Useful links for Exam 70-667: TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring

Note: The objective of the post is to find all the useful links for the 70-573 exam. I would keep on adding as I find them.

Installing and Configuring a SharePoint Environment (25 percent)

• Deploy new installations and upgrades.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: running Visual Upgrade, performing an in-place upgrade, performing a database attach upgrade, analyzing a PreUpgradeCheck report, installing language packs, and scripting installations; analyzing ULS logs, installation error logs, and event logs to identify installation problems; and repairing installation errors
• Configure SharePoint farms.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring inter-server communications, server roles, high availability, InfoPath Forms Services (IPFS), Alternate Access Mappings (AAM), external sites, host headers, and applying and managing patches

• Configure service applications.

  • This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring service applications such as Business Connectivity Services (BCS), Access Services, Visio Services, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, user profiles, Microsoft Office Excel services, Managed Metadata Services (MMS), and IPFS
• Configure indexing and search.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring FAST Search for SharePoint, crawl schedules, iFilters, crawl rules, content sources, scopes, managed properties, content types, search components, index partitioning, and federated search locations

Managing a SharePoint Environment (26 percent)

• Manage operational settings.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring logging, quotas, monitoring levels, health reports, security, and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) integration
• Manage accounts and user roles.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: managing user accounts, group accounts, managed accounts, computer accounts, and service accounts; and delegating site collection administration
• Manage authentication providers.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: managing NTLM, Kerberos, claims-based, and forms-based authentication; and configuring Secure Store Service (SSS) and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)

Deploying and Managing Applications (24 percent)

• Manage Web Applications.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: managing databases, Web Application settings, security, and policies
• Manage site collections.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: managing site collection policies, features, caching, and auditing; configuring site collection security; configuring multi-tenancy; and configuring site collection quotas and locks
• Deploy and manage SharePoint solutions.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: deploying and managing SharePoint solution packages, managing sandbox solutions, and managing user solutions

Maintaining a SharePoint Environment (25 percent)

• Back up and restore a SharePoint environment.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring backup settings; backing up and restoring content, search, and service application databases; detaching and attaching databases; and exporting lists and sites
• Monitor and analyze a SharePoint environment.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: generating health, administrative, and Web analytics reports; interpreting usage and trace logs; identifying and resolving health and performance issues
• Optimize the performance of a SharePoint environment.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: configuring resource throttling (large list management, object model override); configuring remote Binary Large Objects (BLOB) storage and BLOB and object caching; and optimizing services