Thursday, 28 April 2016

300-465 CLDDES Designing the Cisco Cloud

Exam Number 300-465 CLDDES
Associated Certifications CCNP Cloud
Duration 90 Minutes (55 - 65 questions)
Available Languages English
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Exam Description
The 300-465 (CLDDES) Designing the Cisco Cloud is a 90-minute, 55-65 question assessment that is associated with the CCNP Cloud Certification. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge and ability to: translate requirements into cloud/automation process designs; design Private Cloud infrastructures; design Public Cloud infrastructures, design Cloud Security Policies; and design Virtualization and Virtual Network Services. Candidates can prepare for this assessment by taking the Designing the Cisco Cloud (CLDDES v1.0) course.

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

1.0 Translate Requirements into Automation Designs 22%

1.1 Gather business requirements

1.1.a Identify key business requirements for cloud/automation
1.1.b Choose appropriate cloud implementation to meet business requirements

1.2 Describe automation as a foundation of cloud design

1.3 Design appropriate automation tasks to meet requirements

1.3.a Design infrastructure container automation within UCS Director
1.3.b Design catalog
1.3.c Define infrastructure container
1.3.d Design workflow and services

1.4 Design Prime Services Catalog store front for UCS Director

1.5 Design Application and Platform as a Service using Stack Designer

1.6 Select the appropriate solution to automate private or hybrid clouds

1.6.a Cisco Enablement Platform
1.6.b UCS Director
1.6.c Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (CIAC)

2.0 Design a Private Cloud Infrastructure 22%

2.1 Compare and contrast the various private cloud integrated infrastructures

2.1.a Flexpod
2.1.b VBlock
2.1.c Virtual System Specifications (VSPEX)

2.2 Given a set of requirements, determine when to use file or block storage

2.3 Select the methods of accessing storage

2.3.a Determine connectivity types
2.3.b Determine access rights

2.4 Determine the thin/thick provisioning methods for a given environment

2.5 Determine the appropriate methods of interconnecting private clouds

2.6 Determine when to use the appropriate solution to automate network services

3.0 Design a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure 16%

3.1 Compare and contrast the various public cloud architectures

3.2 Select the methodology to connect to public clouds

3.3 Select the appropriate solution to automate hybrid cloud provisioning

4.0 Design a Cloud Security Policy 20%

4.1 Describe best practices for securing cloud infrastructure

4.2 Describe best practices for securing cloud services

4.3 Design a secure multi tenant environment

4.4 Design a security policy to protect a private cloud

4.5 Design a security policy to protect a hybrid cloud

5.0 Virtualization and Virtual Network Services for Private and Hybrid Clouds 20%

5.1 Describe the advantages, disadvantages and features of different hypervisors

5.1.a Resource scheduling
5.1.b DR
5.1.c HA

5.2 Describe the use of cloud automation tools to facilitate physical to virtual or virtual to virtual migrations

5.2.a Workflows
5.2.a.1 Cisco Enablement Platform
5.2.a.2 UCS Director
5.2.a.3 Virtual Application Container Services (VACS)
5.2.b Compare benefits and limitation of Virtual Machines

5.3 Select the appropriate virtual network and security services to meet requirements

5.4 Describe context aware infrastructure and workflow identity

5.4.a Methodologies
5.4.b Components
5.4.c Use cases

5.5 Describe workload mobility

5.5.a Describe VM migration: move VMs from any hypervisor to any public cloud and back
5.5.b Describe VM conversion
5.5.c Describe use cases

5.6 Describe the ability to automate VM life cycle

5.6.a Describe workflow creation using Intercloud Fabric Director and Prime Services Catalog


Monday, 18 April 2016

300-208 SISAS Implementing Cisco Secure Access Solutions

Exam Number 300-208 SISAS
Associated Certifications CCNP Security
Duration 90 minutes (65 - 75 questions)
Available Languages English, Japanese

Exam Description
The Implementing Cisco Secure Access Solutions (SISAS) (300-208) exam tests whether a network security engineer knows the components and architecture of secure access, by utilizing 802.1X and Cisco TrustSec. This 90-minute exam consists of 65–75 questions and assesses knowledge of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) architecture, solution, and components as an overall network threat mitigation and endpoint control solutions. It also includes the fundamental concepts of bring your own device (BYOD) using posture and profiling services of ISE. Candidates can prepare for this exam by taking the Implementing Cisco Secure Access Solutions (SISAS) course.

