Introduction
The Configuring Windows Devices exam (70-697) is separated into nine sets of objectives.
This book contains nine chapters that clearly detail what those objectives are and the content that you can expect to see on the exam. Because each chapter covers a part of the exam, you should concentrate on one chapter at a time and complete the thought experiments and review questions. This book covers the general, high-level knowledge you need to know to answer questions regarding why and when you might perform tasks relating to the exam objectives.
Prior to taking the certification exam, you should fully prepare to the best of your ability and we assume that you have some practical experience supporting Windows devices within the workplace. You are also probably reading this book as part of your final preparations and that you feel almost ready to take the exam. In this book we have included how-to steps and walkthroughs whenever we feel that they are useful, and we hope that you will perform the tasks on your system or within a virtual machine to crystalize your knowledge. Throughout the book there are numerous notes and links to resources on the Internet, which should add even more depth to your preparation. You should expect that Windows 10 will evolve constantly, through Windows upgrades, and you should always supplement your learning with practical experience obtained by using the latest build of the operating system because there are always new things to learn and fresh challenges to master.
This book covers every major topic area found on the exam, but it does not cover every exam question. Only the Microsoft exam team has access to the exam questions, and Microsoft regularly adds new questions to the exam, making it impossible to cover specific questions. You should consider this book a supplement to your relevant real-world experience and other study materials. If you encounter a topic in this book that you do not feel completely comfortable with, use the “Need more review?” links you’ll find in the text to find more information and take the time to research and study the topic. Great information is available on https://docs.microsoft.com and in blogs and forums.
Organization of this book
This book is organized by the “Skills measured” list published for the exam. The “Skills measured” list is available for each exam on the Microsoft Learning website: http://aka.ms/examlist. Each chapter in this book corresponds to a major topic area in the list, and the technical tasks in each topic area determine a chapter’s organization. If an exam covers six major topic areas, for example, the book will contain six chapters.
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Quick access to online references
Throughout this book are addresses to webpages that the author has recommended you visit for more information. Some of these addresses (also known as URLs) can be painstaking to type into a web browser, so we’ve compiled all of them into a single list that readers of the print edition can refer to while they read.
Download the list at https://aka.ms/examref697ed2/downloads
The URLs are organized by chapter and heading. Every time you come across a URL in the book, find the hyperlink in the list to go directly to the webpage.
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