Thursday, 28 January 2016

Exam MB6-889 Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Service Management

Published: April 26, 2012
Languages: English
Audiences: Information workers
Technology: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
Credit toward certification: MCTS

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Manage service agreements (13%)
Create a service agreement header
Understand the use and impact of project management, project accounting and validation settings; set up project or category validation; set up or use service agreement groups; create service agreement headers
Create service agreement lines
Create new service agreement lines, search for service agreement lines to copy, understand the concept of service objects, set up service object groups, create service tasks, create service object relations or service task relations, specify service task notes
Create a service agreement from another source
Copy lines from another service agreement, create service templates and service template groups, copy a service template into a service agreement, create a service agreement from a sales order

Preparation resources
Working with service agreements [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create service agreements [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create service-agreement lines manually [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage service orders (13%)
Set up service parameters
Define settings for service order creation, set up service order default activities, set up service stages, set up and view stage reason codes
Create a service order manually
Create service order headers, create service orders or service order lines manually, create service object relations or service task relations with service orders, create CRM activities when creating service orders
Create a service order automatically
Combine service orders, describe service intervals, describe and use time windows, create a service order from a service agreement or sales order
Manage a service order
Process service orders; create item requirements; cancel or delete service orders; post a service order from a service order, service agreement, or project; post a service order to a project; invoice service orders

Preparation resources
Create service orders manually [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create or modify service orders and repair lines [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create service orders automatically [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage Service Level Agreements (SLAs) (12%)
Set up SLAs
Create SLAs, view information about SLAs and service orders, create service agreement groups, filter service agreements by group
Set up time recording
Start, stop, and restart time recording; create reason codes; understand the process of service order sign-off; define the different service order stages; use service order stages to stop time recording

Preparation resources
About Service Level Agreements [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create service agreement groups [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage the Service Dispatcher (14%)
Set up the Dispatch board
Set a preferred technician, create activity types, create dispatch teams and assign resources, describe the concept of color-based priorities, set the default date interval on the Dispatch board
Manage service orders by using the Dispatch board
Describe service order integration, create new service orders and assign activity types, set a default start time on service order headers, set default values on service orders
Manage activities by using the Dispatch board
Describe activity management in the Dispatch board, create activities on lines, perform typical activity actions, assign time values to activities, reassign activities, change time assignments, monitor activities, view undispatched activities, jump between forms to view activities

Preparation resources
About the Dispatch board [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Set up service activity types [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Dispatch board (form) [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage repairs (12%)
Set up a management process
Understand the repair management process; set up or define symptom areas, symptom codes, and conditions for specified symptoms; set up diagnosis areas and diagnosis codes
Diagnose and repair
Set up resolutions and repair stages, create and finish repair lines, create service order transactions for repairs

Preparation resources
About repair management [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Service management - Repair configuration key (SMARepair) [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
View service repair lines [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage bills of materials (BOMs) versioning (11%)
Create and modify a template BOM
Create or modify template BOMs
Create and modify a service BOM
Create service BOMs, describe the functions available for service BOMs, move a service BOM from one service object relation to another, update service BOMs, view service BOM reports, replace component items, modify service BOMs by using the BOM Designer

Preparation resources
Create a template BOM [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Setting up and maintaining bills of materials [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Modify a service BOM [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage service subscriptions (12%)
Create and modify subscriptions and transactions
Create subscription groups, subscription fee categories, or subscriptions; create and invoice projects; create or adjust subscription fee transactions; set up or update an indexed base price for a subscription
Manage subscription revenue
Invoice subscription fee transactions, create credit notes for subscription transactions, accrue revenue from subscription fee transactions, reverse subscription accruals, examine ledger transactions and posting of accrued revenue, set up subscription parameters

Preparation resources
About service subscriptions [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
About subscription groups [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Accrue subscription revenue [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage services in the Enterprise Portal (13%)
Manage service orders in the Enterprise Portal for technicians
Describe service order management in the Enterprise Portal; create, access, or edit service orders; create or edit service order lines; create repair lines; view repair lines, object relation lines, and task relation lines; view service agreements; describe Role Center concepts
Manage service orders in the Enterprise Portal for customers
Access and view the status of service orders in the Enterprise Portal, create service orders, view subscriptions, review web service orders, transfer web service orders to the service orders form

Preparation resources
What's new: Enterprise Portal in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
About Enterprise Portal roles and user groups
Verify a service web order and assign it to a technician [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]


QUESTION 1
You are reviewing a service order to determine whether it is in compliance with the associated service level agreement.
What does the Compliance value shown in the service order header represent?

