Interview Tips

Congratulations on securing an interview!

This is your opportunity to demonstrate your personal attributes, your strengths, personality, your ability to communicate and how you react under pressure.  Here are some tips to assist you in selling your assets:

Develop Rapport

To ensure effective communication, it is very important to develop a good rapport with the person interviewing you.  Of course, this is sometimes difficult, particularly if you “really want the job”.  However, you must relax – get that high-pitched or tense tone out of your voice – and appear to be calm and self-assured at all times.

One of the simplest ways of helping this is to smile a lot.  Yes, when appropriate, smile.  Not a grin but a genuine, warm smile.  Ask yourself seriously: do you smile during the course of conversation?

Ask Good Questions

This is a big tip!  Don’t just tell the interviewer how wonderful you are and how good your achievements have been.  Demonstrate that you have done your homework that you are really listening and you understand what’s going on.  You can do this by asking relevant questions about the department and the job in question.  Taking an interest in the big picture will have a positive influence on the interviewer.  If, in the limited time of an interview, you can ask one or two questions that actually make the interviewer think about the answer, or better still, maybe cover issues they hadn’t even thought of, then you really are on the home stretch.

Preparation Will Make or Break the Interview!

Preparation is the first essential step towards a successful interview. 

Be prepared to answer a couple of standard questions such as:

Ø   What do you want to be doing in your career five years from now?  Ten years from now?

Ø   What style of management gets the best from you?  Who was your best boss?  Why?

Ø   What have you learnt from some of the jobs you have held?  What did you enjoy the most?  What did you enjoy the least?

Ø   What have you done that shows initiative in your career?

Ø   What are you looking for in your next role?

“Open probe” questions are different because they strike right at the heart of issues and require more than a yes/no answer.

Ø   Why do you want to change roles?

Ø   Give positive answer – confident, coherent and logical explanations are critical to the interview process.

Ø   What is your greatest strength/weakness?

Ø   Have some answers ready – even weaknesses can be presented positively, especially if you are doing something about them.

Ø   Why should you be successful in gaining this role?

Ø   Here’s a chance to review your strengths and show how you can make a big contribution.  Sell your benefits, not your features. 

Ø   How do you react to criticism?

Behavioural/Competency Based Interviews

Behavioural interviewing is based within the premise that past behaviour is the best indicator of future behaviour.  With a set of competencies identified beforehand, the interviewer will ask you to relate specific examples or situations where you have demonstrated a particular competency in the past.

For example, let’s say problem solving is a competency required for the role.  The interviewer may ask something like:

“Tell me about a time where you have solved a business problem?  What was the situation?  What was the outcome?”

The best way to answer these questions is to describe a specific example that demonstrates your ability in that area using the “STAR” technique to structure your response:

S – Situation

T – Task

A – Action

R – Result

So in answering the above question, an appropriate response may go something like this:

“The situation at XYZ Company when I first joined was that all employees had authority to speak to the media.  This created problems such as inconsistent message, inaccurate/untimely information release and an array of other undesirable consequences for the company’s image.  My task as Media & PR Manager was to build and maintain a positive corporate image so the action I took was to immediately implement a policy whereby only four nominated executives had authority to deal with the media and that all media and PR activity initiated outside my team was to be signed off by me.  I took the time to gain the buy-in of management and then all employees so that everyone was happy to adhere to the new policies.  The result was great – no more embarrassing situations and a far more positive attitude to our brand as evidenced by a recent independent survey”.

This answer clearly demonstrates the candidate’s ability to decisively and collaboratively solve a business problem.  The answer is also very succinct which means the interviewer is more likely to tune in to the entire response.  The interviewer can then drill down further to obtain more detail around the “how’s” and “why’s” of the example.

Great answers to interview questions are:

Ø   Relevant

Ø   Succinct

Ø   Able to show clearly what you did and how you did it

Ø   Delivered with an appropriate level of energy and enthusiasm

Ø   Not “waffly”!

Closing the Interview

You have come to the end of the interview.  Don’t make the mistake and nervously mumble “Thank You” and leave.  Always be prepared to ask questions at the end of the interview – have at least one question that indicates you’ve been listening.  Of course this is also a good opportunity to let the interviewer know that you are terribly keen on the job.  Don’t worry about appearing too eager – as long as you’re being yourself.  The interviewer is looking for an enthusiastic person, not someone who hasn’t decided if this is the right career for them.

If you have answered the two questions uppermost in the interviewer’s mind – “Why are you interested in the job?” and “What can you offer and can you do the job?” – You have done all you can.

Good luck – and enjoy!

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Adobe Elements, Adobe Acrobat Reader, "Attempt to access invalid address" in Windows 10, Windows 7

Adobe Elements, Adobe Acrobat Reader, error message "attempt to access invalid address  in Windows 10, Windows 7

Try this Reg fix 

The key is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" 

Look for entry MoveImages 
if not there create new DWORD and it will be hexadecimal value 0x0 by default
If you set the key to 1 instead of 0 and restart your machine it resolved this error message


For Office 365 Attempt to access invalid address

The issue is for EMET (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit) which  causing the problems.
Try upgrading to new version from here https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/jj653751
or uninstalling EMET doesn't work 
Then try this reg fix :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\
For any process used by MS product it will have a value for 'MitigationOption' (eg excel.exe, infopath.exe etc) 

Set 'MitigationOption' to 0 or delete it.

