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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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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• In order to convert a hard disk from a basic disk to a dynamic disk, you can use Disk Management or DISKPART.EXE tool.
• The data disk’s status is Unreadable on the file server. In order to enable users to access data stored on the file server, you will have to rescan the disk. For dynamic disks, the Unreadable status usually results from corruption or I/O errors on part of the disk, rather than the failure of the entire disk.
• Microsoft Windows 2003 offers two types of disk storage configurations: basic disk and dynamic disk.
• In order to increase the space for storing users’ data, you will have to use the Disk Management tool to extend the users’ data volume by using the unallocated space of a disk. Administrators can extend simple or extended volumes that are not system or boot volumes as long as there is available disk space. Administrators can extend a simple or spanned volume on a dynamic disk if it does not have a file system or if it is formatted using the NTFS file system.
• Gateway is a network interconnectivity device that translates different communication protocols and is used to connect dissimilar network technologies.
• The non-Plug-and-Play device can be installed only with the Add New Hardware Wizard.

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• In order to update the device driver on a computer, you will have to go to Device Manager. Right-click the device and click Properties. In the Driver tab, you will then have to click the Update Driver command button to update the driver.
• Setting File Signature Verification to Block prevents all unsigned drivers from being installed.
• In order to create a partition on Disk1, you will have to take the following steps:
  1. In the Detail pane of Disk Management, right-click Disk1 and then click Initialize Disk to initialize the disk.
  2. Right-click on the unallocated region of Disk1 and click New Partition in the pop-up menu.

  New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before an administrator can create partitions on a disk, you must first initialize it.

• You can enable the network interface card by using the Device Manager utility. The devices can be disabled or enabled from their Properties dialog boxes.
• You need to ensure that in case of server failure, a server is returned to the original state as soon as possible. In order to bring the server back to its original state, you will have to create an Automated System Recovery Disk.
• You installed a hotfix and a new driver for the network adapter on a member server successfully. When you restart the server and log on to the member server locally, you find that the server is unable to communicate to the computers in the network. The most likely cause of the issue is that the new network adaptor driver is malfunctioning. To resolve the issue, you will have to use the Roll Back Driver option in the network adapter’s properties in the Device Manager utility.
• The yellow question mark beside a device in Device Manager indicates that the device is installed, but the operating system is unable to find and install the driver for it.
• RAID-0, also known as stripe set, stores data in stripes on two or more physical disks. Stripe set does not provide fault tolerance but offers better performance as compared to mirror set (RAID-1) and stripe set with parity (RAID-5). Stripe set uses a minimum of two and a maximum of thirty-two hard disk drives.
• The minimum number of hard disk drives required for implementing RAID-5 is three.
• Raid-1 refers to mirroring.
• In order to deny disk space to users who exceed their limit, right-click the volume for which you want to deny disk space, then click Properties, go to the Quota tab page, select the Enable quota management check box, select the Deny disk space to users exceeding quota limit check box, and then click the OK button.
• In order to completely defragment the disk, you will have to remove the page file from the disk. The page file cannot be moved during defragmentation.
• The SystemProcessor Queue Length should not be more than one. The value more than one indicates that the processor is unable to handle queries and needs to be upgraded or an extra processor to be placed.
• For configuring six hard disks into a fault tolerant volume that should have the maximum space for storing data, you will have to use RAID5 volume. RAID5 provides data redundancy at a cost of only one additional disk for the volume, while a mirrored volume uses another disk of the same disk size as that of the original data. A RAID-5 volume has a better read performance as compared to a mirrored volume.
• A drive in the RAID-5 volume fails. In order to restore the RAID-5 volume, you will have to replace the failed drive with a new one, use Disk Management, select a new area of free space, and then regenerate the volume.
• In order to run the DISK CLEANUP utility automatically, you will have to use the EVENTTRIGGERS command-line tool.
• The performance of one of the member servers has deteriorated due to a large number of unused files and folders on the hard disk of the server. In order to optimize the performance of the member server, you will have to use the DISK CLEANUP utility.
• The RAID-5 volume has failed. You shut down the server and replace the failed disk with a new disk and restart the server. You now want to bring it back to its previous state. In order to bring the RAID-5 volume back to its previous state, you will have to perform the following steps:
  1. Open Command Prompt and type diskpart. At the Diskpart prompt, type list volume and make note of the volume number of the RAID-5 volume.
  2. At the Diskpart prompt, type list disk and make note of the disk to be replaced. Then type select volume-n and after that repair disk=N.
• In order to check the hard disk performance on which the files are being saved, you will have to choose the LogicalDisk performance object and monitor the Average Disk Queue Length counter.
• A disks of the RAID-5 array has failed. You replace the failed disk with a new one. You restart the server, and run the Disk Management utility. The status of the RAID-5 array disks shows Disk3 as not initialized and its status as unknown. The array also lists a missing offline dynamic disk. In order to restore the fault tolerant RAID-5 array volume, you will have to take the following steps in the given order:
  • Initialize Disk3 and convert it as a dynamic disk.
  • Repair the RAID-5 array volume to include Disk3.

• A computer has three hard disks working as basic disks. One hard disk is used for the operating system and the other two are used for storing the printing data. Users complain that the speed of printing is slow. In order to get the fastest speed of printing, you will have to convert the two hard disks used for printing data to dynamic disks and create a striped volume. The striped volume improves printing performance because it provides a faster Read/Write speed as compared to other dynamic volumes.
• In order to create a mirrored volume on a server, you will have to take the following steps:
  • In the Administrative tools, double-click to open Computer Management (local) on the server.
  • Click Storage and then click Disk Management. Right-click the unallocated space on the dynamic disk on which the mirrored volume is to be created, and then click New Volume.
  • In the New Volume Wizard, click Next, click Mirrored, and follow the instructions.

• In order to ensure that you are notified if there is less than 500MB of available disk space for users’ data, you will have to create a performance alert and configure the alert to monitor the LogicalDisk performance objects for volume D. Performance alert detects when a predefined counter value rises above or falls below the configured threshold and notifies a user by means of the Messenger service.
• Striped volumes are dynamic volumes that contain disk space from two to thirty-two hard disks. Data that is written to a striped volume is divided by the operating system into chunks of 64KB. The operating system stores each chunk on a separate disk. Since, in a striped volume, a large amount of data is divided into identical portions, it is faster to read or write the data from a striped volume than from a spanned volume. Striped volumes are not fault tolerant. RAID-0 volumes are also referred to as striped volumes.
• A minimum of three disks are required for RAID5 array.
• RAID 0 creates a stripe set but does not provide data redundancy.
• When a member of a mirrored volume or a RAID5 volume fails, it becomes an orphan. Data for the orphaned member can be regenerated from the remaining members. A new area of free space, which is of the same size or larger than the other members of RAID5 volume should be selected in Disk Management and then data should be regenerated.
• Although striping with parity allows for fault-tolerance and excellent speed, using a combination of RAID-5 for your data and mirroring for the log will give you more fault tolerance.
• The RJ-11 connector is used by an analog modem to connect to a phone line.
• Use the Device Manager utility to disable a device on a computer.
• After installation of a driver for an ISA sound card on a Windows 2003 server, you restart the server. The newly installed driver fails and now the server is unable to start. In order to make the server working again, you will have to reboot the server in safe mode and disable the malfunctioning driver.
• Microsoft Diagnostics (MSD) is a program that provides the ability to examine different aspects of a computer’s hardware and software setup. It can provide information about the computer type, memory, video, network, OS version, mouse type, other adapters being used, disk drives being used, number of LPT ports being used, number of COM ports being used, IRQ status, TSR programs, and the device drivers
• The server is unable to boot due to the malfunctioning device driver. In order to resolve the issue, you will have to start the server in Safe Mode, remove the driver by using Device Manager, and again restart the server.
• In order to customize a user’s environment for computers on a network when the computers are booted, you will have to use the Computer Configuration component of the GPO.
• The speed of a database servers is slow. You monitor the performance counters of the database server and find that the System/Processor Queue Length is five. In order to improve the performance of the database server, you will have to install an extra processor.
• In order to configure a partition on FSERV, you will have to enable the Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service. This service performs administrative services for disk management requests and configures hard disk drives and volumes. The Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service is started only when a drive or partition is configured or a new drive is detected. This service does not start by default.
• In order to update the device driver of the network interface card on a computer, you will have to Open Device Manager on the computer and expand the Network adapters. You should then right-click the network adapter, and after that, click Update Driver to run the Hardware Update Wizard. In the Update Wizard, you should specify the path to the location where you have downloaded the updated driver.
• The Unsigned driver installation behavior policy configuration can be found under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options.

