70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Study Guide

The 70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server exam is the first SharePoint 2013 exam required yo get your Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) SharePoint Certification. As someone who got his MCSE SharePoint 2013 certification, this 70-331 Study Guide to help you find materials to study, and ace the exam. I will share both free and paid options, whether books, video training or simply links to articles and blog posts. I will not share any dumps as those are against the Microsoft Terms of Service, and by using dumps, we decrease the value of our certifications.

Certification Path

Exam Name	Link to Exam on Microsoft Learning	Study Guide
70-346 Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements	Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements	70-346 Study Guide – Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements
70-347 Enabling Office 365 Services	Enabling Office 365 Services	70-347 Study Guide – Enabling Office 365 Services

70-331 Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013	Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013	70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Study Guide
70-332 Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013	Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

Books that covers the whole exam

Exam Ref 70-331 Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (MCSE)
Prepare for Exam 70-331—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 core solutions. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSE level.
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Professional SharePoint 2013 Administration
The new iteration of SharePoint boasts exciting new features. However, any new version also comes with its fair share of challenges and that’s where this book comes in. The team of SharePoint admin gurus returns to presents a fully updated resource that prepares you for making all the new SharePoint 2013 features work right. They cover all of the administration components of SharePoint 2013 in detail, and present a clear understanding of how they affect the role of the administrator.
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Video Training for the exam

NOTE: Pluralsight is a paid resource unlike Channel9 and Microsoft Virtual Academy which are free. The quality they provide is also superior because of all the quality checks they go through, and the instructors are one of the best in the industry. The Pluralsight courses have a link to where you can get a free trial and decide for yourself if paying a subscription or not is worth it, but the 10-day free trial should allow you to view all those courses for free.

	SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions (70-331) Part 1 Part 1 of 3 in the SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions (70-331) series covers a range of topics including the installation and management of SharePoint 2013, PowerShell, data management, and more. Link: http://spvlad.com/2mUz1It Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions (70-331) Part 2 Part 2 of 3 in the SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions (70-331) series covers a range of topics including the installation and management of SharePoint 2013, PowerShell, data management, and more. Link: http://spvlad.com/2BeE6zP Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions (70-331) Part 3 Part 3 of 3 in the SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions (70-331) series covers a range of topics including the installation and management of SharePoint 2013, PowerShell, data management, and more. Link: http://spvlad.com/2EVBhWm Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	Implementing a Hybrid SharePoint 2013/2016 Infrastructure SharePoint hybrid infrastructures are gaining popularity, so SharePoint IT professionals need to prepare. You’ll learn how to configure a hybrid infrastructure in either SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint 2016 to allow your users to be more productive. Link: http://spvlad.com/2EXQIO1 Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	Planning and Deploying Office Web Apps 2013 Office Web Apps Server is a new Office server product that delivers browser-based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. In this course, you will learn what exactly Office Web Apps 2013 is, how it works and how you can install and connect it with Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint. Link: http://spvlad.com/2DqOFoz Free Pluralsight Trial: Get a free 10 day Pluralsight Trial!
	Exam Prep Session for Exam 70-331 and Exam 70-332: SharePoint Server 2013 This Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Microsoft SharePoint 2013, who are interested in taking the 70-331 (Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013) and 70-332 (Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013) exams. These exams are required for the new MCSE: SharePoint certification. You can expect to review the topics covered in these exams in a fast-paced format, as well as receive valuable test taking techniques. You will leave with an understanding of how Microsoft certification works, key topics covered in the exams, and an exhaustive look at resources for getting ready for the exam. The session is led by a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), experienced in delivering sessions on these topics. Link: https://channel9.msdn.com/events/Ignite/2015/BRK3911

Instructor-led training (Microsoft Official Courses)

Course 20331B: Core Solutions of Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2013 (5 Days)
This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to configure and manage a Microsoft® SharePoint Server 2013 environment. This course will teach you how to configure SharePoint Server 2013, as well as provide guidelines, best practices, and considerations that will help you optimize your SharePoint server deployment.This is the first in a sequence of two courses for IT Professionals and will align with the first exam in the SharePoint Server 2013 IT Pro certification.