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Google Apps for your small business

I've been using Google Apps for my company, and it's really helped my team work more quickly and efficiently. I think that you'd also benefit from trying it out for your business.

Google Apps is a cloud-based productivity suite that includes Gmail for professional email, Drive for online storage, Hangouts for video meetings, Calendar for scheduling and Docs for editing files. 

I especially like how easy it is to get things done and work with others from anywhere, using any device that I choose. I've also found Apps to be highly cost effective.

Google Apps helps teams communicate, collaborate and get things done from anywhere and on any device. It's simple to set up, use and manage, so your business can focus on what really matters.

Millions of organisations around the world count on Google Apps for professional email, file storage, video meetings, online calendars, document editing and more.

Watch a video or find out more here.

These are some highlights:

Business email for your domain:

Looking professional matters, and that means communicating as you@yourcompany.com. Gmail’s simple, powerful features help you build your brand while getting more done.

Access from any location or device:

Check emails, share files, edit documents, hold video meetings and more, whether you’re at work, at home or in transit. You can pick up where you left off from a computer, tablet or phone.

Enterprise-level management tools:

Robust admin settings give you total command over users, devices, security and more. Your data always belongs to you, and it goes with you, if you switch solutions.

Start free trial

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Windows 10 Change your Default Browser

Change Your Default Browser

If you upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or 8, you'll notice that Microsoft Edge is now your default browser, even if Chrome or Firefox was your default before. Edge Browser is a bit faster than Chrome or Firefox, but doesn't provide the level of extensibility that its competitors offer. If you are a Chrome or Firefox user, you'll want to change your default right away.

1. Navigate to settings.

2. Click System.

  

3. Select Default apps from the left pane.

                    

4. Click the Microsoft Edge icon under the "Web browser" header.

 

5. Select the browser you want as your new default (ex: Chrome).

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Windows 10 how to Disable User Account Control

Isn't it annoying every time you try to remove or install something windows ask for your account username and password or at least you have to press yes now you get say goodbye to User account control pop up. Here is how to Disable User Account Control

Windows wants to wag a finger at you every time you try to install a program or change a vital setting by popping up a dialog box and making you click Ok to continue. Why warn  you if you already know what you're doing? Good question. Disable User Account control to stop the needless, annoying dialog boxes.

1. Search for "user account control" in the search box.

2. Open "Change User Account Control settings."

3. Slide the slider down to "Never notify" and click Ok.

4. Click Yes when prompted.

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Windows 10 how to Enable System Protection / Create a Restore Point

Enable System Protection / Create a Restore Point

What happens if you install a bad piece of software or a defective driver and your computer starts acting strangely or you can't even boot. You'll want to revert Windows 10 to the previous system restore point, which will turn back the clock on your drivers, programs and settings to a time when the system worked perfectly. However, Windows 10 comes with system protection disabled. If you want to protect yourself -- and you should -- set up restore points following the instructions below.

1. Search for "restore point" in the Windows search box.

2. Launch "Create a restore point" from the results. You should see a list of available drives.

3. Select the system drive and click Configure. The system drive is usually the C: drive and has the word "(System)" written after its volume name.

4. Toggle Restore Settings to "Turn on system protection," set the maximum disk space usage by moving the slider and click Ok. We recommend leaving 2 or 3 percent for restore pints but you may be able to get away with the lowest (1 percent).

5. Click Create so that you create an initial restore point right away.

6. Name the initial restore point when prompted.

 7. Click Close when it is done.

If you need to restore from one of these points, you can click the System Restore button on the System Protection tab. If you can't boot, you can hit F8 or Shift + F8 during boot to get to the emergency menu on some computers. On other PCs, if you can at least get to the log in screen, you can hold down Shift while you select Restart.

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Flash card for MCSA windows server 2012 exam 70-417

Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012

*In what situation would you use AD LDS

A DMZ

*What is an authentication setting that permits unrestricted access by any users in the specific forest to all available shared resources that are located in any of the domains in the local forest

Forest-wide authentication

*To control access on file shares in Server1 based on the Division attribute and Division resource property, what actions in order should you perform?

From AD Admin Center, create a claim type
From Ad Admin Center, create a reference resource property
On the shared folders set a classification value

OCSetup (Vista and Server2008) can perform what operations?

MSI files that are passed to the Windows Installer Service (MSIExec.exe)
Component-Based Servicing (CBS) components that are passed to the Package Manager
CBS or MSI packages that have an associated custom installer .exe file

*To retrieve IP config on a different server can you are logged in to

winrs -r:server2 ipconfig

*After joining a new server to a domain, to ensure you can manage it from a different management console

run the enable-netfirewallrule cmdlet

*On Server2, install software to manage Server2 on Server1

Run the Configure-SMRemoting.ps1 script
Run the Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet

*Server 1 is Windows 2012, Server 2 is Windows 2008R2SP1, ensure you can manage Server 2 from Server 1

Install Windows Management Framework 3.0 on Server 2
Install .Net Framework 4 on Server 2

Ensure that Win7 and Win8 users can use Previous Versions to restore files in Share1 on Windows Server 2012 Server1

