The Microsoft test 70-270 measures an individual’s ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot Windows XP Professional as a desktop operating system in any network environment, particularly medium to very large computing environments. Before taking the 70-270 test, you should practice the following:
- Create partitions in a hard disk using the FDISK command and format partitions in FAT, FAT32, and NTFS file systems.
- Install Windows XP Professional on a computer. Installation includes:
- Clean installation
- Upgrade
- Deployment of service pack
- Work on different command line utilities and applications required to manage the operating system.
- Install and configure TCP/IP protocol suite.
- Make a Windows 2000 domain-based network of two computers. Install Windows 2000 Server with Active Directory in one computer and Windows XP Professional on the second computer and join the existing domain.
- Install some peripheral devices such as CD-ROM drive and scanner in the client computer. Install drivers of these devices.
- Configure power management features in the client computer.
- Configure driver signing, schedule tasks, and go through with various options required to configure offline files.
- Create a hardware profile.
- Create a user profile. User profile includes local, roaming, and mandatory user profiles.
- Create a VPN connection.
- Implement EFS and experiment on its usage.