Which configuration should you include in the recommendation?
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Case Study: 1
Contoso, Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd., is a recruiting and staffing company that has offices throughout North
America.
The company has a main office and six branch offices. The main office is located in Miami.
The branch offices are located in New York. Seattle, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and
Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Network Infrastructure
The network contains one Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
The main office has the following servers:
• One file server that maintains multiples shares
• Two domain controllers configured as DNS servers
• One Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server
• Two DHCP servers that each have a scope for all of the subnets
• Two servers that have Failover Clustering configured and are used as virtualization
hosts
• One server that has Microsoft SQL Server 2012 installed and maintains a customer
relationship management (CRM) database
Each branch office has the following servers:
• One domain controller configured as a DNS server
• One DHCP server that has a signals scope for its respective office
Each office has a single subnet. The network speed of the local area network (LAN) is 1
gigabit per second. All of the offices have a high-speed connection to the Internet. The
offices connect to each other by using VPN appliances.
Current Issues
Users report that it can take a long time to download files from network shares in the main
office.
A root cause analysis identifies that network traffic peaks when the users experience this
issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
The company plans to implement the following changes:
• Replace all of the domain controllers with new servers that run Windows Server 2012.
• Upgrade the CRM application to use a web-based application that connects to the
current CRM database. The web application will store session data in the memory of
each web server.
• Initially, deploy two front-end web servers to two virtual machines. Additional virtual
web servers will be deployed in the future.
• Monitor the availability of the CRM application and create alerts when the overall
availability is less than 99 percent.
• Implement Microsoft System Center 2012 to manage the new environment.
Business Requirements
The company identifies the following business requirements:
• Minimize hardware costs and software costs whenever possible.
• Minimize the amount of network traffic over the VPN whenever possible.
• Ensure that the users in the branch offices can access files currently on the main office
file server if an Internet link fails.
Technical Requirements
The company identifies the following technical requirements:
• Provide a highly available DHCP solution.
• Maintain a central database that contains the security events from all of the servers.
The database must be encrypted.
• Ensure that an administrator in the main office can manage the approval of Windows
updates and updates to third-party applications for all of the users.
• Ensure that all of the domain controllers have the ReliableTimeSource registry value
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters set to 1, even if an
administrator changes that value manually.
Virtualization Requirements
The company identifies the following virtualization requirements:
• Minimize the number of permissions and privileges assigned to users.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group2 can add a WSUS server to the
fabric.
• Ensure that a diagram view of the virtualization environment can be generated
dynamically.
• Minimize the amount of administrative effort required to manage the virtualization
environment.
• Prevent the failure of a front-end web server from affecting the availability of the
CRM application.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group1 can create new virtual machines in
the Los Angeles office only.
• Only create virtual machine templates by using objects that already exist in the
System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library.
• On the failover cluster in the main office, apply limited distribution release (LDR)
updates to the virtualization hosts without disrupting the virtual machines hosted on
the virtualization hosts.
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You need to recommend a solution that manages the security events. The solution must
meet the technical requirements.
Which configuration should you include in the recommendation?
What should you create on the DNS servers in contoso.com?
Your network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
You plan to add a new domain named child.contoso.com to the forest.
On the DNS servers in child.contoso.com, you plan to create conditional forwarders that
point to the DNS servers in contoso.com.
You need to ensure that the DNS servers in contoso.com can resolve names for the servers
in child.contoso.com.
What should you create on the DNS servers in contoso.com?
Which user role profile should you select for Group2?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study: 1
Contoso, Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd., is a recruiting and staffing company that has offices throughout North
America.
The company has a main office and six branch offices. The main office is located in Miami.
The branch offices are located in New York. Seattle, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and
Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Network Infrastructure
The network contains one Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
The main office has the following servers:
• One file server that maintains multiples shares
• Two domain controllers configured as DNS servers
• One Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server
• Two DHCP servers that each have a scope for all of the subnets
• Two servers that have Failover Clustering configured and are used as virtualization
hosts
• One server that has Microsoft SQL Server 2012 installed and maintains a customer
relationship management (CRM) database
Each branch office has the following servers:
• One domain controller configured as a DNS server
• One DHCP server that has a signals scope for its respective office
Each office has a single subnet. The network speed of the local area network (LAN) is 1
gigabit per second. All of the offices have a high-speed connection to the Internet. The
offices connect to each other by using VPN appliances.
Current Issues
Users report that it can take a long time to download files from network shares in the main
office.
A root cause analysis identifies that network traffic peaks when the users experience this
issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
The company plans to implement the following changes:
• Replace all of the domain controllers with new servers that run Windows Server 2012.