Use the Shadow Copies settings

*Server1 is connected to 2 Fibre Channel SANs with Host Bus Adapter 1, to connect VM1 to SAN1, what should you do first

Create a virtual Fibre Channel SAN

*To create four external virtual switches in Hyper V, what cmdlet should you run first

Add-VMNetworkAdapter

*To add GUI to a Windows Server 2012 Core Installation

Add-WindowsFeature cmdlet

*What disk solution provides fault tolerance and provides the maximum amount of usable storage space

A parity space

*Uninstall the GUI from a full installation of Windows Server 2012

From Server Manager, uninstall the User Interfaces and Infrastructure feature

Server 1 is in a workgroup, to add it to a domain

run the djoin.exe command

To promote a Windows Server 2008 to a domain controller using IFM (install from media), the first step is

Upgrade the existing domain controller to Windows Server 2012

What tool should you use to promote a windows server 2012 machine to domain controller

Server manager

*What cannot be performed by using the AD installation Wizard?

Install the AD CS role
Transfer the schema master

To identify which domain controller in a forest should be online to promote another domain controller, what role should you look for

Domain naming master

What is SR-IOV - Single Root I/O Virtualization?

A new feature that allows you to assign a network adapter directly to a virtual machine to maximize network throughput while minimizing network latency as well as CPU overhead

*To prevent a VM from synchronizing its clock to it's host server, what should you configure

Integration Services, Time Management

To ensure the state of VMs are saved before doing a host server backup, what should you configure?

Integration Services, Backup

To run IPAM from Server2 if it is installed on Server1?

On Server2, add Server1 to Server Manager

*IPAM is installed on Server1, DC1 has the firewall configured for inbound IPAM ports, to ensure you can use IPAM on Server1 to manage DNS on DC1

Add Server1 to the Event Log Readers Group

To change the provisioning type after installation

Reinstall the IPAM Server feature

What type of server must you use as a certificate revocation list distribution server?

Web Server

Where should you first enable replication for a Hyper V VM? On the server that will consume replication or the server that will send replication?

The consumer, modify Replication Configuration Settings under Hyper V settings, run Enable Replication wizard

*To use Microsoft Online Backup via Windows Server backup, what do you do first?

From Windows Server Backup, run Register Server Wizard

What tools do you use to configure Cluster1 to be a replica Server for Server3 and Server3 to be a replica server for Cluster1?

The HyperV manager console on Server3 and the Failover Cluster Manager on Cluster1

If a server continuously restarts after a driver installation, what do you need to start Windows 2012 in the least amount of time to minimize the amount of data loss?

Last Known Good Configuration (advanced)

*To ensure users can access previous version of files that are shared on Server1 by using the Previous Versions tab, what tool should you use?

VSSAdmin (Shadow Copy)

PWhen moving VMs to a server with a different processor manufacturer, how should you move them to minimize downtime?

Export the virtual machines from Server1 and Import them to Server2

What do you use to provide failover clustering for Application Data?

The Scale-Out File Server lets you store application data such as Hyper V VM files, on fileshares. Use the High Availability Wizard

Server1 and Server2 have the Failover Clustering feature installed. The servers are configured as nodes in a failover cluster named Cluster1. Cluster1 hosts an application named App1. You need to ensure that Server2 handles all of the client requests to the cluster for App1, and if Server2 fails, Server1 becomes the active node for App1

The preferred owner in a 2 server cluster will always be the active node unless it is down

Server1 and Server2 have NLB on Cluster1 which hosts WebApp1, to ensure session state is maintained during failover, what should be configured

Affinity - Single

Ensure performance log data older than 30 days is deleted automatically for a Data Collector Set

Use the Data Manager Settings of the Data Collector Set Properties, Folder Action, delete data files

*To ensure Server1 downloads express installation files from the MS Update Servers, what do you do from the Update Services console?

Update Files and Languages, Update Files Settings

To configure the amount of AD data replicated between DC1 and other domain controllers and the current values of several registry settings, configure what in the data set collector?

System configuration information and a performance counter

To move the AD database to a new volume, which NTDSUTIL.exe context do you use?

Files

*From NTDSUTIL, ensure you can access the contents of a mounted snapshot

from a command prompt run DSAMAIN.exe -dbpath c:\$snap_XXXX\ntds\ntds.dlt ldapport 33389

To promote a Read Only Domain Controler by using a text file with settings, what tool do you use?

DCPROMO command (this is deprecated but used for unattended installations using unattended files)

You have a password settings object named PSO1, to view the settings

Get-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy

*To clone a DC using a DCCloneConfig.xml file, where do you place the file?

%systemroot%\NTDS

*Recover Default Domain Policy and Default Domain Conteollers Policy GPOs

dcgpofix.exe /target:both

Configuring your server with as a NAP health policy server for VPN enforcement using the Configure NAP wizard, what should you install before running the wizard

Computer Certificate

To ensure noncompliant computers on subnets receive different network policies and DHCP scopes what 2 settings do you configure

NAP-Capable Computers conditions
MS-Service Class conditions in the Scope VDI properties

Ensure home users who have desktop computer can access the network by using DirectAccess

Use the WMI filter for Direct Access Client Settings GPO

*To ensure name resolution of 2 domains

Create a secondary zone

What settings in the GPO do you use to ensure users can user DirectAccess to access resources?