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/learning/course.aspx?cid=20331

Articles / Blog Posts per objective

Design a SharePoint topology (20–25%)

Design information architecture
- Design an inter-site navigational taxonomy; design site columns and content types; design keywords, synonyms, best bets, and managed properties; plan information management policies; plan managed site structures; plan term sets; plan hybrid cloud integration requirements
  1. SharePoint Managed Navigation, Part 1 [Blog]
  2. SharePoint Managed Navigation, Part 2 [Blog]
  3. Managed Metadata and Navigation in SharePoint 2013 [MSDN]
  4. Managed Navigation in SharePoint 2013 [MSDN]
  5. Plan content types and workflows in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  6. Overview of managed metadata in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  7. Create and deploy a thesaurus in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  8. Plan to transform queries and order results in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  9. Create query rules for web content management in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  10. How To Customize SharePoint 2013 Search Results Using Query Rules and Result Sources [Blog]
  11. Overview of crawled and managed properties in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  12. Manage the search schema in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  13. Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to administer and configure search in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  14. Overview of document management in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  15. Plan for information management policy in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  16. Plan authoring sites for cross-site publishing in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  17. Plan publishing sites for cross-site publishing in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  18. Configure cross-site publishing in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  19. Plan terms and term sets in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  20. Plan navigation term sets in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  21. Managed metadata cmdlets in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  22. Implementing a Hybrid SharePoint 2013/2016 Infrastructure [Pluralsight]
Design a logical architecture
- Plan application pools; plan web applications; plan for software boundaries; plan content databases; plan host-header site collections; plan zones and alternate access mapping
  1. SharePoint 2013 design samples: Application pools [TechNet]
  2. Capacity planning for SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  3. SharePoint 2013 design samples: Corporate portal and extranet sites [TechNet]
  4. Create a web application in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  5. Software boundaries and limits for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  6. Content database limits [TechNet]
  7. SharePoint 2013 design samples: Corporate portal and extranet sites [TechNet]
  8. Powershell commands: Set-SPSiteURL, Remove-SPSiteUrl, Get-SPSiteUrl [TechNet]
  9. What Every SharePoint Admin Needs to Know About Host Named Site Collections (MS Blog Post)
  10. Plan for host-named site collections (SharePoint Server 2010) [TechNet]
  11. Plan for user authentication methods in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  12. Create a web application in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  13. Configure basic authentication for a claims-based web application in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  14. SharePoint 2013 design samples: Corporate portal and extranet sites [TechNet]
Design a physical architecture
- Design a storage architecture; configure basic request management; define individual server requirements; define service topologies; plan server load balancing; plan a network infrastructure
  1. Capacity planning for SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  3. Storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration (SharePoint Server 2010) [TechNet]
  4. Configure Request Manager in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  5. Powershell: Set-SPRequestManagementSettings [TechNet]
  6. Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  7. Capacity planning for SharePoint Server 2013 (TechNet Library )
  8. Detailed design and system specification process for a virtual SharePoint 2013 farm [TechNet]
  9. Overview of SharePoint 2013 installation and configuration [TechNet]
  10. Install SharePoint 2013 across multiple servers for a three-tier farm [TechNet]
  11. Manage the search topology in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  12. Capacity planning for SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  13. Install SharePoint 2013 across multiple servers for a three-tier farm [TechNet]
  14. Overview of farm virtualization and architectures for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  15. IP support in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
Plan a SharePoint Online (Microsoft Office 365) deployment
- Evaluate service offerings; plan service applications; plan site collections; plan customizations and solutions; plan security for SharePoint Online; plan networking services for SharePoint Online
  1. SharePoint Online for IT pros [TechNet]
  2. SharePoint Online Service Description [TechNet]
  3. Overview of Excel Services in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  4. Manage Windows Azure Active Directory by using Windows PowerShell [TechNet]
  5. Powershell: New-MsolFederatedDomain, Update-MsolFederatedDomain [TechNet]
  6. Powershell: Connect-SPOService [TechNet]
  7. PowerShell for Office 365 [Pluralsight]

Plan security (20–25%)