• Upgrade the CRM application to use a web-based application that connects to the
current CRM database. The web application will store session data in the memory of
each web server.
• Initially, deploy two front-end web servers to two virtual machines. Additional virtual
web servers will be deployed in the future.
• Monitor the availability of the CRM application and create alerts when the overall
availability is less than 99 percent.
• Implement Microsoft System Center 2012 to manage the new environment.
Business Requirements
The company identifies the following business requirements:
• Minimize hardware costs and software costs whenever possible.
• Minimize the amount of network traffic over the VPN whenever possible.
• Ensure that the users in the branch offices can access files currently on the main office
file server if an Internet link fails.
Technical Requirements
The company identifies the following technical requirements:
• Provide a highly available DHCP solution.
• Maintain a central database that contains the security events from all of the servers.
The database must be encrypted.
• Ensure that an administrator in the main office can manage the approval of Windows
updates and updates to third-party applications for all of the users.
• Ensure that all of the domain controllers have the ReliableTimeSource registry value
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters set to 1, even if an
administrator changes that value manually.
Virtualization Requirements
The company identifies the following virtualization requirements:
• Minimize the number of permissions and privileges assigned to users.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group2 can add a WSUS server to the
fabric.
• Ensure that a diagram view of the virtualization environment can be generated
dynamically.
• Minimize the amount of administrative effort required to manage the virtualization
environment.
• Prevent the failure of a front-end web server from affecting the availability of the
CRM application.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group1 can create new virtual machines in
the Los Angeles office only.
• Only create virtual machine templates by using objects that already exist in the
System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library.
• On the failover cluster in the main office, apply limited distribution release (LDR)
updates to the virtualization hosts without disrupting the virtual machines hosted on
the virtualization hosts.
###EndCaseStudy###
You are planning the delegation for the virtualization environment. The delegation must meet
the visualization requirements.
Which user role profile should you select for Group2?
How many Active Directory sites should you recommend?
Your company has a main office, ten regional datacenters. and 100 branch offices.
You are designing the site topology for an Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
The forest will contain the following servers:
In each regional datacenter and in the main office, a domain controller that runs Windows
Server 2012
In each branch office, a file server that runs Windows Server 2012
You have a shared folder that is accessed by using the path \\contoso.com\shares\software.
The folder will be replicated to a local file server in each branch office by using Distributed
File System (DFS) replication.
You need to recommend an Active Directory site design to meet the following requirements:
Ensure that users in the branch offices will be authenticated by a domain controller in the
closest regional datacenter.
Ensure that users automatically connect to the closest file server when they access
\\contoso.com\shares\software.
How many Active Directory sites should you recommend?
What should you include in the recommendation?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study: 1
Contoso, Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd., is a recruiting and staffing company that has offices throughout North
America.
The company has a main office and six branch offices. The main office is located in Miami.
The branch offices are located in New York. Seattle, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and
Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Network Infrastructure
The network contains one Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
The main office has the following servers:
• One file server that maintains multiples shares
• Two domain controllers configured as DNS servers
• One Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server
• Two DHCP servers that each have a scope for all of the subnets
• Two servers that have Failover Clustering configured and are used as virtualization
hosts
• One server that has Microsoft SQL Server 2012 installed and maintains a customer
relationship management (CRM) database
Each branch office has the following servers:
• One domain controller configured as a DNS server
• One DHCP server that has a signals scope for its respective office
Each office has a single subnet. The network speed of the local area network (LAN) is 1
gigabit per second. All of the offices have a high-speed connection to the Internet. The
offices connect to each other by using VPN appliances.
Current Issues
Users report that it can take a long time to download files from network shares in the main
office.
A root cause analysis identifies that network traffic peaks when the users experience this
issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
The company plans to implement the following changes:
• Replace all of the domain controllers with new servers that run Windows Server 2012.
• Upgrade the CRM application to use a web-based application that connects to the
current CRM database. The web application will store session data in the memory of
each web server.
• Initially, deploy two front-end web servers to two virtual machines. Additional virtual
web servers will be deployed in the future.
• Monitor the availability of the CRM application and create alerts when the overall
availability is less than 99 percent.
• Implement Microsoft System Center 2012 to manage the new environment.
Business Requirements
The company identifies the following business requirements:
• Minimize hardware costs and software costs whenever possible.
• Minimize the amount of network traffic over the VPN whenever possible.
• Ensure that the users in the branch offices can access files currently on the main office
file server if an Internet link fails.
