Exam 70-411
Administering Windows Server 2012

Published: 17 September 2012
Languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil)
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Windows Server 2012 R2
Credit towards certification: MCP, MCSA, MCSE

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This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area in the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area in the exam.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

As of January 2014, this exam includes content covering Windows Server 2012 R2.

Deploy, manage and maintain servers (15–20%)

Deploy and manage server images

Install the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) role; configure and manage boot, install and discover images; update images with patches, hotfixes and drivers; install features for offline images; configure driver groups and packages

Implement patch management

Install and configure the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) role, configure group policies for updates, configure client-side targeting, configure WSUS synchronisation, configure WSUS groups, manage patch management in mixed environments

Monitor servers

Configure Data Collector Sets (DCS), configure alerts, monitor real-time performance, monitor virtual machines (VMs), monitor events, configure event subscriptions, configure network monitoring, schedule performance monitoring

Preparation resources

Windows Deployment Services overview
Windows Server Update Services overview
Update management in Windows Server 2012: Revealing cluster-aware updating and the new generation of WSUS

Configure File and Print Services (15–20%)

Configure Distributed File System (DFS)

Install and configure DFS namespaces, configure DFS Replication Targets, configure Replication Scheduling, configure Remote Differential Compression settings, configure staging, configure fault tolerance, clone a DFS database, recover DFS databases, optimise DFS replication

Configure File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)

Install the FSRM role service, configure quotas, configure file screens, configure reports, configure file management tasks

Configure file and disk encryption

Configure BitLocker encryption; configure the Network Unlock feature; configure BitLocker policies; configure the EFS recovery agent; manage EFS and BitLocker certificates, including backup and restore

Configure advanced audit policies

Implement auditing using Group Policy and AuditPol.exe, create expression-based audit policies, create removable device audit policies

Preparation resources

DFS namespaces and DFS replication overview
DFS replication improvements in Windows Server 2012
File Server Resource Manager overview

Configure network services and access (15–20%)

Configure DNS zones

Configure primary and secondary zones, configure stub zones, configure conditional forwards, configure zone and conditional forward storage in Active Directory, configure zone delegation, configure zone transfer settings, configure notify settings

Configure DNS records

Create and configure DNS Resource Records (RR), including A, AAAA, PTR, SOA, NS, SRV, CNAME and MX records; configure zone scavenging; configure record options, including Time To Live (TTL) and weight; configure round robin; configure secure dynamic updates

Configure virtual private networks (VPN) and routing

Install and configure the Remote Access role, implement Network Address Translation (NAT), configure VPN settings, configure remote dial-in settings for users, configure routing, configure Web Application proxy in passthrough mode

Configure DirectAccess

Implement server requirements, implement client configuration, configure DNS for Direct Access, configure certificates for Direct Access

Preparation resources

How the Domain Name System (DNS) works
DNS overview
DNS server operations guide

Configure a Network Policy Server (NPS) infrastructure (10–15%)

Configure Network Policy Server

Configure a RADIUS server, including RADIUS proxy; configure RADIUS clients; configure NPS templates; configure RADIUS accounting; configure certificates

Configure NPS policies

Configure connection request policies, configure network policies for VPN clients (multilink and bandwidth allocation, IP filters, encryption, IP addressing), import and export NPS policies

Configure Network Access Protection (NAP)

Configure System Health Validators (SHVs), configure health policies, configure NAP enforcement using DHCP and VPN, configure isolation and remediation of non-compliant computers using DHCP and VPN, configure NAP client settings

Preparation resources

Network Policy and Access Services overview

Network Policy Server operations guide

Policies in NPS

Configure and manage Active Directory (10–15%)

Configure service authentication

Create and configure Service Accounts, create and configure Group Managed Service Accounts, configure Kerberos delegation, manage Service Principal Names (SPNs), configure virtual accounts

Configure domain controllers

Transfer and seize operations master roles, install and configure a read-only domain controller (RODC), configure domain controller cloning

Maintain Active Directory

Back up Active Directory and SYSVOL, manage Active Directory offline, optimise an Active Directory database, clean up metadata, configure Active Directory snapshots, perform object- and container-level recovery, perform Active Directory restore, configure and restore objects by using the Active Directory Recycle Bin

Configure account policies

Configure domain and local user password policy settings, configure and apply Password Settings Objects (PSOs), delegate password settings management, configure account lockout policy settings, configure Kerberos policy settings

Preparation resources

Group managed service accounts overview
Step-by-step: Safely cloning an Active Directory domain controller with Windows Server 2012
Administering Active Directory backup and recovery

Configure and manage Group Policy (15–20%)

Configure Group Policy processing

Configure processing order and precedence, configure blocking of inheritance, configure enforced policies, configure security filtering and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) filtering, configure loopback processing, configure and manage slow-link processing and Group Policy caching, configure client-side extension (CSE) behaviour, force Group Policy Update

Configure Group Policy settings

Configure settings, including software installation, folder redirection, scripts, and administrative template settings; import security templates; import custom administrative template file; configure property filters for administrative templates

Manage Group Policy objects (GPOs)

Back up, import, copy and restore GPOs; create and configure Migration Table; reset default GPOs; delegate Group Policy management

Configure Group Policy preferences (GPP)

Configure GPP settings, including printers, network drive mappings, power options, custom registry settings, Control Panel settings, Internet Explorer settings, file and folder deployment and shortcut deployment; configure item-level targeting

Preparation resources

Group Policy in Windows Server 2012: Overview
Work with WMI filters
Back up, restore, import and copy Group Policy objects

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