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

1.0 Identity Management/Secure Access 33%
1.1 Implement device administration

1.1.a Compare and select AAA options
1.1.b TACACS+
1.1.c RADIUS
1.1.d Describe Native AD and LDAP

1.2 Describe identity management
1.2.a Describe features and functionality of authentication and authorization
1.2.b Describe identity store options (i.e., LDAP, AD, PKI, OTP, Smart Card, local)
1.2.c Implement accounting

1.3 Implement wired/wireless 802.1X
1.3.a Describe RADIUS flows
1.3.b AV pairs
1.3.c EAP types
1.3.d Describe supplicant, authenticator, and server
1.3.e Supplicant options
1.3.f 802.1X phasing (monitor mode, low impact, closed mode)
1.3.g AAA server
1.3.h Network access devices

1.4 Implement MAB
1.4.a Describe the MAB process within an 802.1X framework
1.4.b Flexible authentication configuration
1.4.c ISE authentication/authorization policies
1.4.d ISE endpoint identity configuration
1.4.e Verify MAB Operation

1.5 Implement network authorization enforcement
1.5.a dACL
1.5.b Dynamic VLAN assignment
1.5.c Describe SGA
1.5.d Named ACL
1.5.e CoA

1.6 Implement Central Web Authentication (CWA)
1.6.a Describe the function of CoA to support web authentication
1.6.b Configure authentication policy to facilitate CWA
1.6.c URL redirect policy
1.6.d Redirect ACL
1.6.e Customize web portal
1.6.f Verify central web authentication operation

1.7 Implement profiling
1.7.a Enable the profiling services
1.7.b Network probes
1.7.c IOS Device Sensor
1.7.d Feed service
1.7.e Profiling policy rules
1.7.f Utilize profile assignment in authorization policies
1.7.g Verify profiling operation

1.8 Implement guest services
1.8.a Managing sponsor accounts
1.8.b Sponsor portals
1.8.c Guest portals
1.8.d Guest Policies
1.8.e Self registration
1.8.f Guest activation
1.8.g Differentiated secure access
1.8.h Verify guest services operation

1.9 Implement posture services
1.9.a Describe the function of CoA to support posture services
1.9.b Agent options
1.9.c Client provisioning policy and redirect ACL
1.9.d Posture policy
1.9.e Quarantine/remediation
1.9.f Verify posture service operation

1.10 Implement BYOD access
1.10.a Describe elements of a BYOD policy
1.10.b Device registration
1.10.c My devices portal
1.10.d Describe supplicant provisioning

2.0 Threat Defense 10%
2.1 Describe TrustSec Architecture
2.1.a SGT Classification - dynamic/static
2.1.b SGT Transport - inline tagging and SXP
2.1.c SGT Enforcement - SGACL and SGFW
2.1.d MACsec

3.0 Troubleshooting, Monitoring and Reporting Tools 7%

3.1 Troubleshoot identity management solutions

3.1.a Identify issues using authentication event details in Cisco ISE
3.1.b Troubleshoot using Cisco ISE diagnostic tools
3.1.c Troubleshoot endpoint issues
3.1.d Use debug commands to troubleshoot RADIUS and 802.1X on IOS switches and wireless controllers
3.1.e Troubleshoot backup operations

4.0 Threat Defense Architectures 17%

4.1 Design highly secure wireless solution with ISE

4.1.a Identity Management
4.1.b 802.1X
4.1.c MAB
4.1.d Network authorization enforcement
4.1.e CWA
4.1.f Profiling
4.1.g Guest Services
4.1.h Posture Services
4.1.i BYOD Access

5.0 Identity Management Architectures 33%

5.1 Device administration
5.2 Identity Management
5.3 Profiling
5.4 Guest Services
5.5 Posturing Services
5.6 BYOD Access

QUESTION 1
With which two appliance-based products can Cisco Prime Infrastructure integrate to perform centralized management? (Choose two.)

A. Cisco Managed Services Engine
B. Cisco Email Security Appliance
C. Cisco Wireless Location Appliance
D. Cisco Content Security Appliance
E. Cisco ISE

Answer: A,E


QUESTION 2
Which two fields are characteristics of IEEE 802.1AE frame? (Choose two.)

A. destination MAC address
B. source MAC address
C. 802.1AE header in EtherType
D. security group tag in EtherType
E. integrity check value
F. CRC/FCS

Answer: C,E


QUESTION 3
Which three statements about the Cisco wireless IPS solution are true? (Choose three.)

A. It enables stations to remain in power-save mode, except at specified intervals to receive data from the access point.
B. It detects spoofed MAC addresses.
C. It identifies potential RF jamming attacks.
D. It protects against frame and device spoofing.
E. It allows the WLC to failover because of congestion.

Answer: B,C,D


QUESTION 4
In AAA, what function does authentication perform?

A. It identifies the actions that the user can perform on the device.
B. It identifies the user who is trying to access a device.
C. It identifies the actions that a user has previously taken.
D. It identifies what the user can access.

Answer: B


QUESTION 5
Which two EAP types require server side certificates? (Choose two.)

