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Exam News
Exam 70-219 became
available June 27, 2000.
Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam operate in medium to very
large computing environments that use the Windows 2000
network operating system. They have a minimum of one
year's experience implementing and administering network
operating systems in environments that have the
following characteristics:
- Supported users range from 200-26,000+.
- Physical locations range from 5-150+.
- Typical network services and applications include
file and print, database, messaging, proxy server or
firewall, dial-in server, desktop management, and Web
hosting.
- Connectivity needs include connecting individual
offices and users at remote locations to the corporate
network and connecting corporate networks to the
Internet.
Skills Being Measured
This certification exam measures your ability to
analyze the business requirements and design a directory
service architecture, including:
- Unified directory services such as Active
Directory™ and Windows NT® domains.
- Connectivity between and within systems, system
components, and applications.
- Data replication such as directory replication and
database replication.
In addition, the test measures the skills required to
analyze the business requirements for desktop management
and design a solution for desktop management that meets
business requirements. Before taking the exam, you should
be proficient in the job skills listed below.
| Analyzing Business
Requirements |
Analyze the existing
and planned business models.
- Analyze the company model and the geographical
scope. Models include international, national,
regional, branch, and subsidiary offices.
- Analyze company processes. Processes include
information flow, communication flow, service and
product life cycles, and decision-making.
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| Analyze the existing
and planned organizational structures. Considerations
include the management model; company organization;
vendor, partner, and customer relationships; and
acquisition plans. |
Analyze factors that
influence company strategies.
- Identify company priorities.
- Identify the projected growth and growth
strategy.
- Identify relevant laws and regulations.
- Identify the company's tolerance for risk.
- Identify the total cost of operations.
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| Analyze the structure
of IT management. Considerations include the type of
administration,such as centralized or decentralized;
funding model; outsourcing; decision-making process;
and change-management process. |
| Analyzing Technical
Requirements |
Evaluate the
company's existing and planned technical environment.
- Analyze company size and the distribution of
users and resources.
- Assess the available connectivity between the
geographic locations of work sites and remote sites.
- Assess the net available bandwidth.
- Analyze performance requirements.
- Analyze data and system access patterns.
- Analyze network roles and responsibilities.
- Analyze security considerations.
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Analyze the impact of
Active Directory on the existing and planned technical
environment. Considerations include Microsoft Exchange
2000.
- Assess existing systems and applications.
- Identify existing and planned upgrades and
rollouts.
- Analyze the technical support structure.
- Analyze existing and planned network and systems
management.
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Analyze the business
requirements for client computer desktop management.
- Analyze end-user work needs.
- Identify technical support needs for end users.
- Establish the required client computer
environment.
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| Designing a
Directory Service Architecture |
| Define the scope of
the Active Directory design. |
Design an Active
Directory forest and domain structure.
- Design a forest and schema structure.
- Design a domain structure.
- Analyze and optimize trust relationship
requirements.
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Design an Active
Directory naming strategy.
- Plan the WINS NetBIOS name resolution strategy.
- Design the namespace.
- Plan the DNS strategy.
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Design and plan the
structure of organizational units. Considerations
include administrative control, existing domain
structures, administrative policy, and geographic and
company structure.
- Develop an organizational unit delegation plan.
- Plan Group Policy object management.
- Develop a change in the configuration management
plan for client computers.
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| Plan for the
coexistence of Active Directory and other directory
services. |
| Design a schema
modification policy. |
| Design an Active
Directory implementation plan. |
| Designing Service
Locations |
| Design the placement
of operations masters. Considerations include
performance, fault tolerance, functionality, and
manageability. |
| Design the placement
of global catalog servers. Considerations include
performance, fault tolerance, functionality, and
manageability. |
| Design the placement
of domain controllers. Considerations include
performance, fault tolerance, functionality, and
manageability. |
| Design the placement
of DNS, WINS, and DHCP servers. Considerations include
performance, fault tolerance, functionality,
manageability, and interoperability. |
Design an Active
Directory site topology.
- Design a replication strategy.
- Define site boundaries.
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