Skills measured by exam 70-290

Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical Devices

Manage basic disks and dynamic disks.

Monitor server hardware. Tools might include Device Manager, the Hardware Troubleshooting Wizard, and appropriate Control Panel items.

Optimize server disk performance

implement a Raid Solution
defragment volumes and partitions

Install and configure server hardware devices.

Configure driver signing options
Configure resource settings for a device
Configure device properties and settings

Managing Users, Computers, and Groups

Manage local, roaming, and mandatory user profiles

Create and manage computer accounts in an Active Directory environment

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 computer accounts

Diagnose and resolve issues related to computer accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in
Reset computer accounts

Troubleshoot user accounts

Diagnose and resolve account lockouts
Diagnose and resolve issues related to user account properties

Troubleshoot user authentication issues

Managing and Maintaining Access to Resources

Configure access to shared folders

Manage shared folder permissions

Troubleshoot Terminal Services

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

Configure file system permissions

Verify effective permissions when granting permissions
Change ownership of files and folders

Troubleshoot access to files and shared folders

Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment

Monitor and analyze events. Tools might include Event Viewer and System Monitor

Manage software update infrastructure

Manage software site licensing

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

Troubleshoot print queues

Monitor system performance

Monitor file and print servers. Tools might include Task Manager, Event Viewer, and System Monitor

Monitor disk quotas
Monitor print queues
Monitor server hardware for bottlenecks

Monitor and optimize a server environment for application performance

Monitor memory performance objects
Monitor network performance objects
Monitor process performance objects
Monitor disk performance objects

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

Manage backup procedures

Verify the successful completion of backup jobs
Manage backup storage media

Recover from server hardware failure

Restore backup data

Schedule backup jobs

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