Exam Ref
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Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-742–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Windows Server 2016 identity features and functionality. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
· Install and configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
· Manage and maintain AD DS
· Create and manage Group Policy
· Implement Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
· Implement identity federation and access solutions
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
· Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
· Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
· Assumes you have experience working with Windows Server, Windows clients, and virtualization; are familiar with core networking technologies, and are aware of basic security best practices
Exam Ref 70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 (MCSA)
by Craig Zacker
Fully updated for Windows Server 2012 R2! Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-410 - and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of implementing and configuring core services in Windows Server 2012 R2. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
- Install and configure servers
- Configure server roles and features
- Configure Hyper-V
- Deploy and configure core network services
- Install and administer Active Directory
- Create and manage Group Policy
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
- Organizes its coverage by exam objectives.
- Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you.
Exam Ref 70-740 Installation, Storage and Compute with Windows Server 2016
by Craig Zacker
Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-740—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Windows Server 2016 installation, storage, and compute features and capabilities. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
•Install Windows Servers in host and compute environments
•Implement storage solutions
•Implement Hyper-V
•Implement Windows containers
•Implement high availability
•Maintain and monitor server environments
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
•Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
•Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
•Assumes you have experience working with Windows Server in an enterprise environment; are familiar with core networking infrastructure, topologies, architectures, and protocols; and have experience with Windows clients and virtualization
About the Exam
Exam 70-740 focuses on the skills and knowledge necessary to implement and configure storage and compute features and functionality in Windows Server 2016.
About Microsoft Certification
Passing this exam earns you credit toward a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification that demonstrates your mastery of core Windows Server 2016 skills for reducing IT costs and delivering more business value.
Exam 70-741 (Networking with Windows Server 2016) and Exam 70-742 (Identity with Windows Server 2016) are also required for MCSA: Windows Server 2016 certification.
See full details at: microsoft.com/learning
Microsoft Exam 70-741 is for IT Pros interested in enhancing their skills for the latest version of Windows Server. This exam validates skills and knowledge for configuring advanced tasks required to deploy, manage, and maintain a Windows Server 2016 infrastructure, such as fault tolerance, certificate services, and identity federation. Passing this exam along with two other exams is required for MCSA and MCSE certifications.
The Exam Ref is the official study guide for Microsoft certification exam 70-741. Featuring concise, objective-by-objective reviews and strategic case scenarios and Thought Experiments, exam candidates get professional-level preparation for the exam. The Exam Ref helps candidates maximize their performance on the exam and sharpen their job-role skills. It organizes material by the exam's objective domains
Focus is on the skills measured on the exam:
• Implement Domain Name System (DNS)
• Implement DHCP
• Implement IP Address Management (IPAM)
• Implement network connectivity and remote access solutions
• Implement core and distributed network solutions
• Implement an advanced network infrastructure
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
• Organizes its coverage by the “Skills measured” posted on the exam webpage
• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
• Points to in-depth material by topic for exam candidates needing additional review
• Assumes you are an IT pro looking to validate your skills in and knowledge of installing and configuring Windows Server 2016
Exam Ref 70-744 Securing Windows Server 2016
by Timothy L. Warner and Craig Zacker
Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-744–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of securing Windows Server 2016 environments. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSE level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
• Implement server hardening solutions
• Secure a virtualization infrastructure
• Secure a network infrastructure
• Manage privileged identities
• Implement threat detection solutions
• Implement workload-specific security
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
• Assumes you have experience as a Windows Server administrator and an understanding of basic networking and Hyper-V virtualization fundamentals, Active Directory Domain Services principles, and Windows Server security principles
MCSA Windows Server 2016 Exam Ref 3-Pack
by Itzik Microsoft Microsoft and Andrew Warren
Exam Ref 70-740 Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016, 9780735698826
Exam Ref 70-741 Networking with Windows Server 2016, 9780735697423
Exam Ref 70-742 Identity with Windows Server 2016, 9780735698819
These are the three exams necessary to receive MCSA certification in Windows Server 2016. This bundles saves the customer $20 versus the price of purchasing the three Exam Refs separately.
Exam Ref MD-101 Managing Modern Desktops
by Andrew Bettany and Andrew Warren
Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-101–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge required to manage modern Windows 10 desktops. Designed for Windows administrators, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
- Deploy and update operating systems
- Manage policies and profiles
- Manage and protect devices
- Manage apps and data
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
- Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
- Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
- Assumes you have experience deploying, configuring, securing, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in an enterprise environment
About the Exam
Exam MD-101 focuses on knowledge needed to plan and implement Windows 10 with dynamic deployment or Windows Autopilot; upgrade devices to Windows 10; manage updates and device authentication; plan and implement co-management; implement conditional access and compliance policies; configure device profiles; manage user profiles; manage Windows Defender; manage Intune device enrollment and inventory; monitor devices; deploy/update applications, and implement Mobile Application Management (MAM).
