Sunday, 25 February 2018

MB6-895 Financial Management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Published: November 03, 2017
Languages: English
Audiences: IT professionals, Information workers
Technology: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSE

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

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Set up and configure the core financial modules. (25-30%)
Define and configure the General ledger module.
Define currency and exchange rates; define and create the chart of accounts and main accounts; set up and manage fiscal and ledger calendars; create and define financial dimensions and financial dimension sets; configure account structure; define the ledger for a legal entity; set up journals; define the General ledger parameters and accounts for automatic transactions; configure intercompany accounting
Explain and set up the Cash and bank management module.
Explain bank transaction types and transaction groups; set up bank groups, create bank accounts, explain the Cash and bank management parameters; configure check layouts
Describe and design the Accounts receivable and Collections management modules.
Describe customer posting profiles, set up customer payment information, create customers, define the Accounts receivable parameters, describe an organizational structure for centralized payments; set up and process collection letters, configure and calculate interest, process interest adjustments, set up customer pools and aging period definitions
Review and build the Accounts payable module.
Define vendor posting profiles, configure vendor payment information, explain invoice matching; create vendors, walkthrough the account payable parameters; review an organizational structure for centralized payments
Clarify and utilize the Tax module.
Define ledger posting groups, create sales tax codes, establish sales and item tax groups, define sales tax authorities, explain withholding tax; review sales tax jurisdictions
Define basic fixed asset concepts, and complete setup for the Fixed assets module.
Define depreciation methods and conventions, set up depreciation profiles and books, set up value models, define Fixed Asset parameters, create fixed assets, set up and assign bar codes to assets, lend fixed assets

Manage daily procedures for the core financial modules. (25-30%)

Review and process transactions in the General ledger module.
Create and post general journals; create voucher templates, process periodic journals, process period allocations, create and process accrual schemes, reverse a transaction, create reversing entries; use ledger accrual schemes in a journal; create and post intercompany journal entries
Analyze and walkthrough transactions in the Cash and bank management module.
Create and delete checks, void a check and create payment reversals, create and cancel deposit slips, reconcile bank accounts
Assess and handle transactions in the Accounts receivable and Collections management modules.
Create free text invoices, process prepayments, create payment journals, reverse settlements, reimburse a customer, perform sales order invoicing; review aged balances for customer, process customer account statements, create write-off transactions, process a non-sufficient funds cancellation; manage the status of customer transactions; use cases and activities to track collection actions
Define and create transactions in the Accounts payable module.
Define and create different types of invoice journals, manage vendor invoices, perform invoice matching; process prepayments, create payment proposals; process payment journals
Explain and work with transactions in the Tax module.
Revise sales tax prior to posting a transaction, post sales tax on prepayments, create transactions with conditional sales tax
Review and process fixed asset transactions.
Define transaction types available, process acquisitions through journals, process depreciations, process disposals, process value adjustments; create purchase orders for fixed assets; acquire fixed assets from a purchase order

Set up, configure, and use the Budgeting module. (20-25%)
Define basic budgeting concepts, and setup basic budgeting features.
Define budget concepts; discuss different budget types; set up the different budget configurations, define the budget parameters
Configure and use budget control features.
Set up the budget control configuration settings; define budget groups and budget control rules; enable budget control for source documents and journals; activate and turn on budget control; view budget check results on transactions
Define and generate budget plans.
Define budget planning configuration, create budget plans, process budget plans, modify budget plans in Excel
Create and process budget register entries.
Create and process budget register entries; transfer budget balances, define budget allocations, update budget register entries in Excel; create budget register entries from budget plans

Manage periodic and closing procedures for the financial modules. (20-25%)
Setup, configure, and run consolidations and eliminations.
Set up and define a consolidation and elimination company, add consolidation information to main accounts; define and use consolidation groups; configure elimination rules; define the consolidation methods available; perform a consolidation; create and process eliminations
Configure and perform foreign currency revaluations.
Define main account settings for foreign currency revaluation; define the types of foreign currency revaluations; perform foreign currency revaluations
Set up and run ledger allocations.
Describe the various types of ledger allocation; create ledger allocations rules and basis; process ledger allocation requests; configure allocations terms for a main account
Construct and use the period close workspace.
Describe uses for the period close workspace; configure the period close workspace; define a period close template; use the period close workspace
Set and run the fiscal year end closing processes.
Define parameters for fiscal year end close; configure and run the fiscal year close process; describe and use the closing sheet

The controller of your company has received notice from the taxing agency of another state that the sales tax rate on the company’s products sold in that will increase by 0.5% starting
on January 1st and continuing in perpetuity.



Question 1:

You must make all changes necessary in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations to make these changes take effect on January 1st. Which object in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations should be modified to make this change?

A. sales tax code
B. Ledger posting group
C. Sales tax authority
D. Settlement period

Answer: A

Question 2:
A vendor contacts you about an unpaid invoice. You verify that check was printed and mailed one month ago. Because the check has not been received by the vendor, you need to reissue a check to the vendor.

Which action should you perform?

A. Reverse the payment from the Vendor transaction report from, and then reissue the payment.
B. Void the check from the original payment journal, and then reissue the payment.
C. Create a reversing entry by using the General journal form, and then reissue the payment.
D. Process a payment reversal from the Checks from, and then reissue the payment.

Answer: D

Question 3:
Your company has acquired customers in a new state. The company must collect sales tax on the product sales to those customers.
As bookkeeper, you need to configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations to report collected sales tax to the new customers state authorities.
Which configuration controls the payment of sales tax to the new state?

A. main accounts
B. customer account
C. sales tax group
D. sales tax authority

Answer: C

Thursday, 22 February 2018

500-701 Cisco Video Infrastructure Design


This course is designed to teach technicians that install and support Cisco TelePresence solutions to install/configure, operate and maintain core visual communication components, including Cisco TelePresence endpoints, integration of premise with cloud solutions, meeting solutions, and management software.

In this course, students will add Cisco TelePresence to existing Cisco Expressway environments. This training is also appropriate for end-user technical staff, such as video system administrators and first-line support personnel.

