Thursday, 28 January 2016

Exam MB6-889 Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Service Management

Published: April 26, 2012
Languages: English
Audiences: Information workers
Technology: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
Credit toward certification: MCTS

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Manage service agreements (13%)
Create a service agreement header
Understand the use and impact of project management, project accounting and validation settings; set up project or category validation; set up or use service agreement groups; create service agreement headers
Create service agreement lines
Create new service agreement lines, search for service agreement lines to copy, understand the concept of service objects, set up service object groups, create service tasks, create service object relations or service task relations, specify service task notes
Create a service agreement from another source
Copy lines from another service agreement, create service templates and service template groups, copy a service template into a service agreement, create a service agreement from a sales order

Preparation resources
Working with service agreements [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create service agreements [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create service-agreement lines manually [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage service orders (13%)
Set up service parameters
Define settings for service order creation, set up service order default activities, set up service stages, set up and view stage reason codes
Create a service order manually
Create service order headers, create service orders or service order lines manually, create service object relations or service task relations with service orders, create CRM activities when creating service orders
Create a service order automatically
Combine service orders, describe service intervals, describe and use time windows, create a service order from a service agreement or sales order
Manage a service order
Process service orders; create item requirements; cancel or delete service orders; post a service order from a service order, service agreement, or project; post a service order to a project; invoice service orders

Preparation resources
Create service orders manually [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create or modify service orders and repair lines [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create service orders automatically [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage Service Level Agreements (SLAs) (12%)
Set up SLAs
Create SLAs, view information about SLAs and service orders, create service agreement groups, filter service agreements by group
Set up time recording
Start, stop, and restart time recording; create reason codes; understand the process of service order sign-off; define the different service order stages; use service order stages to stop time recording

Preparation resources
About Service Level Agreements [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Create service agreement groups [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage the Service Dispatcher (14%)
Set up the Dispatch board
Set a preferred technician, create activity types, create dispatch teams and assign resources, describe the concept of color-based priorities, set the default date interval on the Dispatch board
Manage service orders by using the Dispatch board
Describe service order integration, create new service orders and assign activity types, set a default start time on service order headers, set default values on service orders
Manage activities by using the Dispatch board
Describe activity management in the Dispatch board, create activities on lines, perform typical activity actions, assign time values to activities, reassign activities, change time assignments, monitor activities, view undispatched activities, jump between forms to view activities

Preparation resources
About the Dispatch board [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Set up service activity types [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Dispatch board (form) [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage repairs (12%)
Set up a management process
Understand the repair management process; set up or define symptom areas, symptom codes, and conditions for specified symptoms; set up diagnosis areas and diagnosis codes
Diagnose and repair
Set up resolutions and repair stages, create and finish repair lines, create service order transactions for repairs

Preparation resources
About repair management [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Service management - Repair configuration key (SMARepair) [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
View service repair lines [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage bills of materials (BOMs) versioning (11%)
Create and modify a template BOM
Create or modify template BOMs
Create and modify a service BOM
Create service BOMs, describe the functions available for service BOMs, move a service BOM from one service object relation to another, update service BOMs, view service BOM reports, replace component items, modify service BOMs by using the BOM Designer

Preparation resources
Create a template BOM [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Setting up and maintaining bills of materials [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Modify a service BOM [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage service subscriptions (12%)
Create and modify subscriptions and transactions
Create subscription groups, subscription fee categories, or subscriptions; create and invoice projects; create or adjust subscription fee transactions; set up or update an indexed base price for a subscription
Manage subscription revenue
Invoice subscription fee transactions, create credit notes for subscription transactions, accrue revenue from subscription fee transactions, reverse subscription accruals, examine ledger transactions and posting of accrued revenue, set up subscription parameters

Preparation resources
About service subscriptions [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
About subscription groups [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]
Accrue subscription revenue [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]

Manage services in the Enterprise Portal (13%)
Manage service orders in the Enterprise Portal for technicians
Describe service order management in the Enterprise Portal; create, access, or edit service orders; create or edit service order lines; create repair lines; view repair lines, object relation lines, and task relation lines; view service agreements; describe Role Center concepts
Manage service orders in the Enterprise Portal for customers
Access and view the status of service orders in the Enterprise Portal, create service orders, view subscriptions, review web service orders, transfer web service orders to the service orders form

Preparation resources
What's new: Enterprise Portal in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
About Enterprise Portal roles and user groups
Verify a service web order and assign it to a technician [Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012]


QUESTION 1
You are reviewing a service order to determine whether it is in compliance with the associated service level agreement.
What does the Compliance value shown in the service order header represent?