About Microsoft Certification
Passing this exam and Exam MD-100 Windows 10 fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification credential, demonstrating your ability to install Windows 10 operating systems and deploy and manage modern desktops and devices in an enterprise environment.
See full details at: microsoft.com/learn
Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-100: Windows 10—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge required to deploy, configure, secure, manage, and monitor Windows devices and client applications. Designed for Windows administrators, Exam Ref MD-100: Windows 10 focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
- Deploy Windows
- Manage devices and data
- Configure connectivity
- Maintain Windows
This Microsoft Exam Ref MD-100: Windows 10:
- Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
- Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
- Assumes you have some experience administering Windows 10 and non-Windows devices and technologies
About the Exam
Exam MD-100: Windows 10 focuses on knowledge needed to deploy Windows; perform post-installation configuration; manage local users, local groups, and devices; configure data access and protection; configure devices with local policies; manage Windows security; configure networking; configure remote connectivity; configure system and data recovery; manage updates; and monitor and manage Windows.
About Microsoft Certification
Passing this exam and Exam MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification credential, demonstrating your ability to install Windows 10 operating systems and deploy and manage modern desktops and devices in an enterprise environment.
See full details at: microsoft.com/learn
Prepare for Microsoft Exam PL-900: Demonstrate your real-world knowledge of the fundamentals of Microsoft Power Platform, including its business value, core components, and the capabilities and advantages of Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents. Designed for business users, functional consultants, and other professionals, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
- Describe the business value of Power Platform
- Identify the Core Components of Power Platform
- Demonstrate the capabilities of Power BI
- Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Apps
- Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Automate
- Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Virtual Agents
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
- Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
- Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
- Assumes you are a business user, functional consultant, or other professional who wants to improve productivity by automating business processes, analyzing data, creating simple app experiences, or developing business enhancements to Microsoft cloud solutions.
About the Exam
Exam PL-900 focuses on knowledge needed to describe the value of Power Platform services and of extending solutions; describe Power Platform administration and security; describe Common Data Service, Connectors, and AI Builder; identify common Power BI components; connect to and consume data; build basic dashboards with Power BI; identify common Power Apps components; build basic canvas and model-driven apps; describe Power Apps portals; identify common Power Automate components; build basic flows; describe Power Virtual Agents capabilities; and build and publish basic chatbots.
About Microsoft Certification
Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals certification, demonstrating your understanding of Power Platform’s core capabilities–from business value and core product capabilities to building simple apps, connecting data sources, automating basic business processes, creating dashboards, and creating chatbots. With this certification, you can move on to earn specialist certifications covering more advanced aspects of Power Apps and Power BI, including Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate and Power Platform Data Analyst Associate. See full details at: microsoft.com/learn
Exam Ref AZ-300 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
by Mike Pfeiffer, Derek Schauland, Nicole Stevens, and Timothy L. Warner
Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-300—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of architecting high-value Microsoft Azure solutions for your organization or customers. Designed for modern IT professionals, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Expert level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
- Deploy and configure infrastructure
- Implement workloads and security
- Create and deploy apps
- Implement authentication and secure data
- Develop for the cloud and for Azure storage
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
- Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
- Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
- Assumes you are an IT professional who wants to demonstrate your ability to design modern Microsoft Azure solutions involving compute, network, storage, and security
About the Exam
Exam AZ-300 focuses on knowledge needed to analyze resource usage; create and configure storage accounts and VMs; automate VM deployments and implement VM solutions; create and manage virtual networks; manage Azure AD and hybrid identities; migrate servers to Azure; configure serverless computing; implement app load balancing; integrate on-premises and virtual networks; manage RBAC; implement MFA; create web apps with PaaS; design and develop containerized apps; implement authentication and secure data solutions; build solutions with Cosmos DB or RDBMSes; configure message-based integration architecture; and develop for autoscaling.
About Microsoft Certification
Passing this exam and Exam AZ-301: Microsoft Azure Architect Design fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Cer¿tified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert credential, demonstrating your expertise in compute, network, storage, and secu¿rity for designing modern cloud-based solutions that run on Microsoft Azure.