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
Define Cisco Business TelePresence Solutions components and architectures
Understand Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (Expressway) for basic and advanced video networks
Understand Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS)
Define Cisco Meeting Server features
Define integration of Cisco Collaboration Premise Solutions with Cisco Cloud
Demonstrate how Cisco TelePresence Content Server (TCS) interacts with other products within Cisco’s Business TelePresence Solution

Target Audience
End-user technical staff
Video system administrators
First-line support personnel

Course Prerequisites
It is recommended, but not required, that students have the following knowledge and skills:

Basic computer literacy
Basic IP network literacy
Basic knowledge of video conferencing and streaming fundamentals

Associated Certification: None
QUESTION 1
In an H.323 call to that is not inter worked, which signaling protocols are routed through the Expressway?

A. RAS, RTP and H.254
B. RAS, RTP and RTCP
C. RTP, RTCP and H.254
D. RAS, Q.932 and H.245

Answer: D


QUESTION 2
Which is a call Control Device in a Cisco Collaboration environment?

A. Cisco Meeting Server
B. Cisco Telepresence Management Suite
C. Cisco Content Server
D. Cisco Expressway

Answer: A


QUESTION 3
Which Cisco WebEx product can be integrated ina CMR Cloud or CMR Hybrid deployment?

A. Cisco WebEx Training Center
B. Cisco WebEx Meeting Center
C. Cisco WebEx Support Center
D. Cisco WebEx Event Center

Answer: D

QUESTION 4

How is lite Management Connector configured for Cisco Spark Hybrid?

A. From the Web Interface of the Expressway Core and the Web interface of Spark Administration.
B. From the Web Interface of the Expressway Edge.
C. From the Web Interface of the Expressway Core.
D. From the Web Interface of Spark Administration.

Answer: D


QUESTION 5

What must be configured to setup a Directory connector for Cisco Spark Hybrid?

A. The administrator needs to configure AD to point to Cisco Spark Cloud
B. Configure the Directory Connector on the Expressway Core
C. The administrator only needs to configure AD settings in the Cisco Spark Management Portal
D. The administrator must log in to Cloud Collaboration Management and download the Directory Connector in the Windows Server

Answer: D

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Exam MB6-894 Development, Extensions and Deployment for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Published: December 04, 2017
Languages: English
Audiences: Developers Technology Microsoft Dynamics 365
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSA

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

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Understand the architecture and development environment (20-25%)
Describe the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations architecture
Describe the development environment; describe the components in the application stack; identify cloud architecture components; explain the server architecture; describe the layer architecture
Describe the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail architecture
Identify components of the retail solutions and their purpose; Describe differences and uses for the Retail Server and the Retail Store Scale Unit (RSSU); Describe hardware components; Describe and create components for the Modern Point of Sale (MPOS) and the Cloud Point of Sale (Cloud POS)
Manage development with Microsoft Visual Studio and Lifecycle Services (LCS)
Identify the windows and basic navigation of Visual Studio; describe differences between and uses for projects, models, solutions, and packages; describe and perform the build process; describe the features of LCS; use LCS to deploy hotfixes, manage assets, and complete the build process

Develop new elements by using Application Explorer (20-25%)
Create and manage labels and resources
Create new label files; create and use labels; describe elements and uses for labels; identify best practices for labels; identify uses for resources
Create and manage data types
Describe uses for base enumerations; create new base enumerations; identify best practices for base enumerations; describe primitive and extended data types; create new extended data types; identify key properties for extended data types; implement best practices for extended data types
Create and manage tables
Identify the components of a table; describe various types of table relationships; describe various types of table indexes; implement best practices for tables, relationships, and indexes

Read and Write Basic X++ (20-25%)
Describe the X++ environment
Identify the characteristics of X++; use the code editor to write X++; describe the features of IntelliSense; identify basic syntax for X++; describe the use of common key words in X++; describe the features of the debugger; use the comparison tool; use the best practice checker
Work with X++ control statements
Work with variables, operators, conditional statements, and loops; use built-in functions; use communication tools
Work with classes
Create new classes; describe scoping events and parameters; describe inheritance; identify key best practices when writing X++
Manipulate data with X++
Identify techniques for data retrieval; explain uses for transaction integrity checking; insert, update, and delete records using X++; identify best practices for manipulating data with X++
Manage exceptions in X++
Identify exception types; use try/catch statements; describe the features of optimistic concurrency control; describe best practices for exception handling with X++

Manage the User Interface and Security for Developers (20-25%)
Manage the user interface
Identify components of various form patterns; identify common form patterns and sub patterns; identify key properties for form elements; apply and validate form patterns; describe uses for tiles; describe how to join data in forms; implement best practices for form development
Manage the user navigation
Identify types of menu items; create menu items and menus; identify key properties for menu items; describe uses for menu items; implement best practices for menus and menu items
Manage security in the development environment
Describe the security architecture; describe the components of role-based security; create new privileges, duties, and roles in the application explorer; describe the extensible data security framework

Develop and extend retail components (15-20%)
Modify retail components
Describe the components of the Commerce Runtime (CRT) and how to extend the CRT; describe the components of the Commerce Data Exchange (CDX) and how to extend the CDX; Identify components of the retail architecture that can be extended; Describe how to extend various components of the retail architecture.
Deploy retail modifications
Describe how to package and deploy retail modifications into a source environment; review and apply retail hot fixes; create and deploy packages for retail; resolve conflicts and rebuild packages
Monitor retail components
Identify, use and extend diagnostics and monitoring tools for retail components; Identify, setup, and monitor data distribution and offline databases; Understand hot, warm, and cold paths for diagnostics and monitoring; Use events logs, and LCS to monitor and diagnose issues with retail components


QUESTION 1
You finish developing a model named CompletedModel1 that contains objects.
Which three items from the model must be included to build the CompletedModel1 model during the
package build on the build server? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

A. CompletedModel1 build result file
B. Metadata of objects in CompletedModel1
C. Source code of objects in CompletedModel1
D. Visual Studio solution file
E. CompletedModel1 descriptor file

Answer: B,C,E

Explanation: Section: Understand the architecture and development environment (20-25%)

Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
A Dynamics AX package is a deployment and compilation unit of one or more models. It includes model metadata, binaries, cubes and other associated resources. One or more AX packages can be packaged into a deployment package, which is the vehicle used for deployment on UAT and production environments. Packages are packaged into a deployable package file for deployment to Sandbox or production environments.

