Introduction

This course is designed to help you prepare for Exam 70-331: “Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013,” it is also intended to be a reference that you can refer to during your experiences with SharePoint Server 2013. In many cases, the steps to perform a task are shown to help you feel comfortable with related questions on the exam as well as provide a reference on how to perform the task in a real-life situation. The level of detail cover in this course will often exceed what is required on the exam because it is an advanced solutions exam. This does not mean there will not be specific questions about steps required to perform a task or requirements needed to install a service application. It means that you do not need to focus on being able to spell out a command correctly or know exactly what parameter to pass it. You should focus on the concepts, the overall steps involved with a task, and the components needed for a solution. If you focus on these concepts and go through the tasks in this book, you will be well on your way to passing the exam.
The concepts explained in this course is for exam candidates who

• have four or more years working with SharePoint Server and related technologies such as SQL Server and Windows Server.


• have hands-on experience with a multiserver SharePoint farm in the capacities of planning, implementing, and maintaining.


• have understanding of areas of high availability, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and exposure to SharePoint Online

This course will help you prepare for the exam, but nothing can take the place of real-life experience. In an effort to make the exams closer to measuring knowledge of the product, they are going more and more to case studies and getting away from simple multiple choice questions. You will still see a number of traditional multiple choice questions, but you will also see questions in which you have to place steps in order and questions in which you have to choose the right set of items from a large list of possible answers. In these cases, practicing the actual implementation of the functionality covered in this book will help you far more than just trying to memorize what is involved.

Disclaimer:

This course includes every exam objective, 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 course a supplement to your relevant real-world experience