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Microsoft 070-646 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | PRO: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator |
| Exam Number: | 70-646 |
| Exam Price: | $165 USD |
| Related Certifications: | MCITP: Enterprise Administrator MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration |
| Exam Duration: | 120–150 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 45–65 |
| Exam Format: | Build List and Reorder, Drag and Drop, Case Study, Multiple Choice, Hot Area |
| Available Languages: | Spanish, French, Japanese, English, German |
| Passing Score: | 700 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired; no longer valid for new certifications |
| Recommended Training: | Microsoft Official Course 6461: Planning and Managing Windows Server 2008 |
| Exam Registration: | Microsoft Learning (Retired Exam Notice) |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Onsite at authorized testing centers; online proctoring not available for this retired exam |
| Pre Condition: | Requires three MCTS certifications: 70-640, 70-642, and 70-643 |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/microsoft-technet/exams/70-646 |
Microsoft 070-646 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Planning for Server Management and Monitoring | 15–20% | - Planning server monitoring and performance optimization - Planning server update and compliance management - Planning delegation and administration model |
| Planning for Server Infrastructure | 20–25% | - Planning high availability and redundancy - Planning security infrastructure - Planning for remote access and branch office infrastructure - Planning network and storage infrastructure |
| Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability | 20–25% | - Planning failover clustering - Planning for server recovery - Planning Network Load Balancing - Planning backup and recovery strategies |
| Planning for Server Deployment | 20–25% | - Planning server roles and services - Planning for server consolidation - Planning server virtualization - Planning for physical and logical server topology |
| Planning for Security and Compliance | 10–15% | - Planning identity and access management - Planning security policies and auditing - Planning for application security |
Common Questions About the Microsoft 070-646 Exam
The 070-646 exam, officially known as Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator, is the Microsoft test that leads to the Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Server Administrator certification at the Professional level. Passing it validates the skills employers expect from a certified professional. It is also associated with related credentials such as MCITP: Enterprise Administrator, MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration, MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration, MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration.
The 070-646 exam contains 45–65 questions, and you have 120–150 to complete them. Work out your per-question pace before test day, and flag slow items instead of stalling on them — time pressure, not knowledge, sinks many first attempts. Timed mock exams in the Actual4Exams test engines are the most reliable way to build that rhythm.
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Requires three MCTS certifications: 70-640, 70-642, and 70-643
Entry requirements can change, so confirm the latest conditions on the official exam page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/microsoft-technet/exams/70-646.
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The official Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator outline is organized into 5 domains. The first three are:
- Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability — 20–25% of the exam
- Planning for Security and Compliance — 10–15% of the exam
- Planning for Server Management and Monitoring — 15–20% of the exam
See the complete exam topics section above for the full outline and the weighting of every domain.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator Sample Questions:
Testlet: Humongous Insurance
You need to recommend a BitLocker recovery method that meets the company's technical requirements.
Which recovery method should you recommend?
Testlet: Humongous Insurance (Case Study): COMPANY OVERVIEW
Humongous Insurance has a main office and 20 branch offices. The main office is located in New York. The branch offices are located throughout North America. The main office has 8,000 users. Each branch office has 2 to 250 users.
PLANNED CHANGES
Humongous Insurance plans to implement Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker) on all servers.
EXISTING ENVIRONMENT
The network contains servers that run either Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2. All client computers run either Windows 7 Enterprise or Windows Vista Enterprise.
BUSINESS GOALS
Humongous Insurance wants to minimize costs whenever possible.
EXISTING ACTIVE DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY SERVICES
The network contains a single Active Directory forest named humongousinsurance.com. The forest contains two child domains named north.humongousinsurance.com and south.humongousinsurance.com. The functional level of the forest is Windows Server 2008 R2.
EXISTING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
Each child domain contains a Web server that has Internet Information Services (IIS) installed. The forest root domain contains three Web servers that have IIS installed. The Web servers in the forest root domain are configured in a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster. Currently, all of the Web servers use a single domain user account as a service account.
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is used for company-wide patch management. The WSUS servers do not store updates locally.
The network contains Remote Desktop servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2. Users in the sales department access a line-of-business Application by using Remote Desktop. Managers in the sales department use the Application to generate reports. Generating the reports is CPU intensive.
The sales managers report that when many users are connected to the servers, the reports take a long time
to process.
