Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Microsoft Exam 70-293


Microsoft Exam 70-293:
Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure


Microsoft Exam 70-293 is related to designing a network infrastructure of Win server 2003 with other network devices & software.


  • Credits for this certification:

When you pass Microsoft exam 70-293 you became Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)


Microsoft exam 70-293 is also one of the exams which require achieving following group certifications:

Certificate MCSE on Windows Server 2003 certification... = core exam

Certificate MCDBA on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 certification... = elective exam



  • Program of study for Microsoft exam 70-293

This certification study includes planning and maintaining various services & protocols featured by a Windows Server 2003 in its network infrastructure.


  • Planning and Implementing Server Roles and Server Security

Study about:

Configure security for servers

Assign specific roles to servers

Secure baseline installation

Enforce system default security settings on new systems

Default security settings for Identify client operating system

Default security settings for Identify all server operating system


  • Assign specific roles to servers.

Study about:

Domain controllers

Web servers

Database servers

Mail servers


  • Deploy the security configuration for servers that are assigned specific roles.

Study about:

Security templates based on server roles

Evaluate and select the operating system to install on computers in an enterprise

Identify the minimum configuration to satisfy security requirements


  • Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Network Infrastructure:

Study about:

TCP/IP network infrastructure strategy

IP addressing requirements

IP routing solution

IP subnet scheme


  • Plan and modify a network topology:

Study about:

Physical placement of network resources

Network protocols required

Internet connectivity strategy


  • Plan network traffic monitoring

Study about:

Network Monitor

System Monitor


  • Connectivity to the Internet

Study about:

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Name resolution cache information

Internet client configuration

Troubleshoot TCP/IP addressing

DHCP server address assignment

Host name resolution strategy

DNS namespace design

Zone replication requirements

DNS forwarding configuration

DNS security


  • Interoperability of DNS with third-party DNS solutions:

Study about:

NetBIOS name resolution strategy

WINS replication strategy

NetBIOS name resolution by using the Lmhosts file

Host name resolution

Client computer configuration


  • Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining Routing and Remote Access

Study about:

Plan a routing strategy

Routing protocols for specified environment

Routing for IP multicast traffic

Security for remote access users

Remote access policies

Protocol security

Authentication methods for remote access clients


  • Implement secure access between private networks

Study about:

IPSec policy

Troubleshoot TCP/IP routing

Commands: route, tracert, ping, pathping, and netsh

Network Monitor


  • Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining Server Availability

Study about:

Services for high availability

Clustering services

Network Load Balancing

System bottlenecks

Memory, processor, disk, and network related bottlenecks


  • Implement a cluster server:

Study about:

Recover from cluster node failure

Network Load Balancing Tools:

Network Load Balancing Monitor Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in

WLBS cluster control utility


  • Plan a backup and recovery strategy

Study about:

Backup types

Back up Methods: full, incremental, and differential

Volume shadow copy

Automated System Recovery (ASR) planning


  • Planning and Maintaining Network Security

Study about:

Network protocol security

Protocol security in a heterogeneous client computer environment

Configure protocol security by using IPSec policies

Configure security for data transmission:

IPSec policy settings

Plan for network protocol security:

Ports and protocols for specified services

IPSec policy for secure network communications

Secure network administration methods

Remote Assistance to client computers

Remote administration by using Terminal Services

Security for wireless networks

Security for data transmission

Secure data transmission between client computers

Secure data transmission by using IPSec

IP Security Monitor MMC snap-in

Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) MMC snap-in


  • Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining Security Infrastructure

Study about:

Active Directory service for certificate publication

Public key infrastructure (PKI)

Certificate authority to support certificate issuance requirements

Enrollment and distribution of certificates

Smart card authentication


  • Plan a framework for planning and implementing security:

Study about:

Security monitoring

Management framework for security

Security update infrastructure

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and Microsoft Software Update Services




Microsoft Exam 70-293

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