Managing Users, Computers, and Groups

• In order to receive the changes made by users on a desktop when users log on to any client computer on the network, you will have to create a roaming profile.
• In order to ensure that a shortcut is available to the new users who log on to a server, you will have to modify the C:\Documents and Settings\Default User folder. When a new user logs on to a computer for the first time, a new profile is created for that user by copying the Default User profile folder and renaming the folder by the names of users who are logging on. Any settings in the Default User profile folder will be applied to any new user.
• Profile Assistant is used to specify your registration and demographic information. Internet Explorer automatically sends this information to Web sites that require it. This saves you from having to type the same information every time you visit a new Web site. This information cannot be viewed on your computer or shared with others without your permission.
• A mandatory user profile is a roaming user profile that cannot be modified and saved by a user. It is created by changing the name of the NTUSER.DAT file in the directory to NTUSER.MAN and entering the profile UNC path into the User Profile Path located in the User Environment Profile dialog box for each user.
• The “X” mark on a computer account in the Active Directory Users and Computers window indicates that the computer account is disabled.
• The RENDOM command-line utility is used to rename the domain.
• The NETDOM and DSADD command-line utilities can be used to create a computer account in a Windows 2003 domain.
• LDIFDE is a command-line tool in the Windows Server 2003 operating system. It is used to create, modify, and delete objects on computers running on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional. LDIFDE is also used to extend the schema, export Active Directory user and group information to other applications or services, and populate Active Directory with data from other directory services.
• By default, group policies are inherited from the site, then from the domain, and then finally from the organizational unit level. The order and the level in which group policy objects are applied (by linking them to their targets) determine the group policy settings that a user or a computer actually receives.
• The global catalog is built automatically by the Active Directory replication system. All directory partitions on a Global Catalog server, whether full or partial partitions, are stored in a single directory database (NTDS.DIT) on the same server.
• Windows 2003 allows you to rename and restructure domains in a forest. The RENDOM utility is used for renaming and restructuring the domains.
• Universal security groups cannot be created in a Windows 2000 mixed-mode domain.
• To enable a group members’ access on a shared folder, you will have to change their group type from a distribution group to a security group.
• In order to take a backup of users data, including the currently opened files, you can enable the volume shadow copy feature.
• EVENTTRIGGERS.EXE is a command-line tool that is used to view, set, or delete trigger events. It can be used to specify an event log trigger condition that launches a task to gather additional information about the condition or to take action to automatically resolve the issue. Event triggers are commonly used to automate system maintenance by launching a batch file or tool when a specific event occurs.
• The following two conditions must be met before raising the forest level to Windows Server 2003. All domain controllers in the forest must run Windows Server 2003 and all domain functional levels in the forest must be raised to Windows Server 2003.
• In a Windows 2003 trust environment, the Kerberos version 5 and NTLM protocols are used to authenticate users and applications
• Windows Server 2003 supports the following two types of groups: Security groups and Distribution groups.
• The following group scopes can be used for groups to assign permissions: Domain local, Global, and Universal.
• The scope of a group defines two characteristics: It determines the level of security applying to a group and which users can be added to a group.
• The universal group membership caching feature can be enabled on any domain controller in a site. The domain controller, with universal group membership caching enabled, contacts a Global Catalog server whenever a user attempts to log on for the first time. The server then caches the user information locally and uses this information to authenticate the user the next time he attempts to log on.
• In order to monitor the remote computers and analyze their performance statistics on a regular basis, you will have to use the System Monitor tool.
• If the location of the DNS has changed, it is necessary to update the TCP/IP configuration on all the computers so that they can reach the correct DNS server successfully.
• In order to find out the number of unsuccessful log on attempts made by the unauthorized users and create a report on the unsuccessful log on attempts, You will have to do the following:
  • Edit the Default Domain Controller Group Policy object. Set the auditing on the Audit account logon events policy for Failure.
  • Run Event Viewer and view the local security log to create a report on the unsuccessful log on attempts.
• In multiple network environments, a service named Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) is used to resolve the NetBIOS names to their IP addresses. It is necessary to integrate a network with WINS if the network contains computers that run previous versions of Windows such as Windows NT, Windows 98, and Windows Me. The WINS server maintains a database of NetBIOS names to IP address mappings similar to the DNS server. The client computers that are configured with the IP address of the WINS server send name resolution requests to the WINS server. The WINS server then resolves these requests and sends the corresponding IP addresses to the clients.
• In order to ensure that a user is not allowed to log on to the domain after he completes a project, you will have to set the Account Expires date in the user’s account properties.
• In order to change the a user’s account password, you will have to run the following command on the command prompt:
• The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) is a tool for managing group policies in Windows Server 2003. GPMC is used to backup, restore, import, and copy group policy objects. It also provides a reporting interface on how group policy objects (GPOs) have been deployed. GPMC helps administrators in managing group policy for multiple domains for multiple domains and sites within one or more forests.
• In order to enable Martha’s user account, you will have to run the following command on the command prompt: DSMOD user martha -disabled no
• The Block Policy Inheritance option specifies that Group Policy settings for an object are not inherited from its parents. This might be used when a child OU requires completely different settings from a parent OU. Blocking policy inheritance should be managed carefully, since this option allows other systems administrators to override the option with other settings. The Block Policy inheritance option blocks Group Policy objects that apply higher in the Active Directory hierarchy of domains, and organizational units. It does not block Group Policy objects if they have No Override enabled.
• In order to disable several user accounts belonging to different groups in the domain, you will have to take the following actions:
  • Create a saved query to obtain a list of the user accounts that are to be disabled.
  • Select all the user accounts, right-click the mouse button, and choose the Disable Account option.
• A user named Rick tries to log on to the domain from his computer, but he is unable to do so. Rick receives an error message that his account is locked out. He is also unable to remember his password. In order to enable Rick to log on to the domain, you will have to take the following steps:
  • Unlock Rick’s user account.
  • Reset Rick’s account password.
• Use the DSMOVE command with the appropriate parameters to move the user accounts into their respective OUs.
• Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) is the sum of the group policies applied to a user or computer.
• The GPUPDATE command is used to refresh the local and Active Directory-based group policy settings.
• Organizational units (OUs) are defined to delegate administration, to administer group policy, or to hide objects. Delegating administration is the prime reason for defining OUs.
• Deploying the GPOs at the domain ensures that any computer included in the network later automatically receives the settings of the GPOs.
• In order for the policies to be applied through GPO, users must be having the rights to Read and Apply the GPO.
• The Forest trust helps Windows 2003 Server to make multiple forest deployment easier.
• When an application is assigned to a user, it is advertised to the user the next time he or she logs on to a client computer. The application assigned appears on the Start menu and the registry is updated accordingly. This process is known as “advertisement”.
• If at any point of time, an application is no longer required, you should remove it by using the removal option in the GPO through which the application is installed. There are two types of removal that you can choose from: Forced and Optional. The Forced removal option immediately uninstalls the software from users and computers. The Optional removal option allows users to continue to use the software but prevents new installations. After software removal is processed, you should delete the GPO so that the application is no longer available.
• The ADPREP tool is used to prepare Windows 2000 domains and forests for an upgrade to Windows Server 2003. It extends the schema, updates default security descriptors of selected objects, and adds new directory objects as required by some applications.
• You can import the user accounts from the comma-separated file with the least administrative efforts, using the CSVDE command-line tool.
• The CSVDE and LDIFDE command-line tools are used to import and export the Active Directory objects.
• In order to log on to the domain from a computer and re-establish its domain membership with a minimum of administrative effort, you will have to reset the computer account for the computer in the Active Directory Users and Computers console on a domain controller. You will then have to add ClientXP to the domain.
• The Windows Server 2003 functional level supports only the Windows Server 2003 operating system for domain controllers.
• The /force switch used with the GPUPDATE command reapplies all settings ignoring all processing optimizations.
• GPMC is used to back up, restore, import, and copy group policy objects. It also provides a reporting interface on how group policy objects (GPOs) have been deployed.
• IP Security Monitor allows administrators to view details about an active IPSec policy that is applied by the domain or locally.
• Network administrators use ADSIEdit for performing common administrative tasks such as adding, deleting, and moving objects with a directory service.
• The DSQUERY command queries Active Directory directory service and provides the required result.
• The Enforce Password History setting sets how frequently old passwords can be reused. Setting the Enforce Password History to a higher value will track a larger number of old passwords by using a password history that is unique for each user. This will prevent the users from reusing their old passwords frequently. The recommended value for the Enforce Password History setting is 20 passwords.
• The Account Lockout Threshold policy determines the number of failed logon attempts after which a user account will be locked out. A locked out account cannot be used until the account lockout duration expires or an administrator resets it.
• Security templates are used to apply consistent security to multiple computers. Security templates work as a security policy, but they can be applied to any computer and provide an easy way to apply a customized set of default security settings.
• In order to enable Rick’s account to log on to the domain, a user will have to use the DSMOD command-line tool as follows: DSMOD user UserDN -disabled No
• In order to prevent unauthorized users from logging on to the network, you will have to take the following steps:
  • Set the Minimum Password Length to a higher value. This will provide longer passwords that are harder to crack as compared to shorter ones. The recommended value for the Minimum Password Length setting is 14 characters.
  • Set the Account Lockout Duration to a higher value. This will lock out the account for a longer duration. Once the account is locked, only an administrator can unlock the account before the set duration. The recommended value for the Account Lockout Duration setting is 120 minutes.
  • Set the Enforce Password History to a higher value. The Enforce Password History setting sets how frequently old passwords can be reused. Setting the Enforce Password History to a higher value will track a larger number of old passwords by using a password history that is unique for each user. This will prevent the users from reusing their old passwords frequently. The recommended value for the Enforce Password History setting is 20 passwords.
• Permissions View (Permview.exe) is a tool used to display the optional, minimal, and refused permission sets requested by an assembly. It also displays declarative security used by an assembly.
• A Standard User account allows a user to install and uninstall software and hardware, change the account password and picture associated with the account, which appears on the Windows Welcome screen and on the Start menu when a user logs on.
• In order to ensure that a user does not work beyond the working hours of the company, you can take either of the following actions:
  • Change the properties of Rick’s user account to set the permitted logon hours to be from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
  • Change the properties of a user account to set the denied logon hours to be from 6:00 PM to 9:00 AM.
• The Delegation of Control wizard enables Administrators to delegate other Administrators with the necessary permissions on specific Active Directory objects.
• Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) is a Windows RRAS authentication protocol that uses completely unencrypted passwords. It is the least sophisticated authentication protocol, used mostly when a client calls a server running an operating system other than Windows. PAP uses plain text passwords.
• Exchange Server supports Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for passing credentials. SSL ensures that passwords and e-mail body text remain secure while traveling between client and server.
• In order to ensure that users are able to log on to the network from their Windows 98 client computers, you will have to install Active Directory Client on the Windows 98 client computers.
• A user has forgotten his password. You will have to open Active Directory Users and Computers and select user account. He will then have to right-click the account, reset the password, and provide the new password.
• In order to ensure that all users are authenticated by a domain controller when they unlock the client computers by using Ctrl Alt Del, you will have to Enable the Interactive logon: Require Domain Controller authentication to unlock setting on the local security policy of the client computers.
• A group policy that is created by an administrator affects all users on a computer or all users on a domain. Group policies can be used for defining, customizing, and controlling the functioning of network resources, computers, and operating systems. They can be set for a single computer with multiple users, for users in workgroups, or for computers in a domain.
• Enabling the Extensible Authentication Protocol check box and require smart card authentication on the Routing and Remote Access server on the network forces remote users to use smart cards for authentication when they connect to the network.
• PAP uses plain text passwords.