Humongous Insurance has the following standard server builds:
Class 1 - Dual x64 CPUs, 4-GB RAM, Windows Web Server 2008 R2
Class 2 - Dual x64 CPUs, 4-GB RAM, Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Class 3 - Quad x64 CPUs, 8-GB RAM, Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Class 4 - Quad x64 CPUs, 8-GB RAM, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
CURRENT ADMINISTRATION MODEL
Humongous Insurance currently uses the following technologies to manage the network:
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
Microsoft Forefront EndPoint Protection
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Humongous Insurance must meet the following technical requirements:
A certificate must be required to recover BitLocker-protected drives.
Newly implemented technologies must minimize the impact on LAN traffic.
Newly implemented technologies must minimize the storage requirements.
The management of disk volumes and shared folders must be performed remotely whenever possible.
Newly implemented technologies must minimize the amount of bandwidth used on Internet connections.
All patches and updates must be tested in a non-production environment before they are applied to production servers.
Multiple versions of a Group Policy object (GPO) must be maintained in a central archive to facilitate a roll back required.
The management of passwords and service principal names (SPNs) for all service accounts must be automated whenever possible.
- A. A data recovery agent
- B. A recovery password printed and stored in a secure location
- C. A recovery key
- D. A recovery password stored in Active Directory
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Your company has a main office and three branch offices. The network consists of a single Active Directory domain. Each office contains an Active Directory domain controller.
You need to create a DNS infrastructure for the network that meets the following requirements:
The DNS infrastructure must allow the client computers in each office to register DNS names within their respective offices.
The client computers must be able to resolve names for hosts in all offices. What should you do?
- A. Create a standard primary zone at the main office site. Create a secondary zone at each branch office site.
- B. Create a standard primary zone at the main office site. Create an Active Directory-integrated stub zone at each branch office site.
- C. Create an Active Directory-integrated zone at the main office site.
- D. Create a standard primary zone at the main office site and at each branch office site.
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Testlet: Contoso, Ltd
You need to recommend a Windows update strategy for the new branch office.
What should you recommend doing in the new branch office?
Case Study Title (Case Study): COMPANY OVERVIEW
Contoso, Ltd. is a consulting company that has a main office and two branch offices. The main office is located in Johannesburg. The branch offices are located in Brisbane and Montreal. The Johannesburg office has 400 users. Each branch office has 100 users.
PLANNED CHANGES
Contoso plans to open a new branch office. The new office will have a 512-Kbps connection to the Montreal office and a 2-Mbps connection to the Internet.
The new branch office will have a domain controller, a DirectAccess server, a file server, and a Web server. All branch office servers will be virtualized.
Contoso plans to implement role-based access control for all new virtual machines (VMs) deployed on Hyper-V servers.
In the new branch office, a user named User1 must be permitted to perform only the following actions on the Hyper-V server:
Start the VMs.
View the configuration of the VMs.
EXISTING ENVIRONMENT
All servers run Windows Server 2008 R2. All client computers run Windows 7 Enterprise.
The main office has multiple file servers. Each branch office has one file server. Each file server has two hard disks. One disk has the server' s operating system installed and the other disk stores data files. File server backups are performed regularly.
The main office has a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server. All client computers are configured to receive updates from the WSUS server.
The main office connects to each branch office by using a 512-Kbps WAN link.
Existing Active Directory/Directory Services
The network contains a single Active Directory domain named contoso.com. An Active Directory site exists for each office. Each Active Directory site contains three subnets. Each subnet contains client computers.
The main office has two domain controllers. Each branch office has one domain controller.
REQUIREMENTS Storage Requirements
Contoso must meet the following storage requirements:
Improve data availability on the file servers.
Improve the performance of the file servers.
Limit each user's storage space on the file servers to 2 GB.
Prevent users from storing audio and video files on the file servers.
Provide additional storage on the file servers without causing downtime.
Enable users to access the previous versions of all the files stored on the file servers.
Technical Requirements
Contoso must meet the following technical requirements:
Minimize the potential attack surface.
Minimize WAN link utilization between the offices.
Minimize the number of server licenses purchased.
Minimize server downtime caused by Applying updates.
Minimize the amount of administrative effort required to approve the updates.
Minimize the amount of time it takes for users in the branch offices to access files on the file servers in the main office.
Problem Statements
Users in the accounting department use a custom Application named App1. The configurations for App1 can only be changed by editing the registry. Currently, a technician must visit each client computer in the accounting department to change the App1 configurations.
- A. Deploy WSUS in replica mode. Configure the WSUS clients to retrieve updates from Microsoft Update.
