Steve Suehring - Exam Ref 70-414 Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure

Steve Suehring

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This book covers the 70-414 certification exam, Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure. More specifically, the book examines the second revision, or R2, edition of the exam objectives. The book is written for IT professionals who already have experience with Windows networks.

The 70-414 exam covers advanced topics that IT professionals encounter in the enterprise environment. Topics such as monitoring, virtualization, and high availability are emphasized in the exam objectives. You should have a thorough understanding of a basic server infrastructure as a prerequisite for this book and the 70-414 exam.

There are four main objective areas on the 70-414 exam and each area is covered to a differing level:

Manage and maintain a server infrastructure: 25 to 30 percent

Plan and implement a highly available enterprise infrastructure: 25 to 30 percent

Plan and implement a server virtualization infrastructure: 20 to 30 percent

Design and implement identity and access solutions: 20 to 25 percent

As you can see from the broad objective areas, there is coverage of both planning and implementation as well as management and design. This level of coverage means that youll likely need to be able to choose an appropriate solution given a specific scenario or set of technologies for that scenario. Once chosen, youll then need to be able to determine the most successful path for implementation.

This book covers every exam objective, but it does not cover every exam question. Only the Microsoft exam team has access to the exam questions, and Microsoft regularly adds new questions to the exam, making it impossible to cover specific questions. You should consider this book a supplement to your relevant real-world experience and other study materials. If you encounter a topic in this book that you do not feel completely comfortable with, use the links youll find in the text to find more information and take the time to research and study the topic. Great information is available on MSDN, TechNet, and in blogs and forums.