Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deploying

Exam 70-681 - Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deploying

Skills measured

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Configuring a deployment infrastructure (24%)

• Configure the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) environment
  • Deployment database; deployment share; task sequences; create deployment points
• Configure networking for deployment
  • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP); IP Helper; Windows Deployment Services; PXE boot; multicast
• Configure activation
  • Windows 7; Office 2010; Key Management Service (KMS); Multiple Activation Key (MAK); Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT)
• Configure the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Operating System Deployment (OSD) environment
  • System Center Configuration Manager and MDT integration; build an operating system installation, a boot image, and driver packages

Creating and configuring images (25%)

• Create and capture an image
  • Modify a WIM file; modify a Windows PE boot image; build a base image
• Create automated installation scripts
  • Silent install scripts; unattended answer files; join a domain; customize user settings; configure auto-naming
• Create and customize task sequences
  • Installation tasks for Office 2010 and additional applications
• Customize default operating system settings
  • Environment settings; user settings; configure local Group Policy; Windows Internet Explorer settings
• Add applications to an image
  • Modify or install on a base image
• Configure application compatibility
  • Configure applications for User Access Control (UAC); create and deploy shims

Deploying Windows 7 (27%)

• Perform a Lite Touch Installation of Windows 7
  • Staggered deployment; permissions
• Perform a Zero Touch Installation of Windows 7
  • Permissions; configure a task sequence; configure scheduling
• Migrate user settings and data
  • Windows Vista; Windows XP; local store vs. remote store
• Configure post–operating system deployment tasks
  • Configure run-once scripts; identify appropriate log files; deploy language packs and security updates
• Customize hardware settings
  • Inject drivers; install hardware-specific applications; configure Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption

Configuring and deploying Office 2010 (24%)

• Configure Office 2010 user-specific settings
  • Configure Microsoft Outlook settings; configure Microsoft Office Communicator settings; set display languages; set editing languages; set default file locations
• Configure Office 2010 application-specific settings
  • Configure compatibility settings; add or remove applications; add language packs; configure application add-ins, security settings, updates, and KMS
• Deploy Office 2010
  • Clean install; Group Policy Startup script; installation package in System Center Configuration Manager; upgrade from Office 2003; upgrade from Office 2007; migrate user settings, 32 or 64 bit