A. EAP-TLS
B. PEAP
C. EAP-MD5
D. LEAP
E. EAP-FAST
F. MSCHAPv2

Answer: A,B

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Exam Ref 70-398 Planning for and Managing Devices in the Enterprise

Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-398—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of planning and designing cloud and hybrid identities and supporting identity infrastructure for managing devices. Designed for experienced IT pros ready to advance their status, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Specialist level.

Focus on the skills measured on the exam:
• Design for cloud/hybrid identity
• Design for device access and protection
• Design for data access and protection
• Design for remote access
• Plan for apps
• Plan updates and recovery

This Microsoft Exam Ref:
• Organizes its coverage by skill measured on the exam
• Features Thought Experiments to help you assess your readiness for the exam
• Assumes you have experience with desktop and device administration, Windows networking technologies, Active Directory, and Microsoft Intune

About This Course
This course is intended to be a quick-paced introduction to the key concepts and components that make up the management of Windows 10 devices using Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) which includes Microsoft Azure AD Premium, Azure Rights Management Services (or RMS), and Microsoft Intune. The majority of your time will be spent working directly with the products inside a preconfigured lab environment. And, although we have provided overview information for each of the technologies and pointers to additional resources should you want to know more, we believe you will gain a better understanding of the workings of device management through seeing and doing… hands on.

You will work your way through the online labs to become familiar with:

Implementing Hybrid Identity
Managing an Active Directory Hybrid Environment
Managing Inventory
Preparing the Microsoft Intune Service for Device Enrollment
Data access and protection using Azure RMS

Each lab includes the following:
Procedures for the individual lab tasks for each exercise
Access to a Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Controller for performing “hands-on” lab exercises
Short “how-to” videos for viewing each and every task should you get stuck and need to see how it’s done, and get moving again

The point is... you can try the labs on your own, at your own pace, but we recommend you view the individual demo videos for those times when you might need a little bit of help, for example entering a command string, or navigating across the Azure and Intune UI. What’s probably not a bad idea is to do a quick scan of the demos to familiarize yourself with the lab content prior to working hands-on… it’s your call, whatever works for you.

To give you an idea of how these labs work let’s look at one of the first labs entitled Automatic Microsoft Intune Enrollment of Azure AD Joined Windows 10 Systems… in that lab you get started using a Windows 10 virtual machine to setup and enable Azure AD and Enterprise Mobility Suite and then do some client join activities to Azure AD. So, once you’ve completed the lab, you’ll be able to:

Create an Azure AD instance
Activate an Enterprise Mobility Suite trial
Configure automatic Microsoft Intune enrollment during Azure AD join
Configure device join options in Azure AD
Configure Microsoft Intune subscription as the Mobile Device Management Authority
Join a Windows 10 client computer to Azure AD
Verify that a Windows 10 client is managed by Microsoft Intune

Prerequisites
This course is intended for IT professionals who administer and support Windows 7, 8.x, and 10 PCs, devices, users and associated network and security resources. The networks with which these professionals typically work are configured as a Windows Server domain-based environment with managed access to the Internet and cloud services. They are also skilled in working with iOS and Android devices.

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Do you have feedback about the relevance of the skills measured on this exam? Please send Microsoft your comments. All feedback will be reviewed and incorporated as appropriate while still maintaining the validity and reliability of the certification process. Note that Microsoft will not respond directly to your feedback. We appreciate your input in ensuring the quality of the Microsoft Certification program.

If you have concerns about specific questions on this exam, please submit an exam challenge.

If you have other questions or feedback about Microsoft Certification exams or about the certification program, registration, or promotions, please contact your Regional Service Center.

Design for cloud/hybrid identity (15–20%)
Plan for Azure Active Directory (AD) identities
Design Azure AD identities; Active Directory integration; Azure Multi-Factor Authentication; user self-service from the Azure Access Panel; Azure AD reporting; company branding; design Azure AD Premium features, such as Cloud App discovery, group-based application access, self-service group management, advanced security reporting, and password reset with write-back
Design for Active Directory synchronization with Azure AD Connect
Design single sign-on, Active Directory Integration scenarios, and Active Directory synchronization tools; plan for Azure AD Synchronization Services; design for Connect Health

Design for device access and protection (15–20%)
Plan for device enrollment
Design device inventory, mobile device management authority, device management prerequisites, and device enrollment profiles
Plan for the Company Portal
Customize the Company Portal and company terms and conditions; design configuration policies, compliance policies, conditional access policies, Exchange ActiveSync policies, and policy conflicts
Plan protection for data on devices
Design for protection of data in email and SharePoint when accessing them from mobile devices, design for protection of data of applications by using encryption, design for full and selective wipes

