14 January, 2011

Exam 70-667 - Configuring Microsoft Sharepoint

This exam is intended to validate the configuration skills needed to administer a SharePoint 2010 installation.

Candidates for this exam typically have more than one year of experience configuring SharePoint and related technologies, including Internet Information Services (IIS), Windows Server 2008, and Active Directory, and networking infrastructure services.

+Is proficient with the infrastructure and security of Windows Server 2008.
+ Has experience with business operations for IT, including data backup, restoration, and high availability.
+ Has experience with Windows PowerShell 2.0 and command-line administration.

The following are the course blueprint

#Installing and Configuring a SharePoint Environment

-Deploy new installations and upgrades:

This objective may include but is not limited to: running Visual Upgrade, performing an in-place upgrade, performing a database attach upgrade, analyzing a PreUpgradeCheck report, installing language packs, and scripting installations; analyzing ULS logs, installation error logs, and event logs to identify installation problems; and repairing installation errors


#Configure SharePoint farms.

-This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring inter-server communications, server roles, high availability, InfoPath Forms Services (IPFS), Alternate Access Mappings (AAM), external sites, host headers, and applying and managing patches


#Configure service applications.

-This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring service applications such as Business Connectivity Services (BCS), Access Services, Visio Services, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, user profiles, Microsoft Office Excel services, Managed Metadata Services (MMS), and IPFS

#Configure indexing and search.

-This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring FAST Search for SharePoint, crawl schedules, iFilters, crawl rules, content sources, scopes, managed properties, content types, search components, index partitioning, and federated search locations


Managing a SharePoint Environment

#Manage operational settings.

-This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring logging, quotas, monitoring levels, health reports, security, and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) integration


- Manage accounts and user roles.

This objective may include but is not limited to: managing user accounts, group accounts, managed accounts, computer accounts, and service accounts; and delegating site collection administration

-Manage authentication providers.

This objective may include but is not limited to: managing NTLM, Kerberos, claims-based, and forms-based authentication; and configuring Secure Store Service (SSS) and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).

#Deploying and Managing Applications

-Manage Web Applications.

-This objective may include but is not limited to: managing databases, Web Application settings, security, and policies.

-Manage site collections.

This objective may include but is not limited to: managing site collection policies, features, caching, and auditing; configuring site collection security; configuring multi-tenancy; and configuring site collection quotas and locks.


-Deploy and manage SharePoint solutions.

This objective may include but is not limited to: deploying and managing SharePoint solution packages, managing sandbox solutions, and managing user solutions

#Maintaining a SharePoint Environment

-Backup and restore a SharePoint environment.
This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring backup settings; backing up and restoring content, search, and service application databases; detaching and attaching databases; and exporting lists and sites

-Monitor and analyze a SharePoint environment.

This objective may include but is not limited to: generating health, administrative, and Web analytics reports; interpreting usage and trace logs; identifying and resolving health and performance issues

Please let me know in case of any queries or questions, Thanks...

36 comments:

  1. I would like to discuss few questions on 70-630 Configuring MOSS2007. Where can i post the info?

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  2. Please mention your questions in this area 'post a comment' and i will get back you asap. Please feel free to ask n number of questions.. i will try by best to answer each one of them in a detailed manner, Thanks for your patience...

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  4. You have a dll that contains business logic code. You build an excel workbook using that dll and deploy it in document library of MOSS2007. When you open it in web browser, it does not load, but all other files saved in the same document library location open in the webbrowser. What should you do to open the excel workbook in the web browser?

    a) Remove the dll file extension from the blocked files list from the central administration. b) Add a trusted data provider. c) .....d)...........

    I do not remember the other options. But, what could be the solution? Please help

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  5. You need to change the account used to manage ssp? what should you configure? a) Change farm administrators group b) change web application user persmissions settings c) use stsadm "backup" command d) use stsadm "change permission policy" command

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  6. Your web application has different site collections for HR, FINANCE,MARKETING,ADMIN,DEVELOPMENT, etc. When you configure search, you need to make sure that all results from all site collections should be displayed, except the results from Finance department site collection. What should you configure to achieve this?

    a) search scope b)crawl rules c) content sources d) federated locations e) crawler impact rules.

