MCSE Core Required Exams in a Nutshell: The required 70: 290, 291, 293 and 294 Exams (In a Nutshell (OReilly))

1.1. Areas of Study for Exam 70-290

1.1.1. Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical Devices

• Manage basic disks and dynamic disks.

• Monitor server hardware. Tools might include Device Manager, the Hardware Troubleshooting Wizard, and appropriate Control Panel items.

• Optimize server disk performance.

  Implement a RAID solution.

  Defragment volumes and partitions.

• Install and configure server hardware devices.

  Configure driver signing options.

  Configure resource settings for a device.

  Configure device properties and settings.

See "Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical Devices" on page 12.

1.1.2. Managing Users, Computers, and Groups

• Manage local, roaming, and mandatory user profiles.

• Create and manage computer accounts in an Active Directory environment.

• Create and manage groups. ^X

  Identify and modify the scope of a group. ^X

  Find domain groups in which a user is a member. ^X

  Manage group membership. ^X

  Create and modify groups by using the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. ^X

  Create and modify groups by using automation. ^X

• Create and manage user accounts. ^X

  Create and modify user accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in. ^X

  Create and modify user accounts by using automation. ^X

  Import user accounts. ^X

• Troubleshoot computer accounts.

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

  Reset computer accounts.

• Troubleshoot user accounts.

  Diagnose and resolve account lockouts.

  Diagnose and resolve issues related to user account properties.

• Troubleshoot user authentication issues. ^X

See "Managing Users, Computers, and Groups" on page 32.

1.1.3. Managing and Maintaining Access to Network Resources

• Configure access to shared folders.

  Manage shared folder permissions.

• Troubleshoot Terminal Services. ^X

  Diagnose and resolve issues related to Terminal Services security. ^X

  Diagnose and resolve issues related to client access to Terminal Services. ^X

• Configure filesystem permissions.

  Verify effective permissions when granting permissions.

  Change ownership of files and folders.

• Troubleshoot access to files and shared folders.

See "Managing and Maintaining Access to Network Resources" on page 62.

1.1.4. Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment

• Monitor and analyze events. Tools might include Event Viewer and System Monitor.

• Install and configure software update infrastructure. ^X

  Install and configure software update services. ^X

  Install and configure automatic client update settings. ^X

• Configure software updates on earlier operating systems. ^X

• Manage software update infrastructure. ^X

• Manage software site licensing.

• Manage servers remotely. ^X

  Manage a server by using Remote Assistance. ^X

  Manage a server by using Terminal Services remote administration mode. ^X

  Manage a server by using available support tools. ^X

• Troubleshoot print queues.

• Monitor system performance.

• Monitor file and print servers. Tools might include Task Manager, Event Viewer, and System Monitor.

  Monitor disk quotas.

  Monitor print queues.

  Monitor server hardware for bottlenecks.

• Monitor and optimize a server environment for application performance.

  Monitor memory performance objects.

  Monitor network performance objects.

  Monitor process performance objects.

  Monitor disk performance objects.

• Manage a Web server. ^X

  Manage Internet Information Services (IIS). ^X

  Manage security for IIS. ^X

See "Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment" on page 84.

1.1.5. Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery

• Perform system recovery for a server.

  Implement Automated System Recovery (ASR).

  Restore data from shadow copy volumes.

  Back up files and System State data to media.

  Configure security for backup operations.

• Manage backup procedures.

  Verify the successful completion of backup jobs.

  Manage backup storage media.

• Recover from server hardware failure.

• Restore backup data.

• Schedule backup jobs.

See "Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery" on page 126.