Design for data access and protection (15–20%)
Plan shared resources
Design for file and disk encryption and BitLocker encryption; design for the Network Unlock feature; configure BitLocker policies; design for the Encrypting File System (EFS) recovery agent; manage EFS and BitLocker certificates, including backup and restore
Plan advanced audit policies
Design for auditing using Group Policy and AuditPol.exe, create expression-based audit policies, design for removable device audit policies
Plan for file and folder access
Design for Windows Server Dynamic Access Control, Web Application Proxy, and Azure Rights Management service (RMS)

Design for remote access (15–20%)

Plan for remote connectivity
Design remote authentication, configure Remote Desktop settings, design VPN connections and authentication, enable VPN reconnect, configure broadband tethering
Plan for mobility options
Design for offline file policies, power policies, Windows to Go, sync options, and Wi-Fi direct

Plan for apps (15–20%)
Manage RemoteApp
Design RemoteApp and Desktop Connections settings, configure Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for signed packages, subscribe to the Azure RemoteApp and Desktop Connections feeds, export and import Azure RemoteApp configurations, support iOS and Android, configure Remote Desktop Web Access for Azure RemoteApp distribution
Plan app support and compatibility
Design for desktop app compatibility using Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT), including shims and compatibility database; design desktop application co-existence using Hyper-V, Azure RemoteApp, and App-V; install and configure User Experience Virtualization (UE-V); plan for desktop apps using Microsoft Intune

Plan updates and recovery (15–20%)

Plan for system recovery
Design for the recovery drive, system restore, refresh or recycle, driver rollback, and restore points
Plan file recovery
Design for previous versions of files and folders, design File History, recover files from OneDrive
Plan device updates
Design update settings and Windows Update policies, manage update history, roll back updates, design for Windows Store apps updates

Monday, 4 April 2016

Exam Prep: 70-341 and 70-342 - MCSE: Messaging (Microsoft Exchange Server 2013)

Exam Prep: 70-341 and 70-342 - MCSE: Messaging (Microsoft Exchange Server 2013)

This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Exchange Server 2013 and who are interested in taking the 70-341 (Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013) and 70-342 (Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013) exams. These exams are required for the new MCSE: Messaging certification. Attendees of this session can expect to review the topics covered in these exams in a fast-paced format, as well as receive some valuable test taking techniques. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how Microsoft certification works, the key topics covered in the exams, and an exhaustive look at resources for getting ready for the exam. The session is led by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), experienced in delivering sessions on these topics.

New book: Exam Ref 70-342 Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-342—and demonstrate your real-world mastery of advanced Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 solution design, configuration, implementation, management, and support. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance, Exam Ref focuses on critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSE level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:
· Configure, manage, and migrate Unified Messaging
· Design, configure, and manage site resiliency
· Design, configure, and manage advanced security
· Configure and manage compliance, archiving, and discovery solutions
· Implement and manage coexistence, hybrid scenarios, migration, and federation

This Microsoft Exam Ref:
· Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
· Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
· Provides exam preparation tips written by two Exchange Server MVPs
· Assumes you have at least three years of experience managing Exchange Servers and have responsibilities for an enterprise Exchange messaging environment

Skills measured

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.
Do you have feedback about the relevance of the skills measured on this exam? Please send Microsoft your comments. All feedback will be reviewed and incorporated as appropriate while still maintaining the validity and reliability of the certification process. Note that Microsoft will not respond directly to your feedback. We appreciate your input in ensuring the quality of the Microsoft Certification program.

If you have concerns about specific questions on this exam, please submit an exam challenge.
If you have other questions or feedback about Microsoft Certification exams or about the certification program, registration, or promotions, please contact your Regional Service Center.

Starting July 2014, the questions on this exam include content covering Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1.

Configure, manage, and migrate Unified Messaging (20%)
Configure Unified Messaging (UM)
Configure an IP gateway; configure a UM call router; create and configure an auto attendant; configure a call answering rule; design UM for high availability; create a dial plan
Manage Unified Messaging
Assign a dial plan to a user; move users between dial plans; enable and disable UM features for a user; set up protected voice mail; configure UM mailbox policy; manage UM language packs
Troubleshoot Unified Messaging
Troubleshoot and configure Mutual Transport Layer Security (MTLS); monitor calls and call statistics; troubleshoot and configure Quality of Service (QoS); troubleshoot SIP communication
Migrate Unified Messaging
Prepare to migrate; plan a migration strategy; plan a coexistence strategy; move UM mailboxes between sites; redirect the SIP gateway to Exchange; decommission the legacy system

Preparation resources
Deploy Exchange 2013 UM
Exchange Server 2013 and Unified Messaging - Part 1 - deploying and configuring
UM reports procedures

Design, configure, and manage site resiliency (22%)

