which one satisfies the company’s business requirements for desktop applications?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Groveware, Inc.is a large manufacture company which provides medical equipment and distributes the
equipment internationally.
Physical Locations
Groveware has many branch offices all over the world. The branch office in Tokyo has 500 desktops, the
office in London has 450 desktops, the office in Ohio has 480 desktops and the office in Sydney has 300
desktops,
Existing Environment
Existing Licensing Solution
The Sydney office and the Tokyo office manage their licensing respectively. The managers in the Tokyo
office and the Sydney office mainly use OEM programs and Open License programs to purchase licenses.
Existing IT Environment
All employees use desktops with Windows operating systems and Office installed.
The servers in Sydney are shown in the following table:
The servers in Tokyo are shown in the following table:
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
Groveware attempts to make the following changes in the next two years:
* Open five new offices in India. Each new office in India will have 50 employees.
* Add 100 employees to the Tokyo office.
* Replace the hardware for all desktops
* Upgrade all e-mail services to Exchange Server 2007 and upgrade all servers to Windows Server 2003 R2.
* Provide all employees with access to Window SharePoint Services.
* Standardize the desktop operating system to Windows XP Professional.
Business Goals
Groveware has the following business goals:
* Allow flexibility to purchase new editions of server licenses, with or without Software Assurance
* Standardize desktop applications across all companies.
* Minimize the upfront cost of upgrading desktop applications.
* Minimize costs for server licenses.
* Provide employees with immediate access to the latest version of Office while minimizing costs
* Provide employees with access to Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007
Question
In the Volume Licensing agreements below, which one satisfies the company’s business requirements for desktop applications.
where should you direct the new IT Director to find the product key?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Groveware, Inc.is a large manufacture company which provides medical equipment and distributes the
equipment internationally.
Physical Locations
Groveware has many branch offices all over the world. The branch office in Tokyo has 500 desktops, the
office in London has 450 desktops, the office in Ohio has 480 desktops and the office in Sydney has 300
desktops,
Existing Environment
Existing Licensing Solution
The Sydney office and the Tokyo office manage their licensing respectively. The managers in the Tokyo
office and the Sydney office mainly use OEM programs and Open License programs to purchase licenses.
Existing IT Environment
All employees use desktops with Windows operating systems and Office installed.
The servers in Sydney are shown in the following table:
The servers in Tokyo are shown in the following table:
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
Groveware attempts to make the following changes in the next two years:
* Open five new offices in India. Each new office in India will have 50 employees.
* Add 100 employees to the Tokyo office.
* Replace the hardware for all desktops
* Upgrade all e-mail services to Exchange Server 2007 and upgrade all servers to Windows Server 2003 R2.
* Provide all employees with access to Window SharePoint Services.
* Standardize the desktop operating system to Windows XP Professional.
Business Goals
Groveware has the following business goals:
* Allow flexibility to purchase new editions of server licenses, with or without Software Assurance
* Standardize desktop applications across all companies.
* Minimize the upfront cost of upgrading desktop applications.
* Minimize costs for server licenses.
* Provide employees with immediate access to the latest version of Office while minimizing costs
* Provide employees with access to Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2007
Question
According to the business requirements, Groveware hires a new IT Director who needs access to the SQL Server product key. In the places below, where should you direct the new IT Director to find the product key?
Of the following solutions, which one should be used by Live-cross?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Live-cross is an Institute of Medical Sciences.
Physical Locations
This institute consists of a head office and 54 branch offices. There are 35 to 45 employees in each office. Most of the research employees enter research data by using a text-based terminal. Only the administrative staff uses desktops which have Windows installed. There are three administrative staff in each office. In order to make sure of providing round-the-clock service, they work during different shifts. Administrative users share computers.