Plan and configure authentication
- Plan and configure Windows authentication; plan and configure identity federation; configure claims providers; configure site-to-site (S2S) intra-server and OAuth authentication; plan and configure anonymous authentication; configure connections to Access Control Service; configure authentication for hybrid cloud deployments
  1. Plan authentication in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Plan for user authentication methods in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  3. Plan for Kerberos authentication in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  4. Configure SAML-based claims authentication with AD FS in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  5. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate SAML-based Claims Authentication with SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  6. Claims authentication does not validate user (SharePoint 2013) [TechNet]
  7. Configure authentication infrastructure in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  8. Plan for server-to-server authentication in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  9. Configure server-to-server authentication in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  10. oAuth authentication in SharePoint 2013 (Bing video) [TechNet]
  11. Authentication in SharePoint 2013 learning roadmap [TechNet]
  12. Plan authentication in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  13. Plan app permissions management in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  14. App Management Service cmdlets in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  15. Implementing a Hybrid SharePoint 2013/2016 Infrastructure [Pluralsight]
Plan and configure authorization
- Plan and configure SharePoint users and groups; plan and configure People Picker; plan and configure sharing; plan and configure permission inheritance; plan and configure anonymous access; plan web application policies
  1. Permissions planning for sites and content in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Understanding permission levels [Office Support Article]
  3. Determine permission levels and groups in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  4. Plan user profiles and identities (SharePoint Server 2013) [TechNet]
  5. People Picker and claims providers overview (SharePoint 2013) [TechNet]
  6. Plan for People Picker in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  7. Configure People Picker in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  8. Plan document libraries in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  9. Plan site permissions in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  10. Assign permission levels in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  11. Manage permission policies for a web application in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
Plan and configure platform security
- Plan and configure security isolation; plan and configure services lockdown; plan and configure general firewall security; plan and configure antivirus settings; plan and configure certificate management
  1. Security planning for SharePoint 2013 farms [TechNet]
  2. Plan for administrative and service accounts in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  3. SharePoint 2013 app infrastructure configuration and isolation (Video)
  4. Security planning for SharePoint 2013 farms [TechNet]
  5. Plan security hardening for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  6. Security planning for SharePoint 2013 farms [TechNet]
  7. Plan security hardening for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  8. Configure SQL Server security for SharePoint 2013 environments [TechNet]
  9. Microsoft’s Position on Antivirus Solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (Microsoft Support)
  10. Certain folders may have to be excluded from antivirus scanning when you use file-level antivirus software in SharePoint [TechNet]
  11. Antivirus and SharePoint 2013 (Blog post)
  12. Exchange trust certificates between farms in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  13. Powershell: Get-SPCertificateAuthority, Get-SPSecurityTokenServiceConfig,New-SPTrustedRootAuthority, New-SPTrustedServiceTokenIssuer, Get-PfxCertificate [TechNet]
  14. Guidelines for using certificates in high-trust apps for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  15. Configure SSL for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
Plan and configure farm-level security
- Plan rights management; plan and configure delegated farm administration; plan and configure delegated service application administration; plan and configure managed accounts; plan and configure blocked file types; plan and configure web part security
  1. Plan Information Rights Management in Office 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Enabling IRM services in SharePoint Online [TechNet]
  3. Apply Information Rights Management to a list or library [Office Support Article]
  4. Choose administrators and owners for the administration hierarchy in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  5. Assign or remove administrators to a service application (SharePoint 2013) [TechNet]
  6. Powershell: New-SPClaimsPrincipal, Get-SPServiceApplication, Get-SPServiceApplicationSecurity, Grant-SPObjectSecurity, Revoke-SPObjectSecurity, Set-SPServiceApplicationSecurity [TechNet]
  7. Delegate administration of User Profile service application features in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  8. Plan for administrative and service accounts in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  9. Configure automatic password change in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  10. Powershell: Get-SPManagedAccount, New-SPManagedAccount, Remove-SPManagedAccount, Set-SPManagedAccount [TechNet]
  11. Manage blocked file types in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  12. Manage Web Parts in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  13. Configure and deploy Web Parts in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]

Install and configure SharePoint farms (20–25%)