A. The number of hours of work completed on the service order.
B. The percentage of hours remaining compared to the limit of the service level agreement.
C. The percentage of hours completed on the service order compared to the limit of the service level agreement.
D. The number of hours remaining within the limit of the service level agreement.

Answer: C

Explanation:


QUESTION 2
You are configuring service level agreements in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
What is the purpose of the Calendar setting on a service level agreement?

A. To determine whether a service order can be automatically created for the service agreement
B. To determine the start time of an incoming service order.
C. To determine the sign-off date of an incoming service order.
D. To determine whether the status of an incoming service order will be set to Started.

Answer: A

Explanation:


QUESTION 3
You suspend a service level agreement (SLA) in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
What is the result?

A. The SLA cannot be assigned to service agreements or service agreement groups.
B. The SLA cannot be assigned to service agreements but can be assigned to service agreement groups
C. The SLA cannot be assigned to service agreements but can be assigned to service orders.
D. The SLA cannot be assigned to service agreements or service orders.

Answer: A

Explanation:


QUESTION 4
Which of the following is a result of cancelling the service level agreement on a service order in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012?

A. The service order is signed off.
B. The status is set to blank.
C. The time recording records are deleted.
D. The service stage is set to Cancel.

Answer: C

Explanation:


QUESTION 5
You are working with service orders in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
In which situation will advancing the service order stage stop time recording?

A. If Stop time recording is selected for the service stage.
B. If the service order has no lines.
C. If the service order stage is changed to Cancel.
D. If Cancel is selected for the service stage.

Answer: A

Explanation:

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

648-247 CCPS2 Implementing Cisco Connected Physical Security 2 Exam

648-247 CCPS2
Implementing Cisco Connected Physical Security 2 Exam


Exam Number 648-247
Duration 60 minutes (50-60 questions)
Available Languages English, Japanese
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This exam tests the Sales and Field Engineer's knowledge of the Cisco Physical Access Control solution. Candidates will be tested on knowledge of the basics of physical access control and the Cisco Physical Access Manager software solution. In addition, the candidate will also be asked questions regarding the PAC hardware components consisting of the MSP server platform, Access Control gateway and I/O modules, and 3rd party devices. Candidates can prepare for this exam by taking the CPAM course offered by Cisco Advance Services Education.

Exam Topics
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

Access control basics, legacy vs Cisco architectures
Hardware/software
Integration with 3rd party data systems
CPAM configuration workflow
High availability
Users, badges, I/O, edge policies, and maps
Schedules, backup, and troubleshooting


QUESTION 1
When a 24 VDC fail safe lock is being used to secure a door, how should power be supplied to the lock from the control source?

A. connected +24 VDC directly to the lock
B. connected +24 VDC through common and normally close
C. connected +24 VDC through common and normally open
D. connected +5 VDC binary control signaling



QUESTION 2
What are the three common methods that are used for authentication with an access control system?

A. badge card, key fob, and keypad PIN
B. badge card, keypad PIN, and password
C. something you know, something you have, and something you are
D. something you know, something you have, and something you did



QUESTION 3
Refer to the exhibit.



One or more expansion modules is connected to the Cisco Access Gateway via a CAN bus. How
should the CAN bus wires be connected after the last module in the chain?

A. The CAN bus wires should be looped back to the Cisco Access Gateway.
B. The CAN bus wires should be twisted together and tucked away.
C. The CAN bus wires should be plugged into a Layer 2 Ethernet switch.
D. The CAN bus wires should be terminated with a high-impedance resistor.

Answer: D

Explanation:


QUESTION 4
What are the four main components of a typical logical door?

A. door, door knob, door jam, and hinges
B. lock, reader, tailgate sensor, and motion detector
C. lock, request to exit, door position switch, and swing arm
D. lock, reader, request to exit, and door position switch

Explanation:


QUESTION 5
Cisco Physical Access Manager (Cisco PAM) is an appliance-based solution. The Cisco PAM
1.3.2 appliance is available on which of the following server platforms?

A. CIVS-MSP-1RU-K9
B. CPS-MSP-1RU-K9
C. CPS-MSP-2RU-K9
D. CIAC-PAME-1125-K9



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Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Rain clouds ahead: 10 bold predictions for the cloud industry in 2016

Warning signs for the cloud heading into 2016.

