rack dimensions -- what a joke , costly joke,, IBM Gen III rail and cable arm-management is way longer in depth

rack dimensions -- what a joke , costly joke,, IBM Gen III rail and cable arm-management is way longer in depth

check before I promise

70-417 continued

Exam 70-412
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Configure and manage high availability  (20‒25%)
Configure failover clustering
Configure quorum, configure cluster networking, restore single node or cluster configuration, configure cluster storage, implement Cluster Aware Updating, upgrade a cluster, configure and optimize clustered shared volumes, configure clusters without network names, configure storage spaces
Manage failover clustering roles
Configure role-specific settings, including continuously available shares; configure VM monitoring; configure failover and preference settings; configure guest clustering
Manage virtual machine movement
Perform live migration; perform quick migration; perform storage migration; import, export, and copy VMs; configure virtual machine network health protection; configure drain on shutdown
Preparation resources
Network load balancing deployment guide
Installing the failover clustering feature and tools
Virtual machine storage migration overview
Configure file and storage solutions (15‒20%)
Implement Dynamic Access Control (DAC)
Configure user and device claim types, implement policy changes and staging, perform access-denied remediation, configure file classification, create and configure Central Access rules and policies, create and configure resource properties and lists
Preparation resources
Network File System
Dynamic Access control: Scenario overview
Introduction of iSCSI target in Windows Server 2012
Implement business continuity and disaster recovery (20‒25%)
Configure and manage backups
Configure Windows Server backups, configure Azure backups, configure role-specific backups, manage VSS settings using VSSAdmin
Configure site-level fault tolerance
Configure Hyper-V Replica, including Hyper-V Replica Broker and VMs; configure multi-site clustering, including network settings, quorum, and failover settings; configure Hyper-V Replica extended replication; configure Global Update Manager; recover a multi-site failover cluster
Preparation resources
Windows Server backup overview
Windows recovery technical reference
Deploy Hyper-V replica
Configure network services (20‒25%)
Deploy and manage IP address management (IPAM)
Provision IPAM manually or by using Group Policy, configure server discovery, create and manage IP blocks and ranges, monitor utilization of IP address space, migrate to IPAM, delegate IPAM administration, manage IPAM collections, configure IPAM database storage
Preparation resources
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol overview
Step-by-step: Demonstrate DNSSEC in a test lab
Step-by-step: Configure IPAM to manage your IP address space
Configure access and information protection solutions (15‒20%)
Implement Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
Install AD FS; implement claims-based authentication, including Relying Party Trusts; configure authentication policies; configure Workplace Join; configure multi-factor authentication
Preparation resources
AD FS deployment guide
Active Directory Certificate Services overview
Deploy a private CA with Windows Server 2012

Exam 70-417 - https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-417.aspx Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012

https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-417.aspx

Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012

Exam 70-410

 

Install and configure servers (25‒30%)

• 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, install and configure Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
• Configure local storage
  • Design storage spaces, configure basic and dynamic disks, configure Master Boot Record (MBR) and GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks, manage volumes, create and mount virtual hard disks (VHDs), configure storage pools and disk pools, create storage pools by using disk enclosures

Configure server roles and features (20‒25%)

• 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, manage non-domain joined servers

Configure Hyper-V (25‒30%)

• Create and configure virtual machine (VM) settings
  • Configure dynamic memory, configure smart paging, configure Resource Metering, configure guest integration services, create and configure Generation 1 and 2 VMs, configure and use enhanced session mode, configure RemoteFX
• Create and configure virtual machine storage
  • Create VHDs and VHDX, configure differencing drives, modify VHDs, configure pass-through disks, manage checkpoints, implement a virtual Fibre Channel adapter, configure storage Quality of Service
• Create and configure virtual networks
  • Configure Hyper-V virtual switches, optimize network performance, configure MAC addresses, configure network isolation, configure synthetic and legacy virtual network adapters, configure NIC teaming in VMs