A. The number of hours of work completed on the service order.
B. The percentage of hours remaining compared to the limit of the service level agreement.
C. The percentage of hours completed on the service order compared to the limit of the service level agreement.
D. The number of hours remaining within the limit of the service level agreement.

Answer: C

Explanation:


QUESTION 2
You are configuring service level agreements in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
What is the purpose of the Calendar setting on a service level agreement?

A. To determine whether a service order can be automatically created for the service agreement
B. To determine the start time of an incoming service order.
C. To determine the sign-off date of an incoming service order.
D. To determine whether the status of an incoming service order will be set to Started.

Answer: A

Explanation:


QUESTION 3
You suspend a service level agreement (SLA) in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
What is the result?

A. The SLA cannot be assigned to service agreements or service agreement groups.
B. The SLA cannot be assigned to service agreements but can be assigned to service agreement groups
C. The SLA cannot be assigned to service agreements but can be assigned to service orders.
D. The SLA cannot be assigned to service agreements or service orders.

Answer: A

Explanation:


QUESTION 4
Which of the following is a result of cancelling the service level agreement on a service order in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012?

A. The service order is signed off.
B. The status is set to blank.
C. The time recording records are deleted.
D. The service stage is set to Cancel.

Answer: C

Explanation:


QUESTION 5
You are working with service orders in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
In which situation will advancing the service order stage stop time recording?

A. If Stop time recording is selected for the service stage.
B. If the service order has no lines.
C. If the service order stage is changed to Cancel.
D. If Cancel is selected for the service stage.

Answer: A

Explanation:

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Exam 77-420 Excel 2013 pdf

1.0 Create and Manage Worksheets and Workbooks

1.1 Create Worksheets and Workbooks
This objective may include but is not limited to: creating new blank workbooks, creating  new  workbooks
using templates, importing files, opening non native files directly in  Excel, adding worksheets to existing workbooks, copying and moving worksheets

1.2 Navigate through Worksheets and Workbooks
This objective may include but is not limited to: searching for  data within a workbook,  inserting hyperlinks, changing worksheet order, using Go To, using Name Box

1.3 Format Worksheets and Workbooks
This objective may include but is not limited to: changing worksheet tab color, modifying page setup, inserting and deleting columns and rows, changing workbook  themes, adjusting row height and column width, inserting watermarks, inserting headers and footers, setting data validation

1.4 Customize Options and Views for Worksheets and Workbooks
This objective may include but is not limited to: hiding worksheets, hiding columns and rows, customizing the Quick Access toolbar, customizing the Ribbon, managing macro
security, changing workbook views, recording simple macros, adding values to workbook properties, using zoom, displaying formulas, freezing panes, assigning  shortcut keys, splitting the window

1.5 Configure Worksheets and Workbooks to Print or Save
This objective may include but is not limited to: setting a print area, saving workbooks in alternate file formats, printing individual worksheets, setting print scaling, repeating headers and footers, maintaining backward compatibility, configuring workbooks to print, saving files to remote locations

2.0 Create Cells and Ranges

2.1 Insert Data in Cells and Ranges
This objective may include but is not limited to: appending data to worksheets, finding and replacing data, copying and pasting data, using AutoFill tool, expanding data across columns, inserting and deleting cells

2.2 Format Cells and Ranges
This objective may include but is not limited to: merging cells, modifying cell alignment and indentation, changing font and font styles, using Format Painter, wrapping text within cells, applying Number formats, applying highlighting, applying cell styles, changing text to WordArt

2.3 Order and Group Cells and Ranges
This objective may include but is not limited to: applying conditional formatting, inserting sparklines, transposing columns and rows, creating named ranges, creating outlines, collapsing groups of data in outlines, inserting subtotals

