This exam is part one 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-70-413.aspx.
The skills measured include planning and deploying a server infrastructure; designing and planning for an automated server installation strategy; Implementing a server deployment infrastructure; planning and implementing server upgrade and migration; planning and deploying virtual machine manager services; planning and implementing file and storage services; designing and implementing network infrastructure services design and maintaining a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) solution; designing a name resolution solution strategy; designing and managing an IP address management solution; designing and implementing network access services; designing a VPN solution, a DirectAccess solution, and web application proxy solution; implementing a scalable remote access solution; designing and implementing a network protection solution; designing and implementing an active directory infrastructure (logical); designing and implementing a forest and domain infrastructure; designing a group policy strategy; design an active directory permission model; designing and implementing an active directory infrastructure (physical); designing an active directory sites topology; designing a domain controller strategy; and designing and implementing a branch office infrastructure.