You need to configure the distribution tracking application
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Case Study: 2
Trey Research
Background
Overview
Trey Research conducts agricultural research and sells the results to the agriculture and food
industries. The company uses a combination of on-premises and third-party server clusters to
meet its storage needs. Trey Research has seasonal demands on its services, with up to 50
percent drops in data capacity and bandwidth demand during low-demand periods. They plan
to host their websites in an agile, cloud environment where the company can deploy and
remove its websites based on its business requirements rather than the requirements of the
hosting company.
A recent fire near the datacenter that Trey Research uses raises the management team’s
awareness of the vulnerability of hosting all of the company’s websites and data at any single
location. The management team is concerned about protecting its data from loss as a result of
a disaster.
Websites
Trey Research has a portfolio of 300 websites and associated background processes that are
currently hosted in a third-party datacenter. All of the websites are written in ASP.NET, and
the background processes use Windows Services. The hosting environment costs Trey
Research approximately S25 million in hosting and maintenance fees.
Infrastructure
Trey Research also has on-premises servers that run VMs to support line-of-business
applications. The company wants to migrate the line-of-business applications to the cloud,
one application at a time. The company is migrating most of its production VMs from an
aging VMWare ESXi farm to a Hyper-V cluster that runs on Windows Server 2012.
Applications
DistributionTracking
Trey Research has a web application named Distributiontracking. This application constantly
collects realtime data that tracks worldwide distribution points to customer retail sites. This
data is available to customers at all times.
The company wants to ensure that the distribution tracking data is stored at a location that is
geographically close to the customers who will be using the information. The system must
continue running in the event of VM failures without corrupting data. The system is
processor intensive and should be run in a multithreading environment.
HRApp
The company has a human resources (HR) application named HRApp that stores data in an
on-premises SQL Server database. The database must have at least two copies, but data to
support backups and business continuity must stay in Trey Research locations only. The data
must remain on-premises and cannot be stored in the cloud.
HRApp was written by a third party, and the code cannot be modified. The human resources
data is used by all business offices, and each office requires access to the entire database.
Users report that HRApp takes all night to generate the required payroll reports, and they
would like to reduce this time.
MetricsTracking
Trey Research has an application named MetricsTracking that is used to track analytics for
the DistributionTracking web application. The data MetricsTracking collects is not customerfacing. Data is stored on an on-premises SQL Server database, but this data should be moved
to the cloud. Employees at other locations access this data by using a remote desktop
connection to connect to the application, but latency issues degrade the functionality.
Trey Research wants a solution that allows remote employees to access metrics data without
using a remote desktop connection. MetricsTracking was written in-house, and the
development team is available to make modifications to the application if necessary.
However, the company wants to continue to use SQL Server for MetricsTracking.
Business Requirements
Business Continuity
You have the following requirements:
• Move all customer-facing data to the cloud.
• Web servers should be backed up to geographically separate locations,
• If one website becomes unavailable, customers should automatically be routed to
websites that are still operational.
• Data must be available regardless of the operational status of any particular website.
• The HRApp system must remain on-premises and must be backed up.
• The MetricsTracking data must be replicated so that it is locally available to all Trey
Research offices.
Auditing and Security
You have the following requirements:
• Both internal and external consumers should be able to access research results.
• Internal users should be able to access data by using their existing company
credentials without requiring multiple logins.
• Consumers should be able to access the service by using their Microsoft credentials.
• Applications written to access the data must be authenticated.
• Access and activity must be monitored and audited.
• Ensure the security and integrity of the data collected from the worldwide distribution
points for the distribution tracking application.
Storage and Processing
You have the following requirements:
• Provide real-time analysis of distribution tracking data by geographic location.
• Collect and store large datasets in real-time data for customer use.
• Locate the distribution tracking data as close to the central office as possible to
improve bandwidth.
• Co-locate the distribution tracking data as close to the customer as possible based on
the customer’s location.
• Distribution tracking data must be stored in the JSON format and indexed by
metadata that is stored in a SQL Server database.
• Data in the cloud must be stored in geographically separate locations, but kept with
the same political boundaries.
Technical Requirements
Migration
You have the following requirements:
• Deploy all websites to Azure.
• Replace on-premises and third-party physical server clusters with cloud-based
solutions.
• Optimize the speed for retrieving exiting JSON objects that contain the distribution
tracking data.
