Private Cloud & System Center Exams

I blogged ages ago (here) that Microsoft were looking for input into how to structure some of the new System Center 2012 exams.

Starting with MMS 2012 (Where I hope to be taking and passing them!!) Microsoft will be looking to offer 3 new exams.

• Exam 70-243: Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
• Exam 70-246: Private Cloud Monitoring and Operations with System Center 2012.
• Exam 70-247: Private Cloud Configuration and Deployment with System Center 2012.

There was a call to split 70-243 into two exams, and while this doesn't initally appear to have happened, what is encouraging is the fact that with the System Center 2012 release being a bundle of all the individual components, they have split this into the two areas:

Monitoring and Operating
Can be seen as day to day operations

Configure Data Center Process Automation (18%)

• Implement workflows.
• Implement service offerings.

Deploy Resource Monitoring (20%)

• Deploy end-to-end monitoring.
• Configure end-to-end monitoring.
• Create monitoring reports and dashboards.

Monitor Resources (23%)

• Monitor network devices.
• Monitor servers.
• Monitor the virtualization layer.
• Monitor application health.

Configure and Maintain Service Management (18%)

• Implement service level management.
• Manage problems and incidents.
• Manage cloud resources.

Manage Configuration and Protection (22%)

• Manage compliance and configuration.
• Manage updates.
• Implement backup and recovery.

Configuration and Deployment
For those responsible for design and implementation of the solutions.

Design and Deploy System Center (19%)

• Design a scalable System Center architecture.
• Install the System Center Infrastructure.
• Upgrade System Center components.

Configure System Center Infrastructure (21%)

• Configure System Center components.
• Configure portals and dashboards.

Configure the Fabric (27%)

• Configure the storage fabric.
• Configure the network fabric.
• Configure the deployment and update servers.
• Configure clouds and virtualization hosts.

Configure System Center Integration (16%)

• Configure private cloud integration.
• Configure integration of private and public clouds.

Configure and Deploy Virtual Machines and Services (18%)

• Configure profiles.
• Create and configure server App-V packages.
• Configure and deploy a service.
• Update a service.