See full details at: microsoft.com/learn
Exam Ref AZ-303 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
by Mike Pfeiffer, Derek Schauland, Nicole Stevens, and Gurvinder Singh
Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-303—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of architecting high-value Microsoft Azure solutions for your organization or customers. Designed for modern IT professionals, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Expert level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
• Implement and monitor an Azure infrastructure
• Implement management and security solutions
• Implement solutions for apps
• Implement and manage data platforms
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
• Assumes you are an IT professional who wants to demonstrate your ability to design modern Microsoft Azure solutions involving compute, network, storage, and security
About the Exam
Exam AZ-303 focuses on knowledge needed to implement cloud infrastructure monitoring, storage accounts, and VMs (Windows and Linux); automate resource deployment and configuration; implement virtual networking and Azure Active Directory; implement and manage hybrid identities; manage Azure workloads; implement Azure Site Recovery; implement application infrastructure; manage application security; implement load balancing and network security; integrate Azure virtual networks with on-premises networks; implement and manage Azure governance solutions; manage Role-Based Access Control; implement application infrastructure and container-based apps; implement NoSQL and Azure SQL databases; and implement Azure SQL database managed instances.
About Microsoft Certification
Passing this exam and Exam AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert credential, demonstrating your expertise in compute, network, storage, and security for designing and implementing modern cloudbased solutions that run on Microsoft Azure.
See full details at: microsoft.com/learn
Prepare for Microsoft Exam MS-900–and help demonstrate your mastery of real-world foundational knowledge about the considerations and benefits of adopting cloud services and the Software as a Service cloud model, as well as specific options and benefits of Microsoft 365 cloud service offerings. Designed for IT professionals, Exam Ref focuses on critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Fundamentals level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
- Understand cloud concepts
- Understand core Microsoft 365 services and concepts
- Understand security, compliance, privacy, and trust in Microsoft 365
- Understand Microsoft 365 pricing and support
- Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
- Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
- Assumes you are a business user, IT professional, or student interested in cloud computing and technologies, including individuals planning to pursue more advanced Microsoft 365 certification.
This bundle contains the following three Exam Refs, direct from Microsoft:
Exam Ref 70-740 Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016, 9780735698826
Exam Ref 70-741 Networking with Windows Server 2016, 9780735697423
Exam Ref 70-742 Identity with Windows Server 2016, 9780735698819
These are the three exams necessary to receive MCSA certification in Windows Server 2016. This bundles saves the customer $20 versus the price of purchasing the three Exam Refs separately.
Exam Ref AZ-305 Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
by Gurvinder Singh, Ashish Agrawal, Avinash Bhavsar, and Sabir Sopariwala
Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-305 and help demonstrate your real-world expertise in designing cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including identity, governance, monitoring, data storage, business continuity, and infrastructure. Designed for modern IT professionals, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Expert level.
Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
- Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions
- Design data storage solutions
- Design business continuity solutions
- Design infrastructure solutions
This Microsoft Exam Ref:
- Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
- Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
- Assumes you have advanced experience and knowledge of IT operations, as well as experience in Azure administration, Azure development, and DevOps processes
About the Exam
Exam AZ-305 focuses on knowledge needed to design logging, monitoring, authentication, and authorization solutions; design governance, identities, and application access; design relational and non-relational data storage solutions; design data integration; recommend data storage solutions; design backup and disaster recovery solutions; design for high availability; design compute and network solutions, application architecture, and migration.
About Microsoft Certification
If you hold Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate certification, passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert credential. Passing this exam demonstrates your expert-level skills in advising stakeholders and translating business requirements into designs for secure, scalable, and reliable Azure solutions; and in partnering with others to implement these solutions.
See full details at: microsoft.com/learn
Exam Ref DP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions
by Craig Zacker
Directfrom Microsoft, this Exam Ref is the official study guide for the new MicrosoftDP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions certification exam.
ExamRef DP-300 Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions offers professional-levelpreparation to maximize your exam performance and sharpen your skills on thejob. It focuses on helping modern IT professionals demonstrate real-worldmastery of implementing and managing cloud-native and hybrid data platformsolutions with Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure Data Services. Learnhow to:
- Planand implement data platform resources
- Implementa secure environment
- Monitor,configure, and optimize database resources
- Configureand manage automation of tasks
- Planand configure a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environment
MicrosoftExam Ref publications stand apart from third-party study guides because they:
- Provideguidance from Microsoft, the creator of Microsoft certification exams
- TargetIT professional-level exam candidates with content focused on their needs, not“one-size-fits-all” content
- Streamlinestudy by organizing material according to the exam's objective domain (OD),covering one functional group and its objectives in each chapter
- Offerconcise overviews of every skill covered by the exam
- Feature“Thought Experiments” and “Thought Experiment Answers” to guide candidatesthrough a set of “what if?” scenarios, and prepare them more effectively forPro-level style exam questions
- Include“Need more review?” aids pointing you to more study materials if you need them
- Explorebig picture thinking around the planning and design aspects of the IT pro's jobrole
- Deliverexam tips, summaries, and inline questions and answers to help you identify keypoints
- Include“Need more review?” reader aids pointing to more study materials when readersneed them
Formore information on Exam DP-300 and the Microsoft Certified: Azure DatabaseAdministrator Associate credential, visit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/azure-database-administrator-associate/.