Existing Environment
Existing IT Environment
The institution has installed Windows XP Professional on all desktops under OEM licenses. Under Retail Product/Full Package Product (FPP) licenses, all desktops require a memory upgrade to be compatible with Windows Vista. Each office is configured with a network server. All servers have a third-party operating system installed and run a third-party e-mail application. The Institution contains has a third-party accounting application which is used to store customer information and research data. The accounting application stores all data in a Microsoft Access database.
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
Live-cross wants to make the following changes to its network in the following year.
Implement one server which runs Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Implement a server which runs Windows Server 2008 at each office.
Upgrade all existing desktops to Windows Vista.
Make all desktops run Microsoft Office Small Business 2007.
Implement one server with a Quad-core processor which has Microsoft SQL Server 2008 installed.
Implement one server with a Quad-core processor which has Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 installed.
Problem Statements
Since there are two problems in Live-cross, Live-cross intends to solve the two problems:
The third-party accounting application is not compatible with Windows Vista.
The company is unable to purchase licenses upfront and pay additional changes any longer.
Business Goals
Live-cross aims to achieve the following business goals:
Own all software licenses.
Reduce licensing costs to the least.
Keep all software applications current.
Train administrative staff on new applications.
Within a single licensing program consolidate purchasing.
Question
The institution needs a licensing solution that allows it to run the third-party accounting application on virtual machines on the Windows Vista desktops. This licensing solution should reduce costs to the least. Of the following solutions, which one should be used by Live-cross?
In the resources below, which one can be used by the company to compare both licensing solutions?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Amet Research is a highly secured electronic research institute which provides lots of electronic information.
Physical Locations
Amet Research has 4,500 employees located in offices all over the world. Employees work through three shifts to ensure the whole day service to customers. Employees share desktop computers.
Existing Environment
Existing IT Environment
All desktops have Windows XP Professional installed under OEM agreements. They have Microsoft Office Professional 2003 installed under Open License or select License agreements without Software
Assurance.
According to the work environment, a memory upgrade is required to be compatible with Windows Vista by all desktops.
Each branch office has a network server. All servers have a third-party operating system and third-party e-mail application installed.
Amet Research has a third-party accounting application.
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
Amet Research intends to make the following changes to its network during the next two years:
* Deploy 25 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Servers at the head office
* Deploy a four-node Microsoft SQL Server cluster on single-processor servers
* Upgrade all existing desktops to Windows Vista
* Upgrade all existing desktops to Office Professional 2007
* Deploy 12 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise servers.
* Deploy 6 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 servers
Problems
Amet Research attempts to solve the following problems.
The third-party accounting application is not compatible with Windows Vista.
The company is not able to purchase licenses upfront any more.
Business Goals
Amet Research aims to achieve the following business goals:
* Minimize the amount of IT staff without impacting technical support provided to employees.
* Reduce licensing costs
* Consolidate purchasing within a single licensing program
* Avoid paying financing costs for the purchase of licenses
* Have all software licenses
* Train all employees on new applications
* Be able to install the latest Microsoft products as they become available
Question
Sine Amet Research needs to evaluate entering into either a Select License or an Enterprise Agreement. In the resources below, which one can be used by the company to compare both licensing solutions?
Of the following options, which Volume Licensing solution meets the school’s business goals?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Adventure Works is a school that offers literacy programs. Volunteers travel to local community centers and libraries to provide one-on-one tutoring and literacy-building activites. The school is an accredited educational institution.
The school’s main office is located in Miami. The school currently has 45 employees and 60 volunteers.
Existing Environment
Existing Licensing Solution
All existing software and hardware has been donated to the school.
Existing IT Environment
Adventure Works has a single IT administrator.
Each employee has a desktop. The desktops run different versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.
The network does not contain any servers.
The employees use public e-mail services. No computers are available for student use.
Business Goals
Adventure Works has the following business goals:
Implement an internal e-mail solution
Provide redundancy in the event of server failure
Allow all employees to access a third-party application that requires Microsoft SQL Server
Standardize all desktop applications
Minimize licensing costs
Provide a security solution for protecting the perimeter network from external attacks.
Minimize the cost of troubleshooting desktops.
