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Microsoft 070-331 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Install and Configure SharePoint Farms | 20-25% | - Install SharePoint Server 2013 - Prepare environment and prerequisites - Configure farm settings and services |
| Topic 2: Create and Configure Web Applications and Site Collections | 15-20% | - Manage content databases and site limits - Configure site collections and site hierarchies - Create and manage web applications |
| Topic 3: Plan Security | 20-25% | - Plan farm and service application security - Plan authentication and authorization - Plan security policies and compliance |
| Topic 4: Maintain a Core SharePoint Environment | 15-20% | - Manage service applications and solutions - Monitor and manage farm health - Perform backup and restore operations - Apply updates, patches, and upgrades |
| Topic 5: Design a SharePoint Topology | 20-25% | - Plan for high availability and disaster recovery - Plan physical and logical architecture - Plan for performance and capacity |
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The vendor organizes the Microsoft Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 blueprint into 5 domains, led by Design a SharePoint Topology (20-25%), Plan Security (20-25%), Create and Configure Web Applications and Site Collections (15-20%). Every domain contains further subtopics, and the weighting tells you where your study hours pay off most — the full outline above has the complete picture, so review it before building your study plan.
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- Course 20331B: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
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Microsoft Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Sample Questions:
DRAG DROP
You need to provide access to the Corporate Projects site collection to remote internal users.
Which authentication mode and site collection URL should you use? (To answer, drag the appropriate answer choices to the correct location or locations in the answer area. Each answer choice may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content.)
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Box 1: DirectAccess authentication Box 2: Path-based site collections
Note:
*From scenario: Automate the sign-in experience by using the local AD FS 2.0 servers for AD FS single sign-on (SSO).
*The Corporate Projects site collection must be available to internal users who connect from outside of the corporate network and must not require a VPN connection
*DirectAccess authenticates the computer before the user logs on. Typically, computer authentication grants access only to domain controllers and DNS servers. After the user logs on, DirectAccess authenticates the user, and the user can connect to any resources he or she is authorized to access. DirectAccess supports standard user authentication using a computer certificate and user account name and password credentials.
DirectAccess supports standard user authentication using a computer certificate and user account name and password credentials. For greater security, you can implement additional authorization with smart cards. This type of configuration allows users to access Internet resources without their smart cards, but requires a smart card before users can connect to intranet resources. A user must insert a smart card in addition to typing his or her user credentials. Smart card authorization prevents an attacker who acquires a user's password (but not the smart card) from accessing the intranet. Similarly, an attacker who acquires the smart card but does not know the user's password does not have access. When smart cards are required for end-to-end authentication, you must use Active DirectoryDomain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server 2008 R2.
*From scenario: Ensure that a web usage report that contains traffic reports, search reports, and inventory reports can be provided for any site.
*Microsoft SharePoint supports both path-based and host-named site collections. The primary difference between path-based and host-named site collections is that all path-based site collections in a Web application share the same host name (DNS name), and each host-named site collection in a Web application is assigned a unique DNS name.
Path-based site collections Ex: http://www.company.com/sites/cust1 http://www.company.com/sites/cust2 http://www.company.com/sites/cust3
Host-named site collections Ex: http://cust1.company.com http://cust2.company.com
You have a SharePoint Server 2013 server farm.
The corporate taxonomy contains two term sets named Offices and Cities.
You need to ensure that the terms in the Cities term set can be used by the Offices term set,
What should you use?
- A. query refinement
- B. managed navigation
- C. pinned terms
- D. local properties
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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You are managing a site collection in a SharePoint farm.
You need to configure the minimum level of permissions necessary for users to manage lists in the site collection.
What permission level should you configure?
- A. Limited Access
- B. Read
- C. Contribute
- D. Edit
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
DRAG DROP
You install and deploy a SharePoint 2013 farm, and then use the database-attach method to upgrade from a SharePoint 2010 farm to the SharePoint 2013 farm.