QUESTION 2
You are working in a Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail environment andneed to develop an app that canbe installed on
a tablet to calculate the sales total with tax for a given list of items.
The app must work if the tablet loses wireless connectivity.
Which type of interface should you use to develop the app?

A. Cloud POS
B. User Interface
C. eCommerce
D. Modern POS

Answer: D
Explanation: Section: Understand the architecture and development environment (20-25%)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Users of Retail Modern Point of Sale (POS) can perform various retail tasks on supported laptops, tablets,
and phones. These tasks include processing sales transactions, viewing customer orders, managing daily
operations and inventory, and viewing role-based reports.
 

QUESTION 3
You are working for a client in a new Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations environment.
The client requests that custom fields be added to the SalesTable table. You need to add them in a way tominimize the
cost of maintenance and upgrading.
What should you do to add the custom fields?

A. Create a new package in the ApplicationSuite model.
B. Create a new model that overlayers the ApplicationSuite model.
C. Create a new extension model that references the ApplicationSuite model.
D. Create a new project in the ApplicationSuite model.

Answer: C

Explanation:
Section: Understand the architecture and development environment (20-25%) Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Microsoft's best practice recommendation is to use extension objects and models wherever we can.

Tuesday, 6 February 2018

C9560-523 IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 Implementation

Number of questions: 66
Number of questions to pass: 40
Time allowed: 90 mins
Status: Live

This exam consists of 5 sections described below.

Section 1: Planning
Given access to the customer technical staff and network information, determine the Network Manager requirements so that configuration can be carried out.
Given the identified IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) requirements, determine the ITNM architecture so that a detailed deployment plan is created.
Given the network size (ports/interfaces) and architecture, identify the hardware and server specifications so that hardware and server are designed for a successful IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) deployment.
Given a requirement for NCIM failover, determine the configuration options required so that primary and backup ITNM servers use the available active database.
Given installed IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V.4.1.1 (ITNM), enable the Collector Framework so that all devices which are imported by the Collector Framework are available in the topology after finishing the successful discovery.
Given access to IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) and requirements from the customer, determine data polling requirements and data collection strategies so that ITNM properly polls all the devices and interfaces.
Given the identified IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) architecture, determine the hosts and ports that will be accessed from an ITNM and end user perspective so that customer is aware of potential firewall changes.

Section 2: Installation
Given an installation environment, server, and user access method, determine if the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) installation prerequisites will affect the installation method so that a method for installation has been determined.
Given the server operating system, topology database type and hardware specifications, verify the component prerequisites to ensure a proper deployment of ITNM V4.1.1.
Given the architecture design documentation and customer requirements, determine the user access required for installation with directory permissions so that ITNM can be installed.
Given a previous Oracle or DB2 database has been installed and patched to the latest patch level, configure the remote database so that ITNM can be installed and started.
Given access to the command line on the installation system(s) and installation media, run the installation process so that ITNM is installed.
Given a new installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM), perform the required post installation tasks so that the system is ready for configuration.
Given a server with a successfully completed ITNM 4.1.1 installation and access to fixpack media, check for any Fixpacks or Interims fixes and install them if needed so that the server has a current patch level.

Section 3: Configuration
Given an ITNM installation, a virtual ObjectServer pair, appropriate server information, and access to the appropriate configuration files, configure ITNM to communicate with a virtual ObjectServer failover pair so that ITNM is able to start and events can be sent to the ObjectServer.
Given an installation of ITNM, domain information, access to the appropriate command line, and configuration GUIs, create an additional ITNM domain for improved product performance or specific business requirements
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) is installed , configured and running; Discovery Scope, Seed, SNMP, and Advanced Features are configured, configure TIP so that a user is created and defined with sufficient privileges.
Given that a user is logged in with the appropriate IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) administration rights to the TIP, select the Network Discovery Configuration and enter the appropriate information so that the scope of a Discovery is limited.
Given access to TIP and a user with sufficient privilege, configure ping seeds for improved discovery reliability.
Given a seed file and a discovery configured to use the seed file, configure the discovery process to only discover devices that are reachable in the seed file so that only appropriate devices are discovered.
Given access to devices, configure SNMP community string and telnet username and password, so that the devices can be discovered/queried by SNMP and/or Telnet.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) is installed and running, select required discovery agents so that the system is configured to run the appropriate agents during discovery.
Given an installed ITNM system, the Architecture document and an understanding of the Network Address Translation (NAT) environment, configure discovery so that the NAT environment is discovered correctly.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1(ITNM) is installed, configure pre/post discovery filters so that those devices that pass the discovery filters will be written to the topology.
Given that a user is logged in with the appropriate IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 administration rights to the TIP, select the Network Discovery Configuration and enter the appropriate information, so that advanced discovery options are configured.
Given the IP address and port on which the collector is running or listening and EMS information for EMS collectors, enable appropriate collectors so that devices that are not discovered by ping or file seeds can be discovered.
Given a list of devices not classified as desired, configure an active object class so that the device is represented correctly in Model.
Given the Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) environment, configure the polling of discovered devices, so that alerts are sent on problems on the network.
Given that ITNM has been installed and the TIP/Webgui server is available configure IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) for adaptive polling so that adaptive polling can be created to verify outages
Given an existing poll definition and access to the appropriate configuration file, configure the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) Event Gateway so that a named poll is passed correctly from the ITNM Event Gateway for Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
Given and ITNM server or alternative IP Address for the Home node and log in credentials, configure root cause analysis options within IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 to: (1) use a specific starting point within the discovered network for topological root cause analysis, (2) perform RCA based on the managed status of a device; and (3) consider time difference in alerts as a factor in determining root cause.
Given additional data in the discovery and sufficient user privileges, modify the appropriate IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 configuration files, so that the additional data is correctly displayed in the structure browser.
Given a discovered network and additional data that is required to be partitioned on, appropriate command line privileges to edit IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) configuration files, and a suitable database, create network views based on defined custom NCIM data so that non-standard data is available for use while creating Network Views.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) and the dependent Netcool components are installed and running and write access to the ITNM GUI component's configuration file, perform configuration tasks so that a new icon is available for a class of device.
Given an IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) installation and a third-party Web-based tool, configure ITNM so that the third-party tool is available as a context sensitive right-click menu tool from the topology views.
Given a working installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 and the user requirements, create and configure the network view so that the required network view would be available for the specific user.
Given a working IBM Tivoli Network Manager (ITNM) IP Edition system, appropriate Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) access to discovered devices, a successful, completed discovery and ITNM administrative access to TIP; create a path view so that a path between two devices can be viewed and managed by ITNM.
Given installed and working primary and secondary ITNM domains, configure and test failover so that ITNM virtual domain components can communicate.
Given a default installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM), enable the Service-affecting Events (SAE) functionality and configure it to use a named topology field within the resulting SAE events so that the SAE process is enabled, the ObjectServer is configured to accept Service data and the SAE events contain the named topology field.
Given an existing topology attribute and an existing ObjectServer event field, configure the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) gateway to enrich events with the topology attribute in the ObjectServer field so that the EventGateway is configured to enrich all events with a named topology attribute into a named ObjectServer field.
Given the ITNM environment and a default set of ObjectServer alerts.status column names, configure the system so that the ObjectServer alert.status column names can be used in the creation of Network Views and for Adaptive Poll targeting.
Given a running IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) environment, configure a graph of a specific MIB variable for a network device so that operators and administrators can see a real time graph for fault analysis and solution of network problems.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) and the dependent Netcool components are installed and running and admin access to the command line is available, query the dNCIM database so the customers can review the data stored in the dNCIM.
Given a new network element with non-standard monitored (interfaces/elements) being discovered or third party customizations configure the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) NCIM embedded discovery database so that the new custom data is stored in NCIM.
Given an installed and functional ITNM product utilizing multiple domains for discovery, configure cross-domain discovery and visualization so that devices in the network views show the links between discovered domains.
Given access to the web interface and command line interface (CLI) of the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) as well as an element management system (EMS) that manages LTE devices, configure the discovery to query this EMS for LTE device related information so that LTE devices are properly discovered
Given ITNM is installed with TIP/Webgui , utilize NetworkView bookmarks for faster access to maps.
Given a working installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 and the user requirements, configure a Java Collector based discovery so that all devices which are imported by the java based Collector are available in the topology after finishing the successful discovery.
Given an installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) monitoring many data sources and/or implementing adaptive polling configure an additional poller to improve performance.