Name Resolution Policy

*Configure GPO1 to apply settings to Group 1 only

Set-GPPermission

*Prevent GPOs at the site level from being applied to users in one OU

Set-GPInheritance

*Change the Precedence Order of the GPOs

Set-GPLink

Use tombstone reanimation to restore a user account if there is a Windows 2003 DC

Use LDP

Ensure a 3rd party app is compatible with DC cloning

In Windows NTDS create an XML file CustomDCCloneAllowList.xml

deploy NAP by using IPsec, ensure client computer can discover HRA server automatically

On DC1, create a service location record(SRV)
In a GPO. modify the request policy setting for the NAP Client Config
On all client computers, configure the Enable Discovery registry key

Only computers that send a statement of health are checked for NAP health requirements, what do you configure

NAP-Capable computers conditions
Health Policies conditions
(in 123 Compliant Properties)

*On Server1 you create a standard primary zone, ensure Server2 can host a secondary zone

Add Server2 as a name server (Zone Transfers)

Configure DCS to automatically run a program when the amount of total free disk space drops below 10% and log the current values of several registry settings

Configure Event Trace Data and a Performance Counter in the Data Collector Properties

*Ensure updates to an image are installed that do not require restart

/PreventPending

*User is a member of IPAM Users group on Server1, ensure he can manage DHCP scopes on Server2, minimize permissions

DHCP Administrators on Server2

Failover DHCP

Hot standby mode failover partners

*Ensure users are issued a cert that can be used for email security, client authentication, and efs

Duplicate the User cert template, then publish
From a Group Policy, configure the Certificate Services Client - Auto-Enrollment settings

*To ensure admins can local iSCSI resources on the network by using a central repository

Use the iSNS Server service feature
iSNS Server is a repository of currently active iSCSI nodes, as well as their associated portals, entities, etc.

To ensure you can configure an online backup from Windows Server Backup

From Windows Server Backup, run Register Server Wizard

*Replicate VMs between Server1 and Server2 with SSL. You need to request a certificate on Server1 to ensure that the virtual machine replication is encrypted. What two intended purposes should the certificate for Server1 contain?

Server Authentication
Client Authentication

*Replicate VMs between Server1 and Server2 with SSL. All cervers are enrolled automatically for a certificate based on the Computer certificate template. You need to encrypt the replication of VM1. Which two actions should you perform?

On Server1, modify the settings of VM1, On Server2, modify the HyperV settings

*The domain contains a file server named Server1 that runs WS2012, you create a user account named User1 in the domain, to ensure User1 can use Windows Server backup to back up Server 1 and minimize the number ad administrative rights assigned to User1

Assign User1 the Back up files and directories user right

*You have a datacenter containing 6 HyperV servers running Windows Server 2012. VM1 is in Cluster1 on hosts 4&5 (Intel&CSV). Move, minimizing downtime

Host3 (Intel, iSCSI) using Storage Migration

*Server1 & Server2 have Failover Clustering and are configured as noted in a failover cluster named Cluster1, to add 2 additional nodes and ensure that Cluster1 stops running if 3 nodes fail

Configure the Cluster Quorum settings

*Server1 & Server2 have Failover Clustering and are configured as noted in a failover cluster named Cluster1. Folder1 on Server1 hosts application data and is a folder target in a DFS namespace. Provide Highly Available access to Folder1 and support DFS Replication to Folder 1. Configure?

A file server for general use

*Server1 & Server2 have Failover Clustering and are configured as noted in a failover cluster named Cluster1. You need to configure File Services and DHCP as clustered resources and ensure that if 2 consecutive heartbeat messages are missed for Server1 and Server2, Server2 will begin responding to DHCP requests. The solution must ensure that Server1 remains the active node for the File Services for up to 5 missed heartbeat messages.

Configure the failover settings

Connect a new print device to the network and provide users from 2 departments the ability to print, with documents from sales printing before documents from marketing

Add 2 printers, modify the priorities of each printer and the security setttings of each printer

The domain contains DC5 which has a Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2012, uninstall Active Directory from DC5 manually

Use the dcpromo cmdlet (phased out but can be used for forceremoval functions)

Determine which servers were rebooted during the last 2 days

Run-Get-ADComputer and specify the lastLogon property

*Move Intel Processor VM1 to another HyperV host, minimize downtime

Host3 (Intel) by using a storage migration

To identify which SRV (service location records) are registered by a Windows 2012 DC

Open the %windir%\system32\config\netlogon.dns file

VM1 has a legacy network adapter, assign a specific amount of available network bandwidth to VM1

Remove the legacy network adapter and add a network adapter.

You have 2 disks, Disk 0 with a boot volume, Disk 1 with a new volume. Ensure you can configure a pass-through disk for the virtual machine

Take Disk 1 offline

You have 5 disks and need to create a volume to store 3TB of data, ensure the data is availble if one of the disks in the volume fails

Create a Storage Pool (configured to mirror 2 disks)

Core 1 has two network adapters from different hardware vendors. To configure network traffic fail over to prevent connectivity loss if a network adapter fails

Use New-NetSwitchTeam

Server1 runs Windows Server 2012. It has 5 network adapters, three of which are connected to LAN1, two are connected to LAN2. What tool should you use to create a NETWORK ADAPTER TEAM from three network adapters connected to LAN1

Server Manager

*Server1 hosts 4 VMs (VM1,VM2,VM3,VM4) and it has 8 quad core CPUs with NUMA. You need to ensure that VM1 can use more CPU time than the other VMs when the other VMs are under a heavy load. What should you configure?