While I don't like interrupting anyone's business plans in particular, I have a jaundiced eye towards how clouds are bringing us rain, and how in 2016, the rain will drench us and try to drown us in data.

1. More cloud services shakeout/shakeup
Already we've seen the shakeout begin. HP Helion is now adjunct to HP's old ally Microsoft and its Azure Cloud. Microsoft, which is in turn now scared to death of unlimited storage and the resources it's chewing up, imposed strictures to OneDrive. No more happy terabytes with a license of Windows 10.

Portals as a business investment are down. Yahoo tried to do things with Flickr, but now seems poised to sell much of their non-Alibaba holdings. There are many minor portal players still in the game, but Facebook, the world's greatest time suck, challenges all.

Here's where I believe that something will happen: cloud storage will grow slowly, but steadily (see No. 3) because as we all know, nobody erases anything, and data will grow to fill the space allocated to it. How much junk is snoozing in your SAN? Been on Pinterest or Instagram recently?

2. Digital encryption divides will cause massive cloud exception handling

As the SHA-1 encryption protocol is retired, websites will be pushing users from the cliff of dead encryption. SHA-1 doesn't take much computing power to use, and its users are generally those with old phones, ancient operating systems on slow desktop and notebook hardware, and even early (and cheap) tablets. Will users of low-value equipment be able to successfully transition back to the web?

Once the lights are turned off on SHA-1, easy-to-do encryption by millions of older devices will be eliminated. So will those users' ability to run simple https web pages.

3. Chromebooks become the cloud access device of choice

As cloud app savvy increases, the need for huge notebook storage and processing power is in decline. Instead, we have cloud apps, simplicity, and generally less stuff to worry about being stolen or replaced. It becomes much more troubling for companies that make traditional stuff, as production lines shift rapidly towards Chromebook sleekness as the alternate device to a smartphone.

4. Your television now rats you out to the cloud (and maybe IoT, too!)

Huge unsorted piles of data are being generated by your holiday gift of digital ears in the living room. Yes, that cute little Samsung television is trying to take as much data as is rationally possible and transmit it to motherships for purposes of analysis.

At Best Buys or the Big Box, you'll need to carefully read the terms of service (oh, right, it's in the box) prior to connecting that TV to your Wi-Fi. And wear your bathrobe, please.

Great piles of data grub might be something you've actually enabled yourself via Amazon's Echo, Siri, Cortana, and the myriad new verbal assistants that not only are incredibly handy, but which know your location and are dutifully listening for your next command.

When will the temptation for organizations to just, well, analyze everything you do commence? How are you sure it's not happening right now? Plenty of people put black tape over the cameras on their tablets (perhaps for good reason, too) knowing that the cloud is like a sieve for your personal information. And IoT Analytics will strengthen as an industry. My stepson once wore tinfoil for a short period of time, carefully on his head. He was a pioneer.

5. OpenStack recipes for cloud containers become dominant

So you wanted to cook in The Cloud, eh? You're not alone. Now that there's an Open Container Initiative with seeming teeth, battles over deployed systems security provenance may be quieted, at least for a while. Value-added pieces evolve, with Food Channel-like organizations booming to provide Container Stir Fry, Seasoning Salts, and the infrastructure bits.

This also means that the dreaded specter of inter-stack organization harmony will be given more than superficial lip service, as each release of OpenStack requires even more studied intimacy at the API levels. Glue apps and components will do their best to become stickier and stickier as the elements of OpenStack look less like a stack and more like a homogeneous methodology. My prediction: OpenStack Releases actually slow down as adoption climbs, and more cooks get into the OpenStack kitchens, potentially causing drain sludge.

6. New for 2016: Huge Organization-as-a-Service (or, HOaaS)
Huge-Organization-as-a-Service (HOaaS) like the Dell-EMC-VMware merger will become commonplace, as Oracle, IBM, Dell, Microsoft, and even Rackspace attempt to eat Amazon's lunch. Dazzling, dizzying, and absolutely opaque-to-compare offerings will emerge, with price lists published bi-weekly (daily in Washington, DC) in an attempt to spark a cloud services market share war, if only for stockholder visibility as everyone tries to remain relevant.

The HOaaS idea, time-honored, is that organizations that are busy, resource-challenged, or in need of that certain propellant that takes them either wholesale or a little bit into The Cloud sometimes need to obtain all of their kit from just one contact that they can scream at when things go awry—or they want to expand it all. The One Stop Shop approach has merit for many reasons, and in The Cloud, captivity may not be as difficult, due to an increasing number of cloud transport/mirroring apps.

