An Active Directory domain has all your organization's servers as members. Either Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition is run by all the domain server members. There is a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition Hyper-V host called Host1. This host has 512 GB of RAM and can host 50 Windows Server virtual machines (VMs). A PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) web server model is implemented by you on all file server VMs. You add a new pull server and move the original Management Object Format (MOF) file for the file servers. You now have to change the pull server for all the file servers. Can you identify the two configuration blocks that you will change in the Local Configuration Manager (LCM) configuration file? (opt any TWO)

You are working for a mid-sized organization as a systems administrator. It is a manufacturing company. The organization’s network has a single Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. The AD DS domain is configured as two sites: headquarters and branch. Windows Server 2016 is run on all infrastructure servers. There are 250 users on the headquarters site, 150 users in the branch site. A new Hyper-V virtualization host is to be deployed in the network of branch office. This server is planned to host two virtual machines (VMs), currently residing in the headquarters network. In future, additional VMs are expected to be deployed on the branch location. Primary technical requirements include management and security, while cost is the chief business requirement. The new deployment should have the following: -The potential attack surface must be minimum -Local and remote administration must be there -Windows Server containers must be supported -Allow for Shielded VM deployment. Identify the most suitable Windows Server 2016 edition for the Hyper-V host of branch office.

A Windows Server 2016 file server you are managing is called FS01. The organization has a network configured on an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain called Organization1.com. FS01 is a member of this domain. All server management is carried out remotely. For server management, PowerShell cmdlets is used. The PowerShell cmdlets from a Windows 10 domain-joined management workstation named Wkstnl is used when possible. You are required to get rid of all viruses and malware from FS01, that Defender detects. Identify the PowerShell cmdlet you should run.

You have an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. The AD DS domain includes a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster. It is called Clusterl. Windows Server 2016 is run by all cluster nodes. Serv5 is configured with two network adapters: Adp1 and Adp2. Adp1 was specified by you while adding Serv5 to Clusterl. A new cluster is required to be created in the same subnet as Clusterl. You want to use Serv5 as the first node in the new cluster. What would you do keeping in mind you must have minimum changes to the existing network infrastructure?

Your company wants you to deploy four Hyper-V host servers. These servers must be running Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition. There is an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain called company1 and all servers are members of this company domain. There are 150 Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machines (VMs) that the company wants you to migrate to these new hosts. In surplus to these 150 VMs, 50 Windows Server 2016 Standard edition VMs will also be deployed to the new hosts. You are managing the deployment of servers. The licensing and activation of these hosts and VMs also falls under your responsibility. You activate all four Hyper-V host servers with Volume License keys. You want to manage virtual machines activation in a manner that is quick and doesn’t challenge you much administratively. What step would you take?

Windows Server 2016 is running on a server named Data1. You are required to monitor Data1 activity and identify if there is an indication of performance bottleneck by performance counters. Can you identify two options below that indicate performance bottleneck? (opt any TWO)

You work for an organization that has a network configured as an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. A failover cluster that is physically present in another location is configured using remote administrator tools. This failover cluster is configured to use Credential Security Service Provider (CredSSP) authentication. You are required to configure failover, automatic startup and high availability for an application that was originally not designed to work on a cluster. Can you identify the PowerShell cmdlet you should run first?

You work for a managed service provider (MSP) as a systems engineer. You have a client who owns a five-node Windows failover cluster. Three of five nodes run Windows Server 2012 R2 and the other two nodes run Windows Server 2016. There are multiple highly available Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) hosted by each node. You are required to perform a hardware upgrade on a cluster node. You power of that cluster node as a part of process, but before powering off, you run the following Windows PowerShell cmdlet on the node: PS C:\>(Get-Cluster).DrainOnShutdown 1. You have powered off the cluster node. You just get reminded of the fact that the node was not put in maintenance mode. What can this action result in?

