Audience profile
The enterprise administrator is responsible for the overall IT environment and architecture. The enterprise administrator translates business goals into technology decisions and designs mid-range to long-term strategies.

Enterprise administrators also make key decisions and recommendations about the following:

• Network infrastructure
• Directory services, identity management, and authentication
• Security policies
• Business continuity (disaster recovery, personnel, equipment, and data)
• Design of IT administrative structure (delegation models)
• Best practices, standards, and service level agreements (SLAs)
   

The enterprise administrator is responsible for infrastructure design and global configuration changes. The enterprise administrator's job role involves 20 percent operations, 60 percent engineering, and 20 percent support tasks.

Prerequisite

• Technology Specialist: Windows Vista 
• Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Application Infrastructure, Configuring
• Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration
• Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration

Training

• Designing a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure - 5 days (M6435)
• Designing a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Infrastructure and Services - 5 days (M6436)
• Designing a Windows Server 2008 Application Infrastructure - 3 days (M6437)
  

Exam 70-647
PRO: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator

MCITP Enterprise Admin Learning Path