This exam is part two of a series of two exams that test the skills and knowledge necessary to design, implement, and maintain a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure in an enterprise scaled, and highly virtualized environment. Passing this exam validates a candidate's ability to plan, configure, manage, and implement the Windows Server 2012 services such as server deployment, server virtualization, network access, and infrastructure, identity and access, high availability, and the server infrastructure. Passing this exam along with the other exam confirms that a candidate has the skills and knowledge necessary for designing, deploying, and maintaining infrastructure services in a Windows Server 2012 environment.http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-414.aspx.
The skills measured include managing and maintaining a server infrastructure; designing an administrative model and monitoring strategy; planning and implementing automated remediation; planning and implementing a highly available enterprise infrastructure; planning and implementing failover clustering, highly available network services, highly available storage solutions, highly available roles, business continuity, and a disaster recovery solution; planning a backup and recovery strategy; planning considerations including active directory domain and forest recover, Hyper-v replica including using Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager, domain controller restore and cloning, and Active Directory object and container restore using authoritative restore and Recycle Bin; planning for and implementing backup and recovery by using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM); planning and implementing a server virtualization infrastructure; managing and maintaining a server virtualization infrastructure; designing and implementing identity and access solutions; and designing, implementing and managing a certificate services infrastructure, federal identity solution, and Active Directory Rights Management Services (ADRMS).