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Managing and Maintaining Access to Resources

• If you copy a file from one folder to another folder (on the same volume or on the different volumes), the file will have the same permissions as the destination folder.
• In order to prohibit a particular user from connecting to a member server from the network, you will have to assign the Deny access to this computer from the network logon right to the user.
• The Shadow Copies feature of Windows Server 2003 is used by administrators and users to recover files or folders from damage as quickly as possible.
• Users report that when they try to connect to the Terminal Server, they receive the following error message “The local policy of this system does not allow you to logon interactively.” According to the error message, users are not able to logon to the local policy of the system, so you have to grant them the right to log on locally. Log On Locally user right allows a user to log on to the computer where the user account has been defined.
• To enable Remote Desktop on one of the member servers, you will have to use System Properties in Control Panel, click the Remote tab and enable the Remote Desktop check box.
• In order to ensure that all the members of a domain group can log on to the terminal servers, you will have to add the domain group to the Remote Desktop Users group on the terminal server.
• The TSSHUTDN command is used to shut down a Terminal server.
• TSPROF copies the Terminal Server user configuration information (displayed in User Manager for Domains) from one user to another. TSPROF can also update the profile path for a user.
• In order to rename the user account, you will have to use the following command: DSMOVE rick -newname john
• In order to configure Terminal server so that the users are prevented from opening more than one session, you will have to set the Restrict each user to one session option to yes on the Terminal Services Configuration\Server Settings window on the terminal server.
• You want to perform a function of sending queries to the server and to obtain detailed responses at command prompt. You also want to update resource records correctly in a zone and debug other server related problems. In order to accomplish the task, you will have to run NSLOOKUP command.
• Server (Request Security) policy allows the server to request IPSec negotiation, but will allow unsecured communication if the other computer is not IPSec aware
• Query process displays information about processes running on a terminal server. You can use this command to find out which program a specific user is running, and also which users are running a specific program.
• Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) defines power management on a wide range of mobile, desktop, and server computers and peripherals.
• The IP Security Monitor console shows IPSec statistics and active security associations (SA). After establishing the connections, you can see the created SA. If the connections are established, but there is no SA, it indicates that the traffic was not protected by IPSec.
• To segregate certain servers from other domain controllers, create a new OU for those server. A separate OU will help you implement the policies on those servers only.
• The MBSA utility scans the security updates against the complete list of available security updates listed in the MSSECURE.XML file. This file is downloaded by MBSA at runtime from the Internet.
• Predefined security templates are used for creating security policies for a network or computer. These security templates can be used to configure an individual computer or group of computers. By default, the predefined security templates are stored in the SYSTEMROOTSECURITYTEMPLATES folder.
• A client computer has a shared folder named DATA. The company employees use this folder. They often complain that they are unable to access this folder. You find that this problem occurs whenever more than ten users are trying to access the folder. In order to ensure that all employees are able to access the shared folder simultaneously, you will have to move the shared folder on one of the servers. Moving the shared folder on the server will allow more concurrent connections.
• You have created a shared folder as a hidden share by suffixing the $ sign after the share name. To enable a shared folder to be visible to all the users browsing the network, you will have to remove the $ sign.

Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment

• NSLOOKUP is a tool for diagnosing and troubleshooting Domain Name System (DNS) problems.
• NETSTAT is used to show the state of current TCP/IP connections.
• NBTSTAT with /c switch is used to list the cache of NetBIOS names and IP addresses.
• NETSTAT is a command-line utility that displays protocol-related statistics and the state of current TCP/IP connections.
• PING utility is used to test connectivity with a host on a TCP/IP-based network.
• PING is used to verify the existence of a host in a network.
• The TRACERT utility traces the path taken by TCP/IP packets to a remote computer.
• The PING LOCALHOST command is used to verify that TCP/IP is bound correctly to the network adapter by communicating with the loopback address 127.0.0.1.
• NBTSTAT -n displays the list of local NetBIOS names.
• Event Viewer is used to locate the source of problems by monitoring system logs, security logs, and application logs.
• The TRACERT utility tells how many hops (maximum 30) away the target device is.
• The EVENTQUERY utility lists the events and event properties from one or more event logs.
• Account logon events are generated when a domain user account is authenticated on a domain controller. The event is logged in the domain controller’s security log.
• System Monitor is used to track items such as, I/O, memory usage, user connections, and locks.
• The Security log contains events related to logon events by users. It also logs events such as opening, creating or deleting of files, folders, and other resources.
• A dependency service failure message in Windows Server 2003 comes under the system log in the Event Viewer utility.
• In order to track access to account management events on the domain controllers, view the security log in the Event Viewer utility.
• The EVENTQUERY utility lists the events and event properties from one or more event logs.
• You receive an error message from one of the member servers during the boot process that a dependency service has failed to start. In order to obtain more information about the error, you will have to run the Event Viewer utility and check the System log.
• In order to identify the person who has deleted a user account, you will have to use the Event Viewer tool and filter the security event log for the Account Management events on the domain controller.
• The ARP utility is used to display and modify the IP-to-Mac address translation table used by the ARP protocol.
• Configure Automatic Updates in order to update the server with the latest patches from Start > Control Panel > System. Click the Automatic Updates tab and select the check box.
• When the Software Update Services is used to deploy security updates, the security updates must be approved before the client computers download and install them.
• In order to ensure that the downloading and synchronization of the software updates take a minimum amount of time, you will have to select only the languages that are required. This will avoid downloading the same software updates in different languages, which are not required.
• TRACERT is a route-tracing Windows utility that displays the path an IP packet takes to reach its destination. It shows the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) and the IP address of each gateway along the route to the remote host.
• In order to deploy an application to all the client computers in the Sales OU, you will have to deploy the application by linking a GPO at the Sales OU. Linking the GPO at the Sales OU will deploy the application on all the client computers with a minimum of administrative effort.
• The synchronization log of SUS stores information about the synchronization of contents.
• In order to update the server with the latest patches, you will have to configure the Automatic Updates from Start > Control Panel > System. In the System Properties dialog box, you will then have to click the Automatic Updates tab and select the Keep my computer up to date check box.
• Software Update Services (SUS) is a tool used to acquire and distribute critical Windows patches to computers running Windows operating systems.
• In order to ensure that all client computers in an organizational unit (OU) receive the most recently released patch and future security patches from SUSERV, you will have to open the Group Policy object (GPO) for the OU and configure the Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Update setting.
• Per Device or Per User licensing mode is a new licensing mode in Windows 2003. It enables all network devices or users to access all the servers on a network. In this mode, the number of simultaneous connections to any server is unlimited. Per Device or Per User is the normal licensing mode for a server product that is installed on multiple servers in a network. It is the best option if clients frequently use multiple servers on the network. This licensing mode requires one Client Access License for each device.
• NTDSUTIL.EXE is a command-line tool that is used to manage Active Directory.
• FTP is the primary TCP/IP protocol used to transfer text and binary files over the Internet.
• Both PING and TRACERT use ICMP echo requests to diagnose a TCP/IP configuration.
• Telnet uses port 23 by default.
• Telnet enables you to access a UNIX server, using a text-based connection.
• PPP, SLIP, and PPTP are remote access protocols.
• Configure Your Server Wizard guides users in installing and configuring server roles.
• The ADMINPAK allows administrators to install the Windows Server 2003 management tools onto a Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 computers in order to perform remote server management functions.
• NTDSUTIL.EXE is a command-line tool that is used to manage Active Directory. This utility is used to perform the following tasks:
  • Performing database maintenance of Active Directory.
  • Managing and controlling operations master roles.
  • Removing metadata left behind by domain controllers.

  Note: The NTDSUTIL utility is supposed to be used by experienced administrators.

