Exam 70-243 Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Exam 70-243 Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Published: 16 April 2012
Languages: English
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Credit towards certification: MCTS

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area in the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area in the exam.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Design and plan System Center Configuration Manager infrastructure (10–15%)

Plan System Center Configuration Manager hierarchy and site system roles

Pre-installation requirements, examining the current computing environment, CAS, primary and secondary sites, branch cache, designing and recommending System Center Configuration Manager server architecture, extending the Active Directory schema (DNS service records, WINS), managed providers, discovery methods and planning migration

Plan and configure security

PKI or self-signed certificates, HTTP or HTTPs implementation, NAP, FEP and planning role-based security

Define the Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

Disaster recovery and site maintenance

Preparation resources

Planning for Configuration Manager sites and hierarchy
Security and privacy for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Backup and recovery in Configuration Manager

Manage operating system deployment (OSD) (10–15%)

Configure the OSD environment

Configuring WDS, configuring PXE, configuring the VM build environment and integrating with MDT

Build and capture an image

Updating base images, task sequences

Deploy an image

New (bare metal) and upgrade images, VHD deployment

Manage images

Drivers, servicing

Preparation resources

Planning for PXE-initiated operating system deployments in Configuration Manager
Planning for Deploying operating system images in Configuration Manager
Planning for boot image deployments in Configuration Manager

Deploy applications and software updates (10–15%)

Create an application

Defining deployment types, deploying applications to RDSH, MSI, and App-V, and converting a package

Deploy an application

User device affinity, compliance settings, Software Center and task sequences

Monitor application deployment

Resolving issues, managing application distribution points, distribution point groups, Content Library, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), log files and In Console Monitoring

Manage the software library and application catalogue

Web portal configuration, work schedule and definition of primary machines for users

Create and monitor software updates

Automatic Deployment Rules (ADR), SSRS, creating update groups, creating deployment packages, log files and In Console Monitoring

Configure FEP clients by using System Center Configuration Manager

Creating and managing policy by using Configuration Manager, configuring definitions within the client policy, exporting from Configuration Manager, choosing which template to use and select exclusions

Preparation resources

How to deploy applications in Configuration Manager
Software updates in Configuration Manager
Configuring Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager

Manage compliance settings (10–15%)

Build a Configuration Item (CI)

Creating a CI, importing a CI, setting CI versioning and remediation rules

Create and monitor a baseline

Importing a configuration pack, building a custom baseline, SSRS, log files, In Console Monitoring, deploying a baseline

Preparation resources

Compliance settings in Configuration Manager
How to create Windows configuration items for compliance settings in Configuration Manager
How to monitor for compliance settings in Configuration Manager

Manage sites (10–15%)

Manage collections

Setting maintenance windows, defining rules for collections (collection membership, query-based collections), collection-specific settings

Monitor site health

SSRS, log files, In Console Monitoring, Toolkit

Configure software updates

Sync schedule, catalogues, products, WSUS and superseded updates

Manage site communications

Configuring bandwidth settings for a site address, configuring senders, secondary sites (file-based replication, SQL replication paths), resolving DP connections

Manage boundary groups

Creating boundary groups, using boundary groups in more than one DP, client roaming, Internet-based clients

Manage role-based security

Security scopes, custom roles, cloned security roles and permissions

Preparation resources

Site administration for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Configuring software updates in Configuration Manager
Implementing role-based administration

Manage clients (10–15%)

Deploy clients

GPO, WSUS, logon scripts, manual, client push, OSD task sequence, monitoring client health

Manage mobile devices

Enrolling mobile devices, Exchange Connector, AMT enrolment point (out-of-band management) and wiping mobile devices

Manage client agent settings

Desired configuration settings, mobile device client agent, NAP client agent, configuring power management, configuring remote control agent, hardware inventory agent, software inventory agent, software metering agent, advertised programs agent, computer agent

Preparation resources

Deploying clients for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
System Center: Managing mobile devices
Deploying and managing ConfigMgr clients

Manage inventory (10–15%)

Manage hardware inventory

Configuring MOF, export and import settings, enabling or disabling WMI classes, extending hardware inventory to other client assets, WMI or registry reporting

Manage software inventory

Standardised vendor name, list of tracked inventory, report inventory data, asset intelligence, software metering (enable or disable rules, report software metering results)

