Planning and Building a Messaging and Collaboration Environment Using Microsoft® Office System and Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 (74-138)

Exam Objectives and Sub-Objectives:

1. Create an inventory of existing assets

• Analyze current network systems
• Identify changes needed
• Identify bandwidth constraints
• Identify potential routing issues
• Identify additional hardware needed
   

2. Create a Messaging and Collaboration Deployment Plan

• Choose the deployment technique
• Choose a method for creating and extending custom Web Parts
• Create the project plan
• Identify requirements for the development environment
• Use the security features of Windows SharePoint Services

3. Plan a Server Configuration

• Identify the operating system components
• Identify the applications and their components
• Create the server configuration
• Enable usage tracking to identify system usage patterns
• Identify components to deploy
• Decide where to place servers
• Identify high availability requirements
   

4. Configure Windows SharePoint Services

• Configure Windows SharePoint Services to support multiple languages
• Configure managed paths
• Choose and configure Internet Information Services (IIS) authentication modes
• Choose Active Directory authentication modes
   

5. Plan Network Configuration

• Decide if deployment will be intranet, extranet, or both
• Identify the security requirements
• Choose the group strategy
• Design the permissions structure
• Identify the scalability requirements

6. Test the Live Communications Server Client Deployment

• Identify the test environment constraints
• Identify the deployment risks
• Plan and create a test environment
• Identify deployment issues
• Create a Management and Operations Plan
• Plan for growth and expansion
• Monitor system usage patterns
• Set storage quotas
• Mitigate storage limitation issues
• Plan usage monitoring
• Determine a logging strategy
• Determine security enforcement and compliance

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