• Internet Authentication Service (IAS) performs centralized connection authentication, authorization, and accounting for dial-up and virtual private network (VPN), remote access, and router-to-router connections.
• Internet connection sharing (ICS) provides the ability to connect a home network or a private network to the Internet.
• The use of smart cards for user authentication is a strong form of authentication.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Automated Deployment Services (ADS) is used by administrators to build and manage very large and scaled out deployment of Windows servers. It includes a new set of imaging tools for rapidly deploying Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 remotely. ADS offers improved communication security and a reliable script execution framework. It uses the image-based deployment method.
• Use the Point-to-Point Tunneling (PPTP) protocol to connect to the company’s private network securely by a remote client using a public network such as the Internet.
• In order to enable a server to offer remote assistance, you will have to perform the following actions:
  • Log on as administrator on the server. Run gpedit.msc to edit the local Group Policy.
  • In the Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates and System. Click Remote Assistance.
  • Double-click Offer Remote Assistance, and select Enabled.
• A user can use Remote Assistance to invite a trusted person to chat with him, observe his working screen, and with users permission, remotely control his computer.
• You have added all user information such as phone number, address, e-mail, etc. while creating a user account in the domain. In order to get a user’s e-mail address, you will have to run the following command: DSGET user rick -email
• A gateway server is used to provide Windows client access to an AS400 mainframe.
• The two modes available with the RSoP Wizard to collect data for RSoP queries are Logging mode and Planning mode.
• The Advanced System Information-Policy tool is used to create an RSoP query and view the result in HTML format.
• When an application is published to a user, the published application stores the advertisement attributes in the Active Directory. Users can then install the application either by using Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel or by clicking any file associated with the application.
• The Apply to All Users Except Administrators option is available to prevent restrictions from affecting the administrators’ accounts in the domain. This option allows administrators to bypass the restrictions applied by the policy.
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server uses the File Replication Service (FRS) to replicate system policies and logon scripts stored in the system volume (SYSVOL). Each domain controller keeps a copy of SYSVOL for the network clients to access the resources.
• Network Monitor works as a protocol analyzer and captures packets from the network and analyzes their contents in detail.
• The GPUPDATE command is used to refresh the local and Active Directory-based group policy settings. It also refreshes security settings.
• If the No Override configuration is set to a GPO, no policy configured in the GPO can be overridden.
• LPR is a utility used to print a file to a host running a Line Printer Daemon (LPD) server.
• A user sends print jobs to a print server. However, the jobs are not printing and no users are able to print the documents successfully. You find that these documents are being spooled. To enable users to print on the printer, you will have to first stop and then restart the spooler service by using the following commands: To stop the Print Spooler service: NET STOP spooler To start the Print Spooler service: NET START spooler
• Sharing a printer on the member server, which is part of the domain, automatically publishes the printer in Active Directory.
• The large print jobs send by users on the network are not printing and they are printing small documents successfully. In order to ensure that the users are able to print large print jobs on the print server, you will have to increase the free disk space on the print server by deleting unnecessary files from the print server’s hard disk drive. The large print jobs are not printing because the print spool does not have enough free disk space for large print jobs. The printer is able to print small jobs because the print spool has space for small print jobs.
• In order to find the printer in Active Directory and print the documents from remote computers, you will have to share the printer on print server. Sharing a printer on the server, which is part of the domain, will automatically publish the printer in Active Directory.
• In order to capture only a specific type of traffic, configure a capture filter.
• You will have to choose the PhysicalDisk\% Disk Time and Memory\Available Bytes counters to identify the bottlenecks on the hardware such as the hard disk drive and memory.
• Enabling universal group membership caching on one of the domain controllers in each site will minimize the logon traffic on the WAN link.
• Only the Performance Logs and Alerts snap-in is able to send alerts by analyzing network data.
• RJ-45 connector is used to connect a 10BaseT Ethernet cable to an NIC on a desktop computer.
• Ethernet uses CSMA/CD technology.
• The disk quota does not support FAT32 partitions.
• In order to enable disk quota on a server, you will have to take the following steps:
  • In the Local Disk Properties Window, select the Enable quota management check box.
  • Select the Deny disk space to users exceeding quota limit.
  • Select the default quota limit to 50 MB and set warning level to 50 MB.
  • In the quota logging options, select the Log event when a user exceeds their quota limit option.
• The Task Manager utility provides information about programs and processes running on a computer. By using Task Manager, a user can end or run programs, end processes, and display a dynamic overview of his computer’s performance. Task Manager provides an immediate overview of system activity and performance.
• In order to provide permissions to a user to monitor performance counters on the file server locally and from remote computers, add the user’s account to the Performance Monitor Users group.
• In order to set the disk quota limit on FSERV, you will have to convert the FAT32 file system into the NTFS file system.
• A collection of one or more threads that is ready but not able to run on the processor due to another active thread that is currently running is called the processor queue. The SystemProcessor Queue Length counter shows how many threads are ready in the processor queue, but not currently able to use the processor.
• A % Processor Time counter above 85% is considered to be a threshold for a processor. If this counter exceeds the threshold value in a computer, performance of the computer will degrade. In order to improve the performance, you will have to upgrade to a faster processor or install an additional processor on the server.
• The HFNETCHK utility is a command-line tool. Administrators use it to centrally assess a computer or group of computers about the absence of security updates.
• The Remote Registry service enables administrators to modify registry settings on the domain controller remotely.
• WINS and LMHOSTS files reduce the use of local IP broadcasts for NetBIOS name resolution, and enable users to easily locate computers on remote networks.
• Routers prevent broadcasts from crossing over subnets.
• Hubs can be replaced by switches to control the network traffic efficiently.
• The % Network utilization counter indicates how close the network is to full capacity.
• The PTR records resolves the IP addresses to host names.
• In order to enable a user to collect and view the real-time performance data of a server using System Monitor, you will have to add the users account to Performance Log Users group or Performance Monitor Users group on the domain. Users who are the members of these two built in new security groups in Windows Server 2003 can only use the System Monitor to access and manipulate sensitive performance data.
• Use the URLScan tool to view all the incoming requests to an Internet Information Services (IIS) server and allow only requests that comply with a rule set, created by you, to be processed.
• In order to find out the applications that are running at a higher priority level than normal, you will have to run Task Manager on APPSERV. You will then have to click the Processes tab and view the Base Priority column. The Base Priority column shows the priority ranking that determines the order in which the threads of a process are scheduled for the processor. The Task Manager utility can be used to view and change base priorities. With the /realtime switch, an application runs in the realtime priority class.
• The server is responding slowly to database queries. You find that the Pages/sec counter is 35 and the memory utilization is high. Adding more RAM to the server will reduce this value and hence improve the performance of the server.
• Caching-only DNS servers do not perform zone transfers.
• MX record and A record are required to be created in the DNS server to enable the mail server to receive mails from the Internet.
• Subnetting the network reduces traffic congestion and optimizes the IP address space.
• Subnetting is used to segment a large network into smaller networks.
• To automatically assign IP addresses to each computer on a small private network, you can use the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) feature of Windows 2000.
• With an L2TP connection, you have to use the IPSec protocol for data encryption.
• IPSEC is used with a tunneling protocol to provide security.
• Network Load Balancing (NLB) evenly distributes the traffic load across all hosts.
• In order to access folder as a Web folder using Internet Explorer, you will have to install Frontpage Extension on the server.
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) acts as a member of the TCP/IP suite of protocols that governs the exchange of an electronic mail between message transfer agents.
• SUS can be installed only on NTFS partitions.
• IP packet filters allow or block packets from passing through specified ports. They can filter packets based on service type, port number, source computer name, or destination computer name.
• A security issue has arisen due to the change in the permissions on a member server. In order to revert back to the original permissions on the member server, you will have to import the DEFLTSV.INF security template into the local security policy of the member server.
• Network Load Balancing (NLB) is one of the two types of clustering supported by Windows 2003. It is used to provide high availability, and reliability of the application servers.
• There are four security zones found in Internet Explorer: Internet, Local Intranet, Trusted Sites, and Restricted Sites. Each zone or group has four security levels: High, Medium, Medium-Low, and Low. These levels determine the type of content a user can download and run. Security zones allow users to set the appropriate level of security for the various types of Web contents that they are likely to visit.

Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery

• Firewall is a security facility used to protect the network of an organization from external attacks by intruders.
• Sudden reduction in system resources and Corrupted or missing files are symptoms of a virus attack.
• Firewall is used to protect the network against unauthorized access.
• Safe Mode is a Windows feature used to start a computer with basic drivers, such as mouse, keyboard, etc. It bypasses blocking issues, such as system corruption, or installation of incompatible drivers or system services, enabling the Administrator to resolve such issues.
• In a nonauthoritative restore operation, the objects in the restored directory are not treated as authoritative. The restored objects are updated with changes held on other domain controllers in the domain.
• System State data includes registry, COM Class Registration database, system files, boot files, and files under Windows File Protection.
• The System State data is a collection of system-specific data maintained by the operating system. It includes registry, COM Class Registration database, system files, boot files, and files under Windows File Protection. If the server is a Web server, the System State data also includes IIS Meta directory.
• The most likely cause of not finding the Previous Versions tab in the shared folder’s Properties dialog box is that the volume on which the shared folder is stored is not enabled for shadow copy.
• In order to enable the members of a group to access the previous versions of the files in the a folder from their Windows XP Professional client computers, you will have to use Group Policy to deploy the Previous Versions Client pack by running TWCLI32.MSI from the \Windows\System32\Clients\Twclient folder.
• A global catalog is created automatically on the first domain controller in the forest.
• The Windows Server 2003 Backup application supports the following three types of restoration methods: Primary restore, Non-authoritative restore, and Authoritative restore.
• Run the NTDSUTIL utility to authoritatively restore the Active Directory component.
• When an object is deleted from Active Directory, the original object is removed from it, and an object is created that contains a small subset of the object’s original attributes. This object is called tombstone. This tombstone object remains in Active Directory for the duration of the tombstone lifetime (by default, it is configured as 60 days) before it gets completely removed.
• Full and incremental backup methods clear the archive bit of files after performing backup.
• A full backup is required for taking a differential backup.
• Incremental backup backs up only those files that have been created or changed since the last full or incremental backup.
• You want to take a backup of all the data on a server once a week. You want to take a backup of the data every day that was changed after the last backup. You also want to minimize the amount of data that must be backed up every day. In order to accomplish the task, a user will have to take a full backup of the data once a week and an incremental backup every day.
• In order to minimize the number of tapes required to backup data, you should perform a full backup every Friday. Performing differential backups from Monday to Thursday will reduce the number of tapes required to restore data. This is because in an event of data loss, you will have to restore only the last full backup and the last differential backup.
• An unshielded twisted-pair connection uses an RJ-45 connector.
• Repeater, hub, router, and bridge are network connectivity devices.
• Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) is used to detect breaks in network cables.
• Security Configuration and Analysis Tool is used to import and export templates. It is also used to compare a template with the security settings of the local computer.
• If pinging the server’s own loopback address fails, it shows that the server’s NIC is not working.
• In order to back up the critical information that is related to the installation of SUS, you will have to perform the following steps:
  1. Take a backup of the IIS metabase by using the IIS administration tool.
  2. Use the BACKUP utility to take a backup of the IIS metabase file, the default Web site, and the content storage location.
• You are testing the disaster recovery plan of the company. During the testing of the recovery plan, you find that some servers have been restored with another server’s data. In order to improve the disaster recovery plan, you will have to maintain a printed tape backup report, so that it can be confirmed that the data is getting stored on the appropriate server.
• An administrator can use a combination of a normal backup and a differential backup to save time in taking backups as well as for the restoration of data. If data becomes corrupt at any time, only the latest normal and the latest differential backup sets are required to be restored. Although this combination is easier and takes lesser time for restoration, it takes more time to take backups if data changes frequently.
• To ensure that a user is able to back up files, his account will have to be added to the Backup Operator group or he must be provided the ownership of the files.