Install and administer Active Directory (25‒30%)

• 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), resolve Domain Name System (DNS) SRV record registration issues, configure a global catalog server, deploy Active Directory infrastructure as a service (IaaS) in Microsoft Azure

 

Exam 70-411

 

Deploy, manage, and maintain servers (20‒25%)

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

Configure network services and access (20‒25%)

• Configure DirectAccess
  • Implement server requirements, implement client configuration, configure DNS for DirectAccess, configure certificates for DirectAccess

 

Configure a network policy server infrastructure (15‒20%)

• Configure Network Access Protection (NAP)
  • Configure System Health Validators (SHVs), configure health policies, configure NAP enforcement using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and VPN, configure isolation and remediation of non-compliant computers using DHCP and VPN, configure NAP client settings

 

Configure and manage Active Directory (20‒25%)

• 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, optimize 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 and manage Group Policy (20‒25%)

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

 

Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure - Exam 70-413

Exam 70-413

https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-413.aspx

Plan and deploy a server infrastructure (20–25%)

• Design and plan an automated server installation strategy
  • Design considerations including images and bare metal/virtual deployment; design a server implementation using Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK); design a virtual server deployment
  • Plan for deploying servers to Microsoft Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS); plan for deploying servers to public and private cloud by using AppController and Windows PowerShell; plan for multicast deployment; plan for Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
• Implement a server deployment infrastructure
  • Configure multi-site topology and transport servers; implement a multi-server topology, including stand-alone and Active Directory–integrated Windows Deployment Services (WDS) servers; deploy servers to Microsoft Azure IaaS; deploy servers to public and private cloud by using AppController and Windows PowerShell
• Plan and implement server upgrade and migration
  • Plan for role migration; migrate server roles; migrate servers across domains and forests; design a server consolidation strategy; plan for capacity and resource optimization
• Plan and deploy Virtual Machine Manager services
  • Design Virtual Machine Manager service templates; plan and deploy profiles, operating system profiles, hardware and capability profiles, application profiles, and SQL profiles; plan and manage services including scaling out, updating and servicing services; configure Virtual Machine Manager libraries; plan and deploy services to non-trusted domains and workgroups
• Plan and implement file and storage services
  • Planning considerations include iSCSI SANs, Fibre Channel SANs, Virtual Fibre Channel, storage spaces, storage pools including tiered storage and data de-duplication; configure the Internet Storage Name server (iSNS); configure Services for Network File System (NFS); plan and implement SMB 3.0 based storage; plan for Windows Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX)

Design and implement network infrastructure services (20–25%)

• Design and maintain a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) solution
  • Design considerations including a highly available DHCP solution including split scope, DHCP failover, and DHCP failover clustering, DHCP interoperability, and DHCPv6; implement DHCP filtering; implement and configure a DHCP management pack; maintain a DHCP database
• Design a name resolution solution strategy
  • Design considerations including Active Directory integrated zones, DNSSEC, DNS Socket Pool, cache locking, disjoint namespaces, DNS interoperability, migration to application partitions, IPv6, Single-Label DNS Name Resolution, zone hierarchy, and zone delegation
• Design and manage an IP address management solution
  • Design considerations including IP address management technologies including IPAM, Group Policy based, manual provisioning, and distributed, centralized, hybrid placement, and database storage; configure role-based access control; configure IPAM auditing; migrate IPs; manage and monitor multiple DHCP and DNS servers; configure data collection for IPAM; integrate IPAM with Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)

 

Design and implement network access services (15–20%)

