MCITP Enterprise Administrator

Does your job profile include working with the Windows Server 2008 OS? If finding your way around the maze of WS 2008 architecture is child’s play for you, then going for the MCITP exam as an Enterprise Administrator would prove to be a valuable asset on your resume. The exam will make you credible for the in-demand job roles of Enterprise system/security administrator, network administrator, systems architect etc.

The MCITP certificate for EA is about infrastructure design. The core level business planning capabilities of students will be tested here. They will be required to offer suggestions, policies and plans for new technology practices and co-ordinate with the other business levels of an organization. They will also formulate security solutions and design key components that will affect an organization at multiple levels across the hierarchy. They will take an active part in an enterprise’s decision-making policies and devise key strategies that conform to the industry standards.

The applicants can make the best use of our state-of-the-art teaching technology as the students of London College, to gain maximum practical exposure to the industry standards in demand for this course.

MCITP certification Exam 70-640
Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration

Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) for Active Directory
Configure zones.
Dynamic DNS (DDNS), Non-dynamic DNS (NDDNS), and Secure Dynamic DNS (SDDNS),
Time to Live (TTL), GlobalNames, Primary, Secondary, Active Directory Integrated,
Stub, SOA, zone scavenging, forward lookup, reverse lookup

DNS server settings, zone transfers and replication
Configure DNS, Forwarding, root hints, configure zone delegation, round robin,
disable recursion, debug logging, server scavenging
Configure replication scope (forestDNSzone, domainDNSzone),
incremental zone transfers, DNS Notify, secure zone transfers,
configure name servers, application directory partitions

Configuring the Active Directory Infrastructure

Configure a forest or a domain
Remove a domain, perform an unattended installation,
Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) v3 (pruning and grafting),
raise forest and domain functional levels,
interoperability with previous versions of Active Directory,
alternate user principal name (UPN) suffix, forestprep, domainprep

Configure trusts, Sites, global catalog, operations masters and Active Directory replication
Forest trust, selective authentication versus forest-wide authentication,
Transitive trust, external trust, shortcut trust, SID filtering
Create Active Directory subnets, configure site links,
Configure site link costing, configure sites infrastructure
Distributed File System, one-way replication, Bridgehead server,
Replication scheduling, configure replication protocols, force intersite replication
Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC),
Partial attribute set, promote to global catalog
Seize and transfer, backup operations master, operations master placement,
Schema Master, extending the schema, time service

Configuring Additional Active Directory Server Roles

Configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS).
Migration to AD LDS, configure data within AD LDS,
configure an authentication server, server core, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Configure Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS).
Certificate request and installation, self-enrollments, delegation,
Active Directory Metadirectory Services (AD MDS), Windows Server virtualization

Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC).
Unidirectional replication, Administrator role separation,
read-only DNS, BitLocker, credential caching,
password replication, syskey, Windows Server virtualization

Configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).
Install AD FS server role, exchange certificate with AD FS agents,
configure trust policies, configure user and group claim mapping, Windows Server virtualization

Creating and Maintaining Active Directory Objects

Automate creation of Active Directory accounts.
Bulk import, configure the UPN, create computer,
user, and group accounts (scripts, import, migration),
template accounts, contacts, distribution lists

Maintain Active Directory accounts.
Configure group membership, account resets, delegation,
AGDLP/AGGUDLP, deny domain local group, local versus domain,
Protected Admin, disabling accounts versus deleting accounts,
deprovisioning, contacts, creating organizational units (OUs), delegation of control

Create and apply Group Policy objects (GPOs), GPO templates and software deployment GPOs
Enforce, OU hierarchy, block inheritance, and enabling user objects,
group policy processing priority, WMI, group policy filtering, group policy loopback
User rights, ADMX Central Store, administrative templates,
security templates, restricted groups, security options, starter GPOs, shell access policies
Publishing to users, assigning software to users,
assigning to computers, software removal

Configure account policies and audit policy by using GPOs
Domain password policy, account lockout policy,
Fine-grain password policies
Audit logon events, audit account logon events,
Audit policy change, audit access privilege use,
Audit directory service access, audit object access

Maintaining the Active Directory Environment

Configure backup and recovery.
Using Windows Server Backup, back up files and system state data to media,
Back up and restore by using removable media,
Perform an authoritative or non-authoritative Active Directory restore,
Linked value replication, Directory Services Recovery Mode (DSRM) (reset admin password),
Back up and restore GPOs

Perform offline maintenance.
Offline defragmentation and compaction, Restartable Active Directory,
Active Directory database storage allocation

Monitor Active Directory.
Network Monitor, Task Manager, Event Viewer,
ReplMon, RepAdmin, Windows System Resource Manager,
Reliability and Performance Monitor, Server Performance Advisor, RSOP

Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services

Install Active Directory Certificate Services.
Standalone versus enterprise, CA hierarchies—root versus subordinate,
certificate requests, certificate practice statement

Configure CA server settings.
Key archival, certificate database backup and restore,
assigning administration roles