Section 4: Administration
Given a working installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) and sufficient user privileges, use the command line to uninstall ITNM so that the required components will be uninstalled.
Given a time the discovery should run, configure the appropriate stitcher so that discovery is started on given time.
Given appropriate access to the GUI, the appropriate tool security privilege, and access to the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 configuration files, unmanage a topology entity using the GUI and permanently unmanage a filtered set of entities via the discovery configuration files so that an entity unmanaged via the GUI/command line and a set of entities are unmanaged automatically via the discovery process.
Given the operational setup of the ITNM, start, stop, and verify the status of discovery process so that the discovery process is managed and verified.
Given Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) core components are installed, configure OS startup, so that all relevant ITNM processes are started automatically after reboot.
Given an installation of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM), appropriate access to the ITNM discovery configuration files, and a list of unconnected entities that need connecting, configure the PresetLayer stitcher mechanism, so that the unconnected devices are connected and the model database is populated with this information.
Given a discovered topology and devices for discovery are in scope, select the appropriate devices for the rediscovery and set the partial agents so that rediscovery of devices could be performed successfully.
Given a MIB file and access to the TIP Server, perform the appropriate actions so that MIB information is successfully written to the NCIM database.

Section 5: Problem Tuning & Problem Determination
Given the Architecture documentation, access to the command line and credentials for the NCIM database, verify connectivity to the NCIM database, so that ITNM components can access the NCIM database.
Given a running setup of ITNM, verify why a device is not correctly discovered so that problems preventing the device from being discovered correctly can be solved.
Given a running OMNIbus and ITNM environment, interrogate the event sub-system so that events are properly mapped to the corresponding topology entity.
Given administrative access to IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) system, perform configuration tasks so that additional levels of information are available.
Given completely installed product, verify the basic criteria, and based on the outcome, make the required changes, so that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) is connected with OMNIbus.
Given that IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V4.1.1 (ITNM) is installed and the ITNM host is in the NCIM topology, determine why the ITNM Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is not working, so that events are being flagged as root cause or symptom.
Given completely installed product and fully configured and operating discovery, troubleshoot what is occurring during the discovery cycle using the OQL services so that discovery information can be seen during the discovery cycle..
Given the operational setup of IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition V3.9 (ITNM), configure the monitor probe to communicate with the ObjectServer, and populate an event field with new data so that ITNM Monitor probe is able to communicate with ObjectServer.
Given completely installed product and operating ITNM, review monitoring requirements so that Poller(s) can be tuned and configured to use its maximum capacity in large scale environment.

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Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Exam 70-463 Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014

Published: June 11, 2012
Languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil)
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSA, MCSE

Skills measured
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Design and implement a data warehouse (10–15%)
Design and implement dimensions
Design shared/conformed dimensions; determine if you need support for slowly changing dimensions; determine attributes; design hierarchies; determine whether you need star or snowflake schema; determine the granularity of relationship with fact tables; determine the need for auditing or lineage; determine keys (business transactional or your own data warehouse/surrogate keys); implement dimensions; implement data lineage of a dimension table
Design and implement fact tables
Design a data warehouse that supports many to many relationships; appropriately index a fact table; using columnstore indexes; partitioning; additive measures; semi additive measures; non additive measures; implement fact tables; determining the loading method for the fact tables; implement data lineage of a fact table; design summary aggregation tables

Preparation resources
Introduction to dimensions (Analysis Services - multidimensional data)
Dimension relationships
Columnstore indexes