3.0 Create Tables

3.1 Create a Table
This objective may include but is not limited to: moving between tables and ranges, adding and removing cells within tables, defining titles

3.2 Modify a Table
This objective may include but is not limited to: applying styles to tables, banding rows and columns, inserting total rows, removing styles from tables

3.3 Filter and Sort a Table
This objective may include but is not limited to: filtering records, sorting data on multiple columns, changing sort order, removing duplicates

4.0 Apply Formulas and Functions

4.1 Utilize Cell Ranges and References in Formulas and Functions
This objective may include but is not limited to: utilizing references (relative, mixed, absolute), defining order of operations, referencing cell ranges in formulas

4.2 Summarize Data with Functions
This objective may include but is not limited to: utilizing the SUM function, utilizing the MIN and MAX functions, utilizing the COUNT function, utilizing the AVERAGE function

4.3 Utilize Conditional Logic in Functions
This objective may include but is not limited to: utilizing the SUMIF function, utilizing the AVERAGEIF function, utilizing the COUNTIF function

4.4 Format and Modify Text with Functions
This objective may include but is not limited to: utilizing the RIGHT, LEFT and MID functions, utilizing the TRIM function, utilizing the UPPER and LOWER functions, utilizing the
CONCATENATE function Create Charts and Objects

5.1 Create a Chart
This objective may include but is not limited to: creating charts and graphs, adding additional data series, switching between rows and columns in source data, using Quick Analysis

5.2 Format a Chart
This objective may include but is not limited to: adding legends, resizing charts and graphs, modifying chart and graph parameters, applying chart layouts and styles, positioning charts and graphs

5.3 Insert and Format an Object
This objective may include but is not limited to: inserting text boxes, inserting SmartArt, inserting images, adding borders to objects, adding styles and effects to objects, changing object colors, modifying object properties, positioning objects

Analyze your data instantly
Format your chart
Create an organization chart using SmartArt Graphics

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Saturday, 2 January 2016

Cisco will need to tackle these high-tech issues in 2016

Disaggregation, security, software licensing all part of challenges Cisco faces.

As it sets its sights on becoming the No. 1 IT company in the industry, Cisco will continue to face challenges and opportunities in virtually every IT market. Here’s an arbitrary list of 10 areas that will impact Cisco in 2016 as the company evolves to address emerging trends that are shaping the industry in the coming year and beyond.

The antithesis of Cisco is disaggregation, taking off the shelf switching hardware and mixing and matching multivendor and open source operating systems to run it. It decouples the dependencies and integration of the hardware and software, which Cisco argues is an integration and total cost of ownership nightmare. But the big cloud companies are using it and eventually the enterprise, so Cisco will need to continue to address it by offering compelling consumption options in addition to competitive product. Perhaps uncoupling its own? (Read all Network World's predictions for next year.)

One of those consumption options – and perhaps the most lucrative – is the subscription and licensing model Cisco is adopting. CEO Chuck Robbins recently told us that any product customers want to purchase as-a-service is on the table. ACI’s policy engine could soon be a cloud service. Perhaps Cisco could offer an interesting as-a-service option for uncoupled hardware and software, whether its own or partners.

These consumption options will hinge on the uptake in cloud, which is not negatively affecting Cisco sales, as many had anticipated. Cisco and HP are regularly recognized as the top two cloud infrastructure players; and Cisco was cited along with Amazon and Microsoft as a beneficiary of cloud. Cisco’s Nexus 9000 switches have been popular, more in standalone NX-OS mode than in ACI mode; but Cisco’s been setting the pace in SDN, and a cloud-based group policy network service might build on that. Nonetheless, Cisco’s challenge will be to continue this momentum in 2016.

That depends for the most part on customer spending. IT spending is expected to rise over 6.7% between 2015 and 2017, more so on software (+17% from 2014-17) than on hardware (-13.6%), according to Barclays. Gartner is a bit more conservative, forecasting 1.5% growth in 2016 from 2015, to $3.6 trillion.

Security spending is expected to dominate IT spending, making up as much as 75% by some estimates. Cisco has its sights set on returning to double digit growth in security this fiscal quarter, which ends in January. Cisco registered 7% annual growth in its fiscal first quarter and only 4% in fiscal 2015’s fourth quarter. Recent acquisitions like OpenDNSand Lancope will be key to accelerating that.

