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Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. Everything you need to prepare, practice, and pass.
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Certification Overview
This exam tests enterprise-scale infrastructure management through System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, covering OS deployment automation, application lifecycle management, security compliance enforcement, and update/patch management across distributed client networks. Emphasis is placed on site/client architecture, deployment strategies, and troubleshooting infrastructure-wide issues.
What This Certification Proves
This certification validates expertise in deploying, configuring, and administering Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager in enterprise environments. It demonstrates proficiency in automating OS deployment, application management, security compliance, and infrastructure management—critical skills for organizations managing large Windows infrastructure at scale.
Who Should Take This Exam
IT systems administrators and infrastructure professionals with 2-3+ years of hands-on Windows Server and infrastructure management experience, transitioning to enterprise-scale systems management roles. Ideal for those supporting medium to large organizations using SCCM for infrastructure automation.
Study Plans
Choose a study plan that matches your schedule and experience level
30 Days
Intensive Sprint
Week 1-2
- Master fundamentals: Core concepts
- Read Microsoft official documentation
- Complete 5 practice questions daily
Week 3
- Deep dive: Advanced topics
- Review weak areas from practice results
- Take 2 full-length practice tests
Week 4
- Review all flagged questions
- Timed practice exams to build stamina
- Final revision of key concepts
60 Days
Balanced Approach
Week 1-2
- Survey all exam domains
- Set up study environment
- Begin with foundational topics
Week 3-4
- Focus: Primary domain
- Focus: Secondary domain
- 3 practice questions daily
Week 5-6
- Focus: Remaining domains
- Hands-on labs if applicable
- Review explanations for wrong answers
Week 7-8
- Complete all 141 practice questions
- Identify and eliminate weak areas
- Take 3 full-length timed tests
90 Days
Comprehensive Study
Month 1
- Learn all exam domains at a comfortable pace
- Build strong foundational knowledge
- 2 practice questions daily
Month 2
- Deep dive into each domain
- Hands-on practice and labs
- Take weekly practice tests
Month 3
- Work through all 141 questions
- Identify and eliminate weak areas
- Take 3 full-length timed exams
70-243-Specific Tips
- Set up a lab environment with SCCM 2012 or use virtual machines to practice OS deployment, application packaging, and client management—hands-on practice is essential for this exam
- Focus heavily on Operating System Deployment (OSD) and task sequences, as these are core to SCCM's value and appear frequently in real-world scenarios
- Study the site and client management architecture, including primary/secondary site hierarchy, MP/DP roles, and client discovery methods
- Deep dive into application deployment workflows, including supersedence, dependencies, and deployment types for different OS versions
- Practice troubleshooting common SCCM issues: client communication failures, deployment failures, inventory synchronization, and compliance reporting
- Master the security management aspects—role-based administration, site security, and how compliance settings enforce security baselines
- Use Microsoft's official exam objectives guide and take practice tests to identify weak domains; given only 10 distributed topics, ensure balanced coverage across all areas
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Sample Questions
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Your network contains a System Center 2012 Configuration Manger environment. You need to create a report that list all of the client computers that have an application named App1 installed. Which query should you use to create the report?
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that use the same set of answer choices. n answer choice may be correct for more than one question in the series. Your network contains a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager environment. The network contains 10 database servers that run Microsoft SQL Server 2008. You have a configuration baseline that is used to monitor the database servers. You add new configuration items to the configuration baseline. Two days later, you discover that only eight of the database servers report any information about the new configuration items. You need to identify whether the new configuration items downloaded to the database servers. Which log file should you review?
Your network contains a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager environment. Software Inventory and Hardware Inventory are enabled for all client computers. All of the client computers have an application named App1 installed. App1 saves files to the C:\Program Files\App1 folder. All of the files saved by App1 have a file name extension of .xyz. You configure Software Inventory to inventory all of the files that have the .xyz extension and the .exe extension. After six months, you discover that some of the client computers fail to inventory .xyz files. All of the client computers inventory .exe files. You need to ensure that the .xyz files are inventoried. What should you do?
You create a domain user named User1. The domain user are member of the local groups on each client computer as described in the following: You plan to configure client Push installation. You need to configure the client push installation account. The solution must use the principle of least privilege. What should you do?
You have a system Centre 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Service Pack1 (SP1) stand-alone primary site that includes the servers configured as the following: Server name: Configuration Server1: Configuration Manager primary site server Server2: Microsoft SQL server 2012 SQL server reporting services (SSRS) reporting services point You have a custom report named Report1. Report1 has one parameter that has default value. You need to ensure that users can run Report1. But they cannot modify the default value of the parameter. What should you do?
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