Extract and transform data (20–25%)
Define connection managers
Plan the configuration of connection managers; package level or project level connection manager; define a connection string; parameterization of connection strings
Design data flow
Define data sources and destinations; distinguish blocking and non-blocking transformations; use different methods to pull out changed data from data sources; determine appropriate data flow components; determine the need for supporting Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD); determine whether to use SQL Joins or SSIS lookup or merge join transformations; batch processing versus row by row processing; determine the appropriate transform to use for a specific task; determine the need and method for identity mapping and deduplicating; fuzzy lookup, fuzzy grouping and Data Quality Services (DQS) transformation; determine the need for custom data sources, destinations, and transforms; determine what to do with erroneous rows; determine auditing needs; trusted/authoritative data sources, including warehouse metadata; extracting only changed rows
Implement data flow
Debug data flow; use the appropriate data flow components; SQL / SSIS data transformation; create SSIS packages that support slowly changing dimensions; use the lookup task in SSIS; map identities using SSIS fuzzy lookup (advanced); specify a data source and destination; use data flows; different categories of transformations; read, transform and load data; understand which transforms to use to accomplish a specific business task; data correction transformation; performance tune an SSIS dataflow; optimize Integration Services packages for speed of execution; maintain data integrity, including good data flow
Manage SSIS package execution
Schedule package execution by using SQL Server Agent; execute packages by using DTEXEC; execute packages by using SQL Server Management Studio; implement package execution; plan and design package execution strategy; use PowerShell to execute script; monitor the execution using Management Studio; use DTEXECUI; ETL restartability
Implement script tasks in SSIS
Determine if it is appropriate to use a script task; extending the capability of a control flow; perform a custom action as needed (not on every row) during a control flow

Preparation resources
Integration Services (SSIS) connections
Data flow
Slowly changing dimension transformation

Load data (25–30%)
Design control flow
Determine control flow; determine containers and tasks needed; determine precedence constraints; design an SSIS package strategy with rollback, staging and transaction control; decide between one package or multiple packages; determine event handlers; determine variables; determine parameters on package and project level; determine connection managers and whether they are package or project level; determine the need for custom tasks; determine how much information you need to log from a package; determine the need for checkpoints; determine security needs
Implement package logic by using SSIS variables and parameters
User variables; variable scope, data type; implement parameterization of properties using variables; using variables in precedence constraints; referring to SSIS system variables; design dynamic SSIS packages; package configurations (file or SQL tables); expressions; package and project parameters; project level connection managers; variables; implement dynamic package behavior; configure packages in SSIS for different environments, package configurations (xmlconfiguration file, SQLServer table, registry entry; parent package variables, environment variable); parameters (package and project level); project connection managers; property expressions (use expressions for connection managers)
Implement control flow
Checkpoints; debug control flow; implement the appropriate control flow task to solve a problem; data profiling; use sequence containers and loop containers; manage transactions in SSIS packages; managing parallelism; using precedence constraint to control task execution sequence; creating package templates; using the execute package task
Implement data load options
Implement a full and incremental data load strategy; plan for an incremental update of the relational Data Mart; plan for loads into indexed tables; configure appropriate bulk load options; select an appropriate load technique (SSIS Destination versus T-SQL) and load partitioned tables
Implement script components in SSIS
Create an SSIS package that handles SCD Type 2 changes without using the SCD component; work with script component in SSIS; deciding when it is appropriate to use a script component versus a built in; source, transformation, destination component; use cases: web service source and destination, getting the error message

Preparation resources
Integration Services transactions
Developing a custom task
Integration Services (SSIS) parameters

Configure and deploy SSIS solutions (20–25%)
Troubleshoot data integration issues
Performance issues; connectivity issues; execution of a task or transformation failed; logic issues; demonstrate awareness of the new SSIS logging infrastructure; troubleshoot a failed package execution to determine the root cause of failure; troubleshoot SSIS package failure from an invalid datatype; implement break points; data viewers; profile data with different tools; batch cleanup
Install and maintain SSIS components
Software installation (IS, management tools); development box and server; install specifics for remote package execution; planning for installation (32- versus 64-bit); upgrade; provisioning the accounts; creating the catalog
Implement auditing, logging, and event handling
Audit package execution by using system variables; propagate events; use log providers; log an SSIS execution; create alerting and notification mechanisms; use Event Handlers in SSIS to track ETL events and errors; implement custom logging
Deploy SSIS solutions
Create and configure an SSIS catalog; deploy SSIS packages by using the deployment utility; deploy SSIS packages to SQL or file system locations; validate deployed packages; deploy packages on multiple servers; how to install custom components and tasks; deploy SSIS packages by using DTUTIL
Configure SSIS security settings
SSIS catalog database roles; package protection levels; secure Integration Services packages that are deployed at the file system; secure Integration Services parameters, configuration

Preparation resources
Troubleshooting tools for package development
Load-balancing packages on remote servers by using SQL Server Agent
Integration Services (SSIS) logging

Build data quality solutions (15–20%)
Install and maintain data quality services
Installation prerequisites; .msi package; adding users to the DQ roles; identity analysis, including data governance
Implement master data management solutions
Install Master Data Services (MDS); implement MDS; create models, entities, hierarchies, collections, attributes; define security roles; import/export; subscriptions
Create a data quality project to clean data
Profile Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and other source systems; data quality knowledge base management; create data quality project; use data quality client; improve data quality; identity mapping and deduplicating; handle history and data quality; manage data quality/cleansing

Preparation resources
Install Data Quality Services
Install Master Data Services
Master Data Services features and tasks

QUESTION 1
You manage a member server that runs Windows Server 2008 R2. The server runs the Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) role service.
You need to find out whether a user named User1 has ever connected to his office workstation through the RD Gateway server.
What should you do?
A. View the events in the Monitoring folder from the RD Gateway Manager console.
B. View the Event Viewer Security log.
C. View the Event Viewer Application log.
D. View the Event Viewer Terminal Services-Gateway log.

Answer: D
Explanation:
By using TS Gateway Manager, you can specify the types of events that you want to monitor, such as unsuccessful or successful connection attempts to internal network computers through a TS Gateway server.
When these events occur, you can monitor the corresponding events by using Windows Event Viewer. TS
Gateway server events are stored in Event Viewer under Application and Services Logs\Microsoft\Windows
\Terminal Services-Gateway\.
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730618(WS.10).aspx


QUESTION 2
Your company has an Active Directory domain. All the servers in the company run either Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2003. A Windows Server 2003 server named
Server1 runs Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
(WSS) 2.0.
The company plans to migrate to WSS 3.0 SP2 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server named Server2.
You need to migrate the configuration and content from Server1 to Server2.
What should you do?
A. Back up the SharePoint configuration and content from Server1. Install WSS 3.0 SP2 on Server2. Restore the backup from Server1 to Server2.
B. Upgrade Server1 to Windows Server 2008 R2. Back up the SharePoint configuration and content from Server1. Install WSS 3.0 SP2 on Server2. Restore the backup from Server1 to Server2.
C. Back up the SQL Server 2005 configuration and the WSS 2.0 databases from Server1. Install SQL Server 2005 on Server2. Restore the SQL Server 2005 backup from Server1 to Server2.
D. Back up the WSS 2.0 configuration and content from Server1. Install WSS 2.0 on Server2. Restore the backup from Server1 to Server2. Perform an in-place upgrade of WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0 SP2 on Server2.

