Joe Crowe: MCSA goal achieved

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August 30, 2005

MCSA goal achieved

Well today marked a bit of a milestone for me as I now have passed the last exam to make me a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator. These exams were no joke. This was a significant departure from the NT 4.0 track, which I gained with minimal bother. The last exam was more difficult than it's predecessor, as it dealt partially with areas for which I have no current responsibility. Any area for which I have current WOU experience I was able to answer with rapidity.

For those interested, I've placed what this covers. This was a very good (and harrowing) experience. Studying items that I don't use in a daily routine can only lead to improvements in our network.

Skills measured by exam 70-290

Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical Devices
Manage basic disks and dynamic disks.
Monitor server hardware. Tools might include Device Manager, the Hardware Troubleshooting Wizard, and appropriate Control Panel items.
Optimize server disk performance.

* Implement a RAID solution.
* Defragment volumes and partitions.

Install and configure server hardware devices.

* Configure driver signing options.
* Configure resource settings for a device.
* Configure device properties and settings.

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.

* Create and modify user accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in.
* Create and modify user accounts by using automation.
* Import user accounts.

Troubleshoot computer accounts.

* Diagnose and resolve issues related to computer accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in.
* Reset computer accounts.

Troubleshoot user accounts.

* Diagnose and resolve account lockouts.
* Diagnose and resolve issues related to user account properties.

Troubleshoot user authentication issues.
Managing and Maintaining Access to Resources
Configure access to shared folders.

* Manage shared folder permissions.

Troubleshoot Terminal Services.

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

Configure file system permissions.

* Verify effective permissions when granting permissions.
* Change ownership of files and folders.

Troubleshoot access to files and shared folders.
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.

Troubleshoot print queues.
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.
* Monitor network performance objects.
* Monitor process performance objects.
* Monitor disk performance objects.

Manage a Web server.

* Manage Internet Information Services (IIS).
* Manage security for IIS.

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.

Skills measured by exam 70-291

Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining IP Addressing
Configure TCP/IP addressing on a server computer.
Manage DHCP.

* Manage DHCP clients and leases.
* Manage DHCP Relay Agent.
* Manage DHCP databases.
* Manage DHCP scope options.
* Manage reservations and reserved clients.

Troubleshoot TCP/IP addressing.

* Diagnose and resolve issues related to Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA).
* Diagnose and resolve issues related to incorrect TCP/IP configuration.

Troubleshoot DHCP.

* Diagnose and resolve issues related to DHCP authorization.
* Verify DHCP reservation configuration.
* Examine the system event log and DHCP server audit log files to find related events.
* Diagnose and resolve issues related to configuration of DHCP server and scope options.
* Verify that the DHCP Relay Agent is working correctly.
* Verify database integrity.

Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Name Resolution
Install and configure the DNS Server service.

* Configure DNS server options.
* Configure DNS zone options.
* Configure DNS forwarding.

Manage DNS.

* Manage DNS zone settings.
* Manage DNS record settings.
* Manage DNS server options.

Monitor DNS. Tools might include System Monitor, Event Viewer, Replication Monitor, and DNS debug logs.
Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Network Security
Implement secure network administration procedures.

* Implement security baseline settings and audit security settings by using security templates.
* Implement the principle of least privilege.

Monitor network protocol security. Tools might include the IP Security Monitor Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and Kerberos support tools.
Troubleshoot network protocol security. Tools might include the IP Security Monitor MMC snap-in, Event Viewer, and Network Monitor.
Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Routing and Remote Access
Configure Routing and Remote Access user authentication.

* Configure remote access authentication protocols.
* Configure Internet Authentication Service (IAS) to provide authentication for Routing and Remote Access clients.
* Configure Routing and Remote Access policies to permit or deny access.

Manage remote access.

* Manage packet filters.
* Manage Routing and Remote Access routing interfaces.
* Manage devices and ports.
* Manage routing protocols.
* Manage Routing and Remote Access clients.

Manage TCP/IP routing.

* Manage routing protocols.
* Manage routing tables.
* Manage routing ports.

Implement secure access between private networks.
Troubleshoot user access to remote access services.

* Diagnose and resolve issues related to remote access VPNs.
* Diagnose and resolve issues related to establishing a remote access connection.
* Diagnose and resolve user access to resources beyond the remote access server.

Troubleshoot Routing and Remote Access routing.

* Troubleshoot demand-dial routing.
* Troubleshoot router-to-router VPNs.

Maintaining a Network Infrastructure
Monitor network traffic. Tools might include Network Monitor and System Monitor.
Troubleshoot connectivity to the Internet.
Troubleshoot server services.

* Diagnose and resolve issues related to service dependency.
* Use service recovery options to diagnose and resolve service-related issues.

Posted by crowej at August 30, 2005 9:04 PM

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