You are remotely configuring a newly installed Windows Server 2016 Standard edition Server Core computer named Core1. Core1 is a member of your Active Directory domain and has no additional roles or features installed. You need to deploy Core1 as a branch office file and print server with BranchCache enabled. You enable remote management and connect a remote PowerShell session with domain administrator credentials to Core1. Which three PowerShell cmdlets should you run inside the remote session to prepare the server for configuration? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

You are responsible for managing network security for your organization. In your network there are Windows Server 2016 servers and clients are using Windows 10. Your main concern is man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks. You have to reduce exposure to these attacks. You want to confirm if you disable the Server Message Block version 1 (SMBv1) protocol, would this result in your network services or devices to fail. Identify the two most suitable actions you would take in this situation.

You are working in an organization as a domain administrator. The organization’s network is configured as a single Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. Windows Server 2016 is run in all servers of this domain. HV1 is a Hyper-V host member server you manage. MEM5 is a Windows Server 2016 virtual machine (VM) member server hosted by HV1. Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service is disabled in MEM5. To start the WinRM service on MEM5, you will have to use PowerShell Direct on MEM5. Identify the Windows PowerShell cmdlet you should use.

You company has an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain that has a Hyper-V cluster. All nodes in the cluster are running Windows Server 2012 R2. The cluster consists of Virtual machines (VMs) that are running either Windows Server 2016, Linux or Windows Server 2012 R2. A rolling cluster upgrade is run to upgrade Windows Server 2016 in all cluster host nodes. You then run the Update-ClusterFunctionalLevel PowerShell cmdlet. You realize that it is not possible to configure for secure boots the VMs that are running Linux. It is further identified that other Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V features are not supported. Which cmdlet will you run to make sure all updated Hyper-V features are supported?

FS01 is a a Windows Server 2016 file server that you are managing in your organization. When users access shares on FS01, slow performance is witnessed by the users in short breaks, as a result of which it takes much longer to retrieve files that expected. You want to identify how many files are open on all SMB shares. You also need to determine what is the speed data transfer FS01 is giving on the SMB shares over a 24-hour period. What is the suitable step to take right now?

A computer is running Windows Server 2016. An NFS share is created by you on that computer. Access permissions are assigned by you based on Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) client groups. You want a particular client group to have just read-only access. To make that happen, which PowerShell cmdlet would you use?

There are four Hyper-V host servers running Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition. The servers are named Host1, Host2, Host3, and Host4. FS1 is a failover cluster that these servers are members of. Every server host has six directly attached SATA hard disk drives and two directly attached NVMe solid-state storage devices, all unused. You are required to use share VM storage to deploy highly available virtual machines (VMs) on FS1. You must also keep in mind that storage costs should be minimum and additional configuration should be avoided. What would be you step of action in this situation?

Data deduplication for volume G is configured by you on a server running Microsoft Windows Server 2016. Video and audio editing is done using that volume. You do not want the files that are not modified or accessed in at least 10 days to get optimized. Which PowerShell cmdlet should you run?

Your company wants to create container images to the Docker Hub public registry for which they decide to use Dockerfile. Dockerfile will automate the creation of images. You create a dockerfile as an image source. Image creation needs to be tested with Dockerfile. Which one of the following is the appropriate command to run?

Your company has an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain member server named Server5. Windows Server 2016 is run on this server. Data Center Bridging (DCB) is installed and configured on Server5. You configure Data Center Bridging settings on a system-level that also include assignments of application priority. There are a number of DCB-compatible network adaptors configured with Server5. Here is a PowerShell command string that you execute on the server: Set-NetQosDcbxSetting -Willing $FALSE Which of the Powershell cmdlet given below would you run if you need to configure the network adapters to support DCB and apply the system level settings?