Answer: D
Explanation:
To migrate to SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0. from Server1 to Server2 with all the configuration and content, you need to install WSS 2.0 on Server2. Back up the WSS 2.0 configuration and content from Server1 and restore the backup from Server1 to Server2. Perform an in-place upgrade of WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0 on Server2.
When you run an in-place upgrade, all content and configuration data is upgraded in-place, at one time. When you start the in-place upgrade process, the Web server and Web sites remain offline until the upgrade has been installed. In-place upgrades are best for a stand-alone server and small installations as in this case
Reference: Install and configure Office SharePoint Server for an in-place upgrade
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263212(TechNet.10).aspx
Reference: Determine upgrade approach (Office SharePoint Server)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263447(TechNet.10).aspx


QUESTION 3
Your company has an Active Directory domain. You have a server named KMS1 that runs Windows Server 2008 R2. You install and configure Key Management Service (KMS) on KMS1. You plan to deploy Windows Server 2008 R2 on 10 new servers. You install the first two servers. The servers fail to activate by using KMS1.
You need to activate the new servers by using the KMS server.
What should you do first?
A. Complete the installation of the remaining eight servers.
B. Configure Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) exceptions in Windows Firewall on the new servers.
C. Install Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) on the KMS server and configure Multiple Activation Key (MAK) Proxy Activation.
D. Install Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) on the KMS server and configure Multiple Activation Key (MAK) Independent Activation.

Answer: A
Explanation:
Key Management Service
With KMS, IT pros can complete activations on their local network, eliminating the need for individual computers to connect to Microsoft for product activation. KMS is a lightweight service that does not require a dedicated system and can easily be co-hosted on a system that provides other services. By default, volume editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 connect to a system that hosts the KMS service to request activation. No action is required from the user.
KMS requires a minimum number of computers (physical or virtual machines) in a network environment.
The organization must have at least five computers to activate Windows Server 2008 R2 and at least 25 computers to activate clients that are running Windows 7. These minimums are referred to as activation thresholds.
To use KMS activation with Windows 7, the computer must have the qualifying OS license (often obtained through OEMs as part of the new PC purchase) and contain a Windows Marker in BIOS.
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793423.aspx


QUESTION 4
You have four Remote Desktop Session Host Servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2. The Remote Desktop Session Host Servers are named Server1, Server2, Server3, and Server4.
You install the Remote Desktop Connection Broker role service on Server1.
You need to configure load balancing for the four Remote Desktop Session Host Servers. You must ensure that Server2 is the preferred server for Remote Desktop Services sessions.
Which tool should you use?
A. Group Policy Management
B. Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration
C. Remote Desktop Connection Manager
D. RD Gateway Manager

Answer: B
Explanation: ExplanationExplanation:
You can configure a Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server to join a farm in RD Connection
Broker, and to participate in RD Connection Broker Load Balancing, by using the Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration tool.
To configure RD Connection Broker settings
1. On the RD Session Host server, open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration. To open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration .
2. In the Edit settings area, under RD Connection Broker, double-click Member of farm in RD Connection Broker.
3. On the RD Connection Broker tab of the Properties dialog box, click Change Settings.
4. In the RD Connection Broker Settings dialog box, click Farm member.
5. In the RD Connection Broker server name box, type the name of the RD Connection Broker server.
6. In the Farm name box, type the name of the farm that you want to join in RD Connection
Broker.
7. Click OK to close the RD Connection Broker Settings dialog box.
8. To participate in RD Connection Broker Load Balancing, select the Participate in Connection Broker Load-Balancing check box.
9. Optionally, in the Relative weight of this server in the farm box, modify the server weight. By default, the value is 100. The server weight is relative. Therefore, if you assign one server a value of 50, and one a value of 100, the server with a weight of 50 will receive half the number of sessions.
10. Verify that you want to use IP address redirection. By default, the Use IP address redirection setting is enabled. If you want to use token redirection mode, select Use token redirection. For more information, see About IP Address and Token Redirection.
11. In the Select IP addresses to be used for reconnection box, select the check box next to each IP address that you want to use.
12. When you are finished, click OK.
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771383.aspx


QUESTION 5
You have a server that runs Windows Server 2008 R2. The server has Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 installed. The server is configured to accept incoming email.
You create a new document library.
You need to ensure that any user can send e-mail to the document library.
What should you do?
A. Modify the RSS setting for the document library.
B. Modify the permissions for the document library.
C. Modify the incoming email settings for the document library.
D. Enable anonymous authentication for the Web application.

Answer: C
Explanation:
Enable and configure email settings for a library
Use this procedure to enable and configure email settings for a library to receive email
messages in the
SharePoint document library in a site.
Enable and configure email settings for a library
1. Open the site in which you want to receive email messages by using either of the following methods:
- In Internet Explorer, type the URL o the site.
- On the View Site Collection page, click the site collection that you want to view.
2. In the left navigation pane of the home page, click View All Site Content.
3. In the Documents section, click a document library name to open the library for which you want to enable and configure email settings.
4. On the Settings menu, click Document Library Settings, Picture Library Settings, or
Form Library Settings, depending on the kind of library that you are enabling and
configuring.
5. In the Communications section, click Incoming email settings.
6. In the Email section, select Yes to enable this library to receive email messages.
7. In the Email address box, type a unique name to use as part of the email address for this library.
8. In the Email Attachments section, decide where to save and how to group the email attachments in this library, and then choose whether to overwrite files that have the same name.
Note: If you decide not to overwrite files that have the same name and then later try to save a file that has the same name as one that already exists in the library, four random digits are appended to the file name for the new attachment. If this action fails, a globally unique identifier (GUID) is appended to the file name. If neither of these actions can produce a unique file name, the attachment is discarded.
9. In the Email Message section, choose whether to save the original email message in this library. If you select Yes, the original message is saved as a separate item in the library.
10. In the Email Meeting Invitations section, choose whether to save the attachments to your meeting invitations in this library.
11. In the Email Security section, choose whether to archive email messages only from members of the site who can write to the library or to archive regardless of who sends the email message.
12. Click OK to save the changes that you have made in the settings.
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262800.aspx

