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  • Provides exam preparation tips written by two Exchange Server MVPs 
  • Covers Exam 70-342: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
  • Organizes its coverage by the exam objectives
  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge the exam candidate

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  • Copyright 2015
  • Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9"
  • Pages: 400
  • Edition: 1st
  • Book
  • ISBN-10: 0-7356-9741-8
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7356-9741-6

Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-342--and demonstrate your real-world mastery of advanced Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 solution design, configuration, implementation, management, and support. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance, Exam Ref focuses on critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSE level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

  • Configure, manage, and migrate Unified Messaging
  • Design, configure, and manage site resiliency
  • Design, configure, and manage advanced security
  • Configure and manage compliance, archiving, and discovery solutions
  • Implement and manage coexistence, hybrid scenarios, migration, and federation

This Microsoft Exam Ref:
  • Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
  • Provides exam preparation tips written by two Exchange Server MVPs
  • Assumes you have at least three years of experience managing Exchange Servers and have responsibilities for an enterprise Exchange messaging environment

About the Exam
Exam 70-342 is one of two exams focused on Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 skills and knowledge for moving to the cloud, increasing user productivity and flexibility, reducing data loss, and improving data security.

About Microsoft Certification
Passing this exam earns you credit toward a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certification that proves your ability to build innovative solutions across multiple technologies, both on-premises and in the cloud.

Exam 70-341 and Exam 70-342 are required for MCSE: Messaging Solutions Expert certification.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learning

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Table of Contents

Introduction     xv

Microsoft certifications     xv

Acknowledgments     xv

Free ebooks from Microsoft Press     xvi

Microsoft Virtual Academy     xvii

Errata, updates, & book support     xvii

We want to hear from you     xvii

Stay in touch     xvii

Preparing for the exam     xix

Chapter 1: Configure, manage, and migrate Unified Messaging     1

Understanding Unified Messaging     2

Objective 1.1: Configure Unified Messaging (UM)      4

Configuring an IP gateway     4

Configuring the UM call router     9

Creating and configuring an auto attendant     12

Configuring a call answering rule     18

Designing Unified Messaging for high availability     21

Create a dial plan     23

Objective summary     26

Objective review     26

Objective 1.2: Manage Unified Messaging     27

Assigning a dial plan to a user     27

Moving users between dial plans     28

Enabling and disabling UM features for a user     29

Setting up protected voice mail     33

Configuring UM mailbox policy     35

Managing UM language packs     38

Objective summary     41

Objective review     41

Objective 1.3: Troubleshoot Unified Messaging     42

Troubleshooting and configuring mutual Transport Layer Security (MTLS)      43

Monitoring calls and call statistics     48

Troubleshooting and configuring Quality of Service     51

Troubleshooting SIP communication     53

Objective summary     54

Objective review     55

Objective 1.4: Migrate Unified Messaging     55

Prepare to migrate     56

Planning a migration strategy     57

Planning a coexistence strategy     58

Moving UM mailboxes between sites     58

Redirecting the SIP gateway to Exchange     59

Decommissioning the legacy system     59

Objective summary     60

Objective review     60

Answers     61

Objective 1.1: Thought experiment     61

Objective 1.1: Review     61

Objective 1.2: Thought experiment     62

Objective 1.2: Review     62

Objective 1.3: Thought experiment     63

Objective 1.3: Review     63

Objective 1.4: Thought experiment     63

Objective 1.4: Review     64

Chapter 2: Design, configure, and manage site resiliency     65

Objective 2.1: Manage a site-resilient Database Availability Group (DAG)      65

Planning and implementing Datacenter Activation Coordination (DAC)      66

Given customer node requirements, recommend quorum options     72

Planning cross-site DAG configuration and configuring DAG networks     80

Objective summary     86

Objective review     87

Objective 2.2: Design, deploy, and manage a site-resilient CAS solution     88

Planning site-resilient namespaces     88

Configuring site-resilient namespace URLs     91

Performing steps for site rollover     94

Planning certificate requirements for site failovers     94

Predicting client behavior during a rollover     96

Objective summary     100

Objective review     101

Objective 2.3: Design, deploy, and manage site resilience for transport     101

Configuring MX records for failover scenarios     102

Managing resubmission and reroute queues     107

Planning and configuring send/receive connectors for site resiliency     111

Performing steps for transport rollover     112

Objective summary     115

Objective review     115

Objective 2.4: Troubleshoot site-resiliency issues     116

Resolving quorum issues     117

Troubleshooting proxy and redirection issues     118

Troubleshooting client connectivity     119

Troubleshooting mail flow     119

Troubleshoot datacenter activation     123

Troubleshooting DAG replication     124

Objective summary     126

Objective review     126

Answers     127

Objective 2.1: Thought experiment     127

Objective 2.1: Review     127

Objective 2.2: Thought experiment     128

Objective 2.2: Review     128

Objective 2.3: Thought experiment     129

Objective 2.3: Review     130

Objective 2.4: Thought experiment     131

Objective 2.4: Review     131

Chapter 3: Design, configure, and manage advanced security     133

Objective 3.1: Select an appropriate security strategy     133

Evaluating role-based access control (RBAC)      134

Evaluating BitLocker     138

Evaluating smart cards     142

Evaluating Information Rights Management (IRM)      144

Evaluating S/MIME     145

Evaluating Domain Secure/TLS     155

Objective summary     162

Objective review     163

Objective 3.2: Deploy and manage IRM with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)      164

