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Microsoft’s 70-655 test validates your skills and knowledge to efficiently use the Microsoft OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) and imaging tools to deploy and maintain Windows Vista desktops and additional tools. Microsoft has specified nineteen objectives for the 70-655 exam. These objectives are grouped under five topics.

Following are the skills an individual should possess before taking the 70-655 test:

1. Preparing the technician machine and server to ensure hardware requirements.
2. Installing and configuring the OPK.
3. Installing the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
4. Installing the XML Core Services 6.0 or later.
5. Troubleshooting the OPK environment.
6. Creating and modifying configuration sets.
7. Creating and modifying an answer file by using Windows System Image Manager.
8. Inserting branding information, support information, and promotional content.
9. Inserting logos, support information, phone numbers, Web sites, hours of operation, and model names.
10. Configuring Windows pre-installation environment.
11. Installing hotfixes.
12. Installing Office 2007 Activation Assistant.
13. Capturing and auditing images.
14. Auditing an image by using the sysprep utility.
15. Using various techniques to deploy images, such as using a WIM or an RIS image file.
16. Deploying images manually through a network connection by using WinPE.
17. Testing image deployment and out-of-box experience (OOBE).
18. Troubleshooting image deployment issues such as missing drivers, missing programs, boot issues, and third-party application configurations.
19. Performing image maintenance on existing images.

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CompTIA has specified 90 objectives for the 225-030 test. These objectives are divided into 5 topics. Following are the important areas in which an individual should possess good knowledge before taking the 225-030 test:

1. Determining the internal groups that will work with the solution and assess their skill levels
2. Determining where will people access the system, in which locations, using what type of connections
3. Determining the regional and organizational compliance, legal, and standardization requirements
4. Determining the security needs.
5. Identifying integration requirements
6. Calculating the amount of image and indexing data (database or file system) to be stored based on the document life cycle requirements
7. Collecting all detailed information required for solution
8. Identifying the company’s vision and mission, goals, characteristics of the business
9. Creating specific requirements document
10. Gathering the business requirements and expectations
11. Analyzing the current document process and determining the document characteristics
12. Performing continuous monitoring to track the current process evolution, additional new processes, and confirm capacity, quantity and type of data to confirm storage requirements and growth estimates
13. Creating a communication plan in order to disseminate project goals and benefits at strategic and operational levels
14. Identifying the possible business scenarios to determine a variety of solutions
15. Reviewing and validating the requirements with all parties affected by the proposed solution
16. Identifying, verifying, and documenting assumptions, risks, and issues related to the project
17. Designing the storage architecture based on the storage performance issues
18. Designing the backup/disaster recovery methodology
19. Designing how automated techniques such as OCR/ICR/OMR/MICR Barcodes/Forms Recognition, will be utilized to reduce data entry while extracting data from the documents is carried out
20. Defining the database management solution
21. Designing the rules for the business processes that apply to the documents managed via workflow tools integrated to the DM/DI system
22. Determining the need for change management
23. Assessing entry level skills and develop a training plan for selected groups and individuals
24. Obtaining and documenting client’s agreement towards the results accomplished during this phase

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