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A project manager is the person accountable for accomplishing the stated project objectives. Key project management responsibilities include creating clear and attainable project objectives, building the project requirements, and managing the triple constraint for projects, which is cost, time, and scope.

A project manager is often a client representative and has to determine and implement the exact needs of the client, based on knowledge of the firm they are representing. The ability to adapt to the various internal procedures of the contracting party, and to form close links with the nominated representatives, is essential in ensuring that the key issues of cost, time, quality and above all, client satisfaction, can be realized.

A project manager needs to know a little bit about every aspect of management. A project manager must posses the following skills:

• Communications Skills: Communications skills are part of general management skills and are used to exchange information. Communicating has many dimensions:
  • Written and oral, listening, and speaking.
  • Internal (within the project) and external (customer, the media, the public).
  • Formal (reports, briefings) and informal (memos, ad hoc conversations).
  • Vertical (up and down the organization) and horizontal (with peers).

  Communication is the most important skill that a project manager must posses. It is the single most important characteristics of a top-class project manager. Project managers must communicate well in order to integrate and maximize the performance of team members. Oral and written communications are the backbone of every successful project. During different phases of a project, a project manager requires to communicate through different manners (for example, documentation, meeting updates, etc.) and he must ensure that the information communicated is explicit, clear, and complete.

• Organizational Skills: Organizational skills are part of management skills to organize various aspect of a project to complete it successfully. A good project manager uses these skills to successfully organize his meetings, keeping documentations, quotes, contract, etc., and can fetch them out at any given moment. Organizational skills also include planning and time management skills.
• Budgeting Skills: Budgeting skills include the knowledge of finance and accounting principles. A project manager requires these skills in order to perform cost estimates for project budgeting. Reading and understanding quotes, preparing and overseeing purchase orders, and reconciling purchase invoices are part of budgeting skills. In order to make budget of a project, these skills are very helpful for a project manager.
• Problem Solving Skills: Problem solving skills include defining and analyzing problems, and then taking decision to solve them by implementing those decisions. Every project manager must posses the problem solving skills. Problem solving is a two-fold process:
  • Define problems.
  • Take decision and implement it.

  A project manager is responsible for determining the best course of action to take to resolve the problem.

• Negotiation and Influencing Skills: Negotiating skills includes demanding and convincing others for the rightful thing or act. A project manager needs this skill to negotiate on projects in almost every area such as scope definition, budgets, contracts, resource assignments, schedule, etc. Influencing skills include the convincing power of a person. It is an ability to change minds and the course of events. A good project manager requires these skills to utilize them in all areas of project management.
• Leading Skills: Leading skills of an individual include vision, gain consensus for strategic goals, establish direction, and inspire and motivate others. Leadership is one of the required characteristics of a project manager. A project manager must understand the leadership and management are two different qualities and he must know when to switch on between the roles.
• Team Building and Human Resources Skills: Team building skills include working with different individuals from different parts of the organization. The team building and human resources skills are must for a project manager. A project manager sets the tone for the project team and helps the team members through the various stages of a project.

Overall project managers should know a little bit about a lot of things. They must be excellent communicators. They must have the ability to motivate people, and they can make hard decisions when necessary.

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1. Implementing Internet security and handling types of attacks.
2. Configuring IPSec to secure communication between networks and hosts. Configuring IPSec authentication and troubleshooting IPSec.
3. Implementing security for wireless networks. Configuring public and private wireless LANs.
4. Deploying and managing SSL certificates. Configuring SSL to secure communication channels.
5. Configuring and troubleshooting authentication for Web users.

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6. Configuring authentication for secure remote access. Managing client-computer configuration for remote access security.
7. Configuring and troubleshooting virtual private network (VPN) protocols.
8. Implementing Public key infrastructure and hashing function.
9. Installing and configuring Certificate Authority (CA) hierarchies, root, intermediate, and issuing CA. Managing Certificate Authorities (CAs).
10. Analyzing security events and responding to security incidents.
11. Identifying assets and their management. Protecting assets through fire prevention, detection, and suppression.
12. Implementing access control models, techniques, and technologies.
13. Designing secure data network, including OSI reference model, tcp/ip protocol suite, types of transmissions, and LAN networking.
14. Planning for preventive measures, recovery strategies, testing and revising plans.
15. Analyzing risk and using risk management tools and practices.
16. Understanding of types of law, regulations and crime. Knowledge of intellectual property laws, privacy laws, directives and regulations.

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• Photoshop enables a user to save the positions of all the open palettes as a workspace.
• To load a preserved workspace, choose Window > Workspace, and select the workspace from the submenu.
• Photoshop allows a user to save the current set of keyboard shortcuts as a workspace.
• The Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus command provides the ability to customize menus.
• Unit of measurement can be set in the Preference dialog box.
• Point to the horizontal or vertical ruler with mouse and then click and drag a guideline onto the image to create a guide.
• The Preferences command enables a user to modify the program according to his personal requirements.
• The Tool Presets palette enables a user to save a tool setting as a preset and allows to reuse it.

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• To access a preset, click the Tool Preset picker button in the options bar and select the preset from the picker pop-up menu.
• The RGB color mode is based on light, which comprises three colors: red, green, and blue. The combination of these three colors in different proportions results in the visible spectrum.
• The Picture Package option of the Tools > Photoshop submenu enables a user to organize multiple copies of a selected image on a single page. These copies can be of different sizes.
• In Adobe Bridge, the Metadata palette displays information about an image currently selected in the Preview pane.
• The File Info dialog box displays all sorts of useful information about the image files.
• Description panel allows a user to enter document information such as document title, author, author title, keywords, and copyright status about a file.
• An image in 16-bit mode gives 216 = 65536 colors per channel.
• The benefits of using 8-bit images over 16-bit images are that Photoshop offers more tools to adjust and manipulate 8-bit images than 16-bit images. Also, 8-bit files are smaller and take less disk space than 16-bit images.
• Filters can not be applied on an image with Bitmap or Indexed Color mode.
• The Reduce Noise filter reduces the granular appearance of images.
• The Lens Correction filter is used to correct common lens defect.
• The Vanishing Point filter (Filter > Vanishing Point) is used to manipulate image contents that conforms to the perspective of the image.
• The Remove JPEG Artifact check box in the Reduce Noise dialog box enables a user to remove problems with low quality JPEG image.
• When using the Vanishing Point filter, a user needs to define the four corner nodes of the plane surface in an image. In general, the corner node placement, the bounding box, and grid are blue. However, if they turn to either red or yellow, it indicates that there is a problem with the plane.
• Selecting Off Healing mode while using stamp tool in Vanishing Point filter prevents the cloned content from blending with the color, lighting, and shading of the surrounding pixels.
• The Transform Vertical Perspective option in the Lens Correction dialog box enables a user to tilt the image from the top or the bottom.
• The Preserve Details setting of Reduce Noise filter enables a user to bring back the details in an image that the Strength option round off.

Painting and retouching

• The Magic Eraser tool is used to eliminate all similar pixels in an image to transparency with a single click.
• The History Brush tool restores a previous state of an image by using a specified history state or snapshot as a source data.
• The Brush tool is used to apply the foreground color to an image within the area defined by dragging the tool on the image.
• An Airbrush produces soft edged strokes.
• The Patch tool is used to repair a selected area of an image with pixels from another area of the image or a pattern.
• The Dodge tool is used to lighten areas of an image and bring out the highlights.
• The Clone Stamp tool takes a sample of an image and clones it to a part of the same image or to another image.
• The Healing Brush tool is used to repair imperfections of an image by painting with pixels sampled from the same image or pattern.
• The Background Swatch sampling option in the Options bar of the Color Replacement tool allows to use the background color as a sample color and replace it with the foreground color while dragging the Color Replacement tool on the image without affecting other colors.
• The Spot Healing Brush tool enables user to repair imperfections of an image. It automatically uses an area around the retouched area as a sample.
• The Smudge tool creates an effect such as dragging a finger through wet paint.
• The Sharpen tool is used to harden edges or area within an image. It works by increasing contrast of the specified area.
• Reducing the value for the white Input Level increases the contrast in the highlight areas of the image.
• An adjustment layer enables a user to apply color and tonal adjustments of an image without permanently affecting the pixel values.
• The Curves command (Image > Adjustments > Curves) enables a user to adjust the color and tonality of an image.
• The Output Levels fields of the Levels dialog box enable a user to restrict the range of brightness levels in an image.
• Curves enables a user to adjust up to 14 different points throughout a tonal range of an image.
• The Dissolve mode randomly displays the pixels on the active layer and on the layer beneath it.
• The Clear mode makes every affected pixel transparent according to its original opacity.
• The Behind mode allows a user to add a color only to transparent pixels of a layer.
• In the Pin Light mode, when the blend color is lighter than 50% gray, only the pixels of the base color, which are darker than the blend color, are replaced, and the pixels lighter than the blend color remain unchanged.
• The Aligned option in the Pattern Stamp tool Options bar ensures that the sampled pixels are applied on an image in continuation, without losing the current sampling point, even though the mouse button is released many times.
• The Edit > Define Pattern command enables a user to create new patterns for use with different tools and commands.
• The Options bar for the Pattern Stamp tool contains the Pattern drop-down menu that displays various preset patterns.
• The Gradient Editor dialog box contains settings to control the opacity of the color at different locations on the gradient.
• The Brush Tip Shape option of the Brushes palette allows a user to customize the tip shape of a brush.