You need to upgrade a SharePoint 2010 site collection to a SharePoint 2013 site collection.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Box 1: Run a site collection health check. Box 2: Perform a site collection upgrade. Box 3: Verify that the upgrade was successful and the site works as expected.
Note:
* To upgrade a site collection, site collection administrators complete the following steps:
1.Run the site collection health checks to verify the site is ready to upgrade.
2.Create an upgrade evaluation site to preview the differences between versions. (Optional)
3.Upgrade the site collection.
4.Verify that upgrade was successful and the site works as expected.
* After a server farm administrator has upgraded the databases, site collection administrators can upgrade individual site collections. When site collection administrators first browse to their sites after the database has been upgraded, a notification bar at the top of the site indicates that their sites can be upgraded. The choices are to Start now or Remind me later. Start now begins the site collection upgrade process.
HOTSPOT
You need to ensure that user-selected subscription content automatically appear on users' My Sites.
Which configuration option should you choose? (To answer, select the appropriate option in the answer area.)
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
Note:
* A user's individual site collection hosts the document library of the user's individual My Site. An individual site collection is created the first time that a user accesses the My Site.
Topic 2, Photo Processing
Background General Background
You are a SharePoint administrator for an online photo-processing company named Contoso, Ltd. Contoso's primary customers are professional photographers. The Contoso SharePoint 2013 environment includes the sites described in the following table.
The intranet site includes a document library for each employee in which the employee stores photos.
Technical Background
The SharePoint environment contains five front-end web servers that use Windows Network Load Balancing (NLB) with NLB affinity set to None. The company maintains all processed photos in the SharePoint content database. The content database uses RAID 5 storage. Photo files that are more than one year old are rarely viewed. Employees actively use the default self-service site creation feature.
The network infrastructure contains an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment. All servers run Windows Server 2008 R2. The internal AD DS domain is named contoso.com. Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) is deployed in the LAN. Two AD FS proxy servers are deployed in the perimeter network. Users log on to client computers by using the syntax [email protected].
Contoso has a lab environment that includes a dedicated AD DS environment and SharePoint 2013. The main lab SharePoint site is located at lab.intranet.contoso.com. A test site for a project named Project2 exists under lab.intranet.contoso.com/corp. The default self-service site creation feature is enabled for the test site.
Contoso has a development team that maintains the public website, maintains the intranet site, and creates SharePoint apps. The development team recently created a SharePointhosted app named App1 that converts .tif files to .png files.
Future Development
Contoso is forming a new corporation named Proseware, Inc. that will sell SharePoint apps. The company has acquired the proseware.com domain name. Contoso is preparing to federate with Microsoft Office 365 and will use the
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proseware.com domain for Office 365 services.
Technical Requirements
You must meet the following technical requirements:
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App1 must have access to each employee's photo document library.
App1 must use Windows Authentication.
Each front-end web server must use a single IP address for all SharePoint sites
and apps on that server.
All SharePoint sites and apps must listen on port 9000.
Office 365 must use single sign-on (SSO).
The company has established the following new monitoring requirements for the production SharePoint environment:
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Monitor whether a large number of documents are checked out.
Monitor whether a large number of unpublished items are being requested.
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The company has established the following new monitoring requirements for Project2: Monitor changes to a value in a specific registry key.
- Monitor the SharePoint cache hit ratios.
- Perform monitoring only from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. daily.
Existing Problems
Multiple authentications often occur when users log on to and navigate in SharePoint.
Users have reported some small delays accessing data.
The content database is currently stored on Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives and is
growing at a rapid pace. The following related issues currently exist:
- SharePoint is not performing as well as it was when the content database was smaller. - Storage costs to house the photo files are too expensive.
Scanned contracts are stored in binary large object (BLOB) cache storage. The BLOB cache is routinely filling up. End users are reporting poor performance when viewing scanned contracts.
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