• Design a VPN solution
  • Design considerations including certificate deployment, firewall configuration, client/site to site, bandwidth, protocol implications, connectivity to Microsoft Azure IaaS and VPN deployment configurations using Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK)
• Design a DirectAccess solution
  • Design considerations including deployment topology, migration from Forefront UAG, One Time Password (OTP), and use of certificates issued by enterprise Certificate Authority (CA)
• Design a Web Application Proxy solution
  • Design considerations including planning for applications, authentication and authorization, Workplace Join, devices, multifactor authentication, multifactor access control, single sign-on (SSO), certificates, planning access for internal and external clients
• Implement a scalable remote access solution
  • Configure site-to-site VPN; configure packet filters; implement packet tracing; implement multi-site Remote Access; configure Remote Access clustered with Network Load Balancing (NLB); implement an advanced DirectAccess solution, configure multiple RADIUS server groups and infrastructure, configure Web Application Proxy for clustering
• Design and implement network protection solution
  • Design considerations including Network Access Protection (NAP) enforcement methods for DHCP, IPSec, VPN, and 802.1x, capacity, placement of servers, firewall, Network Policy Server (NPS), and remediation network, configure NAP enforcement for IPsec and 802.1x, monitor for compliance

 

Design and implement an Active Directory infrastructure (logical) (20–25%)

• Design a forest and domain infrastructure
  • Design considerations including multi-forest architecture, trusts, functional levels, domain upgrade, domain migration, forest restructure, Microsoft Azure Active Directory and DirSync
• Implement a forest and domain infrastructure
  • Configure domain rename; configure Kerberos realm trusts; implement a domain upgrade; implement a domain migration; implement a forest restructure; deploy and manage a test forest including synchronization with production forests
• Design a Group Policy strategy
  • Design considerations including inheritance blocking, enforced policies, loopback processing, security, and WMI filtering, site-linked Group Policy Objects (GPOs), slow-link processing, group strategies, organizational unit (OU) hierarchy, and Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM), and Group Policy caching
• Design an Active Directory permission model
  • Design considerations including Active Directory object security and Active Directory quotas; customize tasks to delegate in Delegate of Control Wizard; deploy administrative tools on the client devices; delegate permissions on administrative users (AdminSDHolder); plan for Kerberos delegation

 

Design and implement an Active Directory infrastructure (physical) (20–25%)

• Design an Active Directory sites topology
  • Design considerations including proximity of domain controllers, replication optimization, and site link; monitor and resolve Active Directory replication conflicts
• Design a domain controller strategy
  • Design considerations including global catalog, operations master roles, Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODCs), partial attribute set, and domain controller cloning, and domain controller placement
• Design and implement a branch office infrastructure
  • Design considerations including RODC, Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC), global catalog, DNS, DHCP, and BranchCache; implement confidential attributes; delegate administration; modify filtered attributes set; configure password replication policy; configure hash publication

 

 

NPS as a radius server

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755248.aspx

When NPS is used as a RADIUS server, RADIUS messages provide authentication, authorization, and accounting for network access connections
 

NAP requirement re-visited http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd125301(v=ws.10).aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd125301(v=ws.10).aspx

Component	Minimum	Minimum role services
NAP health policy server	Windows Server 2008	NPS
HRA	Windows Server 2008	NPS, HRA, IIS
VPN enforcement server	Windows Server 2008	RRAS
DHCP enforcement server	Windows Server 2008	DHCP, NPS
NAP CA	Windows 2000 Server*	AD CS
Remediation server	N/A**	N/A**
Health requirement server	N/A**	N/A**

windows xp mode in windows 8 --- its not there

windows xp mode in windows 8 --- its not there

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-nz/windows-8/hyper-v-run-virtual-machines

Run virtual machines on Windows 8.1 with Client Hyper‑V
Applies to Windows 8.1
Whether you're a software developer, IT administrator, or simply an enthusiast, you might want to run multiple operating systems on a single PC.

Windows 8.1 includes Hyper‑V, the same machine virtualization technology that is part of Windows Server. Hyper‑V lets you run more than one 32-bit or 64-bit x86 operating system at the same time on the same PC, by running them inside a virtual machine. Hyper‑V replaces Windows Virtual PC in Windows 7, but doesn't include Windows XP Mode.