Creating and using layers

• The Layer > New > Layer Via Copy command converts a selection into a new layer.
• The Background layer is a layer that is automatically created when a user creates a new image.
• A layer group acts as a single layer.
• A layer comp is a snapshot of the state of the Layers palette. It is used to organize multiple versions of a layout in a single image.
• The File > Scripts > Layer Comps to WPG command is used to export all layer comps to a Web photo gallery.
• Clipping masks enables a user to clip a layer by the content of the layer beneath it.
• An adjustment layer affects all the layers below it.
• Holding down the Ctrl key (Windows) or the Command key (Mac OS) and clicking on the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette will select the visible portion of the layer.
• Layer masks are grayscale images. They define various levels of transparency. If a user paints the mask in gray, the layer will appear semi-transparent.
• The Gradient Overlay layer style (Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay) applies a gradient only to a layer’s content.
• The Altitude setting enables a user to set the height of the light source.
• The Layer > New > Background from Layer command converts a selected layer into the background layer.
• The Fill setting affects only the contents of a layer. It does not apply to any masks or layer styles that are applied to the layer.
• The Layer > The Layer > Flatten Image command is used to collapse all the layers into a single image. This reduces the size of the file.
• Linked layers act as one unit, but unlike merging, they can be separated at any time.
• Photoshop CS3 allows to select more than one layer to work on them at a time.

Working with selections

• The Magnetic Lasso tool is used to select an object with complex edges against a high-contrast background.
• The Elliptical Marquee tool is used to make selections in an oval and circular shape.
• The Feather command (Select > Feather) softens or blurs the edges of an image by fading them to transparency.
• The feathering effects appear when a user moves, cuts, copies, or fills a feathered selection in an image.
• The Quick Selection tool is used to paint a selection. This tool works by sampling pixels.
• The Subtract from Channel operation will remove the current selection from the channel contents.
• Holding down the Ctrl Shift (Windows) or the Command Shift (Mac OS) keys and clicking the alpha channel adds a saved selection to the existing selection.
• In order to load the saved selection into the image, hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or the Command (Mac OS) key and click the alpha channel.
• The Feather slider in the Refine Edge dialog box enables a user to soften or blur the edges of an image by fading them to transparency.
• The contrast slider in the Refine Edge dialog box enables a user to make a crisp, clean selection edges.
• The Quick Mask view button in the Refine Edges dialog box is selected to view the selection as quick mask.
• To edit a selection, select the channel in the Channels palette in which the selection is saved and use a painting or editing tool.
• An alpha channel is a special type of channel that stores selections as grayscale images. The channel can be used to create a selection as well as to edit a saved selection.

Supporting video

• Photoshop provides various popular document sizes and common settings as presets that can be accessed from the Preset drop-down menu in the New dialog box.
• In the Video Preview dialog box, the Letterbox placement option scales a 16:9 image so that it can fit on a 4:3 display.
• The Video Preview plug-in enables a user to preview a Photoshop document on a display device through FireWire.
• In the Video Preview dialog box, the Pillarbox option is available in the Placement drop-down menu only when the Widescreen (16:9) option is selected for the device aspect ratio.
• The Placement Option in the Video Preview dialog box determines how an image appears in a display device.
• The D1/DV PAL Windscreen (1.42) video supports non-square pixels in the ratio of 1.42:1, i.e., the height of a pixel is 1.42 times its width.
• To convert frame animations to a timeline animation, click on the Convert to Timeline Animation button in the lower-right corner of the Animation palette.
• The Clone Stamp and Healing Brush tools can be used to retouch or duplicate objects in video or animation frames.

Working with vector tools

• A path can be converted to a selection.
• The Path Selection tool is used to select and move paths.
• The Direct Selection tool is used to select individual anchor points or segments and manipulate them. It enables a user to reshape a segment in a path.
• The shape layer is added automatically to the Layers palette when a user uses a shape tool or a pen tool with the Shape Layer option that is active in the Options bar.
• To create a shape layer, choose the Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool, or any of the shape tools, click on the Shape Layers option in the tool Options bar, and drag the tool onto the image.
• Vector graphics are made up using geometrical formulas to define lines and shapes.
• Raster graphics are made up of a grid of pixels. They are resolution-dependent, so they lose details, when scaled.
• The Indent First Line option of the Paragraph palette enables a user to indent the first line of the text in a paragraph.
• Leading is the amount of space between lines of text.
• Baseline shift controls the distance of text from its baseline.
• Variables are used to define which layers in a template will be changed.
• When a path is created, a temporary path named work path appears in the Paths palette. To save the path permanently, double-click on the work path and enter a name in the Save Path dialog box.
• A path can be created by using the pen tools or shape tools.
• A work path is a temporary path. It appears in the Paths palette when a user selects the Paths button from the Options bar and draws a path in an image.

Using Smart Objects

• A Smart Object is just like a container in which a user can embed raster or vector image data. The embedded image data retains all the original characteristics of the image.
• With Smart objects, the user can make multiple copies of a single object. All the copies of the object will be updated when one of the copies is edited.
• To edit the source contents of a Smart Object, Select the Smart Object from the Layers palette and double-click the Smart Object thumbnail.
• The Place command (File > Place) is used to place an artwork into a new layer in an image as a Smart Object.
• The Export Contents command exports the contents of a Smart Object and save it to any drive.
• Gaussian blur occurs when an image is out of focus.
• The Smart Sharpen filter enables a user to sharpen some parts of an image more than others.
• The Amount setting of the Smart Sharpen filter determines the amount of contrast to be added to the pixels.
• The Lens Correction filter is used to correct common lens defects such as barrel distortion, pincushion distortion, vignetting, and chromatic aberration.
• Vignetting is a common lens defect in which an image’s brightness or saturation at the edges, especially the corners, is less as compared to the center of the image.
• The Fade Amount determines the strength of sharpness of either shadows or highlights.
• A video layer is a special layer that contains frames.
• The Layer > Video Layers > New Video Layer From File is used to import a video into an open document.
• The File > Open command is used to import contents of a 3D file into a new Photoshop file.

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• Slide is the 2D tool is used to move 3D model closer or away.
• In Photoshop, the physical 3D model can not be edited itself.

Managing assets with Bridge

• The Metadata Focus view option of the Bridge displays a list of thumbnails along with the information about each file in the main viewing area of the Bridge workspace.
• Horizontal Flimstrip view of the Bridge displays thumbnails of files in a scrolling list running horizontally along with big preview of the file selected from the list just above the list in the main viewing area of the Bridge workspace.
• Light Table view of the Bridge displays thumbnails of files in the content area of the Bridge.
• The Keywords panel in Adobe Bridge is used to create and apply keywords to the images.
• The Picture Package option of the Tools > Photoshop submenu in Bridge organizes multiple copies of a selected image on a single page.
• Photomerge automate function from the Tools > Photoshop submenu in Bridge enables a user to combine a series of images into a single panoramic shot.
• The Image Processor automate function from the Tools > Photoshop submenu in Bridge converts and processes multiple files without creating an action.
• Choosing Previous Conversion from the settings drop-down menu in the Camera Raw dialog box applies the same settings to the current image that was applied on the last image opened in Camera Raw.
• Camera Raw Preferences dialog box contains three settings; Save image settings in, Apply sharpening to, and Camera Raw cache.
• The Image Settings option in the Camera RAW Settings menu indicates the previously applied settings of the image.

Using Camera Raw and HDR

• Digital Negative (DNG) is a format for storing raw pixel data captured by the digital camera sensor.
• Adobe DNG Converter is a tool to convert vendor/camera-specific raw files to a universal DNG raw file.
• White Balance is the name of a system of color correction that describes the lighting conditions in a photograph.
• The sRGB IEC61966-1 color space has a smaller range of colors. It is very suitable for Web graphics.
• The Open button in the Camera Raw dialog box opens copies of the raw image files in Photoshop with the Camera Raw settings applied on it, and leaves the original image untouched.
• The Done button in the Camera Raw dialog box closes the dialog box and saves the Camera Raw settings applied to the camera raw image either in the Camera Raw database or in an individual XML file.
• The Save button in the Camera Raw dialog box enables a user to create multiple versions of an image with different settings applied on them.
• The Equalize Histogram tonal mapping method in the HDR Conversion dialog box compresses the dynamic range of the HDR image into the contrast range of a normal 16 or 8-bit image.
• High Dynamic Range (HDR) images are 32-bits-per-channel images that represent the entire dynamic range of the visible world.
• The HDR image represents all the luminance values or radiance that can be observed in a real-world scene.