• Recommend strategies for partitioning data for load balancing.
Auditing and Security
You have the following requirements:
• Use Active Directory for internal and external authentication.
• Use OAuth for application authentication.
Business Continuity
You have the following requirements:
• Data must be backed up to separate geographic locations.
• Web servers must run concurrent versions of all websites in distinct geographic
locations.
• Use Azure to back up the on-premises MetricsTracking data.
• Use Azure virtual machines as a recovery platform for MetricsTracking and HRApp.
• Ensure that there is at least one additional on-premises recovery environment for the
HRApp.
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You need to configure the distribution tracking application.
What should you do?
You need to recommend a test strategy for the disaster recovery system
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study: 2
Trey Research
Background
Overview
Trey Research conducts agricultural research and sells the results to the agriculture and food
industries. The company uses a combination of on-premises and third-party server clusters to
meet its storage needs. Trey Research has seasonal demands on its services, with up to 50
percent drops in data capacity and bandwidth demand during low-demand periods. They plan
to host their websites in an agile, cloud environment where the company can deploy and
remove its websites based on its business requirements rather than the requirements of the
hosting company.
A recent fire near the datacenter that Trey Research uses raises the management team’s
awareness of the vulnerability of hosting all of the company’s websites and data at any single
location. The management team is concerned about protecting its data from loss as a result of
a disaster.
Websites
Trey Research has a portfolio of 300 websites and associated background processes that are
currently hosted in a third-party datacenter. All of the websites are written in ASP.NET, and
the background processes use Windows Services. The hosting environment costs Trey
Research approximately S25 million in hosting and maintenance fees.
Infrastructure
Trey Research also has on-premises servers that run VMs to support line-of-business
applications. The company wants to migrate the line-of-business applications to the cloud,
one application at a time. The company is migrating most of its production VMs from an
aging VMWare ESXi farm to a Hyper-V cluster that runs on Windows Server 2012.
Applications
DistributionTracking
Trey Research has a web application named Distributiontracking. This application constantly
collects realtime data that tracks worldwide distribution points to customer retail sites. This
data is available to customers at all times.
The company wants to ensure that the distribution tracking data is stored at a location that is
geographically close to the customers who will be using the information. The system must
continue running in the event of VM failures without corrupting data. The system is
processor intensive and should be run in a multithreading environment.
HRApp
The company has a human resources (HR) application named HRApp that stores data in an
on-premises SQL Server database. The database must have at least two copies, but data to
support backups and business continuity must stay in Trey Research locations only. The data
must remain on-premises and cannot be stored in the cloud.
HRApp was written by a third party, and the code cannot be modified. The human resources
data is used by all business offices, and each office requires access to the entire database.
Users report that HRApp takes all night to generate the required payroll reports, and they
would like to reduce this time.
MetricsTracking
Trey Research has an application named MetricsTracking that is used to track analytics for
the DistributionTracking web application. The data MetricsTracking collects is not customerfacing. Data is stored on an on-premises SQL Server database, but this data should be moved
to the cloud. Employees at other locations access this data by using a remote desktop
connection to connect to the application, but latency issues degrade the functionality.
Trey Research wants a solution that allows remote employees to access metrics data without
using a remote desktop connection. MetricsTracking was written in-house, and the
development team is available to make modifications to the application if necessary.
However, the company wants to continue to use SQL Server for MetricsTracking.
Business Requirements
Business Continuity
You have the following requirements:
• Move all customer-facing data to the cloud.
• Web servers should be backed up to geographically separate locations,
• If one website becomes unavailable, customers should automatically be routed to
websites that are still operational.
• Data must be available regardless of the operational status of any particular website.
• The HRApp system must remain on-premises and must be backed up.
• The MetricsTracking data must be replicated so that it is locally available to all Trey
Research offices.
Auditing and Security
You have the following requirements:
• Both internal and external consumers should be able to access research results.
• Internal users should be able to access data by using their existing company
credentials without requiring multiple logins.
• Consumers should be able to access the service by using their Microsoft credentials.
• Applications written to access the data must be authenticated.
• Access and activity must be monitored and audited.
• Ensure the security and integrity of the data collected from the worldwide distribution
points for the distribution tracking application.
Storage and Processing
You have the following requirements:
• Provide real-time analysis of distribution tracking data by geographic location.