Monitor inventory data flow

Client-to-site, site-to-site

Preparation resources

Hardware inventory in Configuration Manager
Software inventory in Configuration Manager
Technical reference for site communications in Configuration Manager

Manage reports and queries (10–15%)

Build queries

Console queries, WQL, sub-selects

Create reports

Cloning and modifying reports, creating custom reports, import and export reports

Manage SSRS

Configuring security, configuring caching, configuring subscriptions

Preparation resources

Configuring reporting in Configuration Manager
Reporting in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
How to create queries in Configuration Manager

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QUESTION 1
You recently migrated from System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to System Center 2012
Configuration Manager. Your network contains a client computer that runs the 64-bit version of
Windows 7 and the 32-brt version of Widows 7. Some client computers have the Microsoft Application
Virtualization (App-V) client installed. You have an Application named App1. You have a 64-bit version
of App1, a 32-bit version of App1, and a virtual version of App1. You need to deploy the Application to
all of the client computers. The solution must minimize the amount of administrative effort. What should
you do?

A. Create a new Application that has three different deployment types and create a target collection
for each of the deployment types.
B. Create a new Application that has three different deployment types and configure global
conditions for each of the deployment types.
C. Create a new package for each version of App1.
D. Create a new Application for each version of App1.

Answer: B

Explanation:
Applications contain multiple deployment types that contain the files and commands necessary to
install the software. For example, deployment types for a local installation , a virtual application
package or a version of the application for mobile devices. MSI 64, 32 deployment types
Deploy multiple type to multiple collection ( x64, x32, VirtualUserCollection) You don’t choose to deploy
a specific deployment type. Instead, you deploy the application itself. It’s pretty simple in this case, with
only one deployment type, as it’s fairly obvious which one will be installed. But if you had multiple
deployment types, you would need to specify rules to determine which one is used.

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QUESTION 2
You have an Application named App1. You need to ensure that users in the finance department can
install App1 by using the Application Catalog. What should you do?

A. Create a required user deployment and target the deployment to all of the finance department users.
B. Create a required user deployment and target the deployment to all of the client computers in the finance department.
C. Create an available user deployment and target the deployment to all of the finance department users.
D. Create an available user deployment and target the deployment to all of the client computers in the finance department.

Answer: C

Explanation:
By selecting “Available” it will be selectable for the users in the Application Catalog. The “Required”
option would force the installation to all users in the finance department.

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QUESTION 3
Your company uses System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with Microsoft Forefront Endpoint
Protection integration. You deploy Forefront Endpoint Protection to all client computers. The company
uses a management Application named App1. You discover that Forefront Endpoint Protection blocks
App1. You need to ensure that App1 can run. How should you configure the Default Client Malware
Policy? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

A. Create a software restriction policy.
B. Add a process exclusion.
C. Add a file location exclusion.
D. Modify the schedule scan settings.
E. Click the Use behavior monitoring check box.

Answer: BC

Explanation:

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QUESTION 4
Your network contains a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager environment. You deploy a
Microsoft Office 2007 package to all client computers by using Configuration Manager. Your company
purchases Office 2010. You need to ensure that all users can install Office 2010 from the Application
Catalog. What should you do?

A. Deploy a new package for Office 2010.
B. Deploy Office 2010 by using a Group Policy Object (GPO).
C. Update the Office 2007 source file and redeploy the package.
D. Deploy a new Application for Office 2010.

Answer: D

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QUESTION 5
You deploy Windows 7 by using Operating System Deployment (OSD). The development task
sequence contains steps to install software updates and Applications. The amount of time required to
deploy the Windows 7 image has increased significantly during the last six months. You need to
recommend a solution to reduce the amount of time it takes to deploy the image. What should you
recommend?

A. Synchronize software updates before deploying the image.
B. Use offline servicing for the image.
C. Create a new automatic deployment rule.
D. Add an additional Install Software Updates step to the deployment task sequence.

Answer: B

Explanation:
By updating an image in the Software Library instead of performing a new build and capture of the
operating system image you will gain a few distinct advantages. You will be able to reduce the risk of
vulnerabilities during operating system deployments and reduce the overall operating system
deployment to the end user. You will also reduce the administrative effort to maintain your operating
system images. The feature is applicable for Component Based Servicing (CBS) updates and for the
following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and later
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and later
Microsoft Windows 7 RTM
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2
* At the launch of ConfigMgr 2012 Beta 2 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
are not supported. They will be supported with Configuration Manager 2012 RTM.