Introduction
This Exam Ref is designed to assist you with studying for the MCITP exam 70-413, Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure. This exam focuses on both the use of server technologies to solve particular design objectives as well as the implementation of those designs to meet certain objectives. The exam has network-related objectives and calls on your experience with Windows Server and related technologies such as DirectAccess, VPNs, DNS, and DHCP.
The 70-413 exam is meant for large, enterprise-scale organizations and their needs. Passing the exam demonstrates your knowledge and experience with enterprise server technologies.
This book will review every concept described in the following exam objective domains:
Plan and deploy a server infrastructure
Design and implement network infrastructure services
Design and implement network access services
Design and implement an Active Directory infrastructure (logical)
Design and implement an Active Directory infrastructure (physical)
Even though this book covers all the technologies involved in each exam objective, its not meant to be a brain dump of questions that youll see on the exam. In fact, this book is meant to be used as a supplement to your own experience with and a study of the relevant technologies in each objective. As you read the book, if you come across areas that you are less familiar with, you should follow up on that area to obtain additional knowledge. In many cases, the book provides links to the relevant areas in TechNet, but you should also pursue this area using every available tool at your disposal, including other areas of Microsofts website, forums, and first-hand experience. In fact, you should deploy your own infrastructure for this exam to match the recommended lab scenarios covered not only in this book but also in the documentation from Microsoft on these subject areas. Microsoft offers trial versions of all software involved in this exam, and you can create a virtualized infrastructure to help your study of the exam objectives.
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Acknowledgments
This book would not have been possible without my wifes support. She assumed nearly all responsibility for a 9-month-old and a 4-year-old so that I could focus on getting this book written. Ken Jones and Neil Salkind also worked out the details to make the book possible. Even though they didnt offer to do any diaper changes, Ill still thank them anyway.
And the requisite thanks to Tim and Rob from Partners, as well as Jim Oliva and John Eckendorf. Thanks to Bob, Mike, Ernie, and Tim for getting the band back together. It hasnt been that long since I wrote an acknowledgments section, but I cant remember the list of people that I usually thank, so heres to you, person that I cant remember when Im writing this early on a Sunday morning: consider yourself thanked!
One person I cant forget to thank is you, the reader, not only for reading this acknowledgments section, but also for reading this book. I invite you to contact me, either through my website or on Twitter. Thank you!
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Preparing for the Exam
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Chapter 1. Plan and Deploy a Server Infrastructure
Planning a server infrastructure is key to providing reliable and resilient computing resources to meet business needs. You can attain responsiveness by automating as much as possible in the data center, including such things as server installation and deployment. Virtualization is also an important element in todays data center. Virtual Machine Manager is the tool used for both deployment and management of virtualization infrastructure. Windows Server 2012 enhances File and Storage services to add new features and more security surrounding existing options.
Important
Have you read page xviii?
It contains valuable information regarding the skills you need to pass the exam.
Objectives in this chapter :
Objective 1.1: Design an automated server installation strategy
Providing automation of server installation is important for a responsive, dynamic IT organization. Automation involves creating baseline reference images of servers and then deploying those servers rapidly in response to changing business requirements or to provide additional redundancy. Several tools are available to help with deployments, including tools to create and manage images and a server role for deploying the images onto client or destination computers.
As has been the case in recent versions, Windows Server continues to move toward and feature command-line tools for management alongside the normal Graphical User Interface (GUI) interface. You should be familiar with both the GUI interface and the commands for accomplishing the same task.