• Collect and store large datasets in real-time data for customer use.
• Locate the distribution tracking data as close to the central office as possible to
improve bandwidth.
• Co-locate the distribution tracking data as close to the customer as possible based on
the customer’s location.
• Distribution tracking data must be stored in the JSON format and indexed by
metadata that is stored in a SQL Server database.
• Data in the cloud must be stored in geographically separate locations, but kept with
the same political boundaries.
Technical Requirements
Migration
You have the following requirements:
• Deploy all websites to Azure.
• Replace on-premises and third-party physical server clusters with cloud-based
solutions.
• Optimize the speed for retrieving exiting JSON objects that contain the distribution
tracking data.
• Recommend strategies for partitioning data for load balancing.
Auditing and Security
You have the following requirements:
• Use Active Directory for internal and external authentication.
• Use OAuth for application authentication.
Business Continuity
You have the following requirements:
• Data must be backed up to separate geographic locations.
• Web servers must run concurrent versions of all websites in distinct geographic
locations.
• Use Azure to back up the on-premises MetricsTracking data.
• Use Azure virtual machines as a recovery platform for MetricsTracking and HRApp.
• Ensure that there is at least one additional on-premises recovery environment for the
HRApp.
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DRAG DROP
You need to recommend a test strategy for the disaster recovery system.
What should you do? To answer, drag the appropriate test strategy to the correct business
application. Each test strategy may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to
drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.
You need to hide the Gantt chart legend
You want to print the Gantt Chart view of your project. You need to hide the Gantt chart
legend. What should you do?
You need to access the file from within the project schedule
You use Project Professional 2010 to manage a construction project. Different members of
the project team frequently modify a blueprint file. The file is saved in a Microsoft Office
SharePoint document library. You need to access the file from within the project schedule.
What should you do?
You need to change the background color of the cells of the milestones to blue
The milestones in your project schedule represent the end of phases. You need to change
the background color of the cells of the milestones to blue. What should you do on the
Format tab?
Which tools should you use?
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Case Study: 3
Contoso, Ltd
Background
Overview
Contoso, Ltd., manufactures and sells golf clubs and golf balls. Contoso also sells golf
accessories under the Contoso Golf and Odyssey brands worldwide.
Most of the company’s IT infrastructure is located in the company’s Carlsbad, California,
headquarters. Contoso also has a sizable third-party colocation datacenter that costs the
company USD $30,000 to $40,000 a month. Contoso has other servers scattered around the
United States.
Contoso, Ltd., has the following goals:
• Move many consumer-facing websites, enterprise databases, and enterprise web
services to Azure.
• Improve the performance for customers and resellers who are access company
websites from around the world.
• Provide support for provisioning resources to meet bursts of demand.
• Consolidate and improve the utilization of website- and database-hosting resources.
• Avoid downtime, particularly that caused by web and database server updating.
• Leverage familiarity with Microsoft server management tools.
Infrastructure
Contoso’s datacenters are filled with dozens of smaller web servers and databases that run on
under-utilized hardware. This creates issues for data backup. Contoso currently backs up data
to tape by using System Center Data Protection Manager. System Center Operations Manager
is not deployed in the enterprise.
All of the servers are expensive to acquire and maintain, and scaling the infrastructure takes
significant time. Contoso conducts weekly server maintenance, which causes downtime for
some of its global offices. Special events, such as high-profile golf tournaments, create a
large increase in site traffic. Contoso has difficulty scaling the web-hosting environment fast
enough to meet these surges in site traffic.
Contoso has resellers and consumers in Japan and China. These resellers must use
applications that run in a datacenter that is located in the state of Texas, in the United States.
Because of the physical distance, the resellers experience slow response times and downtime.
Business Requirements
Management and Performance
Management
• Web servers and databases must automatically apply updates to the operating system
and products.
• Automatically monitor the health of worldwide sites, databases, and virtual machines.
• Automatically back up the website and databases.
• Manage hosted resources by using on-premises tools.
Performance
• The management team would like to centralize data backups and eliminate the use of
tapes.
• The website must automatically scale without code changes or redeployment.
• Support changes in service tier without reconfiguration or redeployment.
• Site-hosting must automatically scale to accommodate data bandwidth and number of
connections.
• Scale databases without requiring migration to a larger server.
• Migrate business critical applications to Azure.