- B. Deploy WSUS in replica mode. Configure updates to be stored on the new WSUS server.
- C. Deploy WSUS in autonomous mode. Configure the WSUS clients to retrieve updates from Microsoft Update.
- D. Deploy WSUS in autonomous mode. Configure updates to be stored on the new WSUS server.
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Your network consists of a single Active Directory domain. All servers run Windows Server 2008 R2. You plan to publish a Web site on two Web servers.
You need to deploy an availability solution for your Web servers that meets the following requirements:
Supports the addition of more Web servers without interrupting client connections.
Ensures that the Web site is accessible even if a single server fails. What should you do?
- A. Create a Network Load Balancing cluster.
- B. Create two application pools on each Web server.
- C. Configure a Web garden on each Web server.
- D. Configure a failover cluster.
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Baldwin Museum of Science
You are planning to upgrade the client computers of the users in the sales department to Windows 7.
You need to recommend an upgrade solution to ensure that the client computers can run App2.
What should you include in the recommendation?
Case Study Title (Case Study):
COMPANY OVERVIEW
The Baldwin Museum of Science is an internationally renowned museum of science history.
Physical Location
The museum has a main office and a branch office named Branch1. The main office has 5,000 users.
Branch1 has 1,000 users.
The main office connects to Branch1 by using a WAN link. The WAN link is highly saturated.
The museum has a sales department. All of the users in the sales department have client computers that run Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3).
EXISTING ENVIRONMENT Active Directory Environment
The network contains one Active Directory forest. The forest contains two domains named baldwinmuseumofscience.com and ad.baldwinmuseumofscience.com.
All user accounts and computer accounts for all employees are in the ad.baldwinmuseumofscience.com domain. The organizational unit (OU) structure for ad.baldwinmuseumofscience.com is shown:
Network Infrastructure
The network contains the following servers and Applications: Application servers that run either Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2008 SP2, or Windows Server 2008 R2.
A custom Application named App1 that runs on all of the Application servers. App1 writes events to the Application log.
A line-of-business Application named App2 that requires Internet Explorer 6. All of the users in the sales department run App2.
File servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2. The main office has the following:
A two-node failover cluster that runs Windows Server 2008 R2 and has the Hyper-V role installed and a Clustered Shared Volume. The failover cluster hosts four virtual machines (VM) that run Windows Server 2008 R2. The VMs are stored on the Clustered Shared Volume. Each VM runs Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
A server named Server1 that hosts two shared folders named Share1 and Share2. Share1 hosts 50,000
research documents that are shared by multiple users. Share2 hosts documents that are created by
users in the sales department. Administration Model All users in Branch1 are members of global groups and universal groups. The groups are located in an OU named Groups in the ad.baldwinmuseumofscience.com domain.
REQUIREMENTS Planned Changes
The Baldwin Museum of Science plans to implement a new branch office named Branch2.
Branch2 will be configured as a separate Active Directory site.
Branch2 will be configured to meet the following requirements:
Minimize the cost of deploying new servers.
Contain only client computers that run Windows 7.
Connect to the main office by using a saturated WAN link.
Contain only servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2. The servers will be configured as either file
servers or Web servers. The file shares on the file servers must be available if a single file server fails. In Branch2, if a single domain controller or a WAN link fails, users in the branch must be able to:
Change their passwords.
Log on to their client computers.
Technical Requirements
The Baldwin Museum of Science must meet the following technical requirements:
Hardware and software costs must be minimized whenever possible.
All VMs must be backed up twice a day.
All VM backups must include the VM configuration information.
Events generated by App1 must be stored in a central location.
An administrator must be notified by e-mail when App1 generates an error.
The number of permissions assigned to help desk technicians must be minimized.
The help desk technicians must be able to reset the passwords and modify the membership of all users in Branch1.
If a user overwrites another user's research document, the user must be able to recover a previous version of the document.
When users in the sales department work remotely, they must be able to access the files in Share1 in the minimum amount of time.
Security
The Baldwin Museum of Science must meet the following security requirements:
All scripts that run on production servers must be signed.
Managers in Branch1 must be allowed to access the Internet at all times.
Web site administrators must not be required to log on interactively to Web servers.
Users in Branch1 must only be allowed to access the Internet between 12:00 and 13:00.
Users and managers must be prevented from downloading executable files from the Internet.
Administration of the corporate Web sites must support all bulk changes and scheduled content
updates.
- A. Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)
- B. Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
- C. Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK)
- D. Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)
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