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Microsoft 70-686 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Pro: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Administrator |
| Exam Number: | 70-686 |
| Exam Duration: | 150 minutes |
| Exam Format: | Scenario-Based, Performance-Based, Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer |
| Available Languages: | Spanish, French, German, English, Japanese |
| Exam Price: | USD 165 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired, no expiration after earned |
| Related Certifications: | MCSA: Windows 7 MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator 7 |
| Passing Score: | 700 out of 1000 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 |
| Recommended Training: | 6294A: Planning and Managing Windows 7 Desktop Deployments and Environments Microsoft Official Self-Paced Training Kit |
| Exam Registration: | Microsoft Learning (Retired) |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Retired exam; originally delivered via Pearson VUE test centers and online proctored format |
| Pre Condition: | Minimum 3 years of experience installing, configuring, and administering Windows clients and deployment tools; recommended prior knowledge of Windows Server and System Center suite |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7747.exam-70-686-pro-windows-7-enterprise-desktop-administrator.aspx |
Microsoft 70-686 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Designing Client Configurations | 17% | - User state migration
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| Topic 2: Identifying and Resolving Deployment and Client Configuration Issues | 19% | - Troubleshooting deployment failures
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| Topic 3: Designing a Windows 7 Client Deployment | 15% | - Deployment methods
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| Topic 4: Designing Application Packages for Deployment | 17% | - Application packaging
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| Topic 5: Designing a Standard Image | 17% | - Image creation and customization
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| Topic 6: Planning and Managing a Client Life Cycle Strategy | 16% | - Software updates management
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70-686 Exam Questions Answered: Format, Topics, and Prep
The 70-686 exam is the official assessment for the Microsoft Pro: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Administrator certification offered by Microsoft. It checks whether you can apply the knowledge areas in the exam objectives to practical situations, and passing it earns a credential that employers across the industry recognize. For professionals who feel stuck in their current role, it is often the most concrete next step available.
Minimum 3 years of experience installing, configuring, and administering Windows clients and deployment tools; recommended prior knowledge of Windows Server and System Center suite
The official outline for the 70-686 exam highlights these domains:
- Designing a Standard Image (17%)
- Designing Application Packages for Deployment (17%)
- Identifying and Resolving Deployment and Client Configuration Issues (19%)
Weighting your study time toward the heavier domains first is a sensible strategy, and the Microsoft Pro: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Administrator practice questions at TestsDumps follow the same objective structure.
Microsoft recommends the following training resources for 70-686 exam candidates:
- 6294A: Planning and Managing Windows 7 Desktop Deployments and Environments
- Microsoft Official Self-Paced Training Kit
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Microsoft Pro: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Administrator Sample Questions:
New question from the exam
You are planning a Zero Touch Installation of Windows 7.
You need to design a deployment strategy that enables the company computers to sleep and hibernate
without creating a security risk.
Which tool should you use?
- A. Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP)
- B. System Center Capacity Planner (SCCP)
- C. Windows Performance Monitor Data Collector Sets
- D. System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
You are planning a deployment of Windows 7 on multiple client computers.
You need to recommend a Windows 7 deployment solution that meets the following requirements:
Must support the deployment of WIM or VHD.
Must support deployment by using multicast. What should you include in the recommendations?
- A. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)
- B. Windows Deployment Services
- C. System Center Configuration Manager 2010
- D. Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
Your company has an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest with a single domain named contoso.com. The design of the organizational units (OUs) and Group Policy objects (GPOs) is shown in the exhibit. (Click the Exhibit button.)
Multiple computer configuration settings and user configuration settings are defined in the Kiosk Computers GPO.
A security audit indicates that user configuration settings that are defined in the Kiosk Computers GPO are not applied when users log on to client computers that are in the Kiosk Computers OU.
You need to ensure that the user configuration settings are correctly applied.
What should you do?
Exhibit:
- A. Disable the user configuration settings on the New York Users GPO.
- B. Disable the user configuration settings on the Default Domain Policy GPO.
- C. Enable loopback processing in Replace mode on the Kiosk Computers GPO.
- D. Enable loopback processing in Merge mode on the Default Domain Policy GPO.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
Your company has client computers that run Windows Vista.
The company plans to upgrade the Windows Vista computers to Windows 7. The current configuration of all client computers in your company is based on a common Windows Vista image.
Some branch offices use WAN connections to connect to the main office.
You have the following requirements:
Transfer all user data from the original Windows Vista installation to the new Windows 7 installation.
Use the least amount of bandwidth while transferring the user data.
Support the same migration strategy for all offices.
You need to design a user state migration strategy that supports the requirements.
What should you do?
- A. Use Windows PE to perform an offline migration.
- B. Use the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool.
- C. Use the User State Migration Tool (USMT) and a hard-link migration store.
- D. Use the multicast feature of Windows Deployment Services (WDS).
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
You deploy Windows 7 Enterprise to 1,000 client computers by using an image file. You need to define an image update strategy to incorporate software updates. What should you do?
- A. Install the deployment image on a client computer. Run the update package on the client computer, run BCDedit, and then recapture the image.
- B. Install the deployment image on a client computer. Run the update package on the client computer, run Sysprep, and then recapture the image.
- C. Append a disk volume that contains the update to the deployment image.
- D. Mount the deployment image on a client computer that runs Windows 7. Run the update package on the client computer.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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