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Title: Exam Ref 70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure
By: Steve Suehring
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 288
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-7367-0| ISBN 10:0-7356-7367-5
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-7362-5| ISBN 10:0-7356-7362-4

Prepare for Exam 70-413—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of enterprise server design and implementation. Designed for experienced, MCSA-certified professionals ready to advance their status—Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSE level.

Optimize your exam-prep by focusing on the expertise needed to:

• Plan and Deploy a Server Infrastructure
• Design and Implement Network Infrastructure Services
• Design and Implement Network Access Services
• Design and Implement an Active Directory Infrastructure (Logical)
• Design and Implement an Active Directory Infrastructure (Physical)

Steve Suehring

Steve Suehring has been working with the Windows Server family in a professional capacity since NT 4. Steve’s experience includes Windows Server in an Internet hosting environment and a large-scale Windows Server deployment at a Fortune 1000 company. Steve has co-authored several Windows Server books and certification titles, including the Windows Server 2008 70-646 Training Kit.

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Title: Team Collaboration: Using Microsoft® Office for More Effective Teamwork
By: John Pierce
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 320
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-6962-8| ISBN 10:0-7356-6962-7
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-6957-4| ISBN 10:0-7356-6957-0

Set the stage for more effective collaboration in your organization using Microsoft Office. Whether coordinating a cross-team project or leading your workgroup, you’ll discover how to combine your skills with Office programs with best practices for enabling your team’s best work.

• Apply expert insights for increasing the collaboration power of teams and groups
• Take advantage of the collaboration features in Microsoft Word ,Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote to manage shared work and communications
• Learn ways to use Microsoft SharePoint to enable teamwork
• Get an overview of capabilities and business considerations for using Microsoft Office 365

John Pierce

John Pierce worked as an editor and writer at Microsoft for 12 years and is the author of several books about Office and other Microsoft technologies.

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Title: Windows Server® 2012 Pocket Consultant
By: William R. Stanek
Publisher:Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: September 2012
Ebook: September 2012
Pages: 720
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-6633-7| ISBN 10:0-7356-6633-4
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-6632-0| ISBN 10:0-7356-6632-6

Portable and precise, this pocket-sized guide delivers ready answers for the day-to-day administration of Windows Server 2012. Zero in on core operations and daily tasks using quick-reference tables, instructions, and lists. You’ll get the focused information to solve problems and get the job done—whether at your desk or in the field.

Get fast facts on these essential topics:

• Managing servers running Windows Server 2012
• Creating user and group accounts
• Monitoring services, processes, and events
• Administering Active Directory
• Managing files, folders, drives
• Automating administrative tasks and policies
• Administering data sharing, security, and auditing
• Managing TCP/IP networking
• Implementing data backup and recovery
• Administering network printers and print services

William R. Stanek

William R. Stanek is a Microsoft MVP with 20+ years of experience in system management and advanced programming. He is an award-winning author who’s written more than 100 books, including Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Pocket Consultant and Windows Server 2008 Inside Out. He is the series editor for the Pocket Consultant line of books.

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Title: Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server® 2012
By: Mitch Tulloch
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: October 2012
Pages: 640
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-7310-6| ISBN 10:0-7356-7310-1
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-7305-2| ISBN 10:0-7356-7305-5

Designed to help enterprise administrators develop real-world, job-role-specific skills—this Training Guide focuses on deploying and managing core infrastructure services in Windows Server 2012. Build hands-on expertise through a series of lessons, exercises, and suggested practices—and help maximize your performance on the job.

This Microsoft Training Guide:

• Provides in-depth, hands-on training you take at your own pace
• Focuses on job-role-specific expertise for deploying and managing Windows Server 2012 core services
• Creates a foundation of skills which, along with on-the-job experience, can be measured by Microsoft Certification exams such as 70-410

Coverage includes:

• Deploying Servers and Domain Controllers
• Remote Management
• Administering Active Directory
• Network Administration
• Using Group Policy
• Provisioning and Managing Storage
• Deploying Hyper-V Hosts
• Deploying and Managing Virtualized Workloads
• Deploying File Servers
• Managing Print Services

Mitch Tulloch

Mitch Tulloch is a widely recognized expert on Windows administration and has been awarded Microsoft MVP status for his contributions supporting those who deploy and use Microsoft platforms, products, and solutions.

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Title: Exam Ref 70-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server® 2012
By: J.C. Mackin
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: November 2012
Ebook: October 2012
Pages: 384
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-7304-5| ISBN 10:0-7356-7304-7
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-7299-4| ISBN 10:0-7356-7299-7

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

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.

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