Spending in security or any other IT area will of course be gated by the macro economy – global currency valuations, geopolitical issues, etc. Even though it was “executing well in a challenging environment” in the first quarter, Cisco’s forecasts for second quarter revenue and earnings are below Wall Street expectations. Results in Canada in Q1 were weak because of the declining value of the Canadian dollar; and even though China was a strong theater for Cisco in the first quarter, CEO Robbins says continued uncertainty around the Chinese economy and currency situation was “tough from an orders perspective.” There are still cyber espionage tensions, however, between the US and China but Cisco Executive Chairman John Chambers believes the governments can achieve a network control ‘win-win’ with Cisco’s help.

Cisco also expects – and needs – wins from recent partnerships and acquisitions. Robbins said he expected deals to pay dividends in the second half of 2016. One such partnership is the $100 million relationship with China’s Inspur to jointly develop IT products for the Chinese market combining Cisco networking with Inspur’s cloud and data center products. Six months ago, Cisco pledged to invest $10 billion in China.

Another partnership is the one with Ericsson, a clear response to the industry consolidation gripping the IT industry. Perhaps more a direct response to the Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent tie-up, the Ericsson deal may also signal how Cisco plans to respond to megadeals between rivals and partners, like Dell/EMC. Perhaps too big to merge, partnerships might enable Cisco and another titan to respond more quickly to market demands while the merging competitors are bogged down with operational integration. No matter what course Cisco chooses to pursue, consolidation among its rivals, and its partners, will be an issue the company will have to continue to respond to in 2016 and beyond.

Partnerships and acquisitions may help Cisco in 2016 recover growth in its core businesses of routing and switching. Another aid might be the “alpha project” internal start-up strategy CEO Robbins favors over spin-ins.

Cisco’s router business declined 8% in the first quarter due to timing issues with some big transactions. Robbins expects growth to return this current fiscal quarter, and referred to new routing products developed by Cisco’s alpha internal start-up program fueling that growth. Cisco is also looking for an inflection point in data center switching in the second half of 2016 in which newer products like the Nexus 9000s and 3000s will offset some of the decline in the company’s historical architectures. While switching growth was 3% in the first quarter, analysts only expect about 1% revenue growth in Q2 and perhaps less than 2% for the entire fiscal 2016 year. As it did with routing, Cisco might lean on the alpha start-up teams to accelerate switching growth in 2016.

Acceleration is the operative word with Cisco’s Internet of Everything (IoE) ambitions in 2016. Cisco is one of the main drivers behind IoE and Internet of Things (IoT), and Gartner expects the phenomenon to explode next year and beyond. That pace at which cities and countries digitize, sensor networks expand and machine-to-machine communications spread will be a key determinant in Cisco’s growth in 2016 and thereafter. Cisco could get a near-term boost from a new alliance with Philips for connected office lighting.

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Friday, 18 December 2015

8 Linux predictions for 2016

 Looking ahead to 2016, I see big things for ChromeOS, Android, and even Microsoft in the Linux world.

Lunduke looks ahead for Linux
As 2015 comes to a close, the time has arrived to make predictions for what will happen in the Linux (and broader Free and Open Source Software) world in the year ahead. Will all of my predictions actually come true in 2016? Who knows? But I’m making them anyway!

We still won’t be using Wayland.
That’s right. I’m going on the record and saying that, when 2016 ends, we still won’t be using Wayland. Oh, sure. Maybe the odd Linux distribution here or there might be shipping with Wayland enabled. But the big distros? Xorg, baby!

systemd's scope will expand.
systemd’s scope will grow to include an office suite and web browser. Just kidding. But not really. The little init-system-that-could is going to keep on expanding to include more and more functionality over the next year. There will be much gnashing of teeth in the Linux community.

Canonical will pull away from phones.
During 2016, Canonical will scale back, and possibly cease entirely, development of the phone version of Ubuntu. At the same time, the company will renew a focus on the Ubuntu desktop and server. I know. I know. I hear many of you yelling already. But I think this is the route Canonical will take to achieve success (financial and otherwise) in the market.