• Migrate databases to the cloud and centralize databases where possible.
Business Continuity and Support
Business Continuity
• Minimize downtime in the event of regional disasters.
• Recover data if unintentional modifications or deletions are discovered.
• Run the website on multiple web server instances to minimize downtime and support
a high service level agreement (SLA).
Connectivity
• Allow enterprise web services to access data and other services located on-premises.
• Provide and monitor lowest latency possible to website visitors.
• Automatically balance traffic among all web servers.
• Provide secure transactions for users of both legacy and modern browsers.
• Provide automated auditing and reporting of web servers and databases.
• Support single sign-on from multiple domains.
Development Environment
You identify the following requirements for the development environment:
• Support the current development team’s knowledge of Microsoft web development
and SQL Service tools.
• Support building experimental applications by using data from the Azure deployment
and on-premises data sources.
• Mitigate the need to purchase additional tools for monitoring and debugging.
• System designers and architects must be able to create custom Web APIs without
requiring any coding.
• Support automatic website deployment from source control.
• Support automated build verification and testing to mitigate bugs introduced during
builds.
• Manage website versions across all deployments.
• Ensure that website versions are consistent across all deployments.
Technical Requirement
Management and Performance
Management
• Use build automation to deploy directly from Visual Studio.
• Use build-time versioning of assets and builds/releases.
• Automate common IT tasks such as VM creation by using Windows PowerShell
workflows.
• Use advanced monitoring features and reports of workloads in Azure by using
existing Microsoft tools.
Performance
• Websites must automatically load balance across multiple servers to adapt to varying
traffic.
• In production, websites must run on multiple instances.
• First-time published websites must be published by using Visual Studio and scaled to
a single instance to test publishing.
• Data storage must support automatic load balancing across multiple servers.
• Websites must adapt to wide increases in traffic during special events.
• Azure virtual machines (VMs) must be created in the same datacenter when
applicable.
Business Continuity and Support
Business Continuity
• Automatically co-locate data and applications in different geographic locations.
• Provide real-time reporting of changes to critical data and binaries.
• Provide real-time alerts of security exceptions.
• Unwanted deletions or modifications of data must be reversible for up to one month,
especially in business critical applications and databases.
• Any cloud-hosted servers must be highly available.
Enterprise Support
• The solution must use stored procedures to access on-premises SQL Server data from
Azure.
• A debugger must automatically attach to websites on a weekly basis. The scripts that
handle the configuration and setup of debugging cannot work if there is a delay in
attaching the debugger.
###EndCaseStudy###
HOTSPOT
You need implement tools at the client’s location for monitoring and deploying Azure resources.
Which tools should you use? To answer, select the appropriate on-premises tool for each task in the
answer area.
Which four Azure PowerShell scripts should you run in sequence?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study: 3
Contoso, Ltd
Background
Overview
Contoso, Ltd., manufactures and sells golf clubs and golf balls. Contoso also sells golf
accessories under the Contoso Golf and Odyssey brands worldwide.
Most of the company’s IT infrastructure is located in the company’s Carlsbad, California,
headquarters. Contoso also has a sizable third-party colocation datacenter that costs the
company USD $30,000 to $40,000 a month. Contoso has other servers scattered around the
United States.
Contoso, Ltd., has the following goals:
• Move many consumer-facing websites, enterprise databases, and enterprise web
services to Azure.
• Improve the performance for customers and resellers who are access company
websites from around the world.
• Provide support for provisioning resources to meet bursts of demand.
• Consolidate and improve the utilization of website- and database-hosting resources.
• Avoid downtime, particularly that caused by web and database server updating.
• Leverage familiarity with Microsoft server management tools.
Infrastructure
Contoso’s datacenters are filled with dozens of smaller web servers and databases that run on
under-utilized hardware. This creates issues for data backup. Contoso currently backs up data
to tape by using System Center Data Protection Manager. System Center Operations Manager
is not deployed in the enterprise.
All of the servers are expensive to acquire and maintain, and scaling the infrastructure takes
significant time. Contoso conducts weekly server maintenance, which causes downtime for
some of its global offices. Special events, such as high-profile golf tournaments, create a
large increase in site traffic. Contoso has difficulty scaling the web-hosting environment fast
enough to meet these surges in site traffic.
Contoso has resellers and consumers in Japan and China. These resellers must use
applications that run in a datacenter that is located in the state of Texas, in the United States.