Question
Of the following options, which Volume Licensing solution meets the school’s business goals?
Of the following client licensing solutions, which one meets the company’s planned server installations?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Amet Research is a highly secured electronic research institute which provides lots of electronic information.
Physical Locations
Amet Research has 4,500 employees located in offices all over the world. Employees work through three shifts to ensure the whole day service to customers. Employees share desktop computers.
Existing Environment
Existing IT Environment
All desktops have Windows XP Professional installed under OEM agreements. They have Microsoft Office Professional 2003 installed under Open License or select License agreements without Software
Assurance.
According to the work environment, a memory upgrade is required to be compatible with Windows Vista by all desktops.
Each branch office has a network server. All servers have a third-party operating system and third-party e-mail application installed.
Amet Research has a third-party accounting application.
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
Amet Research intends to make the following changes to its network during the next two years:
* Deploy 25 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Servers at the head office
* Deploy a four-node Microsoft SQL Server cluster on single-processor servers
* Upgrade all existing desktops to Windows Vista
* Upgrade all existing desktops to Office Professional 2007
* Deploy 12 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise servers.
* Deploy 6 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 servers
Problems
Amet Research attempts to solve the following problems.
The third-party accounting application is not compatible with Windows Vista.
The company is not able to purchase licenses upfront any more.
Business Goals
Amet Research aims to achieve the following business goals:
* Minimize the amount of IT staff without impacting technical support provided to employees.
* Reduce licensing costs
* Consolidate purchasing within a single licensing program
* Avoid paying financing costs for the purchase of licenses
* Have all software licenses
* Train all employees on new applications
* Be able to install the latest Microsoft products as they become available
Question
Of the following client licensing solutions, which one meets the company’s planned server installations?
which licensing solution should be used?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Amet Research is a highly secured electronic research institute which provides lots of electronic information.
Physical Locations
Amet Research has 4,500 employees located in offices all over the world. Employees work through three shifts to ensure the whole day service to customers. Employees share desktop computers.
Existing Environment
Existing IT Environment
All desktops have Windows XP Professional installed under OEM agreements. They have Microsoft Office Professional 2003 installed under Open License or select License agreements without Software
Assurance.
According to the work environment, a memory upgrade is required to be compatible with Windows Vista by all desktops.
Each branch office has a network server. All servers have a third-party operating system and third-party e-mail application installed.
Amet Research has a third-party accounting application.
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
Amet Research intends to make the following changes to its network during the next two years:
* Deploy 25 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Servers at the head office
* Deploy a four-node Microsoft SQL Server cluster on single-processor servers
* Upgrade all existing desktops to Windows Vista
* Upgrade all existing desktops to Office Professional 2007
* Deploy 12 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise servers.
* Deploy 6 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 servers
Problems
Amet Research attempts to solve the following problems.
The third-party accounting application is not compatible with Windows Vista.
The company is not able to purchase licenses upfront any more.
Business Goals
Amet Research aims to achieve the following business goals:
* Minimize the amount of IT staff without impacting technical support provided to employees.
* Reduce licensing costs
* Consolidate purchasing within a single licensing program
* Avoid paying financing costs for the purchase of licenses
* Have all software licenses
* Train all employees on new applications
* Be able to install the latest Microsoft products as they become available
Question
Since the company needs a database licensing solution that provides the best return on investment (ROI) for the company and supports the planned changes, which licensing solution should be used?
Of the following licensing solutions, which one should you recommend?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Araba, Ltd. is a small company which only contains 15 employees and a single office.
Existing Environment
Existing Licensing Solution
Araba only purchases OEM licenses.
Existing IT Environment
There are 15 desktop computers in Araba, each company employee uses one. But only four desktops have access to the Internet. The company has installed Windows XP Professional and various versions and editions of Microsoft Office on these computers. Only when complete hardware failure occurs, the company purchases new desktops. Since Araba is a quite small company, it does not contain the IT department, a hardware supplier provide technical support services for the company.