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  7. Your server farm has two web applications A and B, that have their own content databases a1 and b1 from sql server. Now you create a new web application C and want to have a new content database, by merging a1 and b1 and assign it as the content database to C. What tool do you need to use to achieve this?

    a) central administration b)sql server management studio c)sql server configuration manager d)stsadm tool

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  8. You create a workflow using office sharepoint designer 2007 on a list. But, for one of the items in the list, the workflow status is "error occured". what should you configure to re-run the workflow? a)From designer, click check workflow. b) from designer, goto application-options- c) click settings of the list d)check from workflow settings page of the list

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  9. Your server farm has two web applications A and B, that have their own content databases a1 and b1 from sql server. Now you create a new web application C and want to have a new content database, by merging a1 and b1 and assign it as the content database to C. What tool do you need to use to achieve this?

    a) central administration b)sql server management studio c)sql server configuration manager d)stsadm tool

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  10. You create a site collection based on teamsite template. You need to ensure that when you next create any sites/sub-sites under that, they all should be automatically added to a site category. what should you do to achieve this
    a) modify site master page settings b)modify site directory settings c)...d)...

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  11. You have network application pool accounts setup in IIS. You need to access data from sql server to BDC. You need to have some authentication done to access the data from BDC. What mode of authentication should you specify in ADF file?

    a)pass through b)revert c) rdb credentials d) windows authentication.

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  12. You have a document library. Users want to send their email messages to the files in the document library. You are in the document library settings page. What do you need to configure?

    a) Advanced settings b)Information management policy settings c)workflow settings d)audience targeting settings

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  13. You have a sitemap showing the hierarchy of all sites and subsites of a webapplication/site collection in all pages. what should you do to get it. a) create site directory site in the site collection. b) use site aggregator webpart and add it to the webpart page c) use site category webpart d)modify master page settings

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  14. You have 2 site collections. site1 is configured to have both index and query. what should you configure to achieve the below configuration?
    1) http://site1 --- index
    2) http://site2 ---- index and query

    a) search scope b)crawl rules c) federated locations d) create a new SSP and configure search

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  15. You have a infopath form that needs to access a sqlserver database that is outside the server farm. what should you configure?
    a) add a content database from central administration b) upload a data connection file c) d)

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  16. You create 5 custom form templates for infopath using sharepoint designer.when you try to create a new form using infopath, in the select template page, you should have all these 5 form templates displayed automatically by defualt. how should you deploy these 5 forms?
    a)deploy all 5 templates as content types in designer b) c) d)

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  17. You have a site collection. You upload a form template from central administration. You need to see the form template appear from the site collection. whay should you do achieve this?

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  18. you have 2 lists- customers and invoice. Invoice list has look up column on customers list on customer id. You create 2 list webparts for customer and invoice and display the data from them. when you select the customer id in customer webpart, the invoice webpart should display only the order details of that particular customer id. what filter should you add to invoice webpart? a) add a sharepoint list filter b)pagefield filter c).. d)..

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  19. You have 2 servers server1, server2.
    You need to make sure that when you perform search, 1) server1 must exclude xml files 2)server2 must include xml files. what should you do?
    a)configure fileextension property and check allow search scope b) configure isdocumenttype property and check allow search scope c)...d)...

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  20. some clients do not have office infopath forms installed on their computers. but they should be able to fil i nthe infopath forms from their webbrowser and submit it in MOSS2007.
    a) create a policy b)enable enterprise features c)... d)...

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  21. You need to restore the credentials to setup the SSP. What should you configure?
    a)stsadm command b) backup the webapplication used to host the ssp c)... d)...

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  23. After you perform search, you find that some files are not included in the results. what file should you check?
    a)crawl log d)query log c) diagnostic log d)...

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  24. You create a logo for your website and want it to appear in all pages of the site. where should you save the logo file?
    a)lookandfeel,title area b)site directory c)... d)..

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  25. Could you please convey me your email ID ? Thanks for your patience..

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  26. please send answer to above questoin to me also: dhakal.krish@gmail.com.

    I appriciate your help.

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  27. @KZ- I have tried to send an email to you but got Delivery Failure message. Please let me know your view,Thanks

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  28. @Krish-I have send an email to you by mentioning the requested info so please check and let me know in case of any queries/questions,Thanks for your patience...

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  29. sorry!! it is kzus@hotmail.com

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  30. Thanks for the updated email ID. I have send an email again..please check and confirm regarding the same..

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  31. Thanks for your response. It was helpful.

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  32. Could you also send the comments to those questions to my email account? m0nchichi@hotmail.com

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  33. I have just send an email to you regarding the same.. Please check and let me know in case of any queries/questions, Thanks for your patience...

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  34. Hi Amol,

    Could you please send answers to above questoin to me also at prabhat_singhup@yahoo.com

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  35. Send, Please check and confirm, Thanks...

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