Because of the physical distance, the resellers experience slow response times and downtime.
Business Requirements
Management and Performance
Management
• Web servers and databases must automatically apply updates to the operating system
and products.
• Automatically monitor the health of worldwide sites, databases, and virtual machines.
• Automatically back up the website and databases.
• Manage hosted resources by using on-premises tools.
Performance
• The management team would like to centralize data backups and eliminate the use of
tapes.
• The website must automatically scale without code changes or redeployment.
• Support changes in service tier without reconfiguration or redeployment.
• Site-hosting must automatically scale to accommodate data bandwidth and number of
connections.
• Scale databases without requiring migration to a larger server.
• Migrate business critical applications to Azure.
• Migrate databases to the cloud and centralize databases where possible.
Business Continuity and Support
Business Continuity
• Minimize downtime in the event of regional disasters.
• Recover data if unintentional modifications or deletions are discovered.
• Run the website on multiple web server instances to minimize downtime and support
a high service level agreement (SLA).
Connectivity
• Allow enterprise web services to access data and other services located on-premises.
• Provide and monitor lowest latency possible to website visitors.
• Automatically balance traffic among all web servers.
• Provide secure transactions for users of both legacy and modern browsers.
• Provide automated auditing and reporting of web servers and databases.
• Support single sign-on from multiple domains.
Development Environment
You identify the following requirements for the development environment:
• Support the current development team’s knowledge of Microsoft web development
and SQL Service tools.
• Support building experimental applications by using data from the Azure deployment
and on-premises data sources.
• Mitigate the need to purchase additional tools for monitoring and debugging.
• System designers and architects must be able to create custom Web APIs without
requiring any coding.
• Support automatic website deployment from source control.
• Support automated build verification and testing to mitigate bugs introduced during
builds.
• Manage website versions across all deployments.
• Ensure that website versions are consistent across all deployments.
Technical Requirement
Management and Performance
Management
• Use build automation to deploy directly from Visual Studio.
• Use build-time versioning of assets and builds/releases.
• Automate common IT tasks such as VM creation by using Windows PowerShell
workflows.
• Use advanced monitoring features and reports of workloads in Azure by using
existing Microsoft tools.
Performance
• Websites must automatically load balance across multiple servers to adapt to varying
traffic.
• In production, websites must run on multiple instances.
• First-time published websites must be published by using Visual Studio and scaled to
a single instance to test publishing.
• Data storage must support automatic load balancing across multiple servers.
• Websites must adapt to wide increases in traffic during special events.
• Azure virtual machines (VMs) must be created in the same datacenter when
applicable.
Business Continuity and Support
Business Continuity
• Automatically co-locate data and applications in different geographic locations.
• Provide real-time reporting of changes to critical data and binaries.
• Provide real-time alerts of security exceptions.
• Unwanted deletions or modifications of data must be reversible for up to one month,
especially in business critical applications and databases.
• Any cloud-hosted servers must be highly available.
Enterprise Support
• The solution must use stored procedures to access on-premises SQL Server data from
Azure.
• A debugger must automatically attach to websites on a weekly basis. The scripts that
handle the configuration and setup of debugging cannot work if there is a delay in
attaching the debugger.
###EndCaseStudy###
DRAG DROP
You need to deploy the virtual machines to Azure.
Which four Azure PowerShell scripts should you run in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate
scripts from the list of scripts to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.
You need to incorporate the task outline into your project plan
You receive a Microsoft Outlook e-mail message that contains the following task outline:
• Establish corporate internal communications process.
• Find out the regional and country divisions’ communications process.
• Plan communication methods, logistics, and timings.
• Establish regional and country communications to sales, marketing, and
management.
• Find out the internal systems that must respond to the campaign.
• Create communications plan.
• Identify internal training requirements.
• Develop internal training.
• Organization of internal communications and training completion.
You need to incorporate the task outline into your project plan. What should you do?
You need to ensure that the task names are printed on each page
You attempt to print the task table and Gantt chart horizontally. However, the task names do
not appear on each printed page. You need to ensure that the task names are printed on
each page. What should you do?
You need to ensure that the dates are displayed as 1/28/09
The dates of your project are displayed in the long date format as Wed 09-01-28 12:33. You
need to ensure that the dates are displayed as 1/28/09. What should you do?