This is a space where some organizations will put on bright, shiny new clothing, dubbing themselves newly evangelized (and Suddenly Agile!) service providers, while behind the curtains, the same old smoke and dance will fail to enchant all but their leaden client base. HOaaS will need to be fleet-of-foot to survive the tracks laid down by the leaders.

7. Content distribution networks meet NFV

CDNs are blossoming like tulips in Holland. They're the only way that many cloud providers are surviving, as NetFlix, iTunes, and even captive CDNs from Microsoft and Amazon attempt to service their clientele. But the ability to rapidly reconfigure and take advantage of regionalized content distribution for cloud-to-branch and SafeHarbor quarantine means rapid configurations as situations warrant.

Open a pack of NVF—network virtualized functionality—sprinkle across your network bottlenecks, and suddenly inter-carrier operations and network reconfigurations become a cinch!

Ok, perhaps it's not going to be prevalent in 2016 or even 2017, but the primitives are starting to emerge that allow large cloud clientele to do rapid network reconfigurations that permit major CDN functionality changes—especially within the spreading circuits of major cloud providers done in minutes, not months.

Will NVF and SDNs mean the difference between servicing all the queues or extreme network cloud constipation? We'll soon find out!

8. 2016: The Year of the Consumer Cloud

Although Microsoft and phone service providers have begun to impose constraints on the concept of “unlimited,” the number of online streaming and storage services will rise and clog networks like no time in history, I predict. Whether social media, services applications, or raw storage, consumers are adapting to offloading their lives into The Cloud.

Why? Chromebooks, tablets, and other generally cloud-serviced devices will continue to dominate sales. People hate to back up. Some have never done this. Worse: some businesses never do this. Still worse: some government agencies don't either.

As HTML5 grows up, web services—oops, “cloud services”—will continue to grow. Consumers, finding that that a 16GB iPhone or 32GB NextBook are simply too small for their storage needs will be happy to avail themselves of network storage, backup, archiving, and not having to take out the trash.

In some ways, The Cloud is like computational crack: once addicted, walking away might be murderous.

9. The international data blockade year begins

Without new treaties, cloud services and providers will now need to sequester data into various new international geographic regions. The European Union now bars many kinds of international data transfers, allowing Safe Harbor agreements that once permitted such transfers to push cloud providers into dividing data—and data business locales.

Data must now have provenance, kind of like fish and wine, so that we know varying rules and regulations—largely meeting the needs of privacy—aren't violated. Many cloud hosting organizations are opening multi-national hosting sites for nexus, so as to comply with privacy regulations. How does a German traveling in Aruba deal with data sequestering? How about my upcoming trip to Barcelona? Can I email home? What about those ads I'll click on while in Catalunya? Does my click stay in Catalunya, or is it MY click, and can it go home with me? Must Cortana speak Catalunyan and not Castillian Spanish? Can I use sign language?

The devil of the details of what Safe Harbor and data sequestering mean must become the crux of policy—not easily negotiated in a U.S. Presidential election year. In the interim, many in the cloud services sector are looking very closely at outcomes as infrastructure becomes replicated into the EU, but also Canada, and soon, great walls of data will become the norm…until something else happens.

10. Cars meet cloud

Although a slow maturation in automobile (and service vehicle) data has been around for a while, virtually all cars today have a transponder built in to them. Whether it's autopilot or GPS suggesting the nearest Starbucks, cars will talk to the cloud, each other, hoarders and sifters of Big Data, and perhaps emergency responders (as some do now). There is money to be made. As usual, it's money first, and not security and safety. This fact will become amplified in 2016, I predict.

What's woefully apparent is that car cloud security is as primitive as a bad password on a good day. It's become the crux of lots of laughter and mayhem at BlackHat. So gruesomely bad are the minimums—car door locks—that key replicators pop up in disguise on eBay frequently. And nothing talks to nothing.

There is little interoperability among car manufacturers, each of whom traditionally invents its own secret sauces, and with luck, OEMs them to each other. Once automotive cloud sites are breached—which they inevitably will be—the hardwired-thinking and design of automotive cloud technology will be devilishly difficult to repair, recall, or retrofit. Worse, at 80mph on a Wyoming freeway, it could mean death and litigation, the size of which must cause insurance company actuaries to awaken in cold sweats in the middle of the night.

But hey, it's the cloud. Damn the security, full profits ahead!