- Exam Details
- Trouble Spots / Preparation Hints / Recommended Study Resources
- Exam Objectives / Where to Go from Here
Trouble Spots
As with any exam, it will vary from person to person as to what is deemed to be difficult. Be sure you are familiar with each of the topics in the exam objectives listed below. Some of the new features and functionality in Microsoft Lync 2010 include the following:
- Unified Experience
- Connect and Collaborate
- Simple, Essential, Reliable Conferencing
- Complete Enterprise Voice Features
- Powerful Deployment and Management Tools
- Extensibility
This includes instant messaging, voice, and audio, video, and Web conferencing. Now you can use one set of contacts across Lync 2010 and Office applications.
Find contacts and communicate more effectively with new features including pictures and location.
Collaborate with built-in desktop and application sharing, PowerPoint upload, and white boarding. You can schedule and join meetings with a single click in Microsoft Outlook or the meeting reminder.
You can give users the ability to work in the office, at home, or on the road. You can manage bandwidth utilization using Quality of Service (QoS) markings, which works well even on unmanaged networks like the Internet.
The PowerShell-based foundation allows for administrative consistency with Exchange Server, Active Directory, and other Microsoft server products. You can improve security and administrative productivity with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with built-in and customer-defined roles.
You can easily embed Communicator UI elements in your applications or build your client experience in .NET. You can also simplify deployment, operations, and interoperability with added features that improve provisioning, load-balancing, fail-over, and draining.
Preparation Hints
Review the Exam Objectives below and make sure that you are familiar with them. The Microsoft 2010, Administrator exam is designed for those who have experience in this environment. Always check the Microsoft site for the specific exam you are going to take. In this instance, the site is http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-665.
There are many web sites and blogs that can help you to research topics, but be careful to fully research the information you read. It is not advisable to try to find sites that list questions and answers for several reasons. First, you don’t know if you will be asked a specific question and second, the answers given in a blog may be inaccurate and third, you need to understand the information to adequately prepare.
When taking the exam, read each question carefully. Microsoft is notorious for adding a lot of unneeded information in their questions. Make sure that when you click on a choice, that it is really marked. Be careful clicking anywhere on the screen. I found that by inadvertently clicking near the scroll bar on the right of the screen, I actually changed an answer. You get a single piece of paper and a marker for writing. You can use a small amount of time before you even start the exam to make notes once you enter the test area. Sometimes there is even a questionnaire at the beginning of the test that does not count against your test time. You can even use this time to write down notes, facts, tables or other information by taking your time between answers.
Recommended Study Resources
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Unleashed by Alex Lewis, Andrew Abbate and Tom Pacyk
Microsoft also has recommended classroom training:
- Learning Plans and Classroom Training 10533AD: Deploying, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (5 Days)
- 10534AD: Planning and Designing a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Solution (5 Days)
- 10534A: Planning and Designing a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Solution (5 Days)