The
70-663 exam for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is a reasonably new exam released by Microsoft. Candidates are tested in the accustomed multiple choice way and there are around 35 questions in total for this exam. Questions are pulled from a variety of
Exchange Server 2010 subjects including Planning the Exchange Server 2010 Infrastructure, Deploying the Exchange Server 2010 Infrastructure, Designing and Deploying Security for the Exchange Organization, Designing and Deploying Exchange Server 2010 Availability and Recovery and Designing and Deploying Messaging Compliance, System Monitoring, and Reporting.
If you want to take this exam you should first ask yourself if you have the requisite experience. Microsoft expects you to have familiarity in the planning and deployment of Exchange servers in an enterprise environment. This includes around 2 years administering, deploying, managing, monitoring, upgrading, migrating, and designing Exchange servers.
Typically applicants taking this exam have:
- A minimum of two years of experience working with Exchange Server
- A minimum of six months of experience working with Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007
- A minimum of two years of experience administering Windows Server, including Windows Server 2008
- Aminimum of two years of experience working with Active Directory
- A minimum of two years of experience working with name resolution, including DNS
- Experience working with certificates, including PKI certificates
- Experience working with Windows PowerShell
If you pass Exam
70-663 Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, you complete the requirements for Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010.