Exam 70-643 - Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring
Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.
Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.
Deploying servers (28%)
- 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; dynamic driver provisioning; PXE provider; multicasting; VHD deployment
- Configure Microsoft Windows activation
- Install a KMS server; create a DNS SRV record; replicate volume license data; Multiple Activation Key (MAK); managing activation
- Configure Windows Server Hyper-V and virtual machines
- Virtual networking; virtualization hardware requirements; Virtual Hard Disks; migration types; Integration Services; dynamic memory allocation; dynamic virtual machine storage; import/export; snapshot
- Configure high availability
- Failover clustering; Network Load Balancing; geo-clustering support; cluster service migration; Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)
- Configure storage
- RAID types; Virtual Disk Specification (VDS); iSCSI Initiator; Storage Area Networks (SANs); mount points; Multipath I/O (MPIO); VHD mounting; boot from VHD; N-Port Identification Virtualization (NPIV)
Configuring Remote Desktop Services (26%)
- Configure RemoteApp and Remote Desktop Web Access
- Providing access to remote resources; per-user filtering; forms-based authentication; single sign-on
- Configure Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway)
- Certificate configuration; Remote Desktop resource authorization policy (RD RAP); Remote Desktop connection authorization policy (RD CAP); Remote Desktop group policy
- Configure Remote Desktop Connection Broker
- Redirection modes; DNS registration; set by using group policy
- Configure and monitor Remote Desktop resources
- Allocate resources by using Windows Server Resource Manager; configure application logging; fair share CPU scheduling; viewing processes
- Configure Remote Desktop licensing
- Deploy licensing server; connectivity between Remote Desktop Session Hosts (RD Session Hosts) and Remote Desktop Licensing (RD Licensing); recovering Remote Desktop Licensing server; managing Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (RDS CALs); revoking licensing
- Configure Remote Desktop Session Host
- Session options; session permissions; display data prioritization; profiles and home folders; IP Virtualization; RemoteFX
Configuring a Web Services Infrastructure (25%)
- Configure Web applications
- Directory-dependent; publishing; URL-specified configuration; Microsoft .NET components, for example, .NET and aspx; configure application pools; manage service accounts; server core
- Manage Web sites
- Migrate sites and Web applications; publish IIS Web sites; configure virtual directories; xcopy deployment
- Configure a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server
- Configure for extranet users; configure permissions; configure File Transfer Protocol Secure (FTPS); WebDAV integration; user isolation
- Configure Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Setting up smart hosts; configuring size limitations; setting up security and authentication to the delivering server; creating proper service accounts; authentication; SMTP relay
- Manage the Web Server (IIS) role
- Web site content backup and restore; IIS configuration backup; monitor IIS; configuration logging and tracing; delegation of administrative rights
- Configure SSL security
- 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; request filtering
Configuring Network Application Services (21%)
- Manage the Streaming Media Services role
- Installation; on-demand replication; caching and proxy; multicast streaming; advertising; Web-based administration; Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
- Secure streaming media
- Encryption; sharing business rules; configuring license delivery; configuring policy templates; configure Windows Media Rights Manager; automatically acquire media usage rights; Microsoft DRM upgrade service
- Configure SharePoint Foundation options
- Backup; service accounts; rights management services (RMS); migration; audience targeting; claims-based authentication; SharePoint Timer jobs; usage and report logging
- Configure SharePoint Foundation integration
- Configuring a document library to receive e-mail; configuring incoming vs. outgoing e-mail; support for Office Web Apps and SharePoint Workspaces