Manage a site-resilient Database Availability Group (DAG)
Plan and implement Datacenter Activation Coordination (DAC); given customer node requirements, recommend quorum options; plan cross-site DAG configuration; configure DAG networks
Design, deploy, and manage a site-resilient CAS solution
Plan site-resilient namespaces; configure site-resilient namespace URLs; perform steps for site *over; plan certificate requirements for site failovers; predict client behavior during a *over
Design, deploy, and manage site resilience for transport
Configure MX records for failover scenarios; manage resubmission and reroute queues; plan and configure Send/Receive connectors for site resiliency; perform steps for transport *over
Troubleshoot site-resiliency issues
Resolve quorum issues; troubleshoot proxy redirection issues; troubleshoot client connectivity; troubleshoot mail flow; troubleshoot data center activation; troubleshoot DAG replication

Preparation resources
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013: Managing high availability and site resilience
Planning for high availability and site resilience
Database availability groups

Design, configure, and manage advanced security (21%)
Select an appropriate security strategy
Evaluate role-based access control (RBAC); evaluate BitLocker; evaluate smart cards; evaluate Information Rights Management (IRM); evaluate S/MIME; evaluate Domain Secure/TLS
Deploy and manage IRM with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
Create an AD RMS template; create transport protection rules; create Outlook protection rules; configure transport decryption; configure IRM for discovery; configure pre-licensing for client access
Configure and interpret mailbox and administrative auditing
Configure mailbox audit logging; configure administrative audit logging; configure mailbox access logging; interpret all audit logs
Troubleshoot security-related issues
Determine certificate validity; ensure proper Certificate Revocation List (CRL) access and placement; ensure private key availability; troubleshoot failed IRM protection; troubleshoot RBAC

Preparation resources
Information Rights Management
Mailbox audit logging

Configure and manage compliance, archiving, and discovery solutions (20%)
Configure and manage an archiving solution
Set up online archiving (Office 365); create archive policies; set up on-premises archiving; plan storage for an archiving solution
Design and configure Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions
Set up pre-built rules; set up custom rules; design a DLP solution to meet business requirements; set up custom policies
Configure and administer Message Records Management (MRM)
Design retention policies; configure retention policies; create and configure custom tags; assign policies to users; configure the Managed Folder Assistant; remove and delete tags
Perform eDiscovery
Plan and delegate RBAC roles for eDiscovery; enable a legal/litigation hold; perform a query-based InPlace hold; design and configure journaling; perform multi-mailbox searches in Exchange Administration Center (EAC); evaluate how to integrate InPlace federated searches with Microsoft SharePoint
Implement a compliance solution
Design and configure transport rules for ethical walls; configure MailTips; create, configure, and deploy message classifications; design and configure transport rules to meet specified compliance requirements

Preparation resources

Exchange Server 2013: Archive with elegance
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 data loss prevention
Messaging records management

Implement and manage coexistence, hybrid scenarios, migration, and federation (18%)
Establish coexistence with Exchange Online
Deploy and manage hybrid configuration; evaluate limitations of the Hybrid Configuration Wizard; configure requirements for single sign-on (SSO); design and configure Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
Deploy and manage Exchange federation
Manage federation trusts with Microsoft federation gateways; manage hybrid deployment OAuth-based authentication; manage sharing policies; design certificate and firewall requirements; manage organization relationships
Implement on-premises coexistence with legacy systems
Plan namespaces for coexistence; configure proxy redirect; plan firewall configuration for coexistence; plan for mail flow requirements
Set up a cross-forest coexistence solution
Set up cross-forest availability; design certificate and firewall requirements; set up cross-forest mail flow; design and configure AutoDiscover; set up shared namespaces
Migrate legacy systems
Determine transition paths to Exchange; migrate public folders; migrate mailboxes; upgrade policies; plan to account for discontinued features; transition and decommission server roles
Troubleshoot issues associated with hybrid scenarios, coexistence, migration, and federation
Troubleshoot transport; troubleshoot Exchange federation trust and organization relationships; troubleshoot client access; troubleshoot SSO/AD FS; troubleshoot DirSync; troubleshoot cross-forest availability

Preparation resources
Exchange Server 2013 hybrid deployments
Configure the Availability service for cross-forest topologies
Public Folder procedures

Monday, 28 March 2016

Exam 70-355 Universal Windows Platform – App Data, Services, and Coding Patterns

Published: October 13, 2015
Languages: English
Audiences: Developers
Technology: Windows 10
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSD

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Do you have feedback about the relevance of the skills measured on this exam? Please send Microsoft your comments. All feedback will be reviewed and incorporated as appropriate while still maintaining the validity and reliability of the certification process. Note that Microsoft will not respond directly to your feedback. We appreciate your input in ensuring the quality of the Microsoft Certification program.

If you have concerns about specific questions on this exam, please submit an exam challenge.

If you have other questions or feedback about Microsoft Certification exams or about the certification program, registration, or promotions, please contact your Regional Service Center.

