Exam 70-243:
Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Published: April 16, 2012
Language(s): English
Audience(s): IT Professionals
Technology: Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Type: Proctored Exam

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Audience Profile
This exam is designed for candidates that have System Center Configuration Manager 2012, Windows Server, security, and networking experience in an enterprise environment, candidates should also have basic Microsoft SQL Server and Windows PowerShell knowledge, mobile device management, and application configuration experience. These candidates may be the System Center Configuration Manager Administrator, Active Directory Administrator, Exchange Administrator, Windows Server Administrator, or Enterprise Desktop Administrator for their organizations.

Credit Toward Certification
When you pass Exam 70-243: Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, you complete the requirements for the following certification(s):
MCTS: Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

This Training will Cover
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. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.

The information after “This objective may include but is not limited to” is intended to further define or scope the objective by describing the types of skills and topics that may be tested for the objective. However, it is not an exhaustive list of skills and topics that could be included on the exam for a given skill area. You may be tested on other skills and topics related to the objective that are not explicitly listed here.

Design and Plan System Center Configuration Manager Infrastructure (13%)

Plan System Center Configuration Manager hierarchy and site system roles.
This objective may include but is not limited to: pre-installation requirements, examining the current computing environment, CAS, primary and secondary sites, branch cache, designing and recommending System Center Configuration Manager server architecture, extending the Active Directory schema (DNS service records, WINS), managed providers, discovery methods, and planning migration
Plan and configure security.
This objective may include but is not limited to: PKI or self-signed certificates, HTTP or HTTPs implementation, NAP, FEP, and planning role-based security
Define the Business Continuity Plan (BCP).
This objective may include but is not limited to: disaster recovery and site maintenance

Manage Operating System Deployment (OSD) (12%)

Configure the OSD environment.
This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring WDS, configuring PXE, configuring the VM build environment, and integrating with MDT

Build and capture an image.
This objective may include but is not limited to: updating base images, task sequences

Deploy an image.
This objective may include but is not limited to: new (bare metal) and upgrade images, VHD deployment

Manage images.
This objective may include but is not limited to: drivers, servicing

Deploy Applications and Software Updates (14%)

Create an application.
This objective may include but is not limited to: defining deployment types, deploying applications to RDSH, MSI, and App-V, and converting a package

Deploy an application.
This objective may include but is not limited to: user device affinity, compliance settings, Software Center, and task sequences

Monitor application deployment.
This objective may include but is not limited to: resolving issues, managing application distribution points, distribution point groups, Content Library, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), log files, and In Console Monitoring

Manage the software library and application catalog.
This objective may include but is not limited to: web portal configuration, work schedule, and definition of primary machines for users

Create and monitor software updates.
This objective may include but is not limited to: Automatic Deployment Rules (ADR), SSRS, creating update groups, creating deployment packages, log files, and In Console Monitoring

Configure FEP clients by using System Center Configuration Manager.
This objective may include but is not limited to: creating and managing policy by using Configuration Manager, configuring definitions within the client policy, exporting from Configuration Manager, choosing which template to use, and select exclusions

Manage Compliance Settings (11%)

Build a Configuration Item (CI).
This objective may include but is not limited to: creating a CI, importing a CI, setting CI versioning, and remediation rules

Create and monitor a baseline.
This objective may include but is not limited to: importing a configuration pack, building a custom baseline, SSRS, log files, In Console Monitoring, deploying a baseline

Manage Sites (12%)

Manage collections.
This objective may include but is not limited to: setting maintenance windows, defining rules for collections (collection membership, query-based collections), collection-specific settings

Monitor site health.
This objective may include but is not limited to: SSRS, log files, In Console Monitoring, Toolkit

Configure software updates.
This objective may include but is not limited to: sync schedule, catalogs, products, WSUS, and superseded updates

Manage site communications.
This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring bandwidth settings for a site address, configuring senders, secondary sites (file-based replication, SQL replication paths), resolving DP connections

Manage boundary groups.
This objective may include but is not limited to: creating boundary groups, using boundary groups in more than one DP, client roaming, Internet-based clients

Manage role-based security.
This objective may include but is not limited to: security scopes, custom roles, cloned security roles and permissions

Manage Clients (14%)

Deploy clients.
This objective may include but is not limited to: GPO, WSUS, logon scripts, manual, client push, OSD task sequence, monitoring client health

Manage mobile devices.
This objective may include but is not limited to: enrolling mobile devices, Exchange Connector, AMT enrollment point (out-of-band management), and wiping mobile devices

Manage client agent settings.
This objective may include but is not limited to: desired configuration settings, mobile device client agent, NAP client agent, configuring power management, configuring remote control agent, hardware inventory agent, software inventory agent, software metering agent, advertised programs agent, computer agent

Manage inventory (12%)

Manage hardware inventory.
This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring MOF, export and import settings, enabling or disabling WMI classes, extending hardware inventory to other client assets, WMI or registry reporting

Manage software inventory.
This objective may include but is not limited to: standardized vendor name, list of tracked inventory, report inventory data, asset intelligence, software metering (enable or disable rules, report software metering results)

Monitor inventory data flow.
This objective may include but is not limited to: client-to-site, site-to-site

Manage Reports and Queries (12%)

Build queries.
This objective may include but is not limited to: console queries, WQL, sub-selects

Create reports.
This objective may include but is not limited to: cloning and modifying reports, creating custom reports, import and export reports

Manage SSRS.
This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring security, configuring caching, configuring subscriptions