The Microsoft Exam 70-411 is designed to measure and validate the skills of IT professionals in managing and maintaining a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure. This includes tasks like implementing a Group Policy infrastructure, managing user and service accounts, and maintaining Active Directory Domain Services.
If you are studying for the 411 Microsoft certification it is critical you know exactly what’s on the exam. I would recommend downloading the objectives document from the Microsoft website and using it to plan out your schedule, however, here is a breakdown of each objective followed by a link to my associated study notes.
- Deploy, Manage & Maintain Servers
1.1 – Deploy & Manage Server Images
1.2 – Implement Patch Management
1.3 – Monitor Servers
- Configure File & Print Services
2.1 – Configure Distributed File System
2.2 – Configure File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
2.3 – Configure File & Disk Encryption
2.4 – Configure Advanced Audit Policies
3.Configure Network Services & Access
3.1 – Configure DNS Zones
3.2 – Configure DNS Records
3.3- Configure Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Routing
3.4 – Configure Direct Access
4. Configure a Network Policy Server Infrastructure
4.1 – Configure Network Policy Server
4.3 – Configure Network Access Protection
4.2 – Configure NPS Policies
- Configure & Manage Active Directory
5.1 – Configure Service Authentication
5.2 – Configure Domain Controllers
5.3 – Maintain Active Directory
5.4 – Configure Account Policies
- Configure & Manage Group Policy
6.1 – Configure Group Policy Processing
6.2 – Configure Group Policy Settings
6.3 – Manage Group Policy Objects
6.4 – Configure Group Policy Preferences