Exam 70-290 Objectives
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Microsoft 70-290 Exam Objectives |
Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
The 70-290 certification exam measures your ability to manage and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment.
Credit Toward Certification
When you pass the Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment exam, you achieve Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) status. You also earn credit toward the following certifications:
- Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 certification
- Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 certification
- Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 certification
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Chapter 1 Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical Devices
> Manage basic disks and dynamic disks.
> Monitor server hardware. (Tools might include Device Manager, the Hardware Troubleshooting Wizard, and appropriate Control Panel items.)
> Optimize server disk performance.
- Implement a RAID solution.
- Defragment volumes and Chapteritions.
> Troubleshoot server hardware devices.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to hardware settings.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to server hardware and hardware driver upgrades.
> Install and configure server hardware devices.
- Configure driver signing options.
- Configure resource settings for a device.
- Configure device properties and settings.
Chapter 2 Managing Users, Computers, and Groups
> Manage local, roaming, and mandatory user profiles.
> Create and manage computer accounts in an Active Directory environment.
> Create and manage groups.
- Identify and modify the scope of a group.
- Find domain groups in which a user is a member.
- Manage group membership.
- Create and modify groups by using the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.
- Create and modify groups by using automation.
> Create and manage user accounts.
- Create and modify user accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in.
- Create and modify user accounts by using automation.
- Import user accounts.
> Troubleshoot computer accounts.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to computer accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in.
- Reset computer accounts.
> Troubleshoot user accounts.
- Diagnose and resolve account lockouts.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to user account properties.
> Troubleshoot user authentication issues.
Chapter 3 Managing and Maintaining Access to Resources
> Configure access to shared folders.
- Manage shared folder permissions.
> Troubleshoot Terminal Services.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to Terminal Services security.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to client access to Terminal Services.
> Configure file system permissions.
- Verify effective permissions when granting permissions.
- Change ownership of files and folders.
> Troubleshoot access to files and shared folders.
Chapter 4 Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment
> Monitor and analyze events.
- Event Viewer
- System Monitor.
> Manage software update infrastructure.
> Manage software site licensing.
> Manage servers remotely.
- Manage a server by using Remote Assistance.
- Manage a server by using Terminal Services remote administration mode.
- Manage a server by using available support tools.
> Troubleshoot print queues.
> Monitor system performance.
> Monitor file and print servers. Tools might include Task Manager, Event Viewer, and System Monitor.
- Monitor disk quotas.
- Monitor print queues.
- Monitor server hardware for bottlenecks.
> Monitor and optimize a server environment for application performance.
- Monitor memory performance objects.
- Monitor network performance objects.
- Monitor process performance objects.
- Monitor disk performance objects.
> Manage a Web server.
- Manage Internet Information Services (IIS).
- Manage security for IIS.
Chapter 5 Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery
> Perform system recovery for a server.
- Implement Automated System Recovery (ASR).
- Restore data from shadow copy volumes.
- Back up files and System State data to media.
- Configure security for backup operations
> Manage backup procedures.
- Verify the successful completion of backup jobs.
- Manage backup storage media.
> Recover from server hardware failure.
> Restore backup data.
> Schedule backup jobs.
