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Private Cloud Monitoring and Operations with System Center 2012. Everything you need to prepare, practice, and pass.
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Certification Overview
The exam tests your ability to deploy and operate Microsoft's System Center 2012 suite as an integrated private cloud platform. You'll be evaluated on configuring monitoring and alerting (Operations Manager), automating cloud operations (Orchestrator), managing virtualized infrastructure (VMM), and integrating service management processes (Service Manager) to create a functional private cloud environment.
What This Certification Proves
This certification validates expertise in deploying and operating Microsoft System Center 2012 components to build, monitor, and manage private cloud infrastructure. It demonstrates proficiency across Operations Manager, Service Manager, Orchestrator, and Virtual Machine Manager—critical skills for enterprises running on-premises cloud platforms.
Who Should Take This Exam
IT infrastructure professionals and system administrators with 3+ years of Windows Server and virtualization experience who want to specialize in private cloud operations. Ideal for those managing System Center 2012 deployments or transitioning to cloud infrastructure roles.
Topic Breakdown
4 domains covering 110 questions
| Domain | Questions | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring And Operating A Private Cloud | 43 | 39% |
| Implementing A Private Cloud | 30 | 27% |
| Configuring And Deploying Service Manager | 27 | 25% |
| Configuring And Deploying System Center 2012 - Orchestrator | 10 | 9% |
Study Plans
Choose a study plan that matches your schedule and experience level
30 Days
Intensive Sprint
Week 1-2
- Master fundamentals: Monitoring And Operating A Private Cloud
- Read Microsoft official documentation
- Complete 6 questions daily
Week 3
- Deep dive: Implementing A Private Cloud
- Review weak areas from results
- Take 2 full-length exams
Week 4
- Review all flagged questions
- Timed 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: Monitoring And Operating A Private Cloud
- Focus: Implementing A Private Cloud
- 3 questions daily
Week 5-6
- Focus: Configuring And Deploying Service Manager
- Hands-on labs if applicable
- Review explanations for wrong answers
Week 7-8
- Complete all 168 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 questions daily
Month 2
- Deep dive into each domain
- Hands-on practice and labs
- Take weekly timed exams
Month 3
- Work through all 168 questions
- Identify and eliminate weak areas
- Take 3 full-length timed exams
70-246-Specific Tips
- Set up a complete System Center 2012 lab environment with all four components (OpsMgr, Service Manager, Orchestrator, VMM) to understand their integration points—this is the exam's core focus
- Deep dive into Operations Manager monitoring rules, health models, and alerting configuration, as it's the monitoring backbone for private cloud operations
- Focus on Virtual Machine Manager cloud fabric deployment and management, including resource optimization and capacity planning
- Study Orchestrator runbooks and automation workflows for private cloud operations workflows—hands-on automation is heavily tested
- Practice Service Manager integration with OpsMgr and VMM for incident management and change control in cloud environments
- Review System Center 2012 private cloud reference architectures and best practices documentation from Microsoft
- Work through real-world scenarios like responding to performance alerts and automating remediation using Orchestrator
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Sample Questions
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Which of these answers is FALSE regarding System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager (DPM)?
You need to recommend a solution to meet the compliance requirements for the new instance of App1 in the New York office. What should you include in the recommendation? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
You need to recommend a solution to meet the update requirement for the Hyper-V hosts. What should you include in the recommendation? (More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
You have a system center 2012 R2 deployment. The relevant servers on the network are configured as shown in the following table. - Server1 has component system center 2012 R2 operations maanger; - Server2 has component system center 2012 R2 orchestrator; - Server3 has component file server. Server3 is monitored by using operations manager. You need to automate the remediation of the low disk space alerts generated by server3. You deploy the operations manager integration pack. What should you do next on server2?
Your company deploys System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager. A network administrator deploys the Operations Manager agent to all of the internal servers that run Windows Server, and then configures notifications to be sent by email to several departmental groups. Two days later, a network administrator opens the Operations Manager console and discovers hundreds of alerts. The administrator closes all of the alerts in the console. You need to change the resolution state of the alerts that were closed. What should you do first?
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