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

Exam 70-331
Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

Published: 01 February 2013
Languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil)
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
Credit towards certification: MCP, MCSE

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area in the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area in the exam.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Design a SharePoint topology (20–25%)
Design information architecture

Design an inter-site navigational taxonomy; design site columns and content types; design keywords, synonyms, best bets and managed properties; plan information management policies; plan managed site structures; plan term sets

Design a logical architecture

Plan application pools; plan web applications; plan for software boundaries; plan content databases; plan host-header site collections; plan zones and alternate access mapping

Design a physical architecture

Design a storage architecture; configure basic request management; define individual server requirements; define service topologies; plan server load balancing; plan a network infrastructure

Plan a SharePoint Online (Microsoft Office 365) deployment

Evaluate service offerings; plan service applications; plan site collections; plan customisations and solutions; plan security for SharePoint Online; plan networking services for SharePoint Online

Preparation resources

Architecture design for SharePoint 2013 IT pros

SharePoint online planning guide for Office 365 enterprise and midsize

Plan security (20–25%)

Plan and configure authentication
Plan and configure Windows authentication; plan and configure identity federation; configure claims providers; configure site-to-site (S2S) intra-server and OAuth authentication; plan and configure anonymous authentication; configure connections to Access Control Service

Plan and configure authorisation
Plan and configure SharePoint users and groups; plan and configure People Picker; plan and configure sharing; plan and configure permission inheritance; plan and configure anonymous access; plan web application policies

Plan and configure platform security

Plan and configure security isolation; plan and configure services lockdown; plan and configure general firewall security; plan and configure antivirus settings; plan and configure certificate management

Plan and configure farm-level security
Plan rights management; plan and configure delegated farm administration; plan and configure delegated service application administration; plan and configure managed accounts; plan and configure blocked file types; plan and configure web part security

Preparation resources
SharePoint security: The fundamentals of securing SharePoint deployments
Security planning for SharePoint 2013 farms
Plan authentication in SharePoint 2013

Install and configure SharePoint farms (20–25%)

Plan installation

Identify and configure installation prerequisites; implement scripted deployment; implement patch slipstreaming; plan and install language packs; plan and configure service connection points; plan installation tracking and auditing

Plan and configure farm-wide settings

Configure incoming and outgoing email; plan and configure proxy groups; configure SharePoint Designer settings; plan and configure a corporate catalogue; configure Office Web Apps integration; configure Microsoft Azure workflow server integration

Create and configure enterprise search

Plan and configure a search topology; plan and configure content sources; plan and configure crawl schedules; plan and configure crawl rules; plan and configure crawl performance; plan and configure security trimming

Create and configure a Managed Metadata Service (MMS) application

Configure proxy settings for managed service applications; configure content type hub settings; configure sharing term sets; plan and configure content type propagation schedules; configure custom properties; configure term store permissions

Create and configure a User Profile Service (UPA) application

Configure a UPA application; set up My Sites and My Site hosts; configure social permissions; plan and configure sync connections; configure profile properties, configure audiences

Preparation resources
Plan for SharePoint 2013
Install and configure Microsoft SharePoint 2013
Install and configure SharePoint 2013

Create and configure web applications and site collections (15–20%)
Provision and configure web applications

Create managed paths; configure HTTP throttling; configure List throttling; configure Alternate Access Mappings (AAM); configure an authentication provider; configure SharePoint Designer settings

Create and maintain site collections

Configure Host header site collections; configure self-service site creation; maintain site owners; maintain site quotas; configure site policies; configure a team mailbox

Manage site and site collection security

Manage site access requests; manage App permissions; manage anonymous access; manage permission inheritance; configure permission levels; configure HTML field security

Manage search

Manage result sources; manage query rules; manage display templates; manage Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) settings; manage result types; manage a search schema

Manage taxonomy

Manage site collection term set access; manage term set navigation; manage topic catalogue pages; configure custom properties; configure search refinement; configure list refinement

Preparation resources
Create a web application in SharePoint 2013
Manage site collections in SharePoint 2013
Managed metadata and navigation in SharePoint 2013

Maintain a core SharePoint environment (20–25%)
Monitor a SharePoint environment

Define monitoring requirements; configure performance counter capture; configure page performance monitoring; configure usage and health providers; monitor and forecast storage needs

Tune and optimise a SharePoint environment

Plan and configure SQL optimisation; execute database maintenance rules; plan for capacity software boundaries; estimate storage requirements; plan and configure caching; tune network performance

Troubleshoot a SharePoint environment

Establish baseline performance; perform client-side tracing; perform server-side tracing; analyse usage data; enable a developer dashboard; analyse diagnostic logs

Preparation resources
Monitoring and maintaining SharePoint Server 2013
Optimise performance for SharePoint Server 2013
Troubleshooting SharePoint 2013



QUESTION 1
You create a User Profile Synchronization connection. You need to grant the necessary
permissions to the synchronization account. What should you do?

A. Grant the account Full Control on the ActiveUsers OU.
B. Grant the account Full Control on the AuthenticatedUsers AD security group.
C. Grant the account Read permission on the domain.
D. Grant the account the Replicate Directory Changes permission on the domain.
Correct
Answer: D


QUESTION 2
You need to ensure that content authors can publish the specified files. What should you do?

A. Create multiple authoring site collections. Create a site that contains lists, document libraries,
and a Pages library. Create an asset library in a new site collection, and enable anonymous
access to the library on the publishing web application.
B. Create multiple authoring site collections. Create a site that contains lists, document libraries,
and a Pages library. Create an asset library in the authoring site collection, and enable
anonymous access to the library on the authoring web application.
C. Create one authoring site collection. Create a site that contains multiple lists, document
libraries, and Pages libraries. Create an asset library in a new site collection, and enable
anonymous access to the library on the publishing web application.
D. Create multiple authoring site collections. Create a site that contains multiple lists, document
libraries, and Pages libraries. Create an asset library in a new site collection, and enable
anonymous access to the library on the publishing web application.
Correct
Answer: B


QUESTION 3
HOTSPOT
You need to ensure that user-selected subscription content automatically appear on users' My
Sites. Which configuration option should you choose? (To answer, select the appropriate option
in the answer area.)
Hot Area:



Correct Answer:





QUESTION 4
You need to import employee photos into SharePoint user profiles by using the least amount of
administrative effort. Which three actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents
part of the solution. Choose three.)

