /ImageFile:<path> /Name:<name> /MountDir:<temppath> Add package or driver to image: DISM /Image:<temppath> /Add-Package /PackagePath:<path> DISM /Image:<temppath> /Add-Driver /Driver:<path-to-INF> Commit the changes and unmount: DISM /Unmount-Image /MountDir:<temppath> /Commit http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

23. Example question You have an existing image that you use to deploy to servers. You need to add a package to the image. What should you do first? A. Run the DISM /Image:<temppath> /Add-Package /PackagePath:<path> B. Run the DISM /Image:<temppath> /Add-Driver /Driver:<path-to-INF> C. Run the DISM /Mount-Image /ImageFile:<path> /Name:<name> /MountDir:<temppath> D. Run the DISM /Unmount-Image /MountDir<temppath> /Commit http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

24. Implement Patch Management Install WSUS role DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName: (dism /online /get-features) Install-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools GPOs, client side targeting Server-side targeting (default) – best in smaller deployments, make changes on the fly Client-side targeting (typically GPO) – best in large deployments, automated membership Watch for non-domain joined clients or the manual step of creating groups in WSUS Synchronization and WSUS groups Synchronization is where WSUS downloads updates from upstream server or Microsoft Update Watch for proxy server issue (configure in WSUS), firewall issue, or BITS issue WSUS groups – used for targeting updates to groups of computers Watch for client computers not showing up in the computer list (configure them for WSUS first)

25. Monitor Servers (1/2) Configure Data Collector Sets (DCS) 3 types of collectors – performance counters (system performance), event trace data (activities and system events), system configuration information (registry) Built in templates – Active Directory Diagnostics, Basic, System Diagnostics, System Performance, WDAC Diagnostics Alerts / Monitor Real-Time Performance Monitor performance counter then alert when threshold is exceeded Start a DCS, log event in Event Log, run a task (such as email or script) Monitor VMs Prerequisites: Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster, Windows Server 2012 VMs, FW rule for VM Monitoring, enabled for monitoring Monitor services, restart service upon failure, reboot and/or move VM thereafter, automate, manual, or integrate with System Center

26. Monitor Servers (2/2) Monitor Events Centralize event log data to a single collector server (default protocol HTTP over port 5985) Use winrmquickconfig on source and wecutil qc on collector Works in non-domain environment but need to set TrustedHosts for WinRM Configure Event Subscriptions Use Event Viewer to create a subscription, default location is ForwardedEvents log Can use existing custom view (useful when trying to minimize administrative overhead) Configure Network Monitoring System Center Operations Manager + OS mgmt. packs + network device discovery Performance Monitor – DCS + performance monitor data + alert or log http://www.pass4sureexam.co/70-410.html

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