Recognize and apply a specified design pattern
Describe the relationship between architecture, design pattern, and framework
Recognize common architectures and when they should be used, recognize common design patterns and when a pattern can be applied to make programming tasks faster and easier
Describe traditional Microsoft .NET design patterns
Describe the Gang of Four design patterns, including creational patterns, structural patterns, and behavioral patterns; describe 3-tier/N-tier patterns; describe enterprise patterns; describe cloud design patterns; describe head first patterns; describe repository patterns; describe unit of work patterns
Apply the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) Prism pattern
Separate concerns, develop the views for the MVVM app, develop the view-models for the MVVM app, develop the models for the MVVM app, develop class interactions and data binding for the MVVM app

Develop app and business logic, code that interfaces with other line-of-business (LOB) apps, and LOB Server Services (AD, SP)
Develop code for app-specific processes and computations
Create an asynchronous method or process, managing the return value from an asynchronous method, debugging and error handling for an asynchronous method, develop storyboards and custom animations for an object, represent 3-D models as code objects, manage 2-D projections of 3-D objects, use Task, ThreadPool, and background transfers
Implement background tasks
Create a background task, register a background task, set and respond to triggers, debug a background task, implement a lock screen app, share data/events between an app and its background tasks; directly calling a background task
Manage app lifecycle events
Prepare for suspension, resume from suspension or termination, implement an extended splash screen, extend execution and monitor suspension errors
Implement interactions with other apps
Integrate a share contract to share content with another app, integrate contact and appointment functionality, implement mapping and navigation (geolocation, geofencing, and Bing Maps), exchange data/file between apps, including launch for result; use drag and drop
Implement notifications and Windows Push Notification Services (WNS)
Implement and manage notifications; support Live Tile updates, including toasts and badges, support Action Center and secondary tiles
Implement interactions with devices
Develop code for camera and microphone, including photo, video, and audio; implement screen capture; implement printing and Play To; integrate HoloLens sensors and services; support wireless communication
Develop class libraries (code libraries, DLLs)
Naming assemblies, namespaces, types, and members in class libraries; using static and abstract classes, interfaces, enumerations, structures, and other types; designing and using properties, methods, constructors, fields, events, operators, and parameters; implementing extensibility mechanisms such as subclassing, using events, virtual members, and callbacks; designing, throwing, and catching exceptions

Develop code for implementing secure cloud data services and storage
Design and implement data roaming
Roaming user settings and preferences, roaming app session info
Design and implement a RESTful data solution (oData, JSON)
Using the ASP.NET Web API, implementing JSON serialization, adding a service reference to the project, using Windows.Web.Http.HttpClient objects
Design and implement Azure and cloud data sources
Implement offline data sync, implement caching, support OneDrive integration, implement file access and management (including File Picker and file access APIs), upload images to Azure Storage
Integrate Azure data services
Call a custom Cloud Service API from a client, schedule backend jobs in Mobile Services
Design and implement removable and embedded local data sources
Support SD card storage, implement SQLite on mobile devices

Develop code to implement authentication and business security requirements
Implement code to manage authentication and identity
Web authentication broker; Azure authentication; implement code to manage identity; implement biometric identity verification, including Windows Hello; implement Credential Locker, implement single sign-on
Implement code to manage authorization and access to resources
Implement authentication requests; authorize users and apps; manage authorization IDs; restrict access to resources, including data, files, folders, and devices
Implement cryptography within an app
Create cryptographic keys, hash and sign content, create message authentication codes, encrypt and decrypt data
Support enterprise security considerations
Implement security transparency, implement code access security, implement role-based security

Integrate cloud services and Azure App Service services
Build native and cross-platform apps using services
Integrate Azure App Service mobile app functionality within an existing mobile app, use a .NET client with Mobile Services, call a custom API from a client
Connect to your enterprise systems using services
Build a service that uses an existing SQL database, connect to an on-premises SQL Server from an Azure mobile service using hybrid connections, scale mobile services backed by Azure SQL database, authenticate your app with Active Directory Authentication Library single sign-on, add role-based access control to mobile services with Azure Active Directory, access Microsoft SharePoint on behalf of the user, schedule backend jobs in mobile services, troubleshoot a mobile services .NET backend
Connect to SaaS APIs using services
Implement single sign-on using credentials from third-party identity providers, build a service that uses MongoDB as a data store
Build offline-ready apps with sync using services
Allow employees to work offline when connectivity is not available, synchronize with your enterprise backend systems when devices comes back online, recover in the event of a disaster
Push notifications to users using services
Add push notifications to your app, send push notifications to authenticated users

Develop code that is maintainable and that supports app versioning, compatibility, and coexistence
Develop code using version control (TFVC or Git)
Develop code using a standardized coding convention, implement best practices for assembly versioning
Implement best practices for assemblies and side-by-side execution
Use strong-named assemblies, including version, culture, and publisher; use the GAC to provide version-aware storage; create an app that runs in isolation
Implement best practices for assembly placement and the GAC
Using an app configuration file, using codebases, providing a binding context