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
The manager intends to sell the company in two years, keep overall costs to a minimum, and does not hope any increase of the overall costs during this period. According to the requirement of three employees, the company plans to allow them to work from home periodically. The three employees will be provided with dedicated portable computers by the compnay.
Business Goals
Araba aims to achieve the following business goal:
Buy all licenses in a single payment.
Deploy an internal server to provide e-mail services.
Permit all desktops to access the Internet.
Enable three employees to use their laptops from home periodically.
Make sure that all employees have the most current version of Office.
Make sure that all employees have the same edition of Office.
Implement a database to store customer data securely.
Only employees should be able to access this information.
Question
Company asks you to identify the appropriate licensing solution for server software and CALs on the basis of the company’s planned changes. Of the following licensing solutions, which one should you recommend?
What licensing solution should you recommend to achieve this goal?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Amet Research is a highly secured electronic research institute which provides lots of electronic information.
Physical Locations
Amet Research has 4,500 employees located in offices all over the world. Employees work through three shifts to ensure the whole day service to customers. Employees share desktop computers.
Existing Environment
Existing IT Environment
All desktops have Windows XP Professional installed under OEM agreements. They have Microsoft Office Professional 2003 installed under Open License or select License agreements without Software
Assurance.
According to the work environment, a memory upgrade is required to be compatible with Windows Vista by all desktops.
Each branch office has a network server. All servers have a third-party operating system and third-party e-mail application installed.
Amet Research has a third-party accounting application.
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
Amet Research intends to make the following changes to its network during the next two years:
* Deploy 25 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Servers at the head office
* Deploy a four-node Microsoft SQL Server cluster on single-processor servers
* Upgrade all existing desktops to Windows Vista
* Upgrade all existing desktops to Office Professional 2007
* Deploy 12 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise servers.
* Deploy 6 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 servers
Problems
Amet Research attempts to solve the following problems.
The third-party accounting application is not compatible with Windows Vista.
The company is not able to purchase licenses upfront any more.
Business Goals
Amet Research aims to achieve the following business goals:
* Minimize the amount of IT staff without impacting technical support provided to employees.
* Reduce licensing costs
* Consolidate purchasing within a single licensing program
* Avoid paying financing costs for the purchase of licenses
* Have all software licenses
* Train all employees on new applications
* Be able to install the latest Microsoft products as they become available
Question
Since the company needs a licensing solution to allow itself to run the third-party accounting application on a Windows XP Professional virtual machine on the Windows Vista desktops and laptops, but make sure
that your solution costs least. What licensing solution should you recommend to achieve this goal?
Of the following keys, which one must the company use when installing Office 2007?
Company Background
Corporate Information
Araba, Ltd. is a small company which only contains 15 employees and a single office.
Existing Environment
Existing Licensing Solution
Araba only purchases OEM licenses.
Existing IT Environment
There are 15 desktop computers in Araba, each company employee uses one. But only four desktops have access to the Internet. The company has installed Windows XP Professional and various versions and editions of Microsoft Office on these computers. Only when complete hardware failure occurs, the company purchases new desktops. Since Araba is a quite small company, it does not contain the IT department, a hardware supplier provide technical support services for the company.
Business Requirements
Planned Changes
The manager intends to sell the company in two years, keep overall costs to a minimum, and does not hope any increase of the overall costs during this period. According to the requirement of three employees, the company plans to allow them to work from home periodically. The three employees will be provided with dedicated portable computers by the compnay.
Business Goals
Araba aims to achieve the following business goal:
Buy all licenses in a single payment.
Deploy an internal server to provide e-mail services.
Permit all desktops to access the Internet.
Enable three employees to use their laptops from home periodically.
Make sure that all employees have the most current version of Office.
Make sure that all employees have the same edition of Office.
Implement a database to store customer data securely.
Only employees should be able to access this information.
Question
Of the following keys, which one must the company use when installing Office 2007?