Exam Objectives for Exam 70-410

MCSA Exam 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2

The 70-410 exam is the first step towards an “MCSA Server Infrastructure”. This exam is for the Windows 2012 Server track. MCSA stands for Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate and is the first level of Microsoft certification.

The 70-410 exam certification is a vendor specific certification (Microsoft being the vendor…) in contrast to the vendor neutral IT certifications as offered by CompTIA such as A+, Network+ and Security+. It is aimed at network engineers and/or administrators that want to gain more credibility in order to achieve better employability and higher pay

The exam covers, among others, installation and configuration of servers, configuration of server roles and features as well as Hyper-V, deployment and configuration of core network services, install and administration of AD, and lastly but not least the creation and management of Group Policy.

So what’s on the exam? Two ways to find out: Download below exam objectives and practice with the CertBlaster for Exam 70-410.

Download: Exam 70-410 Exam Objectives R2

Here are a few questions you may have about the Exam 70-410 format:

What you will NOT find on the 70-410 exam:

• No scenario questions
• NO TRICK QUESTIONS (don’t spend too much time double guessing yourself…)
• No minus points for errors (make sure you answer every question as there is no risk, only upside)

MCSA/MCSE Pay

The average annual salary for a Microsoft certified professionals is $76,088. However individuals with enough experience routinely reach, over some time, compensation well in excess of $100,000. To find out more about this, see our IT Certification infographic.

The Sponsor: Microsoft

This certification is sponsored by Microsoft which, with in excess of 750,000 certified individuals is a leader in computer network certification.