Android will gain significant desktop-centric functionality.
The next major release in 2016 will have new functionality that will allow Android devices to behave in a way similar to modern desktop operating systems. Most notably: Applications in movable, overlapping windows. We will then see an uptick in new Android-powered laptops (and tablets shipping with keyboards).

ChromeOS will gain full access to the Google Play store.
While we’re talking about Google, in 2016 ChromeOS will gain the ability to install and run Android applications directly from the Google Play store. While the available application selection may not be quite as extensive as what is available on, say, an Android tablet – it will be similar to what is currently available for Android TV (read: a small, but growing, subset of apps) – it will still provide a huge boost to what ChromeOS devices can do outside of the browser.

A new, Linux-based phone OS will appear.
Despite – or, perhaps, because of – the problems with Linux-based phone systems (non-Android ones, at any rate) at the end of 2015, the next year will see a new Linux-based system built for phones make some big waves. Who will it be? I haven’t the foggiest. But I’m confident some company (or organization) is going to surprise us in this area.

elementary, openSUSE, Fedora will gain market share.
The Linux world can be a crazy place sometimes. One minute, Distro A is on top of the world, the next minute Distro B comes out of nowhere to dominate the landscape. I think the biggest market share gains (from distributions that exist at the close of 2015) will be from elementary OS, openSUSE, and Fedora. What sort of gains are we talking about? I have no clue. But, mark my words, it will be noteworthy.

Microsoft will increase its Open Source activity.
In 2016, Microsoft will step up its level of activity in the Free and Open Source world in a big way. Additional code will be released under Free (or, at least, Open Source) licenses. Linux will be something they talk about more and more. We will see Microsoft have a bigger and louder presence at Linux and FOSS-related conferences. And the Linux community will grow increasingly accepting of it. It will be weird.

Thursday, 10 December 2015

CompTIA, Cisco, Microsoft & other big enterprise IT firms miss Best Places to Work cut

Airbnb tops Glassdoor's Best Places to Work in 2016 rankings

It’s not that the biggest names in enterprise IT and networking aren’t good places to work, according to employees submitting reviews to jobs and career marketplace Glassdoor. It’s just that they aren’t “Amazing!” or “Great!” places to be employed, according to Glassdoor’s list of the 50 Best Places to Work in 2016.

When approached by Glassdoor about this list, we weren’t surprised to see a buzzy young company like Airbnb atop the rankings, dethroning Google, which fell from No. 1 last year to No. 8 this time around. The likes of Hubspot, Facebook, LinkedIn and Zillow in the Top 10 also didn’t come as surprises.

But the very top companies weren’t all fresh faces: 40-plus-year-old Bain & Co. came in second.

So why didn’t some of the biggest names in enterprise networking and IT make the top 50? (Rankings are based on a proprietary algorithm that crunched information from 1.6 million anonymous reviews.)

Well, first, consider that the numbers across many of these companies are pretty darn close. The 50th company in the rankings, SolarCity, had a rating of 3.9 stars, whereas Microsoft, for example, has 3.8 and Cisco has a 3.7.

What passes for fun these days at Google, #8 on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2016 list

A Glassdoor spokeswoman says that for Microsoft, “What seems to make the difference based on the data we're seeing is Microsoft's reviews are more subdued, and use the word ‘good’ a lot. For example: ‘Good salary and benefits’ and ‘Good work/life balance’ and ‘Good environment if you are in a good team with good management’.”

Compare that to the sort of language used in Airbnb reviews ("Amazing people, vibrant workplace, and an unbeatable culture" and "the founders are great people and I believe they have the best intentions for the company, the employees, and our community.")

Common themes among the top-rated companies included employees feeling valued, unique cultures aligned with mission, smart colleagues, and great perks/benefits.

All this isn’t to say enterprise IT companies didn’t show up in the Top 50. In fact, #3 Guidewire makes back-end software for insurance companies – so, an enterprise IT company, but one you might not know if you’re not in that market. More familiar enterprise IT companies such as Akamai (#31), Salesforce (#32), F5 Networks (#33), Workday (#35) and Red Hat (#37) are all on the list, and then there are those big consumer AND enterprise outfits like Apple (#25).

