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Microsoft 70-981 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Recertification for MCSE: Private Cloud |
| Exam Number: | 70-981 |
| Passing Score: | 700 out of 1000 |
| Related Certifications: | MCSE: Private Cloud |
| Exam Price: | $165 USD |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired as of March 31, 2017 |
| Exam Format: | Case studies, Simulations, Multiple choice, Drag and drop |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Recommended Training: | Microsoft Official Training for Private Cloud |
| Exam Registration: | Microsoft Learning Exam Page |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or Pearson VUE test center (before retirement) |
| Pre Condition: | Valid MCSE: Private Cloud certification; recommended 2+ years experience with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-70-981.aspx |
Microsoft 70-981 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Configure Data Center Process Automation | 30% | - Implement Orchestrator runbooks - Automate service delivery - Configure self-service infrastructure |
| Configure System Center Integration | 35% | - Configure cross-product communication - Integrate System Center components - Configure integration between Virtual Machine Manager and Operations Manager |
| Configure and Maintain Service Management | 35% | - Implement service level management - Manage incident and problem management - Configure Service Manager |
Answers to the Most-Asked Microsoft 70-981 Exam Questions
Registering for the Microsoft Recertification for MCSE: Private Cloud exam costs $165 USD, and you need 700 out of 1000 to pass. One detail worth remembering: a failed attempt is not discounted — retaking the exam means paying $165 USD again in full. Use the LatestCram test engine to benchmark yourself first; when your mock results consistently clear 700 out of 1000, you are ready to book.
The 70-981 exam is Microsoft's official test for the MCSE: Private Cloud credential, a certification at the Expert level. Earning it tells employers your skills have been verified by the vendor itself, which carries real weight in hiring and promotion decisions. Within the same certification track, it sits alongside MCSE: Private Cloud, so it can also serve as a stepping stone toward those credentials.
Microsoft divides the Microsoft Recertification for MCSE: Private Cloud exam into 3 domains. The largest ones are Configure Data Center Process Automation at 30%, Configure and Maintain Service Management at 35%, Configure System Center Integration at 35% — together these account for the bulk of your score, so start there. The complete domain-by-domain outline appears in the exam topics section above on this page.
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You will face 40-60 questions in 120 minutes on the Microsoft Recertification for MCSE: Private Cloud exam. Do the math and the per-question budget is tight, which is why pacing drills matter as much as content review. Our advice: take two or three full timed mocks in the LatestCram engine before the real thing, and practice skipping a stubborn question instead of burning five minutes on it.
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Formal training teaches the syllabus; then the 390 practice questions from LatestCram show you whether that knowledge holds up under real exam conditions.
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Valid MCSE: Private Cloud certification; recommended 2+ years experience with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Eligibility rules are set by Microsoft and do change from time to time, so double-check the latest requirements on the official exam page at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-70-981.aspx before you register.
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Microsoft Recertification for MCSE: Private Cloud Sample Questions:
Your company has a private cloud that is managed by using a System Center 2012 infrastructure.
You have a web application named App1 that is hosted in another datacenter. The datacenter is not part of the private cloud.
You need to ensure that Service Manager incidents are generated automatically when App1 is unavailable.
What should you create?
- A. A Service Level Tracking object
- B. A channel
- C. A synthetic transaction
- D. An event subscription
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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DRAG DROP
Your company has a private cloud that is managed by using a System Center 2012 infrastructure.
The private cloud contains 200 servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2. All of the servers are managed by Operations Manager.
The private cloud contains an application named App1 that is deployed on-demand to several servers. The servers that run the application are identified by a registry value set during the application's installation.
You create a monitor that targets all of the servers.
You need to modify the monitor to only affect the servers that have the application installed.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)
Correct Answer:
Explanation:
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In Operations Manager 2007, you can create attributes to define a commonality within a
group of objects that you want to monitor.
After you create an attribute, you can create a group whose members are only objects that
have the commonality described in your attribute.
For example, if you want to monitor a set of servers that all have a common registry value,
you create an attribute based on that registry value.
To find the servers that have that registry value, you create a group that has a dynamic
inclusion rule for only those servers that have the newly created attribute and target the
group only to the server object type.
Operations Manager then checks the registry of each server to see whether that registry
value exists.
If it does, that server is added as a member of the group.
When you create an attribute, you must select an object type as a target for it.
Operations Manager adds the new attribute to the existing list of attributes for that object
type.
If the target you select is from a sealed management pack, the object type also is sealed
and the new attribute cannot be added.
Instead, Operations Manager creates a new object type to which it adds the new attribute.
By default, this new object type is named after the original object type with _Extended
appended to the original name.
This new object type contains all the attributes of the original object type, in addition to the
attribute you are creating.
You can view existing attributes in the Monitoring area of the Operations console.
If the attributes are defined within a sealed management pack, you can view the properties
of the attribute but you cannot change them.
The properties of an attribute include information about where the attribute information is
stored, such as the registry or through WMI.
You can create a new attribute for any monitored object, and you can change most of the
properties of an attribute that you create.
However, the Attribute Type property, which identifies the source of the attribute
information such as the registry, cannot be changed after an attribute is created.
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9f33fe156311.htm
You deploy a System Center 2012 Service Manager infrastructure. You plan to update the
scheduled backups to include Service Manager information. You need identify which databases must be added to the scheduled backups. Which two databases should you identify? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
- A. DWDataMart
- B. DWRepository
- C. DWASDataBase
- D. OMDWDataMart
- E. ServiceManager
- F. DWStagingAndConfig
Correct Answer: E,F 🗳️
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Your role of Systems Administrator at ABC.com includes the management of the company's private cloud.
The company has a System Center 2012 infrastructure that includes System Center 2012 Service Manager (SCSM).
You use Service Manager for Service Level Management.
You need to create a service level objective (SLO) in Service Manager for incidents that meet the following criteria:
Priority = 1 Incident Category = Email
Problem
Assigned User = Empty
What should be your first step?
- A. You should first create a Queue.
- B. You should first create a Service Template.
- C. You should first create a Query.
- D. You should first create a Connector.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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HOTSPOT
You use System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to manage the virtualization infrastructure. You deploy a service named Service1. Service1 has two tiers. Each tier contains one upgrade domain and multiple virtual machines. You plan to update Service1.
You need to identify which changes can be applied to Service 1 without requiring downtime and which updates require downtime.
What should you identify? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
Correct Answer:
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