Certificación en Terminal Services 2008

Para aquellos administrador de IT que trabajen con Terminal Services en WS2008 y deseen formalizar sus conocimientos en esta materia de forma oficial, es decir, mediante la obtención de una certificación de Microsoft, deberán realizar el examen 70-643 Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring. Los conocimientos requeridos en este exámen se dividen en cuatro grandes bloques: Deploying Servers, Configuring Terminal Services, Configuring a Web Services Infrastructure y Configuring Network Application Services. Aprobando este exámen se obtiene automaticamente el título de MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration. El bloque relacionado con Terminal Services, con un peso relativo del 32% de todo el examen, evaluará los siguientes puntos:

  • Configure Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp) - May include but is not limited to: Configuring Terminal Services Web Access, configuring Terminal Services Remote Desktop Web Connection
  • Configure Terminal Services Gateway - May include but is not limited to: certificate configuration, Terminal Services Gateway Manager (TS Gateway Manager), specifying resources that users can access through TS Gateway by using Terminal Services resource authorization policy (TS RAP) and Terminal Services connection authorization policy (TS CAP), Terminal Services group policy.
  • Configure Terminal Services load balancing - May include but is not limited to: Terminal Services Session Broker redirection modes, DNS registration, setting through group policy.
  • Configure and monitor Terminal Services resources - May include but is not limited to: allocate resources by using Windows Server Resource Manager, configure application logging.
  • Configure Terminal Services licensing - May include but is not limited to: deploy licensing. server, connectivity between terminal servers and Terminal Services licensing server, recovering Terminal Services licensing server, managing Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs).
  • Configure Terminal Services client connections - May include but is not limited to: connecting local devices and resources to a session, Terminal Services profiles, Terminal Services home folders, Remote Desktop Connection (RDC), single sign-on, Remote Desktop Snap-In, MSTSC.exe.
  • Configure Terminal Services server options - May include but is not limited to: logoff, disconnect, reset, remote control, monitor, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) permissions, connection limits, session time limits, managing by using GPOs, viewing processes, session permissions, display data prioritization.

       

Recursos didácticos

Para preparar con ciertas garantías la parte de Terminal Server del examen 70-643 se debe hacer uso de, al menos, estos recursos didácticos:

 

Para conocer de forma gráfica cuales son las diferentes itinerarios para certificarse en productos Windows Server 2008 se puede revisar el PDF de Windows Server 2008 Certification Paths.