Resource Control (Settings, Processor)

Server1 hosts 4 VMs (VM1,VM2,VM3,VM4) and it has 8 quad core CPUs with NUMA. You install a network monitoring applicaiton on VM2. You need to ensure that all of the traffic sent to VM3 can be captured on VM2. What should you configure?

Port mirroring (Settings, Network Adapter, Advanced Features)

Server1 hosts 4 VMs (VM1,VM2,VM3,VM4) and it has 8 quad core CPUs with NUMA. You need to configure VM4 to track the CPU, memory, and network usage. What should you configure?

Resource metering

To allow the help desk to reset user passwords and unlock user accounts, which tool should you use?

The Delegation of Control Wizard

To create various user objects by using Windows PowerShell

Invoke the Create method of OU
$ou.Create("user", "CN=$lastName $firstName")

You discover the IT technician has miss spelled the Office property as Londn instead of London. Which tool should you use to correct the change to all of the OUs at once?

Use Dsquery and Dsmod

What command can be used to delete user accounts?

LDIFDE

What are 3 ways to unlock User Accounts?

Command Line, Windows PowerShell, VB Script

"Your account is configure to prevent you from using the computer. Please try another computer." What should do to enable the user to log on to this computer?

In the User's Account properties, click the Log On To button and choose All computers or The following computers

T/F - All printers in a pool must use the same driver

True - Printer Pool requires identical hardware and drivers

A global catalog server is available to directory clients when DNS servers can locate it as a global catalog server. In what order is this configured?

The global catalog receives replication of read only replicas to the required occupancy level.
The Net Logon Service on the DC has updated DNS with global-catalog-specific service (SRV) resource records.
The isGlobalCatalogReady rootDSE attribute is set to TRUE.

An authentication settings that permits unrestricted access by any users in the specified forest to all available shared resources that are located in any of the domains in the local forest.

Forest-wide authentication

What Service Manager feature is used for Storage Management, Replication, and Searching

File Services

How do you identify the memory a virtual machine consumes when Dynamic Memory is not enabled in Hyper V?

View the amount of RAM listed under Startup in the Memory page of the VM

what type of DNS record maps a domain name to an IP address?

An A record

When a printer is assigned to a network, what are the default printer permissions assigned?

Print, to Everyone

What tool do you use to create installation media for additional domain controllers?

NTDSUtil

What can you use at the command line to activate a Windows 2008 Server?

Cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs ato

To move all computer accounts to be placed in an OU, what command do you use?

Redircmp

To install Windows Server 2012 choosing the Service Core Installation Option, remotely, what tool would you use?

Server Manager, Add Roles and Features Wizard

Server01 is running Server Core and the AD DS role. To add AD CS to the server what do you do?

Install the AD CS role (supported in the Core in 2012)

What groups have permission to shut down a domain controller?

Backup Operators
Print Operators
Server Operators
Administrators

What feature can augment an organization's security strategy by protecting information through persistent usage polices, which remain with the information?

AD RMS (Rights Management Services)

What features are missing when the Minimal Server Interface is installed?

IE 10, Windows Explorer, the Desktop, and Start Screen are not installed

What is a manually created trust that shortens the trust path to improve the speed at which authentications, which occur between domain trees, are processed.

Shortcut trust

What can you use to reduce the number of duplicate blocks of data in storage?

Data Deduplication role service

What Server Manager Feature is used for the management of Public Key Infrastructure?

Active Directory Certificate Services

What features are available in Windows Server 2012 when it is installed using the GUI option but without the desktop experience feature installed?

Metro Style Start Screen, Built in help system

What service uses the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to synchonize computer clocks on the network?

Windows Time service (W32time)

What type of trust allows resources in your domain to be accessed more quickly by users in another domain in your forest?

one-way, outgoing, shortcut

What Windows Server 2012 feature could you use to save time when creating GPOs with similar settings?

Starter GPO

What are features of RODC?

Filtered Attribute Sets
Unidirectional Replication
Read Only DNS

What type of virtual network is isolated from all external network traffic on the virtualization server, as well as any network traffic between the management operating system and external network?

Private virtual network

What type of trust is used when user need access to resource that are located in an NT 4.0 domain or in an AD DS forest that is not joined by a forest trust?

External trust

What is OCSetup used for?

MSI files that are passed to the Windows Installer Service
Component-Based Servicing (CBS) components that are passed the Package Manager
CBS or MSI packages that have an associated custom installer .exe file

You have DCs that run either Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012. You have a Password Settings Object named PSO1. What can you use to view the settings?

AD Administrator Center or Get-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicy

*What upgrade path do you choose to minimize hardware purchases and upgrade the existing OS if possible for the following server?
Server1 - x86 - 32bit Windows Server 2008 SP2 - Full Installation

Clean installation on new hardware

*What upgrade path do you choose to minimize hardware purchases and upgrade the existing OS if possible for the following server?
Server2 - x86 - 32bit Windows Server 2008 SP2 - Server Cire

Clean installation on new hardware

*What upgrade path do you choose to minimize hardware purchases and upgrade the existing OS if possible for the following server?
Server3 - x64 - 64bit Windows Server 2008 R2 - Full Installation

Upgrade on existing hardware

What are the minimum hardware requirements for Windows Server 2012

1.4 GHz 64-bit processor
512 RAM
32GB Disk space

What groups must you be a member of to access the IPAM server remotely using Server Manager?

