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Windows Server Administration test

Type: Software skills

Time: 10 min

Languages: English

Level: Intermediate

Summary of the Windows Server Administration test

This Windows Server Administration test evaluates candidates’ technical knowledge of and skills using Windows Server operating systems and their ability to deploy and support Windows Server. This test helps identify skilled Windows Server administrators.

Covered skills

Windows Server setup and administration
Implementing identity services and applying security features
Managing network infrastructure services and server roles
Implementing performance monitoring and maintenance

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System administrator, network administrator, Windows administrator, Windows Server engineer, technical support staff

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About the Windows Server Administration test

Windows Server is a powerful server operating system in development since 2003. Various versions of these server operating systems are used to deploy and administer Windows servers for some of the biggest companies in the world.

This screening test evaluates candidates’ skills in deploying and supporting Windows Server for businesses of different sizes and contexts. Using questions based on real-world scenarios, this Windows Server Administration test focuses on the skills most necessary to deploy and keep Windows servers running smoothly.

This hiring test focuses on setup and administration, implementing identity and security services, and management network infrastructure and roles, as well as performance monitoring and maintenance.

Candidates who perform well on this test have a strong grasp of Windows Server administration and practical experience using the software. Because of its interconnected nature, candidates doing well on this test will also have knowledge of basic Active Directory infrastructure, as well as local and server storage solutions, including the configuration of disks and volumes, accounts, and groups.

Successful candidates will also be familiar with managing Hyper-V and containers as well as maintaining performance monitoring and troubleshooting methodology.

This Windows Server Administration test ensures that these candidates have all the technical skills needed to manage your company’s Windows server environment.

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The test is made by a subject-matter expert

Geeth Nuwan P.

Geeth Nuwan is a VMware Certified Professional who has worked in visualization, Cloud technologies and IT infrastructure at an enterprise level for more than seven years. His proven experience in implementation, management and troubleshooting IT infrastructure led him to his current role as a Senior Virtualization Engineer.

He holds a Bachelor's Technology Networking degree and is reading for his Master's degree at Kingston University, UK. In his free time, he enjoys traveling by motorcycle.

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An assessment is the total package of tests and custom questions that you put together to evaluate your candidates. Each individual test within an assessment is designed to test something specific, such as a job skill or language. An assessment can consist of up to 5 tests and 20 custom questions. You can have candidates respond to your custom questions in several ways, such as with a personalized video.

A video question is a specific type of custom question you can add to your assessment. Video questions let you create a question and have your candidates use their webcam to record a video response. This is an excellent way to see how a candidate would conduct themselves in a live interview, and is especially useful for sales and hospitality roles. Some good examples of things to ask for video questions would be "Why do you want to work for our company?" or "Try to sell me an item you have on your desk right now."

Besides video questions, you can also add the following types of custom questions: multiple-choice, coding, file upload, and essay. Multiple-choice lets your candidates choose from a list of answers that you provide, coding lets you create a coding problem for them to solve, file upload allows your candidates to upload a file that you request (such as a resume or portfolio), and essay allows an open-ended text response to your question. You can learn more about different custom question types here.

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