Manage certificate templates, enrollments and certificate revocations
Certificate template types, securing template permissions, managing different certificate template versions, key recovery agent
Network device enrollment service (NDES), Autoenrollment,
Web enrollment, smart card enrollment, creating enrollment agents
Configure Online Responders, Certificate Revocation List (CRL),
CRL Distribution Point (CDP), Authority Information Access (AIA)

MCITP certification Exam 70-642
Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

Configuring IP Addressing and Services

Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addressing.
Configure IP options, subnetting, supernetting, alternative configuration

Configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
DHCP options, creating new options, PXE boot, default user profiles, DHCP relay agents, exclusions, authorize server in Active Directory, scopes, server core, Windows Server Hyper-V

Configure routingn IPsec, Name Resolution
Static routing, persistent routing, Routing Internet Protocol (RIP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Create IPsec policy, IPsec Authentication Header (AH), IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

Configure a Domain Name System (DNS) server, DNS zones, DNS records and DNS replication
Conditional forwarding, external forwarders, root hints, cache-only, server core, WINS and DNS integration, Windows Server virtualization
DNS Refresh no-refresh, intervals, DNS listserv address (NSLOOKUP), primary/secondary zones, Active Directory integration, Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS), GlobalNames, SOA refresh
Record types, host, pointer, MX, SRV, NS, dynamic updates, Time to Live (TTL)
DNS secondary zones, DNS stub zones, DNS scavenging interval, replication scope

Configure name resolution for client computers
DNS and WINS integration, configuring HOSTS file, LMHOSTS, node type, Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR), broadcasting, resolver cache, DNS Server list, Suffix Search order, manage client settings by using group policy

Configuring Network Access, remote access, Network Access Protection (NAP) and network authentication
Dial-up, Remote Access Policy, Network Address Translation (NAT), Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), VPN, Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS), inbound/outbound filters, configure Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server, configure RADIUS proxy, remote access protocols, Connection Manager
Network layer protection, DHCP enforcement, VPN enforcement, configure NAP health policies, IPsec enforcement, 802.1x enforcement, flexible host isolation
LAN authentication by using NTLMv2 and Kerberos, WLAN authentication by using 802.1x, RAS authentication by using MS-CHAP, MS-CHAP v2, and EAP

Configure wireless access, firewall settings
Set Service Identifier (SSID), Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), ad hoc versus infrastructure mode, group policy for wireless
Incoming and outgoing traffic filtering, Active Directory account integration, identify ports and protocols, Microsoft Windows Firewall versus Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, configure firewall by using group policy, isolation policy

Configuring File and Print Services
Configure a file server.
File share publishing, Offline Files, share permissions, NTFS permissions, encrypting file system (EFS)

Configure Distributed File System (DFS)
DFS namespace, DFS configuration and application, creating and configuring targets, DFS replication

Configure shadow copy services and backup and restore
Recover previous versions, set schedule, set storage locations
Backup types, backup schedules, managing remotely, restoring data
Manage disk quotas.
Quota by volume or quota by user, quota entries, quota templates

Configure and monitor print services
Printer share, publish printers to Active Directory, printer permissions, deploy printer connections, install printer drivers, export and import print queues and printer settings, add counters to Reliability and Performance Monitor to monitor print servers, print pooling, print priority

Monitoring and Managing a Network Infrastructure
Configure Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server settings.
update type selection, client settings, Group Policy object (GPO), client targeting, software updates, test and approval, disconnected networks

Capture performance data
Data Collector Sets, Performance Monitor, Reliability Monitor, monitoring System Stability Index

Monitor event logs
Custom views, application and services logs, subscriptions, DNS log
Gather network data.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Baseline Security Analyzer, Network Monitor

MCITP certification Exam 70-643
Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration

Deploying Servers

Deploy images by using Windows Deployment Services.
Install from media (IFM), configure Windows Deployment Services, capture Windows Deployment Services images, deploy Windows Deployment Services images, server core

Configure Microsoft Windows activation
install a KMS server, create a DNS SRV record, replicate volume license data

Configure Windows Server Hyper-V and virtual machines
virtual networking, virtualization hardware requirements, Virtual Hard Disks, migrate from physical to virtual, VM additions, backup, optimization, server core

Configure high availability, storage
failover clustering, Network Load Balancing, hardware redundancy
RAID types, Virtual Disk Specification (VDS) API, Network Attached Storage, iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage area networks, mount points

Configuring Terminal Services

Configure Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp)
Configuring Terminal Services Web Access, configuring Terminal Services Remote Desktop Web Connection

Configure Terminal Services Gateway, Terminal Services load balancing
Certificate configuration, Terminal Services Gateway Manager (TS Gateway Manager), specifying resources that users can access through TS Gateway by using Terminal Services resource authorization policy (TS RAP) and Terminal Services connection authorization policy (TS CAP), Terminal Services group policy
Terminal Services Session Broker redirection modes, DNS registration, setting through group policy

Configure and monitor Terminal Services resources
Allocate resources by using Windows Server Resource Manager, configure application logging