WinRMRemoteWMIUsers in addition to being a member of the appropriate IPAM security group or local Administrators group

*What node in the AD FS console should you select to identify the location of the federation metadata file?

AD FS>Service>Endpoints

To configure Server1 as an AD FS server, what type of certificate template should you identify to request a certificate?

Web Server

*To modify NTFS permissions for folder in file servers by using central access policies, and identify users who will be denied access when new permissions set, in what order should you perform the 5 actions?

1. Create a central access rule
2. Create a central access policy
3. Modify the Security settings of the shared folders
4. In GPO1, modify the Audit Central Access Policy Staging setting and configure the Central Access Policy Settings
5. Search for failure events in the security logs from the file servers

You have storage provisioned on Server2, to configure the storage so that it appears in Windows Explorer as a drive letter on Server1, what actions should you perform in sequence?

1. On Server2, add an iSCSI initiator id to target1.
2. On Server1, configure the iSCSI initiator to connect to target1.
3. On Server1, create a new volume from Server Manager.

You are implementing a central location where system events from all servers in the domain will be collected, but discover that no events are being collected and receive and error that the data area passed to a system call is too small. What do you change

Events to collect, click on Select Events

You plan to configure Network Policy Server (NPS) on Server1 to use certificate-based authentication for VPN connections, to ensure that NPS can performan certificate-based authentication, to which store should you import the certificate

Certificates(Local Computer)
Personal

You implement DirectAccess and an IKEv2 VPN. Where do you view it's connection properties

Workplace Connection _

You implement DirectAccess. Where do you view it's connection properties?

Workplace Connection []

*You have several PowerShell scripts that execute when computers start, but need to reduce the time they take without preventing that scripts complete. What setting should you configure?

Run startup scripts asynchronously

*You need to implement Microsoft Online Backup whenever possible. What type of backup can you use for Folder 1 with no encryption or compression

Microsoft Online Backup

*You need to implement Microsoft Online Backup whenever possible. What type of backup can you use for Folder 2 with encryption and no compression

Microsoft Online Backup

*You need to implement Microsoft Online Backup whenever possible. What type of backup can you use for Folder 3 with no encryption and using compression

Microsoft Online Backup

*You need to implement Microsoft Online Backup whenever possible. What type of backup can you use for System State

Windows Server Backup

You have a file server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2012 and a folder named Folder1 shared as Share1. The everyone group has Full Control share permission to Folder1. You configure a central access policy. members of the IT group report they cannot modify the files in Folder1. To use central access policies to control the permissions what 2 actions should you perform?

On the Classification tab of Folder1, set classification to Information Technology
On the Security tab of Folder1, assign the Modify permission to the Authenticated Users group

Your network contains three AD forests. Each forest contains and AD Rights Management Services (ADRMS) root cluster. All of the users in all of the forest must be able to access protected content from any of the forest. What are the minimum number of ADRMS trusts required?

6

To move the AD Database to a new volume, what NTDSUtil context should you use?

Files

Your account is configured to prevent you from using the computer. Please try another computer.

Log On To on the Account tab of the user account

Locate iSCSI resource on the network by using a central repository

Deploy the iSNS Server Service feature

Connect 3 hard disks to Server 1, provide fault tolerance; maximize the amount of usable storage space

Create a parity space

Remove AD from a DC with a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2012

DCPromo.exe using the force removal function. If the Uninstall-ADDSDomainController option was available that would be the correct answer

IT group cannot modify files in Folder1

Classification Tab, set to Information Technology
Security Tab, assign the Modify permission to Authenticated Users

Configure DCS1, a custom data collector set to meet the following requirements:
Automatically run a program when the amount of total free disk space drops below 10%
Log the current values of several registry settings

System configuration information
A Performance Counter Alert

2 departments need the ability of print from a network print device. Documents from sales need to print before marketing

Add 2 printers, Modify the priorities of each printer and the security settings of each printer.

Ensure that User1 can user IPAM to modify the DHCP scopes on Server2, what group should be enabled for User1?

DHCP Administrators on Server 2

Give the help desk access to reset passwords and unlock accounts

User the Delegation Control Wizard

Install a DC with the following roles:
Schema master
Global catalog server
DNS Server role
Active Director Certificate Services server role
Which configurations cannot be completed by the AD Installation Wizard?

Install the AD Certificate Services role
Transfer the schema master

What connectiopn properties do you use to Implement DirectAccess

Workplace Connection (CPU graphic)

What Server manager feature is used for the management of Public Key Infrastructure

Active Directory Certificate Services

To deploy NAP by using IPSec, ensure client computers can discover HRA servers automatically

On DC1, create a service location (SRV) record
In a CPO, modifiy the Request Policy setinf for the NAP Client Configuration
On all of the client computers, configure the EnableDiscover registry key

VM1 is on Server1 and replicates to Server1. To encrypt the replication

On Server1, modify the settings of VM1
On Server2, modify the Hyper-V Settings

After setting up several AD users for different OU's, you discover that the IT Technician misspelled the Office property as Londn instead of London, what tool should you use to correct the changes to all OUs at once?