A computer is running Microsoft Windows Serve' 2016. You have created a storage pool that has 6 hard disk drives (HDDs). All the hard disk drives has 5 TB capacity each. You are required to support a critical application for which you create a virtual hard disk (VHD) volume. Following are the requirements the volume should meet: -Provide at least 10 TB storage -Prevent data loss if 2 physical hard disks are lost -Optimize read and write performance. How should you configure resiliency for the virtual disk?

Company’s Windows VHD and VHDX offline images are being maintained by you. You are required to use the Add-WindowsDriver PowerShell cmdlet in order to add a driver to an offline VHD image. Can you identify the type of source file that will be required?

There is a Windows Server 2016 file you are managing. The file server is called FS01. There are feedbacks from users identifying poor performances while accessing data from shares on the file server FS01. You are inclined to believe the cause of this intermittent poor performance is one of the network adapters installed in FS01. You decide to set FS01 to log application events whenever there is a poor performance witnessed. What step would you take?

You work for an organization with a single Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. A domain member server’s failover cluster in included in the domain. Windows Server 2016 is run on all cluster nodes. All cluster nodes are configured as Hyper-V hosts. There is a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Administrative Console running on a computer with Windows 10 as its operating system. You need to prepare backup schedules for virtual machines (VMs). Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2012 R2 are run on all VMs. You need to configure different backup schedules for different VMs based on roles supported. What would you use in order to keep the administrative effort required to complete this to a minimum?

You work for an organization as a virtualization administrator. The organization’s network is running as a single Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. The domain consists of a five-node Windows failover cluster. The failover cluster hosts 13 Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). All cluster nodes run Windows Server 2016 and have the Failover Clustering and Hyper-V server roles installed. You create performance baselines on both the servers. You come to realize the node virthost1 is overutilized and that the node virthost2 is over underutilized. As a solution you decide to move three VMs from virthost1 to virthost2 as early as possible. Your solution must be able to minimize downtime since the three VMs to be moved run high-impact production workloads. What should you perform?

There is an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain you are managing for your organization. There is a computer running Windows Server 2016 included in the domain. The server hosts numerous Hyper-V containers. You are required to enable communication with the external network. The configuration you would do for that must have a DHCP server deployed in the domain supporting automatic IP address assignment from it. Which container networking mode should you configure?

There is a generation 1 virtual machine (VM) named DataServ. DateServ is running Windows Server 2016. It is configured on an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) member server running Windows Server 2016. DataServ does not have Dynamic memory enabled on it. It is required to have the running memory available to DataServ increased. The interruptions to servers cannot be too much as this server is critical for business operations. To manage VMs there is a Virtual Machine Manager installed on the VM host. Can you identify the PowerShell cmdlet you should run?

Your organization has an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain that has a member server named Host1. Host1 is configured as a Hyper-V host. Three virtual machines (VMs) are created on Host1. Test1, Test2, and Baseline are three identical configurations on Host1. Host1 and all VMs run Windows Server 2016. There is an internal virtual network to which all the VMs are connected. There is an application developed in-house and you compare different configurations of the app using Test1 and Test2. You have to identify when performance measures that are being monitored are falling out of pre-set performance standards. You create a batch file to be executed by an alert that will send you an email message. You want to minimize the effect that monitoring has on the VMs being tested and keep the administrative effort necessary to implement the solution to a minimum. What should you do?

The organization has an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain with a member server named FServ. FServ runs Windows Server 2016. FServ has installed and configured on it, Windows Defender. Files with the extension .x1 rs are created by a new custom application. Those files are identified as infected by Windows Defender. You want these files to be ignored by Windows Defender during scans. You configure Windows Defender for that. Which cmdlet should you run if you want your solution to not impact any other file type or path exclusions already defined?

You are working for an organization as a systems administrator. The organization has a network configured as a single Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition is run on all the infrastructure servers on this AD DS. There is five-node failover cluster hosting highly available Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). You are managing that failover cluster. You want the cluster configuration to be such that other cluster nodes are not overburdened by node patching and restarts. What should you do?