Working with automation

• To resize the image to its original size during action playback, select the Insert Menu Item command from the Actions palette menu and then choosing View > Actual Pixels.
• The View > Zoom In command can be inserted into an action by using the Insert Menu Item command from the Actions palette menu.
• Selecting the Step by Step option of the Playback Options dialog box will complete each command and refresh the image before it goes on to the next command in the action.
• The Save and Close option of the Destination drop-down menu in the Batch dialog box is selected to save files in their current location after applying a specific action on them.
• The Folder option of the Destination drop-down menu enables a user to save files to another location after applying a specific action on them.
• The Batch command can be used to apply an action on some of the files in a folder.
• The Crop and Straighten Photos command (File > Automate > Crop and Straighten Photos) automatically straightens and separates each image as an individual file from multiple images scanned together.
• The Contact Sheet II command (File > Automate > Contact Sheet II) enables a user to automatically create and place a series of thumbnails of the images that a user has specified on a single page.
• The File > Automate > Picture Package command is used to organize multiple copies of a source image on a single page.
• The Merge To HDR command (File > Automate > Merge To HDR) is used to combine multiple images (each image taken with different exposures) of the same scene in a single HDR image.
• Scripting is used to automate repetitive tasks that require to evaluate some condition and perform accordingly.
• A user can set scripts to run automatically on an event, such as opening, saving, or exporting a document in Photoshop.
• When a user saves script files in the Photoshop CS2/Presets/Scripts folder with a .js or .jsx extension, the scripts are listed in the Scripts submenu. To run a script, a user has to choose File > Scripts and then select the script from the list.

Managing color

• Characterizing is a term used to describe how a particular device currently reproduces color.
• Each pixel in an image contains a set of color numbers. The color numbers describe the location of pixels in a particular color mode. The appearance of the pixel varies according to different devices, because each device has a particular way of translating the color numbers into visual colors.
• The color management engine is software that works as a translator of the color profile of a device to the color space of another device. It maps color from one device profile to another.
• Assigning a custom scanner profile to the corresponding scanned image improves color matching with the original image a user scanned.
• The Assign Profile (Edit > Assign Profile) command is used to assign a profile to an image. When a profile is assigned to an image, the interpretation of the pixel values, rather than the values themselves, changes.
• In the Working Spaces section of the Color Settings dialog box, a user can specify the default profile that a user wants to use for each color model: RGB, CMYK, Grayscale, and Spot.
• A color management policy is a procedure to handle color data, which does not match the current color working space while opening and saving a document.
• Soft proof capabilities of Photoshop allow a user to preview how the image will look in the color space of any output device.
• Relative Colorimetric is a rendering intent that preserves original colors in an image rather than perceptual.
• Rendering intents are the methods that are used to convert one color space to another. They determine how the color management system handles out of gamut colors.

Outputting to print

• Relative Colorimetric is a rendering intent that preserves original colors in an image.
• The Document option in the Print with Preview dialog box uses the actual color profile assigned to the image file to print the image.
• The Print command (File > Print) is used to print an image. It displays the print dialog box, where users can set the position of an image on a page, scale the image and preview to see how it will look when printed.
• The Print command allows a user to scale an image. Scaling an image changes the size and resolution of the printed image.
• Bleed button in the Print dialog box enables a user to print crop marks inside the image.
• The pixel dimension of an image determines the amount of detail in the image.
• The resolution for scan can be estimated by using the ratio of original and final image dimensions, and the resolution of output device.
• The resolution of the image is inversely proportional to the size of the image.

Preparing and Outputting images for the Web and Mobile devices

• The PNG-24 format supports hard-edged as well as variable transparency.
• The PNG-24 format is suitable for displaying continuous-tone images on the Web, but it produces larger files as compared to the JPEG format.
• The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) format is used to display indexed-color graphics and images on the Web. It supports transparency. To keep fully transparent pixels transparent and blend partially transparent pixels with a color, select the Transparency check box in the Save for Web dialog box, click the Matte color swatch, and select the color in the color picker.
• The combination of Transparency and Matte options specifies how transparent pixels in an image are optimized.
• Selecting Other from the Matte menu invokes the Color Picker dialog box enables a user to select a matte color.
• Variables are used to define which layers in a template will be changed.
• When defining variables in a template, The Fit method for Pixel Replacement scales the replacement image without changing its proportion to fit within the bounding box.
• Slices divide page layouts into areas and allow a user to specify independent compression settings to each area.
• The Paste Over Selection option of the Paste Frames dialog box replaces the configuration of selected frame with the copied frames and adds new layers to the image that contains the contents of the pasted frames.
• For creating some special types of animation, such as changing the color of an object or completely changing the content, a user needs to add layers that have new contents in the Layers palette.
• Device Central is used to preview a graphic to see how it will look on variety of handheld devices.
• Emulator tab in the Device Central dialog box allows a user to preview how a graphic will look on mobile devices.

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The certification exams check your knowledge and experience on their subject. So the best way to get through is to learn and master each and every aspect of the technology and get hands-on experience on it. Of course, you have to study hard, as there is no short cut to success, but if you prepare systematically, you can pass all these exams easily.

Take the following steps to ensure success in the exams:

• Identify the exam objectives by visiting the product vendors site because these objectives keep on changing from time to time.
• Study the suggested reading material and make sure you understand everything and also perform the tasks they suggest.

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• If you feel the need, you can also go for instructor-led or online training courses.
• Nothing beats a test better than taking it beforehand. Buy good test simulation software and test your skills on it.
• Register for the test at least two weeks before. This helps in building the tempo.

Before the test

• Be confident and relaxed.
• Sleep well the night before the exam.
• Arrive early at the test center with at least two forms of identification.
• If you need a quick drink of water or a visit to the restroom, take time before the exam, because once started, the exam will not be paused for these needs.

At the Testing center

• You will be asked to present your ID and sign the log when you arrive at the testing center.
• The center in-charge will explain the rules that you have to follow during the exam and will ask you to sign a paper stating that you understand the rules of the exams and will follow them.
• You are not allowed to take in any sort of written or printed material with you to the exam. You will be provided with scratch paper, pencils and anything you need for the exam.
• Before the test, you will have an opportunity to take a practice exam that is not related with the subject but will give you an orientation of the exam process.
• If you have any problem regarding the testing process, you can ask the test administrator.

Test Taking Approach

• As you start the test, be calm and read the question and ALL its options carefully even if you think you know the answer.
• If you are taking an adaptive test, REMEMBER you will not get a chance to change your answer once you move on, so be sure before you mark the answer. In a linear test, you will have a chance to change the answer.
• If you know the answer, answer the question and move on. If you are not sure, still mark your best guess and move on. If it is a linear test, you should also bookmark the question so that you can return to it afterwards.
• Sometimes related questions also provide answer for the questions you were unsure of. So, it is always a good idea to bookmark the question.
• If you are unsure of the correct answer, read all options and eliminate those that are obviously wrong. Then choose from the remaining options.
• Once you have finished answering all the questions, check the time left. If you have time, review the bookmarked questions.
• Never leave a question unanswered. All certification tests that we know are timed and count unanswered questions as wrong. If you don’t have the time, take a blind guess.

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Technology Series (MCTS)

The Technology Specialist certifications enable professionals to target specific technologies, and are generally the first step toward the Professional-level certifications. There are currently 20 MCTS certifications, which can be roughly grouped into the following specializations, each requiring certain examinations to be passed:

Office Specializations

Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007

• Exam 70-632: Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Projects

Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

• Exam 70-633: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects

Forefront Client and Server, Configuration

• Exam 70-557: Microsoft Forefront Client and Server, Configuration

Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuration

• Exam 70-630: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring

Office SharePoint Server 2007, Application Development

• Exam 70-542: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Application Development

.NET Framework Specializations

.NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications

• Exam 70-528: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Web-Based Client Development
• Exam 70-536: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Application Development Foundation

.NET Framework 2.0 Windows Applications

• Exam 70-526: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Windows-Based Client Development
• Exam 70-536: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Application Development Foundation

.NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Applications

• Exam 70-529: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Distributed Application Development
• Exam 70-536: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Application Development Foundation

SQL Server Specializations

SQL Server 2005

• Exam 70-431: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 – Implementation and Maintenance

SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence

• Exam 70-445: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence – Implementation and Maintenance

Business Intelligence Specializations

BizTalk Server 2006

• Exam 70-235: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server

Live Communications Server 2005

• Exam 70-262: Office Live Communications Server 2005-Implementing, Managing, and Troubleshooting

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Configuration

• Exam 70-236: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring

Windows Specializations

Windows Mobile 5.0 Applications

• Exam 70-540: Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 – Application Development

Windows Mobile 5.0, Implementing and Managing

• Exam 70-500: Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, Implementing and Managing

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Application Development

• Exam 70-541: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Application Development

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuration

• Exam 70-631: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring

Windows Server 2003 Hosted Environments, Configuration and Management

• Exam 70-501: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Hosted Environments, Configuring and Managing

Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office System Desktops, Deploying and Maintaining

• Exam 70-624: Deploying and Maintaining Windows Vista Client and 2007 Microsoft Office System Desktops

Windows Vista Configuration

• Exam 70-620: Windows Vista, Configuring

Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration

• Exam 70-640: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring

Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

• Exam 70-642: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring

Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration

• Exam 70-643: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring

Professional Series

Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)

These certifications are designed for .NET software developers and are based around .NET 3.5, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2005/2008.

