MCTS 70-643 Exam Cram: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring (Exam Cram (Pearson)) PDF
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MCTS 70-643 Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring Patrick Regan MCTS 70-643 Exam Cram: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Associate Publisher Configuring Dave Dusthimer Copyright © 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys- Acquisitions Editor tem, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or Betsy Brown otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Although every Development Editor precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author Box Twelve assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for dam- Communications ages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. 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For more information, please contact Composition U.S. Corporate and Government Sales TnT Design, Inc 1-800-382-3419 [email protected] For sales outside of the U.S., please contact International Sales [email protected] Contents at a Glance Introduction 1 Self-Assessment 23 CHAPTER 1 Managing Windows Server 2008 37 CHAPTER 2 Windows Deployment and Activation 65 CHAPTER 3 Windows Server 2008 Storage 107 CHAPTER 4 Web Services Infrastructure and Security 145 CHAPTER 5 Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 209 CHAPTER 6 Windows Media Server 249 CHAPTER 7 High Availability 271 CHAPTER 8 Terminal Services 301 CHAPTER 9 Virtual Machines 347 CHAPTER 10 Practice Exam 1 371 CHAPTER 11 Answers to Practice Exam 1 385 CHAPTER 12 Practice Exam 2 395 CHAPTER 13 Answers to Practice Exam 2 411 APPENDIX A What’s on the CD-ROM 423 Glossary 427 Index 443 This page intentionally left blank Table of Contents Introduction.........................................................1 Self-Assessment....................................................23 Chapter 1: Managing Windows Server 2008 ......................................37 Server Roles..................................................38 Windows Features ............................................41 Configuring and Managing Windows............................44 Control Panel ...........................................44 Administrative Tools......................................46 Server Manager..........................................47 Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor...............48 Initial Configuration Tasks .....................................50 Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) ............51 Windows Server 2008 Administration Tools for Roles.........51 Windows Server 2008 Administration Tools for Features ......52 Server Core..................................................52 Shutting and Restarting Server Core........................54 Available Control Panel Applets............................54 Changing Computer Names and Joining Domains............55 Configuring the Network Connection ......................56 Running the Administrative Tools ..........................56 Other Useful Tools and Options ...........................57 Exam Prep Questions..........................................59 Answers to Exam Prep Questions ...............................61 Need to Know More? .........................................63 Chapter 2: Windows Deployment and Activation...................................65 Disk Cloning and the System Preparation Tool....................66 Deploying Windows with WIM Images .........................67 Installing Windows Using Windows System Image Manager........69 vi MCTS 70-643 Exam Cram: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring Windows Deployment Services .................................71 Image Types.............................................71 Connecting to a WDS Server..............................72 Installing Windows Deployment Services ...................73 Configuring Windows Deployment Services.................74 Creating a Captured Image................................79 Multicast Support in WDS................................81 Discover Images .........................................82 Prestage Client Computers................................83 Windows Activation...........................................84 Activation Overview......................................84 Key Management Services.................................85 KMS Publishing to DNS..................................87 Activating Clients Using KMS Activation....................89 Volume Activation Management Tool............................91 Installing the Volume Activation Management Tool...........91 Adding Computers to VAMT..............................92 Performing MAK Independent Activation ...................94 Performing MAK Proxy Activation.........................95 Configure Computers for KMS Activation...................96 Perform Local Reactivation................................97 Adding Windows Multiple Activation Keys ..................98 Managing VAMT Data ...................................99 Exam Prep Questions.........................................100 Answers to Exam Prep Questions ..............................103 Need to Know More? ........................................105 Chapter 3: Windows Server 2008 Storage .......................................107 IDE and SCSI Drives.........................................108 Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) ..................108 Network-Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Networks (SAN)............................................110 Fibre Channel..........................................110 iSCSI..................................................112 Configuring the iSCSI Initiators ..........................114 Storage Explorer........................................117 Storage Manager for SANs...............................117 vii Contents Disk Partitioning ............................................119 Disk Storage Management ....................................120 Basic Disks.............................................120 Dynamic Disks .........................................121 Managing Basic Disks and Dynamic Disks..................121 Moving Disks to Another Computer.......................127 Basic Partitions..............................................128 Dynamic Volumes............................................129 