Exam Ref 70-247 Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud
Orin Thomas
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Introduction
The 70-247 exam deals with advanced topics that require candidates to have an excellent working knowledge of both Windows Server 2012 R2 and the products in the System Center 2012 R2 suite. Much of the exam comprises topics that even experienced systems administrators may rarely encounter unless they work with Virtual Machine Manager, Orchestrator, Service Manager, Data Protection Manager, and Operations Manager on a day-to-day basis. To be successful in taking this exam, a candidate not only needs to know how each of these products works when used by itself, but how the products in the System Center suite work together when used to monitor and operate a private cloud.
Candidates for this exam are Information Technology (IT) Professionals who want to validate their advanced Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system and System Center 2012 R2 management skills, configuration skills, and knowledge. To pass this exam, candidates require strong understanding of how to design a System Center deployment, configure System Center infrastructure, configure fabric resources, configure System Center integration, and how to configure and deploy virtual machines and services. To pass, candidates require a theoretical understanding, as well as meaningful practical experience implementing the technologies involved.
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Chapter 1. Design and deploy System Center
One of the first steps in deploying a private cloud using Microsoft technologies is the deployment of the System Center products that you will use to manage that private cloud. In this chapter you will learn which System Center products are appropriate for particular tasks within the private cloud, how to install those products, how to make those products highly available, how to back up and recover those products, and how to upgrade some of those products from previous versions.
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Objectives in this chapter: