Candidates for this exam operate in medium to very large computing environments that use the Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server operating system. Candidates have a basic understanding of DNS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, POP3, RDP, SMTP, and SSL. They have a minimum of one year's experience implementing and administering network operating systems in environments that have the following characteristics:

• Between 200 and 26,000+ supported users.
• Multiple physical locations.
• Outbound access for typical client services and applications, such as Web access, e-mail, Telnet, FTP, virtual private networking (VPN), desktop management, Instant Messaging, and access control policies.
• Hosting of network services, such as internal and external Web hosting, messaging, Instant Messaging, RDP, and firewall.
• Connectivity requirements that include connecting individual offices and users at remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet.
• ISA Server computers that are configured to use chaining.