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Windows Server 2008 Technology Specialists

A Technology Specialist is defined as a technology expert interested in assessing, improving, and validating his or her knowledge, skills, and experience in a given technology area in Windows Server 2008.

The following are typical characteristics of this audience:

– They value and may be working toward an extensive, deep technical knowledge in a given technology area of Windows Server 2008.
– They are interested in drilling down into the details of Windows Server 2008 technologies.
– They want to learn or test that they know and can apply existing concepts, practices, procedures, policies, and guidelines.
– They work in roles where most questions have clear right and wrong answers.
– Their focus is primarily on the “how to” skills associated with a given technology area, and they are interested in drilling down into the technical details.
– On the job, they receive functional specifications, defined polices/conventions/standards, and documented operational procedures from superiors.
 

Active Directory Technology Specialist

Active Directory Technology Specialist covers Windows Server 2008 Active Directory related technologies such as:

  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Active Directory Domain Services (and RODCs).
  • Configure & Troubleshoot Active Directory Certificate Services, Certificates & Certificate Authorities.
  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services.
  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Active Directory Federation Services.
  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Active Directory Rights Management Services.

 

70-640 - MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring
MOC Course Exam Nr. Duration Days Price Certification Saving Payment Option International Certification
6425 Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services 70-640 10 Days Theory: 6 Days
Labs: 4 Days		 Sign up for a FREE account and view the
Course fees @your convenience.
6426 Configuring and Troubleshooting Identity and Access Solutions with Windows Server 2008 Active Directory 4 Days Theory: 2 Days
Labs: 2 Days

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Network Infrastructure Technology Specialist

Network Infrastructure Technology Specialist covers Windows Server 2008 networking technologies such as:

  • Installing and Configuring Servers (including Server Virtualization).
  • Configuring and Troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, and WINS.
  • Configuring and Troubleshooting IPV6 TCP/IP.
  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Network Access (VPN, wireless, 802.1X).
  • Installing, Configuring and Troubleshooting a Network Policy Server.
  • Configuring, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting NAP.
  • Configuring, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting IPsec and Windows Firewall.
  • Configuring Distributed File System and Storage Technologies.
  • Ensuring Availability of Network Resources and Content.
  • Configuring Server Security Compliance.
  • Configuring Print and Communication Services.
70-642 - MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
MOC Course Exam Nr. Duration Days Price Certification Saving Payment Option International Certification
6421 Configuring and Troubleshooting a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure 70-642 8 Days Theory: 4 Days
Labs: 4 Days		 Sign up for a FREE account and view the
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Applications Infrastructure Technology Specialist

Applications Infrastructure Technology Specialist covers Windows Server 2008 web and application infrastructure technologies such as:

  • Configuring an IIS 7.0 Web Server, Modules, and Features.
  • Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Pools and Web Application Development Settings.
  • Configuring and Testing FTP, SMTP, and RPC over HTTPS.
  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Authentication and Authorization in IIS 7.0.
  • Maintaining and Securing a Web Server.
  • Configuring and Monitoring Terminal Services.
  • Configuring Terminal Services Resources and Terminal Services Licensing.
  • Configuring and Troubleshooting Terminal Services Connections and TS Gateways.
  • Configuring Terminal Services Web Access.
  • Configuring Live and On Demand Streaming Solutions.
  • Configuring Service Roles, Logging, and Plug-In.
70-643 - MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring
MOC Course Exam Nr. Duration Days Price Certification Saving Payment Option International Certification
6418 Deploying Windows Server 2008 70-643 5 Days Theory: 2 Days
Labs: 3 Days		 Sign up for a FREE account and view the
Course fees @your convenience.
6427 Configuring and Troubleshooting Internet Information Services in Windows Server 2008 5 Days Theory: 2 Days
Labs: 3 Days
6428 Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services 3 Days Theory: 1 Day
Labs: 2 Days

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IT Professional Job Roles

Microsoft Learning’s products for the professional level typically focus on specific job roles. For people working in the real world, it takes a lot more than technology knowledge and skills to move up on the job. Products targeted at professionals at this level recognize this. To date, products developed for this level have looked like this:

  • Focus on decision making, consideration of all variables, and problem solving when there is no one easy or right answer.
  • Require people to be able to support or backup “it depends” answers with clear logic and tie trade-offs made back to business requirements/constraints and other constraints.
  • Professionals have been assumed to be involved in defining or creating:
    • Documentation to support operational procedures.
    • Policies (coding, scripting, security, administration, etc.) based on business policies and requirements.
    • Standards and conventions.
    • Functional specifications or design specifications.
    • Dispositions (attitudes, interests, beliefs) and behaviors that contribute to success on the job are shared with people who use the instructor-led and e-learning products.

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MCITP: Server Administrator

A Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator is responsible for hands-on deployment and day-to-day operations of a subset of servers in an enterprise sized organization. Windows Server 2008 Server Administrators manage the network infrastructure, Active Directory, and Applications Infrastructure servers. They use scripts and batch files written by others or those that they occasionally write themselves to accomplish tasks on a regular basis. They conduct most server management tasks remotely by using Terminal Server or other administration tools installed on their local workstation.

A Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator’s primary tasks include, for a specified group of servers:

  • Planning for and Managing Server Commissioning and Decommissioning.
  • Planning for and Deploying Server Roles.
  • Managing Configuration Change and Maintaining Server Security.
  • Managing Server Backup and Restore.
  • Monitoring and Troubleshooting Server Hardware, Software, and Network Issues.
  • Server software distribution, and updates.
  • Profiling and monitoring assigned servers.
  • Tier 2 server support.

Windows Server 2008 Server Administrators occasionally support engineering projects. They are responsible for server builds and configuration. The percentage of time spent performing operations, engineering, or support related job tasks are as follows:

  • 60% Operations
  • 20% Support
  • 20% Engineering

MCITP: Server Administrator (MCTS Requirements Included) Exam 70-642, 70-640 & 70-646 (Please ensure that you aware of any prerequisites)
Course Exam Nr. Duration Days Price Certification Saving Payment Option International Certification
TS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring 70-642 8 Days Theory: 4 Days
Labs: 4 Days		 Sign up for a FREE account and view the
Course fees @your convenience.
TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring 70-640 15 Days Theory: 8 Days
Labs: 6 Days
PRO: Windows Server 2008 Administrator 70-646 7 Days Theory: 4 Days
Labs: 3 Days

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MCITP: Enterprise Administrator

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrators are experienced and highly trained IT professionals who are responsible for the design of enterprise-wide solutions that accommodate various Windows Server 2008 workloads. Responsibilities include testing and certification of the updates that are going to be deployed across the enterprise. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrators often perform forest-wide operation tasks. They also evaluate and recommend new technology solutions. The percentage of time spent performing operations, engineering, or support related job tasks are as follows:

  • 75% Engineering (design)
  • 20% Support
  • 5% Operations

The most difficult support issues (those that span multiple technology areas or involve design changes) are escalated to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrators. They are the final escalation point for the most difficult and system wide technical support issues. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrators delegate server updates to Windows Server 2008 Server Administrators for deployment. This curriculum is aimed at professionals who work in an Enterprise environment. For Microsoft to compete in the Enterprise Server space we need well-trained, skillful, and certified Technology Specialists and Professionals who know how to use our Windows Server products in the enterprise and, more importantly, who know how to solve their organization’s business problems by using Windows Server and its associated application services.

Enterprises:

  • Are concerned with high availability (the five 9s).
  • Are concerned with disaster recovery - Have customized collaboration technologies.
  • Have a need for many scripted and automated solutions.
  • Develop (configure and customize) their own messaging and collaboration solutions. They do not consume SBS or host solutions provided by third parties, they do not use an SI consultant, and they do not develop a hosting third-party solution..
  • Typically have monitoring, reporting, and update management solutions.
  • Have large number of concurrent users with high demands on the availability and feature support of their messaging and collaboration services.
  • Have very large storage requirements (including users with a demand for large mailbox sizes).
  • Have a formalized IT department.
  • Have employees with very specialized job roles. For example, Enterprise Messaging Administrator, architect, and Messaging and Collaboration Engineers are different job roles (and they may even have specialists within these roles, such as routing specialists, client access specialists, collaboration specialists, mobility specialists, infrastructure specialists). They would not have one person doing all these roles.

An enterprise can be distinguished from a medium organization (MORG) as follows:

  • Organizations with 25-499 PCs:
  • Low MORG: 25-49 PCs
  • Core MORG: 50-249 PCs
  • Upper MORG: 250-499 PCs
  • Organizations with 16-99 servers
  • Average of 29 servers, 245 PCs, 385 employees
  • Average of 8 IT Pros, only 36% have 2 or more distinct IT groups
  • 3% (57K) of all companies with servers, 18% (1.4M) of all servers overall
  • Group includes 13% (52K) of all MORGs and 42% (1M) of all servers in MORGs
  • Maps closely to Upper MORGs (250-499 PCs) and Low Enterprises (500-999 PCs) defined by PC Taxonomy

MCITP: Enterprise Administrator (MCTS Requirements Included) Exam 680,70-642,70-643,70-640 & 70-647 (Please ensure that you aware of any prerequisites)
Course Exam Nr. Duration Days Price Certification Saving Payment Option International Certification
TS: Windows 7, Configuring 70-680 6 Days Theory: 4 Days
Labs: 2 Days		 Sign up for a FREE account and view the
Course fees @your convenience.
TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring 70-640 15 Days Theory: 8 Days
Labs: 6 Days
TS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring 70-642 8 Days Theory: 4 Days
Labs: 4 Days
TS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring 70-643 13 Days Theory: 6 Days
Labs: 7 Days
PRO: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator 70-647 20 Days Theory: 10 Days
Labs: 10 Days

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