Microsoft 74-138 Planning and Building a Messaging and Collaboration Environment using MS Office

About Exam

Question types: Multiple choice questions (MCQ's), Multiple choice single answer, Multiple choice multiple answer, Drag and drop & Simulations (optional)

This exam measures your ability to design, plan, manage, and build team collaboration solutions that use Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Live Communications Server. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed as following:

• Design a Messaging and Collaboration Environment
• Create a Messaging and Collaboration Deployment Plan
• Plan a Server Configuration
• Plan Network Configuration
• Test the Live Communications Server Client Deployment
• Create a Management and Operations Plan

Exam Objectives

• Design a Messaging and Collaboration Environment
• Create an inventory of existing assets
• Analyze current network systems
• Identify changes needed
• Identify bandwidth constraints
• Identify potential routing issues
• Identify additional hardware needed
• Identify Windows SharePoint Services and Live Communication Server dependencies
• Create a Messaging and Collaboration Deployment Plan
• Choose the deployment technique
• Choose a method for creating and extending custom Web Parts
• Create the project plan
• Identify requirements for the development environment
• Use the security features of Windows SharePoint Services
• Plan a Server Configuration
• Identify the operating system components
• Identify the applications and their components
• Create the server configuration
• Enable usage tracking to identify system usage patterns
• Identify components to deploy
• Decide where to place servers
• Identify high availability requirements
• Create a network map of the servers
• Configure Windows SharePoint Services
• Configure Windows SharePoint Services to support multiple languages
• Configure managed paths
• Choose and configure Internet Information Services (IIS) authentication modes
• Choose Active Directory authentication modes
• Test the server configuration. Considerations include ASP.NET, Web server role, Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions, Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), and Microsoft SQL Server availability and functionality.
• Plan Network Configuration
• Decide if deployment will be intranet, extranet, or both
• Identify the security requirements
• Choose the group strategy
• Design the permissions structure
• Identify the scalability requirements
• Test the Live Communications Server Client Deployment
• Identify the test environment constraints
• Identify the deployment risks
• Plan and create a test environment
• Identify deployment issues
• Create a Management and Operations Plan
• Plan for growth and expansion
• Monitor system usage patterns
• Set storage quotas
• Mitigate storage limitation issues
• Plan usage monitoring
• Determine a logging strategy
• Determine security enforcement and compliance
• Create a server operations plan. Considerations include service packs, updates, and site retirement policies.