Tuesday, 22 March 2016

MCSA Part 1: Exam 70-346 Office 365 Part 1: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements

Published: February 17, 2014
Languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Microsoft Office 365
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSA

Who should take this exam?
Candidates for this exam are IT professionals who take part in evaluating, planning, deploying, and operating the Office 365 services, including its dependencies, requirements, and supporting technologies. Candidates should have experience with the Office 365 Admin Center and an understanding of Microsoft Exchange Online, Skype for Business Online, SharePoint Online, Office 365 ProPlus, and Azure Active Directory. This includes experience with service descriptions, configuration options, and integrating services with existing identity management and on-premises infrastructure to support the business requirements of an organization.

Skills measured
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Provision Office 365 (15–20%)
Provision tenants
Configuring the tenant name, tenant region, initial global administrator; manage tenant subscriptions; and managing the licensing model
Add and configure custom domains
Specify domain name, confirm ownership, specify domain purpose, and move ownership of DNS to Office 365
Plan a pilot
Designate pilot users, identify workloads that don’t require migration, run the Office 365 Health, Readiness, and Connectivity Checks, run IdFix, create a test plan or use case, and connect existing email accounts for pilot users, understand service descriptions and planning to onboard users to Office 365

Plan and implement networking and security in Office 365 (15–20%)
Configure DNS records for services
Creating DNS records for Exchange Online, Skype for Business Online, and SharePoint Online
Enable client connectivity to Office 365
Configure proxy server to allow client access to Office 365 URLs, configure firewalls for outbound port access to Office 365, recommend bandwidth, Internet connectivity for clients, and deploy desktop setup for previous versions of Office clients
Administer Microsoft Azure Rights Management (RM)
Activate rights management, Office integration with rights management, assign roles for rights management, and enable recovery of protected documents
Manage administrator roles in Office 365
Implementing a permission model, create or revoke assignment of administrative roles or the administrative model, determine and assign global administrator, billing administrator and user administrator, delegated administrator, and control password resets

Preparation resources
Create DNS records for Office 365 when you manage your DNS records
Assigning admin roles in Office 365

Manage cloud identities (15–20%)
Configure password management
Setting expiration policy, password complexity, password resets in Administration Center
Manage user and security groups
Bulk import (CSV), soft delete, Administration Center, and multi-factor authentication
Manage cloud identities with Windows PowerShell
Configure passwords to never expire, bulk update of user properties, bulk user creation, Azure Active Directory cmdlets, bulk user license management, and hard delete users

Preparation resources
Password policy for Office 365
User account management
Manage Azure AD using Windows PowerShell

Implement and manage identities by using Azure Active Directory Synchronization (AADSync) (15–20%)

Prepare on-premises Active Directory for AADSync
Plan for non-routable domain names, clean up existing objects, plan for filtering Active Directory, and support for multiple forests
Set up AADSync tool
Implement soft match filtering and identify synchronized attributes, password sync, and installation requirements
Manage Active Directory users and groups with AADSync in place
Delete (soft delete), create, modify users and groups with AADSync in place, and scheduled and forcing synchronization

Preparation resources
Prepare for directory synchronization
Synchronize your directories

Implement and manage federated identities for single sign-on (SSO) (15–20%)
Plan requirements for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
Plan namespaces and certificates, AD FS internal topologies and dependencies, WAP/AD FS proxy topologies, network requirements, multi-factor authentication, and access filtering using claims rules
Install and manage AD FS servers
Create AD FS service account, configure farm or stand-alone settings, add additional servers, convert from standard to federated domain, and manage certificate lifecycle
Install and manage WAP/AD FS proxy servers
Set up perimeter network name resolution, install required Windows roles and features, set up certificates, configure WAP/AD FS proxy settings, and set custom proxy forms login page

Preparation resources
Plan your AD FS deployment
Checklist: Use AD FS to implement and manage single sign-on
Administering Office 365 Jump Start (03): DirSync, SSO, and ADFS

Monitor and troubleshoot Office 365 availability and usage (15–20%)
Analyze reports
Analyze service reports, mail protection reports, auditing log, and portal email hygiene reports
Monitor service health
Using RSS feed, service health dashboard (including awareness of planned maintenance, service updates, and historical data), Office 365 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager, and Windows PowerShell cmdlets
Isolate service interruption
Create a service request, Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer (RCA), Microsoft Lync Connectivity Analyzer tool, Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer tool, and hybrid free/busy troubleshooter

Preparation resources
Reporting features and troubleshooting tools
Service health
QUESTION 1
You have an Office 365 environment. Synchronization between the on-premises Active Directory and Office 365 is enabled.
You need to deactivate directory synchronization.
Which Windows PowerShell cmdlet should you run?

