MCSE : 70-290

Server (70-290) :

Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical Devices, Tools might include Device Manager, the Hardware Troubleshooting Wizard, and appropriate Control Panel items.

Manage basic disks and dynamic disks.

Optimize server disk performance.

Implement a RAID solution.

De-fragment volumes and partitions.

Monitor and Troubleshoot server hardware devices.

Install and configure server hardware devices.

Configure driver-signing options.

Configure device properties and resource settings for a device.

Diagnose and resolve issues related to server hardware settings and hardware device driver upgrades.

Managing Users, Computers, and Groups.

Manage local, roaming, and mandatory user profiles.

Create and manage computer accounts in an Active Directory environment.

Create and manage groups. Identify and modify the scope of a group.

Find domain groups in which a user is a member. Manage group membership.

Create and modify groups by using the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.

Create and modify groups by using automation.

Create and manage user accounts. Import user accounts.

Create and modify user accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers
Managing and Maintaining Access to Resources

Troubleshoot user authentication issues.

Troubleshoot Terminal Services.

Diagnose and resolve issues related to Terminal Services security.

Diagnose and resolve issues related to client access to Terminal Services.

Configure access to shared folders. Manage shared folder permissions.

Configure file system permissions.

Verify effective permissions when granting permissions.

Change ownership of files and folders.

Troubleshoot access to files and shared folders.

Troubleshoot print queues.

Manage a Web server. Manage Internet Information Services (IIS).

Manage security for IIS.

Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment.

Monitor and analyze events. Tools might include Event Viewer and System Monitor.

Manage software update infrastructure. Manage software site licensing.

Manage servers remotely. Manage a server by using Remote Assistance.

Manage a server by using Terminal Services remote administration mode.

Manage a server by using available support tools.

Monitor system performance.

Monitor file and print servers. Tools might include Task Manager, Event Viewer, and System Monitor.

Monitor disk quotas. Monitor print queues. Monitor server hardware for bottlenecks.

Monitor and optimize a server environment for application performance.

Monitor memory performance objects.

Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery.

Perform system recovery for a server.

Implement Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Restore data from shadow copy volumes.

Back up files and System State data to media.

Configure security for backup operations.

Manage backup procedures.

Verify the successful completion of backup jobs.

Manage backup storage media.

Recover from server hardware failure.

Restore backup data.

Schedule backup jobs.