Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
Beta exam experience
Beta experience of fellow blogger Thomas Maurer mentions this exam to be around 45 questions.
Here is a quick re-cap of the questions he experienced:
7-9 questions about new features in Hyper-V.
3-5 questions about upgrading to Windows Server 2012
4-6 questions about new PowerShell cmdlets.
2-3 questions about NIC Teaming
4-6 questions about Active Directory and GPOs
2-3 questions about Print server
3-5 questions about Windows Server Core.
3-4 questions about Storage
3-4 questions about networking
Comparing that to the official skills measures list and we see questions from each and every section – nice and diverse!
Of course the questions were taken from a larger pool of questions, so your questions will most likely vary and noting this is based on a beta exam experience, there is a good chance Microsoft will make changes before the exam goes live.
Section by section, point by point study resources
Install and Configure Servers (17%)
- Install servers
- Plan for a server installation
- Plan for server roles
- Plan for a server upgrade
- Install Server Core
- Optimize resource utilization by using Features on Demand
- Migrate roles from previous versions of Windows Server
- Configure servers
- Configure Server Core
- Delegate administration
- Add and remove features in offline images
- Deploy roles on remote servers
- Convert Server Core to/from full GUI
- Configure services
- Configure NIC teaming
- Configure local storage
- Design storage Spaces
- TechNet Wiki: Storage Spaces – Designing for Performance
- Configure basic and dynamic disks
- Configure MBR and GPT disks
- Manage volumes
- Create and mount virtual hard disks (VHDs)
- TechNet: Manage Virtual Hard Disks
- Configure storage pools and disk pools
- Design storage Spaces
Configure Server Roles and Features (16%)
- Configure file and share access
- Create and configure shares
- TechNet: Configure a Network Share Item
- Configure share permissions
- Configure offline files
- Configure NTFS permissions
- Configure access-based enumeration (ABE)
- Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
- Configure NTFS quotas
- Create and configure shares
- Configure print and document services
- Configure the Easy Print print driver
- Configure Enterprise Print Management
- Configure drivers
- Configure printer pooling
- Configure print priorities
- Configure printer permissions
- Configure servers for remote management
- Configure WinRM
- Configure down-level server management
- Configure servers for day-to-day management tasks
- Configure multi-server management
- Configure Server Core
- Configure Windows Firewall
Configure Hyper-V (16%)
- Create and configure virtual machine settings
- Configure dynamic memory
- Configure smart paging
- Configure Resource Metering
- Configure guest integration services
- Create and configure virtual machine storage
- Create VHDs and VHDX
- Configure differencing drives
- Modify VHDs
- Configure pass-through disks
- Manage snapshots
- Implement a virtual Fibre Channel adapter
- Create and configure virtual Networks
- Implement Hyper-V Network Virtualization
- Configure Hyper-V virtual switches
- Optimize network performance
- Configure MAC addresses
- Configure network isolation
- Configure synthetic and legacy virtual network adapters
Deploy and Configure Core Network Services (16%)
- Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
- Configure IP address options
- Configure subnetting
- Configure supernetting
- Configure interoperability between IPv4 and IPv6
- Configure ISATAP
- Configure Tered0
- Deploy and configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service
- Create and configure scopes
- Configure a DHCP reservation
- Configure DHCP options
- Configure client and server for PXE boot
- Configure DHCP relay agent
- Authorize DHCP server
- Deploy and configure DNS service
- Configure Active Directory integration of primary zones
- Configure forwarders
- Configure Root Hints
- Manage DNS cache
- Create A and PTR resource records
Install and Administer Active Directory (18%)
- Install domain controllers
- Add or remove a domain controller from a domain
- Upgrade a domain controller
- Install Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) on a Server Core installation
- Install a domain controller from Install from Media (IFM)
- TechNet: Installing an Additional Domain Controller by Using IFM (Server 2008)
- TechNet: Installing AD DS from Media
- Resolve DNS SRV record registration issues
- TechNet: How DNS Support for Active Directory Works (Server 2008)
- WindowsNetworking: A Quick Tip To Verify The SRV Records Of Domain Controllers (Server 2000)
- Configure a global catalog server
- TechNet: Planning Global Catalog Server Placement
- TechNet: Add or Remove the Global Catalog
- Create and manage Active Directory users and computers
- Automate the creation of Active Directory accounts
- Create, copy, configure, and delete users and computers
- Configure templates
- Perform bulk Active Directory operations
- Configure user rights
- Offline domain join
- Manage inactive and disabled accounts
- Create and manage Active Directory groups and organizational units (OUs)
- Configure group nesting
- Convert groups including security, distribution, universal, domain local, and domain global
- Manage group membership using Group Policy
- Enumerate group membership
- Delegate the creation and management of Active Directory objects
- Manage default Active Directory containers
- Create, copy, configure, and delete groups and OUs
Create and Manage Group Policy (16%)
- Create Group Policy objects (GPOs)
- Configure a Central Store
- TechNet Video: How-To Configure the Central ADMX Store (Server 2008)
- Petri: Creating a Group Policy Central Store (Server 2008)
- Manage starter GPOs
- TechNet: Working with Starter GPOs
- Configure GPO links
- TechNet: Link a Group Policy Object
- Configure multiple local group policies
- TechNet: Local Group Policy Editor
- TechNet: Edit Multiple Local Group Policy
- Configure security filtering
- TechNet: Filter Using Security Groups
- Configure a Central Store
- Configure security policies
- Configure User Rights Assignment
- TechNet: User Rights Assignment (Server 2003)
- Configure Security Options settings
- Configure Security templates
- Configure Audit Policy
- Configure Local Users and Groups
- TechNet: Administering Local Users and Groups
- Configure User Account Control (UAC)
- TechNet: User Account Control Step-by-Step Guide (Server 2008)
- TechNet: User Account Control Overview
- Configure User Rights Assignment
- Configure application restriction policies
- Configure rule enforcement
- TechNet: Enforce AppLocker Rules
- TechNet: Configure an AppLocker Policy for Enforce Rules
- Configure Applocker rules
- TechNet: AppLocker Overview
- TechNet: Administering AppLocker
- Configure Software Restriction Policies
- Configure rule enforcement
- Configure Windows Firewall
- Configure rules for multiple profiles using Group Policy
- Configure connection security rules
- Configure Windows Firewall to allow or deny applications, scopes, ports, and users
- Configure authenticated firewall exceptions
- Import and export settings
Must read/view links
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Features Glossary
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Changes
Information Flood
70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Study Notes by SmootCIS
Windows Server 2012 answers
Windows Server 2012 Virtual Labs Free!
VIDEO: Hyper-V v3 in Windows Server 2012
VIDEO: New Features in Windows Server 2012
VIDEO: Windows Server 2012 Jump Start Technical Training