Creating an AD RMS template     165

Creating transport protection rules     169

Creating Outlook protection rules     172

Configuring transport decryption     174

Configuring IRM for discovery     176

Configuring pre-licensing for client access     177

Objective summary     178

Objective review     179

Objective 3.3: Configure and interpret mailbox and administrative auditing     180

Configuring mailbox audit logging     180

Configuring administrative audit logging     181

Interpreting all audit logs     182

Objective summary     185

Objective review     186

Objective 3.4: Troubleshoot security-related issues     186

Determining certificate validity     187

Ensuring proper Certificate Revocation List (CRL) access and placement     189

Ensuring private key availability     192

Troubleshooting failed IRM protection     194

Troubleshooting RBAC     195

Objective summary     196

Objective review     197

Answers     198

Objective 3.1: Thought experiment     198

Objective 3.1: Review     198

Objective 3.2: Thought experiment     199

Objective 3.2: Review     200

Objective 3.3: Thought experiment     200

Objective 3.3: Review     200

Objective 3.4: Thought experiment     201

Objective 3.4: Review     201

Chapter 4: Configure and manage compliance, archiving, and discovery solutions     203

Objective 4.1: Configure and manage an archiving solution     203

Setting up online archiving (Office 365)      205

Creating archive policies     216

Setting up on-premises archiving     220

Planning storage for an archiving solution     220

Objective summary     221

Objective review     222

Objective 4.2: Design and configure Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions     222

Setting up pre-built rules     223

Setting up custom rules     227

Designing a DLP solution to meet business requirements     231

Setting up custom policies     231

Objective summary     233

Objective review     234

Objective 4.3: Configure and administer Message Records Management (MRM)      234

Designing retention policies     234

Configuring retention policies     236

Creating and configuring custom tags     237

Assigning policies to users     239

Configuring the Managed Folder Assistant     240

Removing and deleting tags     241

Objective summary     243

Objective review     244

Objective 4.4: Perform eDiscovery     244

Planning and delegating RBAC roles for eDiscovery     245

Enabling a legal/litigation hold     246

Performing a query-based In-Place Hold     247

Designing and configuring journaling     249

Performing multi-mailbox searches in Exchange Administration Center (EAC)      254

Evaluating how to integrate In-Place federated searches with Microsoft SharePoint     257

Objective summary     259

Objective review     259

Objective 4.5: Implement a compliance solution     260

Designing and configuring transport rules for ethical walls     260

Configuring MailTips     264

Creating, configuring, and deploying message classifications     266

Designing and configuring transport rules to meet specified compliance requirements     268

Objective summary     271

Objective review     271

Answers     272

Objective 4.1: Thought experiment     272

Objective 4.1: Review     272

Objective 4.2: Thought experiment     273

Objective 4.2: Review     273

Objective 4.3: Thought experiment     274

Objective 4.3: Review     274

Objective 4.4: Thought experiment     275

Objective 4.4: Review     275

Objective 4.5: Thought experiment     276

Objective 4.5: Review     276

Chapter 5: Implement and manage coexistence, hybrid scenarios, migration, and federation     279

Objective 5.1: Establish coexistence with Exchange Online     280

Deploying and managing hybrid configuration     280

Evaluating limitations of the Hybrid Configuration Wizard     291

Configuring requirements for single sign-on (SSO)      293

Designing and configuring Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)      295

Objective summary     304

Objective review     304

Objective 5.2: Deploy and manage Exchange federation     305

Managing federation trusts with Microsoft federation gateway     306

Managing sharing policies     309

Designing certificate and firewall requirements     316

Managing organization relationships     316

Objective summary     318

Objective review     319

Objective 5.3: Implement on-premises coexistence with legacy systems     320

Planning namespaces for coexistence     320

Configuring proxy redirect     323

Planning firewall configuration for coexistence     323

Planning for mail flow requirements     325

Objective summary     326

Objective review     327

Objective 5.4: Set up a cross-forest coexistence solution     327

Setting up cross-forest availability     328

Designing certificate and firewall requirements     330

Setting up cross-forest mail flow     330

Designing and configuring AutoDiscover     331

Setting up shared namespaces     333

Objective summary     337

Objective review     337

Objective 5.5: Migrate legacy systems     338

Determining transition paths to Exchange     338

Migrating public folders     339

Migrating mailboxes     341

Upgrading policies     343

Planning to account for discontinued features     343

Transitioning and decommissioning server roles     344

Objective summary     345

Objective review     345

Objective 5.6: Troubleshoot issues associated with hybrid scenarios, coexistence, migration, and federation     346

Troubleshooting transport     347

Troubleshooting Exchange federation trust and organization relationships     348

Troubleshooting SSO/AD FS     349

Troubleshooting DirSync     349

Troubleshooting cross-forest availability     350

Objective summary     351

Objective review     351

Answers     351

Objective 5.1: Thought experiment     351

Objective 5.1: Review     352

Objective 5.2: Thought experiment     353

Objective 5.2: Review     353

Objective 5.3: Thought experiment     354

Objective 5.3: Review     354

Objective 5.4: Thought experiment     355

Objective 5.4: Review     355

Objective 5.5: Thought experiment     356

Objective 5.5: Review     356

Objective 5.6: Thought experiment     357

Objective 5.6: Review     357

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