Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000

Audience Profile

The Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Windows Server 2003 upgrade exam is available only to candidates who are currently certified as MCSAs or as MCSEs on Windows 2000. The MCSA on Windows Server 2003 credential is intended for IT professionals who work in the typically complex computing environment of medium to large companies. Candidates should have experience administering client and network operating systems in environments that have the following characteristics:

• 250 to 5,000 or more users

• Three or more physical locations

• Three or more domain controllers

• Network services and resources such as messaging, database, file and print, proxy server, firewall, Internet, intranet, remote access, and client computer management

• Connectivity requirements such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet

Credit Toward Certification

When you pass the Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000 exam, you do not achieve Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) status. This exam is intended for people who are already certified as an MCSA on Windows 2000. You will earn credit toward the following certifications:

• Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 certification

• Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 certification

Instructor-led Course for This Exam

• Course 2209: Updating Systems Administrator Skills from Microsoft Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003

Skills Being Measured

This certification exam measures your ability to manage and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed below.

Skills measured by exam 70-292

Managing Users, Computers, and Groups

Create and manage groups

• Identify and modify the scope of a group

• Find domain groups in which a user is a member

• Manage group membership

• Create and modify groups by using the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in

• Create and modify groups by using automation

Create and manage user accounts

• Create and modify user accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in

• Create and modify user accounts by using automation

• Import user accounts

Troubleshoot user authentication issues

Managing and Maintaining Access to Resources

Troubleshoot Terminal Services

• Diagnose and resolve issues related to Terminal Services security

• Diagnose and resolve issues related to client access to Terminal Services

Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment

Manage software update infrastructure

Manage servers remotely

• Manage a server by using Remote Assistance

• Manage a server by using Terminal Services remote administration mode

• Manage a server by using available support tools

Manage a Web server

• Manage Internet Information Services (IIS)

• Manage security for IIS

Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery

Perform system recovery for a server

• Implement Automated System Recovery (ASR)

• Restore data from shadow copy volumes

• Back up files and System State data to media

• Configure security for backup operations

Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Name Resolution

Install and configure the DNS Server service

• Configure DNS server options

• Configure DNS zone options

• Configure DNS forwarding

Manage DNS

• Manage DNS zone settings

• Manage DNS record settings

• Manage DNS server options

Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Network Security

Implement secure network administration procedures

• Implement security baseline settings and audit security settings by using security templates

• Implement the principle of least privilege

Install and configure software update infrastructure

• Install and configure software update services

• Install and configure automatic client update settings

• Configure software updates on earlier operating systems