A. Update-MsolFederatedDomain
B. Remove-MsolDomain
C. Remove-MsolFederatedDomain
D. Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled

Answer: D

Explanation:
The complete command to disable directory Sync is Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled –EnableDirSync $false
Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2619062


QUESTION 2
Your company has a subscription to Office 365 for midsize business and enterprises. The company uses Microsoft Lync Online.
You need to open ports on the network firewall to enable all of the features of Lync Online.
Which port or ports should you open? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose all that apply.)

A. inbound TCP 443
B. outbound TCP 5061
C. outbound UDP 3478
D. outbound TCP 443
E. outbound UDP 50000 to outbound UDP 59999
F. inbound TCP 8080

Answer: A,C,D,E
Reference: http://ahandyblog.wordpress.com/cloud-technologies/firewall-ports-for-office-365


QUESTION 3
You are the Office 365 administrator for your company.
Users report that they have received significantly more spam messages over the past month than they normally receive.
You need to analyze trends for the email messages received over the past 60 days.
From the Office 365 admin center, what should you view?

A. The Mail protection reports
B. The Mailbox content search and hold report
C. Messages on the Message center page
D. The Office 365 Malware detections in sent mail report

Answer: A


QUESTION 4
Contoso, Ltd. has an Office 365 tenant. The company has two servers named Server1 and Server2 that run Windows 2012 R2 Server. The servers are not joined to the contoso.com domain. Server2 is deployed to the perimeter network. You install Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates on both servers.
You deploy internal and external firewalls. All firewalls allow HTTPS traffic.
You must deploy single sign-on (SSO) and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).
You need to install and configure all AD FS components in the environment.
Which four actions should you perform in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.


Answer:



QUESTION 5
A graphic design agency has an Office 365 tenant. The agency uses only computers that run the Apple Macintosh operating system. Some users have Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac, and some have Microsoft Outlook for Mac.
All users report that they cannot access Exchange Online to check their email.
You need to run test connectivity for all users to identify the problem. You need to use the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer and the credentials of the users.
What should you do? To answer, drag the appropriate test to run to the correct email client. Each test may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.


Answer:

Thursday, 17 March 2016

300-070 Implementing Cisco IP Telephony & Video, Part 1 v1.0

Exam Number 300-070 CIPTV1
Associated Certifications CCNP Collaboration
Duration 75 Minutes (55 - 65 questions)
Available Languages English

This exam tests learners for implementing a Cisco Unified Collaboration solution in a single-site environment. The exam focuses primarily on Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Candidates will need to show they can configure Cisco Unified Communications Manager, implement gateways and Cisco Unified Border Element, and build dial plans to place on-net and off-net voice and video calls using traditional numbered dial plans and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). Candidates will also implement media resources, including voice and video conferences, and be able to describe how quality of service ensures that the network provides the required quality to voice and video calls.

The following course is the recommended training for this exam.
Implementing Cisco IP Telephony & Video, Part 1 (CIPTV1)
Cisco Technology Training for Collaboration E-Learning

Courses listed are offered by Cisco Learning Partners-the only authorized source for Cisco IT training delivered exclusively by Certified Cisco Instructors. Check the List of Learning Partners for a Cisco Learning Partner nearest you.

QUESTION 1
What is the maximum number of 1080p30 HD Conference Participants if an MSE 8000 has fourMSE8710 blades clustered?

A. 48.
B. 180
C. 720
D. 800

Answer: A
Reference:
Page 389
CIPTV110SG_Vol1


QUESTION 2
Which two options are IOS conference bridge types in CUCM? (Choose two)

A. CiscoIOS Enhanced Conference Bridge
B. CiscoIOS Standard Conference Bridge
C. CiscoIOS Software Conference Bridge
D. CiscoIOS Hardware Conference Bridge
E. Cisco IOS Conference Bridge

Answer: A,E
Reference:
Page 367
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administration Guide, Release 10.0(1)


QUESTION 3
Which protocol is recommended to be used between Cisco Unified Communications Manager and thevoice gateway to simplify the dial plan?

A. SIP.
B. SCCP.
C. H323.
D. RSVP.
E. MGCP.

Answer: E


QUESTION 4
When implementing a global dial plan, which digit manipulation feature in CUCM does Ciscorecommend for adding +1 to all outbound calls?

A. Called party transformation.
B. Calling party transformation.
C. Translation pattern.
D. External phone mask.

Answer: A


QUESTION 5
Which statement about a partition is true?

A. A partition is a logical group of transformation patterns with similar accessibility characteristics.
B. A partition is a group of gateways with similar accessibility characteristics.
C. A partition is a logical group of directory numbers with similar accessibility characteristics.
D. A partition is a logical group of route patterns with similar accessibility characteristics.

Answer: C
Reference:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/voice-unified-communications/unified-communications-managercallmanager/13920-call-routing.html