Windows Developer 3.5

• Exam 70-536: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation
• Exam 70-505: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Forms Application Development
• Exam 70-563 (PRO): Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

ASP .NET Developer 3.5

• Exam 70-536: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation
• Exam 70-562: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development
• Exam 70-564 (PRO): Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

Web Developer, Visual Studio 2005

• Exam 70-528: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Web-Based Client Development
• Exam 70-536: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Application Development Foundation
• Exam 70-547 (PRO): Designing and Developing Web Applications by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

Enterprise Applications Developer 3.5

• Exam 70-503: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Communication Foundation Application Development
• Exam 70-505: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Forms Application Development
• Exam 70-536: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation – applicable to both .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5
• Exam 70-561: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Application Development
• Exam 70-562: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development
• Exam 70-565 (PRO): Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications using Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)

The Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) credential is the leading certification for Microsoft. It provides widely recognized, objective validation of your ability to perform critical, current IT job roles by using Microsoft technologies to their best advantage.

These certifications are designed for IT professionals including administrators and support personnel in addition to database specialists (both administrators and developers).

Business Intelligence Developer

• MCTS: SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence
• Exam 70-446 (PRO): Designing a Business Intelligence Infrastructure by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Consumer Support Technician

• MCTS: Windows Vista Configuration
• Exam 70-623 (PRO): Supporting and Troubleshooting Applications on a Windows Vista Client for Consumer Support Technicians

Database Developer

• MCTS: SQL Server 2005
• Exam 70-441 (PRO): Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Open License 6.0
• Exam 70-442 (PRO): Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Database Administrator

• MCTS: SQL Server 2005
• Exam 70-443 (PRO): Designing a Database Server Infrastructure by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• Exam 70-444 (PRO): Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administration Solution by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Enterprise Messaging Administrator

• MCTS: Exchange Server 2007 Configuration
• Exam 70-237 (PRO): Designing Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
• Exam 70-238 (PRO): Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

• MCTS: Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007
• MCTS: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
• Exam 70-634 (PRO): Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Managing Projects and Programs

Enterprise Support Technician

• MCTS: Windows Vista Configuration
• Exam 70-622 (PRO): Supporting and Troubleshooting Applications on a Microsoft Windows Vista Client for Enterprise Support Technicians

Server Administrator

• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
• Exam 70-646 (PRO): Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator

Enterprise Administrator

• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
• MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration
• MCTS: Windows Vista Configuration OR MCTS: Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office System Desktops, Deploying and Maintaining
• Exam 70-647 (PRO): Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator

Master Series

Architect Series

The Architect Series is completely different from the Technology Specialist and Professional series, composed of a five-week training session, at a cost of $25,000. Candidates are paired with an existing Microsoft Certified Architect for the duration of the program who mentor and provide guidance to complete a series of tasks. At the conclusion the candidate must submit a report and pass a Review Board interview.

The Architect Series is very similar to other industry professional certification programs, such as the Certified Practicing Engineer (CPEng) offered by Engineers Australia.
There are two primary tracks in the Architect Program:

Technology-based Architecture

There are two MCA Certifications in the Technology-based Architecture track:

• Messaging (Microsoft Exchange Server)
• Database (Microsoft SQL Server focused on OLTP

Broad Architecture

This track is designed for professionals that use a variety of Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies to deliver customer solutions. Again there are two primary tracks:

• Infrastructure certifications
• Solutions certifications

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With the introduction of the Professional Series your MCTS, MCITP, or MCPD certifications will retire when Microsoft discontinues mainstream support for the related technology. Typically, mainstream support is discontinued 7 to 10 years after the initial product release. When support ends, your related certification will retire.

Microsoft’s initial communications about the Professional Series certifications was announced that a “refresh” or recertification of the MCITP and MCPD credentials would be required within three years. This policy has changed. To address the needs of the worldwide customer base, the updated policy is to retire a certification when mainstream support for the related technology retires. There is no action required from you if you earned a Professional Series certification before the policy change; the updated policy applies to your certification, which will be valid until mainstream support for the related technology retires.

Technology Specialist Series (MCTS) Upgrades

There are no upgrade paths that lead only to an MCTS certification. All prior certification paths lead to either an MCPD or MCITS certification, which will indirectly confer the relevant prerequisite MCTS certification on the successful candidate.

Professional Developer (MCPD) Upgrades

The upgrade paths for the Professional Developer series require that candidates have a minimum existing Microsoft Certified Application Developer certification, although since this is a prerequisite for the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer series, this also qualifies. Generally candidates who specialized in Windows Forms development in the MCAD would upgrade to the MCPD: Windows Developer, Web developers would take the MCPD: Web Developer path, and MCSD holders would upgrade to the MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer. However, there is no actual restriction enforced and a candidate holding any variant of the MCAD three MCAD to MCPD paths, and an MCSD can take any of the four MCSD to MCAD paths.

MCAD/MCSD to MCPD: Web Developer

This certification requires that one pass the following examination:

• Exam 70-551: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD: Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

MCAD/MCSD to MCPD: Windows Developer

This certification requires that one pass the following examination:

• Exam 70-552: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD: Windows Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

MCAD to MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer

This certification requires that one pass the following examinations:

• Exam 70-551: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD: Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
• Exam 70-552: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD: Windows Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

MCSD to MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer

This certification requires that one pass the following examinations:

• Exam 70-553: UPGRADE: MCSD Microsoft .NET Skills to MCPD Enterprise Application Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework: Part 1
• Exam 70-554: UPGRADE: MCSD Microsoft .NET Skills to MCPD Enterprise Application Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework: Part 2

IT Professional (MCITP) Upgrades

MCDST to MCITP: Enterprise Support

This certification requires that one pass the following examination:

• Exam 70-621: PRO: Upgrading Your MCDST Certification to MCITP Enterprise Support

MCDBA to MCITP: Database Administrator This certification requires that one pass the following examination:

• Prerequisite: MCTS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 – Implementation and Maintenance
• Exam 70-447: UPGRADE: MCDBA Skills to MCITP Database Administrator by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

MCSA and MCSE Transitions

MCSA and MCSE certifications will not be retired. Microsoft has introduced a transition path to allow MCSA/MCSE holders to obtain MCITP certification. Both certifications require a common transitional exam (70-649), as well as two additional exams for MCITP: Server Administrator and three additional exams for the MCITP: Enterprise Administrator.

Microsoft Certification Resources

There are several courses, boot camps and practice tests from different vendors offering preparation material for Microsoft certification exams. Boot camps normally provide residential program that includes food and lodging. These courses are meant for busy professionals who do not have enough time for self preparation or wish to get trained by professional trainers. Microsoft Press provides several books towards Microsoft certification exams preparation. Books are normally the first place to explore Microsoft certification options, and preparation. Apart from Microsoft Press books, there are other reputed publishers like Sybex, and others. In addition to books, Microsoft Learning also offers courses for each of the exams.

Apart from books, there are several practice tests vendors that offer pre-certification exams. These mock exams almost mimic actual exams, and normally priced much less than the actual exam. Several user forums are available for certification preparation where most questions are answered by other forum users.

Experts and past candidates recommend not only reading more than one book, but spending a good amount of time practicing the concepts on computers on a test environment. After practicing and reading, it’s also recommended to take sample exams before taking the Microsoft exam.

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1. Managing Windows Firewall.
2. Locking a computer.
3. Managing Windows Internet Explorer security.
4. Configuring local user accounts.
5. Managing network connections.
6. Managing remote access to your computer.
7. Connecting to another computer.
8. Managing devices and drivers.
9. Managing display settings.

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10. Managing Windows Explorer settings.
11. Managing and securing folders.
12. Searching for files and folders.
13. Customizing and modifying the Start menu.
14. Customizing the taskbar.
15. Personalizing the appearance of a computer.
16. Optimizing and troubleshooting your computer.

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1. Understanding the core modeling concepts of UML.

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2. Understanding the UML modeling dependency constructs.
3. Understanding and representing operations that characterize the behavior of an element.
4. Understanding and representing models of traditional sequential flow charts in UML.
5. Demonstrating the basic knowledge and comprehension of the various Interaction Diagrams and their concepts.
6. Understanding and representing Use Case models.
7. Recognizing and understanding UML primitive types.
8. Understanding the basic knowledge of common behavior concepts.

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1. Formatting content.
2. Controlling pagination.
3. Inserting and modifying objects.
4. Sorting contents in lists and tables.
5. Modifying table formats.
6. Organizing content.
7. Creating and modifying forms.
8. Inserting and modifying endnotes, footnotes, captions, and cross-references.
9. Collaborating documents.
10. Customizing Microsoft Word.

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1. Creating presentations
2. Customizing slide master and its elements
3. Arranging slides
4. Inserting and formatting text boxes
5. Manipulating text
6. Adding and linking existing content to presentations
7. Applying and customizing animation
8. Creating and modifying SmartArt diagrams
9. Customizing illustrations
10. Inserting and modifying charts
11. Inserting and modifying tables
12. Reviewing presentation
13. Protecting presentations
14. Securing and sharing presentation
15. Preparing printed materials
16. Rehearsing presentation

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1. Originating and responding to e-mail and instant messages.
2. Attaching files to items.
3. Creating and modifying a personal signature for messages
4. Modifying e-mail message settings and delivery options.
5. Creating and editing contacts
6. Accepting, declining, and delegating tasks.
7. Creating and modifying appointments, meetings, and events.
8. Customizing calendar settings.
9. Creating and modifying distribution lists.
10. Linking contacts to other items.
11. Creating and modifying notes.
12. Organizing items.
13. Organizing items using folders.
14. Searching for items.
15. Saving items in different file formats.
16. Assigning items to categories.
17. Previewing and printing items.

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