Orin Thomas - Training Guide Administering Windows Server 2012 R2 (MCSA)

Administering Windows Server 2012 R2

Orin Thomas

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Copyright 2014 by Orin Thomas

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2014937581
ISBN: 978-0-7356-8469-0

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When Microsoft Learning puts together exam objectives for an exam, it doesnt randomly select pages from TechNet. Instead, in conjunction with subject matter experts and representatives of the product team, it puts together a list of tasks and areas of knowledge that represents what someone in a specific job role would do and need to know on a day-to-day, a weekly, or even a monthly basis.

Each exam maps to a different job role. The objectives for the 70-411 exam are a list of tasks and areas of knowledge that describe what an administrator of the Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 operating systems with several years of on-the-job experience (managing other server operating systems as well as Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2) does and understands. The objectives dont cover everything that a Windows Server systems administrator would know, and there will be tasks and areas that will be relevant to one persons real world role and not another, but the exam objectives provide a reasonable approximation of that role.

This book covers the majority of the topics and skills that are the subject of the Microsoft certification exam 70-411. The idea behind this book is that by reading it, you can learn how to perform tasks you may need to perform on a day-to-day basis in your role as a Windows Server administrator. Using the exam objectives as a working definition of that role has the additional benefit of giving you a better understanding of the topics and tasks listed on the 70-411 exam objectives. This book will assist you in preparing for the exam, but its not a complete exam preparation solution. If you are preparing for the exam, you should use additional study materials, such as practice tests and Exam Ref 70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012 R2 (Microsoft Press, 2014) to help bolster your real-world experience. For your reference, a mapping of the topics in this book to the exam objectives is included in the back of the book in the Objectives Map.

By using this training guide, you will learn how to do the following:

Deploy, manage, and maintain servers

Configure file and print services

Configure network services and access

Configure a network policy server infrastructure

Configure and manage Active Directory

Configure and manage Group Policy