Looking back at Glassdoor’s recent rankings – it has compiled this list for 8 years now – enterprise companies (depending on how you define them) are actually making a slightly stronger showing than in years past. So, it’s not like people working for Airbnbs and other cool companies are having all the fun.

Monday, 30 November 2015

Microsoft acknowledges bug led to Windows 10 November upgrade stoppage

Restores 1511 to download site, restarts Windows Update push

Microsoft has restored access to Windows 10's November upgrade from its download center, saying that it pulled the upgrade because of a bug.

"Recently we learned of an issue that could have impacted an extremely small number of people who had already installed Windows 10 and applied the November update," a Microsoft spokesman said in a Tuesday statement. "It will not impact future installs of the November update, which is available today."

Microsoft yanked the upgrade from the download website -- and stopped serving it to Windows 10 users via Windows Update -- last week. According to the company, the upgrade had reverted four preferences within the operating system to the original "on" default settings.

"We will restore their settings over the coming days and we apologize for the inconvenience," the spokesman added.

The settings that were changed included two in Windows 10's privacy section -- one that lets the user's advertiser ID to be tracked across multiple apps, another that enables an anti-phishing filter for apps that display Web content -- and a second pair that synchronized devices and allowed various first-party apps to run in the background to, for instance, provide notifications.

Microsoft provided some information on the settings bug in a support document, and also rolled out a new cumulative update, the only kind for Windows 10.

While the bug may seem minor -- especially in the context of the roll call of louder complaints about the November upgrade on Microsoft's own support forums -- the company may have been ultra-sensitive to the privacy settings snafu, considering that the firm has been manhandled by critics over what they saw as a significant uptick in intrusiveness. Those who had turned off the advertiser ID tracking, for example, would certainly have been upset to discover that it had been switched back on after the upgrade.

After fixing the problem, Microsoft restored the upgrade to the download center, where current Windows 10 users can generate installation media -- usually a USB thumb drive, but alternately a DVD -- with the Media Creation Tool (MCT). Many have been using the MCT to cut the line for the upgrade, normally served through the Windows Update service, and skip the wait as Microsoft slowly rolls it out in its now-familiar staggered fashion.

Computerworld confirmed that the MCT now downloads the November upgrade, which Microsoft identifies as both 1511 -- a nod to the November 2015 release date -- and build 10586, rather than the original July 29 code that it had reverted to last week.

The gaffe with the November upgrade could be seen as a setback for Microsoft's strategy to convince customers that it can provide regular upgrades to Windows 10 two or three times a year, and more importantly, prove that it can do so with high-quality code that requires less testing than prior editions.

After the upgrade's Nov. 12 release, but before it was pulled from distribution, Gartner analyst Steve Kleynhans had called 1511 a milestone in Microsoft's scheme. "This is a proof case for the ongoing update process," Kleynhans said in a Nov. 13 interview. "It's only the first data point, of course, but having delivered it, more or less on time, is a pretty good sign."

Now? Maybe not so much.

Tuesday, 24 November 2015

74-678 Designing and Providing Microsoft Volume Licensing Solutions to Large Organisations

QUESTION 1
A Datum wants to extend its on-premises server farm by deploying SQL Server to virtual machines in Microsoft Azure for a short-term development project.
How should you recommend that Contoso license the deployment?

A. Purchase virtual machines that run Windows Server through Azure and assign existing SQL Server licenses by using License Mobility within Server Farms.
B. Purchase virtual machines that run SQL Server through Azure.
C. Purchase virtual machines that run Windows Server through Azure and assign existing SQL Server licenses by using License Mobility through Software Assurance (SA).
D. Use MSDN licenses for Windows Server virtual machines and for SQL Server.

Answer: C

Explanation: * With License Mobility through Software Assurance, you can deploy certain server application licenses purchased under your Volume Licensing agreement in an
Authorized Mobility Partner’s datacenter. * Use License Mobility to:
Extend the value of your server application license by deploying them on-premises or in the cloud.
Take advantage of the lowest cost computing infrastructure for changing business priorities.


