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Microsoft 070-345 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 |
| Exam Number: | 70-345 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40–60 |
| Passing Score: | 700 / 1000 |
| Related Certifications: | MCSA: Office 365 MCSE: Productivity MCSA: Windows Server 2012 |
| Exam Price: | $165 USD (varies by region) |
| Available Languages: | Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Spanish, English, French, Chinese (Traditional), German, Portuguese (Brazil) |
| Exam Format: | Multiple choice, Simulation, Drag-and-drop, Multiple response, Scenario-based, Case studies |
| Exam Duration: | 150–240 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired January 31, 2021; achieved certification valid for 3 years |
| Recommended Training: | Microsoft Official Course 20345-1 & 20345-2 |
| Exam Registration: | Microsoft Learn Exam Page |
| Sample Questions: | DOWNLOAD DEMO |
| Exam Way: | Proctored online or at authorized testing centers; retired as of Jan 31, 2021 |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended 3+ years experience designing/managing enterprise Exchange environments; no mandatory prerequisites, but contributes to MCSE certification |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/exams/70-345/ |
Microsoft 070-345 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Plan, Deploy, and Manage Exchange Infrastructure, Recipients, and Security | 15–20% | - Secure Exchange infrastructure and data - Manage recipients and address lists - Implement RBAC and permissions - Design and deploy Exchange 2016 roles - Plan Active Directory integration |
| Plan, Deploy, Manage, and Troubleshoot Client Access Services | 15–20% | - Manage Outlook Anywhere, OWA, ActiveSync - Configure load balancing and mobility - Plan and implement proxy and redirection - Troubleshoot client access connectivity - Plan namespaces and certificates |
| Plan, Deploy, Manage, and Troubleshoot Mailbox Databases | 15–20% | - Manage database copies and activation - Troubleshoot database issues - Plan mailbox databases and high availability - Backup, restore, and recover databases - Implement Database Availability Groups (DAGs) |
| Implement and Manage Coexistence, Hybrid Scenarios, Migration, and Federation | 10–15% | - Troubleshoot hybrid and coexistence issues - Plan and configure coexistence with legacy Exchange - Implement Exchange hybrid with Office 365 - Perform mailbox and public folder migrations - Configure federation and organization relationships |
| Plan, Deploy, Manage, and Troubleshoot Transport Services | 15–20% | - Implement high availability for transport - Manage transport rules and hygiene - Troubleshoot mail flow and delivery issues - Plan and configure send/receive connectors - Configure Edge Transport servers |
| Plan, Deploy, and Manage Compliance, Archiving, eDiscovery, and Auditing | 10–15% | - Configure in-place archiving and online archiving - Set up auditing and reporting - Manage data loss prevention (DLP) - Implement eDiscovery and in-place holds - Plan and implement retention policies |
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Microsoft Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 is an official Microsoft certification exam, registered under the code 070-345. Passing it awards the MCSE: Productivity Solutions Expert / MCSE: Messaging certification, a credential at the Expert level. It also connects to MCSA: Office 365, MCSA: Windows Server 2012, MCSE: Productivity. The exam is demanding by design, and that difficulty is precisely what makes the credential meaningful for career development.
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Recommended 3+ years experience designing/managing enterprise Exchange environments; no mandatory prerequisites, but contributes to MCSE certification
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Microsoft Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 is organized into 6 official domains. The most heavily weighted are Implement and Manage Coexistence, Hybrid Scenarios, Migration, and Federation (10–15%), Plan, Deploy, Manage, and Troubleshoot Mailbox Databases (15–20%), and Plan, Deploy, and Manage Compliance, Archiving, eDiscovery, and Auditing (10–15%). The full breakdown appears above on this page; study the weightings and your preparation priorities set themselves.
Microsoft Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Sample Questions:
Your company has a data center. The data center contains a server that has Exchange Server 2016 and the Mailbox server role installed. Outlook anywhere clients connect to the Mailbox server by using the name outlook.contoso.com.
The company plans to open a second data center and to provision a database availability group (DAG) that spans both data centers.
You need to ensure that Outlook Anywhere clients can connect if one of the data centers becomes unavailable.
What should you add to DNS?
- A. two TXT records
- B. two SRV records
- C. one MX record
- D. one A record
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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You work for a company named Litware, Inc. that hosts all email in Exchange Online.
A user named User1 sends an email message to an external user User 1 discovers that the email message is delayed for two hours before being delivered.
The external user sends you the message header of the delayed message
You need to identify which host in the message path is responsible for the delivery delay.
What should you do?
- A. Review the contents of the application log
- B. Search the message tracking logs.
- C. Search the delivery reports for the message
- D. Review the contents of the protocol logs.
- E. Input the message header to the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer
Correct Answer: E 🗳️
You need to ensure that members of a group named Relecloudadmins can create user accounts and mailboxes for new employees after the planned upgrade. What should you do first?
- A. Run theNew-ManagementRoleAssignmentcmc] e:
- B. Run setup.exe and specify the/prepareADparameter.
- C. Run theNew-ManagementRolecmdlet.
- D. Run setup.exe and specify the/PrepareDoma/nparameter.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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Your company has a data center in Miami and a data in Orlando. Each data center is center is configured as an Active Directory site.
The network contains an Active directory forest named fiabrikam.com.
The company plans to deploy an Exchange Server 2016 organization that will contains the servers configured as shown in the following table.
The server will be configured in a single database availability group (DAG). Data Activation Coordination (DAC) mode will be enables for the DAG.
All inbound email from the Internet will be routed through EXS.
You need to recommend solution to ensure that users will continue to receive email message if the Miami data center fails.
Which two actions should you include in the recommendation? Each correct answer part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
- A. Configure a host (A) record named mx.fabricam.com Add the IP address of EXS and EX6 to the record.
- B. Create one mail exchanger (MX) record that has a priority of 10 and a second MX record that has a priority of 100 and configured the record to point to mx-backup.fabricam.com
- C. Modify the weight if the fabricam.com mail exchange (MAX) record.
- D. Configured a host (A) record named mx.fabrikam.com and point mx.fabricam.com to the IP address of EXS. Configure a host (A) record named mx-backup.fabricam.com and point mx-backup.fabricam.com to the IP address of EX6.
- E. Create one mail exchanger (MX) record that has a priority of 10 and configured the record to point mx.fabrikam.com. Create a second MX record that has a priority of 100 and configure the record to point to mx-backup.fabrikam.com
Correct Answer: D,E 🗳️
You have an Exchange Server 2016 on-premises organization and a Microsoft Office 365 tenant.
All mailboxes are hosted on-premises.
You need to implement an archiving solution for all users.
The solution must ensure that all mailbox content older than 18 months is moved to Personal Archives in Office 365.
What should you implement?
- A. A retention policy tag (RPT)
- B. A retention hold
- C. A retention policy
- D. A personal tag
- E. A default policy tag (DPT)
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
