Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Exam
ACE ID:
MLS-0034
Organization:
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 2 Information Systems and Computer Information Systems
Scaled score of 700.
Description

Objective:

This exam measures ability to implement a desktop infrastructure.http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-415.aspx.

Skills Measured:

The skills measured include creating and maintaining desktop images; planning images with design considerations including thin, thick, and hybrid images, image type (boot, install, capture, discover), image format of virtual hard disk or windows imaging formatting (VHD or WIM), number of images based on operating system or hardware platform, drivers, and operating features; capturing images; preparing the operating system for capture; creating capture images using Windows Deployment Services (WDS); creating capture images manually; capturing an image to an existing or new WIM file; capturing an operating system image using Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager; preparing an existing VM to be used as a base image for a new VDI desktop pool; maintaining images; updating virtual hard disk (VHD) images using the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (OVMST); applying updates, drivers, settings, and files to online and offline images; applying service packs to images; installing applications into images; designing and deploying desktops; designing a deployment method with design considerations including Lite Touch, Zero Touch, local install, and Windows to Go, capacity and scale, required changes to the infrastructure, client boot method for deployment, scheduling, staggered deployment, network load, multi-site topology and distribution points, and physical vs. virtual; implementing the deployment infrastructure; installing and configuring wireless distribution systems (WDS); installing and configuring Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT); configuring network services to support deployments; configuring System Center 2012 Configuration Manager including multi-site topology and distribution points; configuring multi-server topology; configuring autonomous and replica WDS servers; implementing a Lite Touch deployment- configure unicast/multicast; adding images to WDS; configuring scheduling; optimizing network load; creating and managing unattended answer files; restricting who can receive images; managing configuration phases; implementing a Zero Touch deployment; configuring task sequencing; configuring MDT and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager integration; configuring System Center 2012 Configuration Manager for operating system deployment; configuring unicast/multicast; configuring advertisements; optimizing network load; creating and managing unattended answer files; designing and implementing user state migration; planning and implementing a remote desktop services infrastructure; planning and configuring a remote desktop session host; planning and implementing a remote desktop virtualization host infrastructure; planning and configuring a remote desktop connection broker; planning and configuring a remote desktop gateway; planning and configuring remote desktop web access; designing and configuring desktop settings; designing and configuring user state virtualization; configuring the remote desktop client experience;configuring desktop security; managing and maintaining a desktop infrastructure; implementing an updates infrastructure; monitoring the virtual desktop infrastructure; and creating and configuring virtual collections.
Instruction & Assessment
Supplemental Materials