About Exam

Exam number/code: 70-089
Exam name: Planning, Deploying, and Managing Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
Exam no. of questions: 59 Questions
Duration: 135 minutes
Passing score: 700
Question types: Multiple choice questions (MCQ's), Multiple choice single answer, Multiple choice multiple answer, Drag and drop & Simulations (optional)

This exam measures your ability to plan, deploy, and manage Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills that are listed in the following matrix.

• Designing and Planning the SMS Environment
• Planning and Managing Feature Packs
• Configuring an SMS Environment
• Managing and Maintaining an SMS Environment
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting SMS

Exam Objectives

• Designing and Planning the SMS Environment
• Analyze the business requirements for SMS
• Analyze the current environment
• Analyze previous installations and identify interoperability.
• Identify upgrade paths
• Analyze capacity and performance
• Analyze network topology
• Analyze client environment
• Analyze Microsoft Active Directory site structure
• Analyze server environment
• Analyze domain models and security
• Plan Active Directory for SMS integration
• Plan Active Directory sites so that they define SMS site boundaries
• Plan an SMS site hierarchy
• Plan for Active Directory schema changes for SMS
• Plan integration between SMS and WINS
• Plan Active Directory security for SMS integration
• Plan security for SMS integration
• Plan advanced security implementation
• Plan for trusted root key implementation
• Plan management points implementation
• Plan discovery and client installation
• Identify which client types to deploy
• Develop strategies for discovery and client installation
• Select a discovery method
• Plan to deploy SMS clients
• Assign clients to SMS sites
• Plan SMS sites
• Identify hardware requirements
• Plan NetBIOS requirements
• Plan location and types of site servers
• Plan site system roles
• Plan SMS boundaries
• Plan roaming boundaries
• Plan site boundaries
• Plan client roaming
• Planning and Managing Feature Packs
• Plan and manage Operating System Deployment (OSD)
• Plan distribution points
• Plan replication
• Deploy OSD
• Troubleshoot OSD
• Plan and manage Device Management
• Plan Device Management
• Deploy Device Management
• Configure the Device Client Agent
• Manage clients by using Device Management
• Troubleshoot Device Management
• Configuring an SMS Environment
• Prepare the environment for SMS
• Configure the Active Directory schema for SMS
• Configure SMS in an environment that does not include Active Directory
• Publish server locator points to WINS
• Configure Windows components so that they support SMS features
• Install the required service packs for SMS
• Configure an SMS site
• Configure Internet Information Server (IIS) security
• Configure site and roaming boundaries
• Configure site security
• Upgrade from SMS 2.0 to SMS 2003
• Install site systems
• Install operating systems
• Install NTFS File System partitions
• Configure servers and shares
• Configure discovery<