A. Define a mapping for the thumbnailPhoto attribute of the Picture user profile property.
B. Run the Update-SPUserSolution Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
C. Run an incremental synchronization of the User Profile Synchronization service.
D. Run a full synchronization of the User Profile Synchronization service.
E. Run the Update-SPProfilePhotoStore Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
F. Define a mapping for the photo attribute of the Picture user profile property.
Correct
Answer: ADE


QUESTION 5
DRAG DROP
You need to install the appropriate versions of Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and
Microsoft .NET Framework in the server environment. Which operating system and applications
should you install? (To answer, drag the appropriate operating systems and applications to the
correct server layers in the answer area. Each operating system or application may be used once,
more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view
content.)
Select and Place:



Correct Answer:





QUESTION 6
You copy the content of the SharePoint installation media and software updates to your hard
drive. You need to meet the setup requirements for future SharePoint server installations. What
should you do?

A. Extract the content of each file to the Updates folder by running the /extract:<path>
command.
B. Upgrade the installation media by running the /lang:<lcid> command.
C. Extract the content of each file to the Setup folder by running the /extract:<path> command.
D. Extract the content of each file to the PrerequisiteInstallerFiles folder by running the /
extract:<path> command.

Correct  Answer: A

Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Exam 70-158

Exam 70-158
Microsoft Forefront Identity & Access Management, Configuring


Published: 20 November 2011
Languages: English
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager
Credit towards certification: MCTS

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area in the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area in the exam.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Plan and design FIM topology

Plan and design FIM topology

Identify single point of failure, match topology to performance requirements, capacity planning, design highly available implementations for FIM Service and Portal

Install the FIM Service and the FIM Portal

Microsoft SharePoint web configuration, service account permissions, prerequisites, certificates, groups

Upgrade Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS)/Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) to FIM 2010

Plan for upgrade, recompile extensions, upgrade SQL databases, upgrade third-party clients

Upgrade Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS)/Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) to FIM 2010

Plan for upgrade, recompile extensions, upgrade SQL databases, upgrade third-party clients

Deploy and manage client components

Automated installs, client images, multi-language support installation, plan for configuration of Microsoft Outlook for group management (Outlook plug-in for approvals and group management), use Group Policy objects (GPOs) to manage FIM client components, registry settings on client machines

Implement disaster recovery for FIM 2010

Back up and restore, FIM Service, FIM Portal, Sync Service, initial load scenarios; key backup and recovery

Preparation resources

Planning for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2
Installation guide
Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 deployment guide

Plan and configure core portal functionality (19%)

Plan and configure user and group provisioning

Provision to Active Directory, deprovision, data-driven provisioning and deprovisioning, configure Management Policy Rules (MPR)/workflow/sync rule triples required for provisioning in the portal, expected rule entries, detected rule entries, workflow parameters

Plan and configure group management

Configure dynamic groups (query-based) in the portal, owner-based groups and approvals, distribution groups, security groups

Plan and configure synchronisation rules

Inbound and outbound sync rules, create objects in metaverse using declarative rules, advanced attribute flows, relationships

Plan and configure authorisation and action workflows

Configure approvals, including multiple approvals and escalations; notifications; deploying and configuring custom workflow activities

Plan and configure security permissions and Management Policy Rules (MPRs)

Delegated administration, plan and implement user profile self-service, plan and implement group self-service, temporal objects, sets and set membership

Preparation resources

Provisioning rules
Synchronisation in Forefront Identity Manager 2010
Managing user identities with Forefront Identity Manager 2010 test lab guide

Configure advanced portal-based scenarios (17%)

Configure the Resource Control Display Configuration (RCDC) for object and attribute display

RCDC capabilities, validations, attribute permissions, data sources and data binding, form controls

Customise the user experience

Search scopes, menu navigation items, organisational branding, home page configuration, create and configure email templates, usage keywords

Extend the portal schema

Resource types, attributes, bindings, schema validation, synchronisation filters

Plan and configure self-service password reset and registration

Authentication workflow for password reset and registration, QA gates, case sensitivity, lockout gates, password reset action workflow

Write and interpret XPath queries

Create valid FIM XPath filters, reference objects and attributes, filters, conditions

Preparation resources

Understanding configuring and customising the FIM Portal
Creating a custom RCDC in Forefront Identity Manager 2010
Test lab guide: Demonstrating the FIM 2010 R2 self-service password reset with the QA gate

Configure FIM synchronisation (22%)

Create and configure standard management agents (MAs)

SQL Server MA, Certificate Management MA, Active Directory MA, file-based MAs, difference between call-based and file-based MAs, attribute flows, filters, projection rules, join rules, deprovisioning rules

Create and configure the FIM Service MA

Resource type mapping, Synchronisation Rule filter, understand the constraints of the FIM MA, attribute flow

Configure the metaverse

Plan precedence, extend the schema, object deletion rules

Create and automate run profiles

Clear run history, multi-step run profiles, run sequencing

Implement rules extensions

Install and configure password synchronisation and Password Change Notification Service (PCNS)

Configure Active Directory MA, install services on domain controllers, schema changes related to PCNS, service principal names

Preparation resources

Management agents in FIM 2010
Object deletion rules
Run profiles in FIM 2010 R2

Monitor and maintain FIM (21%)

Migrate the FIM configuration between environments

FIM Portal configuration, DLLs and code, synchronisation service server configuration, run scripts and automation tools, Windows PowerShell scripts, how-to-move configurations from development to test to production

Perform root cause analysis of provisioning issues

Issues with management policy rules, set definitions, workflows, and expected rule entries; misconfiguration of synchronisation service server; coexistence of classic provisioning and declarative provisioning; result sequence

Perform root cause analysis of issues related to password management

Issues with password synchronisation, self-service password reset, requirements for registration, end-to-end process

Perform root cause analysis of issues related to data flow and unexpected data

Data discovery issues, join issues, filter issues, run profile issues, threshold issues, Stack trace, precedence issues, object deletion rules

Perform root cause analysis of permissions issues

MPR definitions, set definitions, portal permission errors, service account permissions, provisioning issues, synchronisation service server roles

Preparation resources

Monitoring and diagnostics
Operations