Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server® 2012: Exam Ref 70-417 - Softcover

Prepare for Exam 70-417—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Windows Server 2012 core infrastructure services. Microsoft Exam 70-417 is an upgrade exam that is a composite of three standalone exams: 70-410, 70-411, and 70-412. Exam 70-417 validates skills related to the core technology features and functionality of Windows Server 2012, from the existing knowledge base of a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Windows Server 2008.

Exam Ref is organized by exam objectives and features challenging, what-if scenarios that focus on the critical skills and knowledge measured by the certification exam.

When you pass Exam 70-417, you complete the requirements for the MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certification. It also counts as credit toward MCSE: Server Infrastructure and MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure (additional exams required).

Objectives include:

EXAM 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012


• Install and Configure Servers
• Configure Server Roles and Features
• Configure Hyper-V
• Install and Administer Active Directory


EXAM 70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012
• Deploy, Manage, and Maintain Servers
• Configure Network Services and Access
• Configure a Network Policy Server Infrastructure
• Configure and Manage Active Directory
• Configure and Manage Group Policy


EXAM 70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
• Configure and Manage High Availability
• Configure File and Storage Solutions
• Implement Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• Configure Network Services
• Configure Identity and Access Solutions

J.C. Mackin, MCITP, MCSE, is a writer, editor, consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer. He has coauthored several certification-prep books for Microsoft Press, including for Exams 70-642 and 70-647.