QUESTION 2
A Datum plans to implement the VDI.
You need to recommend a solution to ensure that the sales office users can access their corporate desktop from a company-owned iPad. The solution must be the most cost-effective solution today and must ensure that the company meets the licensing requirements of the planned IT strategy.
Which two licenses should you include in the recommendation? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

A. A Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) license for each tablet
B. A Windows Companion Subscription (CSL) license for each primary device
C. A Windows 8.1 Enterprise Upgrade license for each tablet
D. An RDS User CAL for each sales office user

Answer: A,D

Explanation: A: VDA licensing is the recommended license for VDI access devices that do not
qualify for SA. VDA provides organizations with the ability to license Windows for use via devices that do not traditionally come with a Windows license, such as thin clients, smartphones, and tablet devices. Organizations can also use VDA to license devices that the organization does not own, such as employees’ home PCs and contractor devices.
D: The RDS CAL is the primary license for Microsoft VDI. It offers the flexibility to deploy both VDI and RDS Session Virtualization so that you can provide access to full desktop and shared desktop experiences. You must purchase one RDS CAL for each device or user that accesses VDI. A
* Scenario: A Datum plans to implement a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) by using Remote Desktop Services (RDS) on Windows Server 2012 R2.
In line with the VDI implementation, all of the sales office users will be issued a tablet. A Datum wants to enable the users to work from their home computer as well, as the need arises. In addition, the company plans to enable a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategy.


QUESTION 3
Which two goals are met by the company's current licensing solution given the planned changes? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

A. A Datum must run the most up-to-date versions of the desktop platform products to access the custom application.
B. A Datum wants the users to be able to access their corporate desktop from their home computer.
C. A Datum wants to deliver Windows and Office in a virtual desktop to the users.
D. A Datum wants to be able to install multiple virtual desktops on the device of each user.
E. A Datum wants the flexibility to deploy virtual desktops to the cloud.

Answer: B,C

Explanation: Not A: The latest versions can not be used. Not D, not E: No current cloud licensing exists.
* Scenario:
/ Current Licensing Solution
A Datum recently signed an Enterprise Agreement that includes Office Professional Plus, Windows Enterprise Upgrade, and Microsoft Core CAL Suite licensed per user.
Currently, all of the licenses for SQL Server are assigned to long-term workloads.
/ A Datum uses Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Various versions of Microsoft SQL Server are used heavily across the server farm both as an infrastructure product and as a data warehouse tool.
/ Business Goals
A Datum spent a significant amount of time developing a custom application that will be used by hundreds of the company's partners and suppliers. The application will always run on the latest version of SQL Server and SharePoint Server. A Datum wants the application
to be available to the users immediately.


QUESTION 4
A Datum purchases Windows 8.1 Enterprise Upgrade licenses through their current agreement.
What are three benefits of these licenses compared to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) licenses? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.

A. License Mobility rights
B. Rights to reassign licenses
C. Re-imaging rights
D. Perpetual usage rights
E. Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) rights

Answer: B,D,E

Explanation: B: Windows Enterprise use rights are bound to the existing PC if SA is allowed to expire. And as before, Windows Enterprise edition upgrade licenses can be reassigned to a replacement device while SA is active, as long as the replacement device has a "qualifying OS."


QUESTION 5
A Datum is evaluating moving the licensing of its desktop platform products to Office 365.
Which three licenses will make up its desktop platform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

A. Office 365 ProPlus
B. Windows Intune
C. Windows 8.1 Enterprise
D. Microsoft Core CAL Suite Bridge for Office 365
E. Office 365 Enterprise E3

Answer: A,D,E

Explanation: A: When you deploy Office 365 ProPlus, it's installed on the user's local computer. Office 365 ProPlus is offered as a monthly subscription.
D: Microsoft Client Access License (CAL) Suite Bridges are used when you are transitioning from a CAL Suite (on premises) to a comparable Product and Online Service combination.
* Scenario:
A Datum wants to improve the manageability and control of the users' desktops. In the short term, the company will deploy Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Office Professional Plus 2013 internally. During the next six months, A Datum plans to implement a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) by using Remote Desktop Services (RDS) on Windows Server 2012 R2.