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Certification Overview

What This Certification Proves

The 70-496 Microsoft Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server certification validates your expertise in Microsoft technologies. This industry-recognized credential demonstrates your ability to work with Microsoft solutions and is valued by employers worldwide.

Who Should Take This Exam

This certification is ideal for IT professionals, system administrators, cloud engineers, security analysts, and developers who work with Microsoft technologies. Whether you're starting your career or advancing to senior roles, the 70-496 certification strengthens your professional profile.

Study Plans

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30 Days

Intensive Sprint

Week 1-2

  • Master fundamentals: Core concepts
  • Read Microsoft official documentation
  • Complete 3 questions daily

Week 3

  • Deep dive: Advanced topics
  • 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: Primary domain
  • Focus: Secondary domain
  • 2 questions daily

Week 5-6

  • Focus: Remaining domains
  • Hands-on labs if applicable
  • Review explanations for wrong answers

Week 7-8

  • Complete all 89 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
  • 1 questions daily

Month 2

  • Deep dive into each domain
  • Hands-on practice and labs
  • Take weekly timed exams

Month 3

  • Work through all 89 questions
  • Identify and eliminate weak areas
  • Take 3 full-length timed exams

70-496-Specific Tips

  • Focus on "Core concepts" first - it covers 0% of the exam
  • Use all 89 questions to identify knowledge gaps
  • Review detailed explanations for every wrong answer
  • Study "secondary topics" as your second priority
  • Take at least 2-3 full-length exams before scheduling your exam

Sample Questions

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Q1

The Team Foundation Server databases are backed up nightly. You modify source code in a solution but you are not yet ready to check in the pending changes. You need to share the pending changes with team members without checking them in, and ensure that they are backed up during the normal Team Foundation Server backup process. What should you do?

Q2

Your network environment includes a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 server installed at a main office. A TFS Proxy is installed at the branch office with a default port number. You need to access TFS from the branch office to add and manage work items. What should you do?

Q3

Your network environment includes a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 server. A user places a large shelveset on the TFS server. You need to delete the shelveset. What should you do?

Q4

Your network environment includes a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 server. Your TFS environment currently consists of a single team project collection (TPC) named DevTPC, one build controller named BC-1, and one build agent named BA-1. You need to create a separate TFS test environment by cloning your existing environment. You need to achieve this goal by utilizing as few new TFS services as possible. Which of the following diagrams shows the correct architecture for solving this problem?

Q5

You are business analyst. You use MS Excel to add and edit work items of a team project. You store those work items in an offline worksheet. Recently your team project has been moved to another Team Project Collection. You need to connect the Microsoft Excel document containing the work items to the new Team Project Collection. What should you do from within Microsoft Excel?

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