Dsquery and Dsmod

How do you configure two network adapters from different hardware vendors to failover if one adapter fails

New-NetSwitchTeam

In Hyper V, Server 1 has a legacy network adapter. You need to assign a specific amount of bandwidth to the adapter. What should you do first?

Remove the legacy network adapter, add a network adapter

On Server1, you configure a custom Data Collector Set named DCS1. DCS1 is configure to store performance log data in C:\Logs. To ensure the contents of C:\Logs are deleted automatically when the folder reaches 100MB, what should you configure?

The Data Manager settings of DCS1

Server1: Windows Server 2012, Server2: Windows Server 2008 R2 - to ensure you can manage Server2 from Server1 by using Server Manager

Install Windows Management Framework 3.0 on Server2
Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4 on Server2

Why you should you audit failed events?

To monitor for malicious attempts to access a resource which has been denied.

Server1 hosts 4 VMs, to configure VM4 to track CPU, memory, and network usage, what should you configure?

Resource metering

Promote Read Only Domain Controller RODC1 by using File1.txt

User dcpromo, which is deprecated, but used for unattended installations

Server 1 hosts 4 VMs. You need to ensure VM1 can use more CPU time than the other virutal machines when the CPUs on Server1 are under a heavy load

Use Resource control

Ensure that users can use Previous Version to restore files in Share1

Use Shadow Copies settings

To Ensure you use Windows Server Backup to back up data to Microsoft Online Backup

From Windows Server Backup, run the Register Server Wizard

What service do you use to reduce the number of duplicate blocks of data in storage

Data Deduplication Role Service

Configure Cluster1 to be a replica server for Server3 and Server3 to be a replica server for Cluster 1.

Hyper-V Manager console connected to Server3
Failover Cluster Manager console connected to Cluster1

Control access to the file shares on Server1 based on the values in the Division attribute automatically populated as part of the user provisioning process

from Active Directory Administrative Center, create a claim type
from Active Directory Administrative Center, create a reference resource property
On the shared folders, set the classification value

Server1 runs Windows Server 2012; Server 2 runs a Server core installation of Windows Server 2012. You joined Server 2 to the domain. Ensure you can manage Server2 by using the Computer Management console on Server1

Run the Enable-NetFirewallRule cmdlet

To active Windows Server on Windows Server 2008, what command line tools can be used?

cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs ato

Server1 hosts an AD integrated zone for contoso.com; Server2 hosts an AD integrated zone for fabrikam. Both are in the same forest and are connect over a WAN link. Configure Server1 to support the resolution of names in fabrikam.com if the WAN link fails

Create a secondary zone

Change the precedence order of GPOs

Set-GPLink

recover Default Domain Policy and Default Domain Controllers Policy GPOs

dcgpofix.exe /target:both

Create various user objects using PowerShell

Invoke the Create method of OU

Ensure that NPS can perform certificate based authentication. What store should you import the certificate?

Certificates(Local Computer)
Personal

Move the Active Directory Logs, which NTDSutil context should you use?

Files

Ensure you can access the contents of the mounted snapshot

From a command prompt, run dsamain.exe -dbpath
c:\$snap_201204131056_volumeC$\windows\ntds\ntds.dit ldapport 33389

You configure a custom Data Collector Set (DCS) named DCS1, ensure the performance log data older than 30 days is deleted automatically

Configure the Data Manager settings of DCS1

To ensure high availability of DHCP what mode results in an Active-Passive configuration?

Hot Standby Mode failover partners

What type of DNS record maps a domain name to an IP address?

A

What Windows Server 2012 feature could you use to save time when creating GPO's with similar settings

Starter GPO

Reduce the amount of time it takes for client computers to start, but allow scripts to complete successfully, configure what Group Policy

Run startup scripts asynchronously

Prevent VM3 from synchronizing its clock to Server1

Configure Integration Services

Use tombbstone reanimation to restore an account, what tool should you use?

LDP

Identify which Service Location (SRV) records are registered by DC3

Open the %windir%\system32\config\netlogon.dns file

Authentication setting that permits unrestricted access by any users in the specified forest to all available shared resource that are located in any of the domains in the local forest

Forest-wide authentication

To configure Server1 as an ADFS server, what type of certificate template do you need to request?

Web Server

You have 3 forests and need all users in all forest to access all content. How many AD RMS trusts are required?

6

What too should you use to create a network adapter team?

Server Manager

Log onto Server1 and retrieve IP Configurations of Server2

winrs -r:server2 ipconfig

Manage Server2 from Server1 using Server Manager

Run the Configure-SMRemoting.ps1 script
Run the Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet

Group HBA ports together to configure a VM to connect to a SAN

Create a Virutal Fibre Channel SAN

Server1 is a virtualization host, after installing Hyper-V, create 4 external virtual switches

Add-VMNetworkAdapter

Add a GUI to a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2012

Add-WindowsFeature cmdlet

Uninstall the GUi from a full installation of Windows Server 2012, with minimum amount of administrative effort

From Server Manager, uninstall the User Interfaces and Infrastructure feature

Perform an offline domain join of Server1 to your domain

Run the djoin.exe command

You have 5 disks and need to create a volume to store up to 3TB of files, the solution must ensure that the user files are available if one of the disks in the volume fails

storage pool on disk 2 and disk 3

Ensure the network traffic of VM2 bypasses the virtual switches of the parent partition

Single-root I/O virtualization

Request a certificate on Server1 to ensure that the virtual machine replication is encrypted. What 2 purposes should the certificate for Server1 contain>

Server Authentication and Client Authentication

To place all new computer accounts in the General OU, what command do you use?