Technical Requirements
The company identifies the following technical requirements:
• Provide a highly available DHCP solution.
• Maintain a central database that contains the security events from all of the servers.
The database must be encrypted.
• Ensure that an administrator in the main office can manage the approval of Windows
updates and updates to third-party applications for all of the users.
• Ensure that all of the domain controllers have the ReliableTimeSource registry value
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters set to 1, even if an
administrator changes that value manually.
Virtualization Requirements
The company identifies the following virtualization requirements:
• Minimize the number of permissions and privileges assigned to users.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group2 can add a WSUS server to the
fabric.
• Ensure that a diagram view of the virtualization environment can be generated
dynamically.
• Minimize the amount of administrative effort required to manage the virtualization
environment.
• Prevent the failure of a front-end web server from affecting the availability of the
CRM application.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group1 can create new virtual machines in
the Los Angeles office only.
• Only create virtual machine templates by using objects that already exist in the
System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library.
• On the failover cluster in the main office, apply limited distribution release (LDR)
updates to the virtualization hosts without disrupting the virtual machines hosted on
the virtualization hosts.
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You need to recommend a solution that resolves the current file server issue. The solution
must meet the business requirements.
What should you include in the recommendation?
What should you include in the recommendation?
Your company has two main offices and 10 branch offices. Each office is configured as a
separate Active Directory site.
The main offices sites are named Site1 and Site2. Each office connects to Site1 and Site2
by using a WAN link. Each site contains a domain controller that runs Windows Server 2008.
You are redesigning the Active Directory infrastructure.
You plan to implement domain controllers that run Windows Server 2012 and decommission
all of the domain controllers that run Windows Server 2008.
You need to recommend a placement plan for the Windows Server 2012 domain controllers
to meet the following requirements:
Ensure that users can log on to the domain if a domain controller or a WAN link fails.
Minimize the number of domain controllers implemented.
What should you include in the recommendation? (Each correct answer presents part of the
solution. Choose all that apply.)
What should you include in the recommendation?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study: 1
Contoso, Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd., is a recruiting and staffing company that has offices throughout North
America.
The company has a main office and six branch offices. The main office is located in Miami.
The branch offices are located in New York. Seattle, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and
Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Network Infrastructure
The network contains one Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
The main office has the following servers:
• One file server that maintains multiples shares
• Two domain controllers configured as DNS servers
• One Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server
• Two DHCP servers that each have a scope for all of the subnets
• Two servers that have Failover Clustering configured and are used as virtualization
hosts
• One server that has Microsoft SQL Server 2012 installed and maintains a customer
relationship management (CRM) database
Each branch office has the following servers:
• One domain controller configured as a DNS server
• One DHCP server that has a signals scope for its respective office
Each office has a single subnet. The network speed of the local area network (LAN) is 1
gigabit per second. All of the offices have a high-speed connection to the Internet. The
offices connect to each other by using VPN appliances.
Current Issues
Users report that it can take a long time to download files from network shares in the main
office.
A root cause analysis identifies that network traffic peaks when the users experience this
issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
The company plans to implement the following changes:
• Replace all of the domain controllers with new servers that run Windows Server 2012.
• Upgrade the CRM application to use a web-based application that connects to the
current CRM database. The web application will store session data in the memory of
each web server.
• Initially, deploy two front-end web servers to two virtual machines. Additional virtual
web servers will be deployed in the future.
• Monitor the availability of the CRM application and create alerts when the overall
availability is less than 99 percent.
• Implement Microsoft System Center 2012 to manage the new environment.
Business Requirements
The company identifies the following business requirements:
• Minimize hardware costs and software costs whenever possible.
• Minimize the amount of network traffic over the VPN whenever possible.
• Ensure that the users in the branch offices can access files currently on the main office
file server if an Internet link fails.
Technical Requirements
The company identifies the following technical requirements:
• Provide a highly available DHCP solution.
• Maintain a central database that contains the security events from all of the servers.
The database must be encrypted.
• Ensure that an administrator in the main office can manage the approval of Windows
updates and updates to third-party applications for all of the users.
• Ensure that all of the domain controllers have the ReliableTimeSource registry value
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters set to 1, even if an
administrator changes that value manually.
Virtualization Requirements
The company identifies the following virtualization requirements:
• Minimize the number of permissions and privileges assigned to users.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group2 can add a WSUS server to the
fabric.
• Ensure that a diagram view of the virtualization environment can be generated
dynamically.
• Minimize the amount of administrative effort required to manage the virtualization
environment.
