Exam Ref 70-743 Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA

Charles Pluta is a technical consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) who has authored several certification exams, lab guides, and learner guides for various technology vendors. As a technical consultant, Charles has assisted small, medium, and large organizations deploy and maintain their IT infrastructure. He is also a speaker, staff member, or trainer at several large industry conferences every year. Charles has a degree in Computer Networking, and holds more than 15 industry certifications. He makes a point to leave the United States to travel to a different country once every year. When not working on training or traveling, he plays pool in Augusta, Georgia.

Part I: Storage and Compute

Chapter 1: Implement server storage solutions
Skill 1.1. Configure disks and volumes
Skill 1.2: Implement advanced storage solutions

Chapter 2: Implement Hyper-V
Skill 2.1: Install and configure Hyper-V
Skill 2.2: Configure virtual machine settings
Skill 2.3: Configure Hyper-V storage
Skill 2.4: Configure Hyper-V networking

Chapter 3: Implement Windows Containers
Skill 3.1: Deploy Windows Containers
Skill 3.2: Manage Windows Containers

Chapter 4: Implement high availability
Skill 4.1: Implement high availability and disaster recovery options within Hyper-V
Skill 4.2: Implement failover clustering
Skill 4.3: Manage failover clustering
Skill 4.4: Manage virtual machines movement in clustered nodes

Chapter 5: Install, manage, and maintain servers for host and compute environments
Skill 5.1. Install, upgrade, and migrate servers and workloads
Skill 5.2: Install and configure Nano Server

Part II: Networking
Chapter 6: Implement Domain Name System (DNS)
Skill 6.1: Install and configure DNS servers

Chapter 7: Implement DHCP
Skill 7.1: Manage and maintain DHCP

Chapter 8: Implement network connectivity and remote access solutions
Skill 8.1: Implement VPN solutions
Skill 8.2: Implement DirectAccess

Chapter 9: Implement core and distributed network solutions
Skill 9.1: Implement IP Address Management (IPAM)

Chapter 10: Implement advanced network infrastructure
Skill 10.1: Implement high performance network solutions
Skill 10.2: Implement Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Part III: Identity
Chapter 11: Federate identity solutions
Skill 11.1: Install and configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
Skill 11.2: Implement Web Application Proxy