Redircmp

What feature is not installed in Minimal Server Interface?

Windows Explorer

In Hyper-V, where you would view the RAM when Dynamic Memory is not enabled?

Startup in the Memory page of the VM

Prevent user from connecting to the domain via Direct Access

Configure Name Resolution Policy in the GPO

Server2 hosts VM1, ensure that you can start VM1 on Server1 if Server2 fails

From HyperV in Server1, modify the Replication Configuration settings and enable replication for VM1

Ensure Server2 can host a secondary zone for contoso.com

Add Server2 as a name server - allow zone transfers

Ensure users in the domain are issued a certificate that can be used for Email Security, Client Authentication, and Encrypting File System

Duplicate the User certificate template and publish
From a group policy, configure the Certificate Services Client - Auto-Enrollment settings

What type of server must you use as the certificate revocation list distribution point

Web Server

Ensure that when users connect to WebApp1, their session state is maintained

Affinity-Single

Server1 hosts 4 VMs, ensure VM1 can user more CPU that other VMs when the CPUs on Server1 are under a heavy load

Resource Control

Server1 and Server2 have different processor manufacturers. Move VMs from Server1 to Server2

Export the VMs from Server1 and import to Server2

To manually configure a windows 2012 server as a domain controller what tool should you use?

Server Manager

Server1 and Server2 have Failover Clustering, if Server2 fails, Server 1 should be come the active node for App1. What should you configure?

The preferred owner - the preferred owner in a 2 server cluster will always be the active node unless it is down.

Server1 hosts 4 VMs. Configure CM4 to track the CPU, memory, and network usage

Resource metering

To modify the NTFS permissions for many folders on file servers using central access policies, in what order should you perform the 5 actions

Create a central access rule
Create a central access policy
Modify the Security settings of the shared folders on the file servers
In GPO1, modify the Audit Central Access Policy Staging setting and configure the Central Access Policy settings
Search for failure events in the security logs from the file servers

What type of virtual network is isolated from all external network traffic on the VM as well as any network traffic between the management operating system and external network

Private

What type of file server should you use for a DFS namespace

File server for general use

Perform an offline domain join of a Windows Server 2012 Server

djoin.exe

Configure Cluster1 to be a replica server for Server3 and Server3 to be a replica server for Cluster1

The Hyper-V Manager console connected to Server3
The failover cluster manager console connected to Cluster1

How can you unlock a user account?

Command Line, PowerShell, VBScript

You create a custom Data Collector Set named DCS1. Configure it to automatically run a program when the amount of total free disk space on Server1 drops below 10% and log the current values of several registry settings

System Configuration information
A performance counter alert

Remove SD from a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation

dcpromo.exe - force removal

OCSetup can be used to...

add system components to an online Windows image - msi files, cbs components, or packages with an exe

Ensure you can configure a pass-through disk for a VM

Take the disk offline

To manage Server2 from Server1, what tasks should you perform on Server2?

Ryn the Configure-CMRemoting.ps1 script
Run the Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet

To install, configure, or uninstall server roles on a Service Core installation machine remotely, what do you use?

Server Manager

Server1 and Server2 have failover clustering installed and are configured as noted in s a failover cluster named Cluster1. You add additional modes to Cluster1. You need to ensure that Cluster1 stops running if three nodes fail. What should you configure?

The cluster quorum settings

You have a 4 VM server and need to ensure all traffic sent to VM3 can be captured on VM2

port mirroring

Your network contains two subnets. You need to ensure that noncompliant computers on Subnet1 receive different network policies than noncompliant computers on Subnet2

NAP-Capable Computers conditions
MS-Service Class conditions

What command can you run to determine which servers were restarted in the last 2 days

Get-ADComputer and specify the lastLogon property

You have a GPO named GPO1 that is linked to the domian, you need to configure GPO1 to apply settings to Group1 only

Set-GPPermission

Where do you place DCCloneConfig.xml?

%systemroot%\NTDS

What are features of RODC?

Filtered Attribute Sets
Unidirectional Replication
Read-only DNS

What is the prerequisite before running the configure NAP wizard?


a computer certificate

Configure storage so that it appears in Windows Explorer as a drive letter on Server1

On Server2, add an iSCSI initiator ID to target1
On Server1, configure the iSCSi initiator to connect to target1
On Server1, create a new volume from Server Manager


To view the settings of a password settings object

AD Administrator Center

Save the state of a VM before a backup starts

Integration Services

Users unable to use Director access from home

WMI filter for the Direct Access Client Settings GPO

Ensure client computers can discover HRA servers automatically

DC1, create SRV
GPO, modify the request policy setting for the NAP Client Config
All client computer, configure the Enable Discovery registry key

What command can be used to delete user accounts

LDIFDE

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