Configure Terminal Services licensing, server options and Services client connections
Deploy licensing server, connectivity between terminal servers and Terminal Services licensing server, recovering Terminal Services licensing server, managing Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs)
Connecting local devices and resources to a session, Terminal Services profiles, Terminal Services home folders, Remote Desktop Connection (RDC), single sign-on, Remote Desktop Snap-In, MSTSC.exe
Logoff, disconnect, reset, remote control, monitor, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) permissions, connection limits, session time limits, managing by using GPOs, viewing processes, session permissions, display data prioritization

Configuring a Web Services Infrastructure

Configure Web applications, Web sites, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Directory-dependent, publishing, URL-specified configuration, Microsoft .NET components, for example, .NET and aspx, configure application pools
Migrate sites and Web applications, publish IIS Web sites, configure virtual directories
Configure for extranet users, configure permissions
Setting up smart hosts, configuring size limitations, setting up security and authentication to the delivering server, creating proper service accounts, authentication, SMTP relay

Manage Internet Information Services (IIS), SSL security
Web site content backup and restore, IIS configuration backup, monitor IIS, configure logging, delegation of administrative rights
Configure certificates, requesting SSL certificate, renewing SSL certificate, exporting and importing certificates

Configure Web site authentication and permissions
Configure site permissions and authentication, configure application permissions, client certificate mappings

Configuring Network Application Services
Configure Windows Media server.
on-demand replication, configure time-sensitive content, caching and proxy

Configure Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Encryption, sharing business rules, configuring license delivery, configuring policy templates

Configure Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services server options
Site permissions, backup, antivirus, configuring Windows SharePoint Services service accounts

Configure Windows SharePoint Services e-mail integration
Configuring a document library to receive e-mail, configuring incoming versus outgoing e-mail

MCITP certification Exam 70-620
Windows Vista Configuration

Installing and Upgrading Windows Vista
Identify hardware requirements.
Perform a clean installation.
Upgrade to Windows Vista from previous versions of Windows.
Upgrade from one edition of Windows Vista to another edition.
Troubleshoot Windows Vista installation issues.
Install and configure Windows Vista drivers.

Configuring and Troubleshooting Post-Installation System Settings
Troubleshoot post-installation configuration issues.
Configure and troubleshoot Windows Aero.
Configure and troubleshoot parental controls.
Configure Windows Internet Explorer.

Configuring Windows Security Features
Configure and troubleshoot User Account Control.
Configure Windows Defender.
Configure Dynamic Security for Internet Explorer 7.
Configure security settings in Windows Firewall.

Configuring Network Connectivity
Configuring networking by using the Network and Sharing Center.
Troubleshoot connectivity issues.
Configure Remote Access.

Configuring Applications Included with Windows Vista
Configure and troubleshoot media applications.
Configure Windows Mail.
Configure Windows Meeting Space.
Configure Windows Calendar.
Configure Windows Fax and Scan.
Configure Windows Sidebar.

Maintaining and Optimizing Systems That Run Windows Vista
Troubleshoot performance issues.
Troubleshoot reliability issues by using built-in diagnostic tools.
Configure Windows Update.
Configure Data Protection.

Configuring and Troubleshooting Mobile Computing
Configure Mobile Display Settings.
Configure Mobile Devices.
Configure Tablet PC software.
Configure Power Options.

MCITP certification Exam 70-647
PRO: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator

Planning Network and Application Services

Plan for name resolution and IP addressing.
Internal and external naming strategy, naming resolution support for legacy clients,
Naming resolution for directory services, IP addressing scheme, TCP/IP version coexistence

Design for network access
Network access policies, remote access strategy,
Perimeter networks, server and domain isolation

Plan for application delivery
Application virtualization, presentation virtualization,
Locally installed software, Web-based applications

Plan for Terminal Services
Terminal Services licensing,
Terminal Services infrastructure

Designing Core Identity and Access Management Components

Design Active Directory forests and domains
Forest structure, forest and domain functional levels,
Intra-organizational authorization and authentication, schema modifications

Design the Active Directory physical topology
Placement of servers, site and replication topology,
Printer location policies

Design the Active Directory administrative model
Delegation, group strategy, compliance auditing,
Group administration, organizational structure

Design the enterprise-level group policy strategy
Group policy hierarchy and scope filtering, control device installation,
Authentication and authorization

Designing Support Identity and Access Management Components

Plan for domain or forest migration, upgrade, and restructuring.
Cross-forest authentication, backward compatibility, object migration,
Migration planning, implementation planning, environment preparation

Design the branch office deployment
Authentication strategy, server security

Design and implement public key infrastructure
Certificate services, PKI operations and maintenance,
Certificate life cycle management

Plan for interoperability
Inter-organizational authorization and authentication,
Application authentication interoperability, cross-platform interoperability

Designing for Business Continuity and Data Availability

Plan for business continuity
Service availability, directory service recovery

Design for software updates and compliance management
Patch management and patch management compliance,
Microsoft Update and Windows Update, security baselines, system health models

Design the operating system virtualization strategy
Server consolidation, application compatibility,
Virtualization management, placement of servers

Design for data management and data access
Data security, data accessibility and redundancy,
Data collaboration