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Microsoft 070-981 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Recertification for MCSE: Private Cloud |
| Exam Number: | 70-981 |
| Exam Price: | $165 USD |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired as of March 31, 2017 |
| Passing Score: | 700 out of 1000 |
| Related Certifications: | MCSE: Private Cloud |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Exam Format: | Drag and drop, Simulations, Case studies, Multiple choice |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Recommended Training: | Microsoft Official Training for Private Cloud |
| Exam Registration: | Microsoft Learning Exam Page |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or Pearson VUE test center (before retirement) |
| Pre Condition: | Valid MCSE: Private Cloud certification; recommended 2+ years experience with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-70-981.aspx |
Microsoft 070-981 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Configure Data Center Process Automation | 30% | - Automate service delivery - Implement Orchestrator runbooks - Configure self-service infrastructure |
| Topic 2: Configure and Maintain Service Management | 35% | - Implement service level management - Manage incident and problem management - Configure Service Manager |
| Topic 3: Configure System Center Integration | 35% | - Configure cross-product communication - Integrate System Center components - Configure integration between Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager |
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The Microsoft Recertification for MCSE: Private Cloud blueprint spans 3 domains. The heaviest hitters include Configure Data Center Process Automation (30%), Configure System Center Integration (35%), and Configure and Maintain Service Management (35%). The complete breakdown — every domain and subtopic — is laid out in the syllabus section above, and that is the map your study sessions should follow.
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Formally known as the Recertification for MCSE: Private Cloud, the 070-981 exam is Microsoft's way of certifying that you can apply its technologies to real-world problems — pass it, and you hold the MCSE: Private Cloud certification, a Expert-level credential. Because it is vendor-backed and skills-driven, employers treat it as proof rather than promise. It also feeds into a wider path that includes MCSE: Private Cloud.
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Valid MCSE: Private Cloud certification; recommended 2+ years experience with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2
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Microsoft Recertification for MCSE: Private Cloud Sample Questions:
You need to implement a solution that meets the resiliency requirements of the customers.
What is the best approach to achieve the goal? More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.
- A. Hyper-V Recovery Manager
- B. Multi-site Failover Clustering with asynchronous, block-level storage replication
- C. Multi-site Failover Clustering with synchronous, block-level storage replication
- D. Hyper-V Replica and Orchestrator runbooks
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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Your company has a private cloud that is managed by a System Center Service Manager 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) infrastructure. The infrastructure contains four servers as shown in the following table.
You upgrade MGT1 and DATA1 to Service Manager 2012.
You need to ensure that DATA1 can continue to deploy reports to SSRS1.
Which two tasks should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
- A. Modify the RSSrvPolicy.config file on SQL1.
- B. Modify the RSReportServer.config file on MGT1.
- C. Copy the Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Reporting.Code.dll file to SQL1.
- D. Copy the Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Reporting.Code.dll file to SSRS1.
- E. Modify the RSReportServer.config file on SSRS1.
- F. Modify the RSSrvPolicy.config file on DATA1.
Correct Answer: D,E 🗳️
DRAG DROP
You have a System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) infrastructure.
You plan to create profiles.
You need to identify which settings can be applied to each profile type.
Which settings should you identify?
To answer, drag the appropriate setting or settings to the correct profile type or profile
types in the answer area, (Each setting may be used once, more than once, or not at all.)
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh368987
Your company has a private cloud that is managed by using a System Center 2012
Operations Manager infrastructure.
You plan to create a distributed application named DistributedApp1.
You need to ensure that a folder for DistributedApp1 is available from the Monitoring workspace in the Operations Manager console.
What should you do?
- A. Save DistributedApp1 in the Default Management Pack.
- B. Add the OperationsManagerAppMonitoring object to DistributedApp1.
- C. Add the OperationsManagerMonitoringView object to DistributedApp1.
- D. Save DistributedApp1 as a new management pack.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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DRAG DROP
You need to configure the storage fabric to support the deployment of the virtual machines. The solution must meet the cloud requirements.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate three actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Box 1: Configure the iSCSI initiator
Box 2: Run the Add Storage Devices Wizard.
Box 3: Allocate storage to a host group.
Note:
We configure the iSCSI initiator in VMM to connect to the SAN.
Then we run the Add Storage Devices Wizard to add the SAN as a storage device.
Then we can assign the storage to host groups (not directly to the hosts).
*From scenario:
/ Stores all virtual machines on the SAN only.