• Prevent the failure of a front-end web server from affecting the availability of the
CRM application.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group1 can create new virtual machines in
the Los Angeles office only.
• Only create virtual machine templates by using objects that already exist in the
System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library.
• On the failover cluster in the main office, apply limited distribution release (LDR)
updates to the virtualization hosts without disrupting the virtual machines hosted on
the virtualization hosts.
###EndCaseStudy###
You need to recommend a solution for managing updates. The solution must meet the
technical requirements.
What should you include in the recommendation?
What should you include in the recommendation?
Your network contains a Hyper-V host named Host1 that runs Windows Server 2012. Host1
contains a virtual machine named DC1. DC1 is a domain controller that runs Windows
Server 2012.
You plan to clone DC1.
You need to recommend which steps are required to prepare DC1 to be cloned.
What should you include in the recommendation? (Each correct answer presents part of the
solution. Choose all that apply.)
What should you include in the recommendation?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study: 1
Contoso, Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd., is a recruiting and staffing company that has offices throughout North
America.
The company has a main office and six branch offices. The main office is located in Miami.
The branch offices are located in New York. Seattle, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, and
Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Network Infrastructure
The network contains one Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
The main office has the following servers:
• One file server that maintains multiples shares
• Two domain controllers configured as DNS servers
• One Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server
• Two DHCP servers that each have a scope for all of the subnets
• Two servers that have Failover Clustering configured and are used as virtualization
hosts
• One server that has Microsoft SQL Server 2012 installed and maintains a customer
relationship management (CRM) database
Each branch office has the following servers:
• One domain controller configured as a DNS server
• One DHCP server that has a signals scope for its respective office
Each office has a single subnet. The network speed of the local area network (LAN) is 1
gigabit per second. All of the offices have a high-speed connection to the Internet. The
offices connect to each other by using VPN appliances.
Current Issues
Users report that it can take a long time to download files from network shares in the main
office.
A root cause analysis identifies that network traffic peaks when the users experience this
issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
The company plans to implement the following changes:
• Replace all of the domain controllers with new servers that run Windows Server 2012.
• Upgrade the CRM application to use a web-based application that connects to the
current CRM database. The web application will store session data in the memory of
each web server.
• Initially, deploy two front-end web servers to two virtual machines. Additional virtual
web servers will be deployed in the future.
• Monitor the availability of the CRM application and create alerts when the overall
availability is less than 99 percent.
• Implement Microsoft System Center 2012 to manage the new environment.
Business Requirements
The company identifies the following business requirements:
• Minimize hardware costs and software costs whenever possible.
• Minimize the amount of network traffic over the VPN whenever possible.
• Ensure that the users in the branch offices can access files currently on the main office
file server if an Internet link fails.
Technical Requirements
The company identifies the following technical requirements:
• Provide a highly available DHCP solution.
• Maintain a central database that contains the security events from all of the servers.
The database must be encrypted.
• Ensure that an administrator in the main office can manage the approval of Windows
updates and updates to third-party applications for all of the users.
• Ensure that all of the domain controllers have the ReliableTimeSource registry value
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters set to 1, even if an
administrator changes that value manually.
Virtualization Requirements
The company identifies the following virtualization requirements:
• Minimize the number of permissions and privileges assigned to users.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group2 can add a WSUS server to the
fabric.
• Ensure that a diagram view of the virtualization environment can be generated
dynamically.
• Minimize the amount of administrative effort required to manage the virtualization
environment.
• Prevent the failure of a front-end web server from affecting the availability of the
CRM application.
• Ensure that the members of a group named Group1 can create new virtual machines in
the Los Angeles office only.
• Only create virtual machine templates by using objects that already exist in the
System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library.
• On the failover cluster in the main office, apply limited distribution release (LDR)
updates to the virtualization hosts without disrupting the virtual machines hosted on
the virtualization hosts.
###EndCaseStudy###
You are planning the deployment of System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM).
You need to identify which additional System Center 2012 product is required to meet the
virtualization requirements.
What should you include in the recommendation?
What should you recommend?
A new company registers the domain name of contoso.com. The company has a web
presence on the Internet. All Internet resources have names that use a DNS suffix of
contoso.com.
A third-party hosts the Internet resources and is responsible for managing the contoso.com
DNS zone on the Internet. The zone contains several hundred records.
The company plans to deploy an Active Directory forest.
You need to recommend an Active Directory forest infrastructure to meet the following
requirements:
Ensure that users on the internal network can resolve the names of the company’s Internet
resources.
Minimize the amount of administrative effort associated with the addition of new Internet
servers.
What should you recommend?