Simple Volumes.........................................130 Spanned Volumes .......................................130 Extending Simple or Spanned Volumes.....................131 Striped Volumes ........................................132 Mirrored Volumes and RAID-5 Volumes...................133 Mount Points ...............................................138 Exam Prep Questions.........................................139 Answers to Exam Prep Questions ..............................142 Need to Know More? ........................................144 Chapter 4: Web Services Infrastructure and Security ..............................145 Web Pages..................................................146 IIS Manager 7.0 .............................................147 Using the Configuration Store............................148 Using the Connections Pane and Toolbar...................150 Starting or Stopping the Web Server.......................150 Creating Websites.......................................151 Adding a Virtual Directory ...............................152 Using Applications and Application Pools ..................153 Recycling a Worker Process ..............................155 Configuring IIS 7.0 with IIS Manager ..........................156 Compression ...........................................157 Default Documents and Directory Listings .................158 Handlers and Modules........................................159 Configuring IIS Settings Using the appcmdCommands ...........163 Deploying an ASP.NET Web Application Using xcopy ...........170 IIS Security .................................................172 URL Authorization Rules................................172 Authentication..........................................174 viii MCTS 70-643 Exam Cram: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring Secure Sockets Layer and Digital Certificates ...............175 Machine Key...........................................180 Delegate Permissions....................................180 ASP.NET Code Access Security...........................182 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).........................183 Shared Configuration.........................................188 IIS 7.0 Backup...............................................188 File Transfer Protocol ........................................189 WMI Command-Line Tool ...................................191 Troubleshooting IIS Problems.................................191 Logging ...............................................191 Failed Request Tracing...................................192 Viewing Worker Processes ...............................195 Exam Prep Questions.........................................198 Answers to Exam Prep Questions ..............................204 Need to Know More? ........................................207 Chapter 5: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services...............................209 Installing and Configuring WSS ...............................211 Planning SharePoint Services.............................212 Installing SharePoint Services.............................213 Upgrading SharePoint Services ...........................213 SharePoint Products and Technology Configuration Wizard.......214 SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration .........................215 Operations Settings .....................................215 Application Management Settings .........................221 Using the Psconfig.exeCommand-Line Tool...................231 Using the StsadmCommand ..................................232 Managing WSS Sites.........................................233 Users, Groups, and Permissions...........................234 Recycle Bin ............................................236 Document Library ......................................237 Workflows .............................................239 Troubleshooting WSS........................................241 Exam Prep Questions.........................................242 Answers to Exam Prep Questions ..............................246 Need to Know More? ........................................248 ix Contents Chapter 6: Windows Media Server .............................................249 Streaming Media.............................................250 Multiple Bit Rate Streaming (MBR) .......................251 TCP Versus UDP.......................................251 Unicast Versus Multicast.................................252 Data Transfer Protocols..................................252 Installing Windows Media Services.............................254 Implementing Content Streaming..............................255 Content Streaming Features..............................256 Implementing On-Demand Publishing.....................257 Live Content Streaming .................................260 Publishing Point Properties ..............................261 Announcement Files.....................................262 SMIL-Based Playlists....................................262 Advertisements for Publishing Points ......................262 Security in Windows Media Server.............................263 Troubleshooting Windows Media Services.......................264 Digital Rights Management (DRM) ............................265 Exam Prep Questions.........................................267 Answers to Exam Prep Questions ..............................269 Need to Know More? ........................................270 Chapter 7: High Availability...................................................271 Hardware Redundancy........................................272 Hot-Add and Hot-Replace Memory and Processors..........273 Failover Clustering...........................................273 Failover Clustering System Requirements ..................275 Installing the Failover Clustering Feature...................276 Using the Cluster Validation Tests.........................276 Creating the Cluster.....................................278 Configuring the Cluster..................................280 Changing Active Nodes..................................282 Cluster Network Role and Type...........................283 Verifying that an IP Address Resource Can Come Online.....283 Cluster Resources.......................................284
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