/ Uses SAN copy to provision the virtual machines.
*The following list describes the workflow used to discover, classify, and assign storage
using VMM:
/ After configuring storage and assigning to host groups, you can assign the storage to Hyper-V hosts and clusters as shared (Cluster Shared Volume) or available storage. Note that all nodes in the cluster should have access to the storage array using host bus adapters (HBA) or iSCSI. If you allocated a storage pool to a host group, you can create and optionally assign logical units directly from the Properties dialog box of a host or host cluster. If the storage array supports iSCSI host connectivity, you can create iSCSI sessions to the storage array from the Properties dialog box of a host.
/ In addition to discovery and management of iSCSI arrays with static targets, System Center 2012 SP1 adds support for the discovery and management of iSCSI target arrays that support dynamic and manual targets (for example Starwind, HP P2000, HP Lefthand, Dell EqualLogic, and Microsoft iSCSI Software Target).
*You can use host groups to group virtual machine hosts in meaningful ways, often based on physical site location and resource allocation.
*Storage allocation - You can allocate available storage pools and LUNs to defined host groups that can represent business groups, locations and so on. Resources typically need to be allocated on the host group level before they can be assigned to hosts.
*You can create a private cloud from resources in host groups. When you create a private cloud, you select which host groups will be part of the private cloud. You can then allocate all or some of the resources from the selected host groups to the private cloud.
Topic 10, Northwind Traders (B)
Overview
Northwind Traders is a retail company that has three offices. The offices are located in New York, Montreal, and Miami.
In the data center of the New York office, the company plans to implement a private cloud solution that will use System Center 2012 R2.
Existing Environment
Network Infrastructure
The network contains two Active Directory forests named northwindtraders.com and contoso.com.
The northwindtraders.com forest contains servers that run either Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012. The northwindtraders.com forest contains all of the computers in the New York office and the Montreal office.
The contoso.com forest contains all of the computers in the Miami office. A trust relationship does not exist between the forests.
Server Environment
The data center of the Montreal office contains three servers. The servers are configured as shown in the following table.
The data center of the New York office contains seven servers. The servers are configured
as shown in the following table.
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for System Center 2012 is deployed to all of the System Center servers. All of the System Center servers run Windows Server 2012.
Currently, VMM is used to deploy virtual machines to Hyper-V hosts.
Implementation Plans
Planned Upgrades
Northwind Traders plans to upgrade all physical servers to Windows Server 2012 R2 and all System Center 2012 components to System Center 2012 R2. Administrators also plan to add all of the System Center 2012 R2 components that are NOT deployed already.
Planned Development
Northwind Traders plans to deploy seven new servers to the New York data center. The servers will be configured as shown in the following table.
All of the SQL Server servers will use the default instances.
Northwind Traders plans to move all of the virtual machines on the Hyper-V hosts to four new private clouds named IT, Sales, Finance, and Corporate. The Hyper-V hosts in the IT private cloud will have their network adapters configured by using logical switches.
After the planned implementation of System Center 2012 R2, the administrators plan to deploy the Service Manager Self-Service Portal.
The administrators also plan to integrate System Center and Windows Azure.
The company's developers recently developed an order management application that contains a web application and a Windows service. The Windows service accesses a database. You use Server Application Virtualization (Server App-V) packages to deploy the web application and the Windows service. You use a SQL Server dedicated administrator connection (DAC) package to deploy the database.
Requirements
General Requirements
Northwind Traders plans to:
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Reuse existing servers whenever possible.
Minimize the development of custom code.
Minimize the numbers of components for any solution.
Minimize the amount of permissions assigned to users.
Minimize the amount of administrative effort whenever possible.
System Center Requirements
Northwind Traders must meet the following requirements:
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VMM must be able to use the storage on ST01 and ST02.
Users must be able to access the Service Manager Self-Service Portal.
The servers in the Miami office must be monitored by using Operations Manager.
The order management application must be deployed by using a service template.
Users of the Corporate private cloud must be able to copy their virtual machines to
Windows Azure.
The Service Manager Self-Service Portal and the SharePoint Server 2010
infrastructure must be integrated.
The NIC teaming mode for network adapters must be the same on all of the
Hyper-V hosts in the IT private cloud.
The operational database and the data warehouse database used by Operations
Manager must be on separate servers.
Each virtual machine created in the Sales private cloud must be limited to four
virtual CPUs and eight GB of memory.
The data collected from all of the monitored servers must reside in the same
database in the northwindtraders.com forest.
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