Plan installation
- Identify and configure installation prerequisites; implement scripted deployment; implement patch slipstreaming; plan and install language packs; plan and configure service connection points; plan installation tracking and auditing; implement managed paths for Office 365 migrations; configure SharePoint hybrid cloud settings
  1. Hardware and software requirements for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Install prerequisites for SharePoint 2013 from a network share [TechNet]
  3. Setup command-line reference (SharePoint Server 2010) [TechNet]
  4. Config.xml reference (SharePoint Server 2010) [TechNet]
  5. Add web or application servers to farms in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  6. Prepare to deploy software updates for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  7. Create an installation source that includes software updates (Office SharePoint Server 2007) [TechNet]
  8. Install a software update (SharePoint 2013) [TechNet]
  9. Install or uninstall language packs for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  10. About service applications and services in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  11. Add or remove service application connections from a web application in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  12. Connect to service applications on remote farms in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  13. Upgrade site collections to SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  14. Verify database upgrades in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
Plan and configure farm-wide settings
- Configure incoming and outgoing email; plan and configure proxy groups; configure SharePoint Designer settings; plan and configure a corporate catalog; configure Office Web Apps integration; configure Microsoft Azure workflow server integration
  1. Configure email integration for a SharePoint 2013 farm [TechNet]
  2. Configure incoming email for a SharePoint 2013 farm [TechNet]
  3. Configure outgoing email for a SharePoint 2013 farm [TechNet]
  4. Configure site mailboxes in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  5. Configure site mailboxes (video)
  6. Add or remove service application connections from a web application in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  7. Powershell: Add-SPServiceApplicationProxyGroupMember, Remove-SPServiceApplicationProxyGroupMember [TechNet]
  8. Powershell: Get-SPDesignerSettings, Set-SPDesignerSettings [TechNet]
  9. Plan for apps for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  10. Configure an environment for apps for SharePoint (SharePoint 2013) [TechNet]
  11. Manage the App Catalog in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  12. How to: Set up an app catalog on SharePoint [MSDN]
  13. Overview of Office Web Apps and how they work on-premises with SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  14. Planning and Deploying Office Web Apps 2013 [Pluralsight]
  15. Plan Office Web Apps (Used with SharePoint 2013) [TechNet]
  16. Configure SharePoint 2013 to use Office Web Apps [TechNet]
  17. Getting started with SharePoint Server 2013 workflow [TechNet]
  18. Installing and configuring workflow for SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  19. Powershell: Register-SPWorkflowService [TechNet]
  20. Start: Set up and configure SharePoint 2013 Workflow Manager [TechNet]
Create and configure enterprise search
- Plan and configure a search topology; plan and configure content sources; plan and configure crawl schedules; plan and configure crawl rules; plan and configure crawl performance; plan and configure security trimming
  1. Overview of search in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Enterprise search architectures for SharePoint Server 2013 (Microsoft Download Center)
  3. Manage the search topology in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  4. Manage search components in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  5. Manage the index component in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  6. Change the default search topology in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  7. Manage continuous crawls in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  8. Add, edit, or delete a content source in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  9. Manage crawl rules in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  10. View search diagnostics in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
Create and configure a Managed Metadata Service (MMS) application
- Configure proxy settings for managed service applications; configure content type hub settings; configure sharing term sets; plan and configure content type propagation schedules; configure custom properties; configure term store permissions; configure managed metadata service (MMS) imports
Create and configure a User Profile Service (UPA) application
- Configure a UPA application; set up My Sites and My Site hosts; configure social permissions; plan and configure sync connections; configure profile properties, configure audiences
  1. Overview of the User Profile service application in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Administer the User Profile service in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  3. Create, edit, or delete User Profile service applications in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  4. Powershell: New-SPProfileServiceApplication [TechNet]
  5. Plan for My Sites in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  6. Configure My Sites in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  7. Configure social computing features in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  8. Configure Following settings in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]

Create and Configure web applications and site collections (15–20%)

Provision and configure web applications
- Create managed paths; configure HTTP throttling; configure List throttling; configure Alternate Access Mappings (AAM); configure an authentication provider; configure SharePoint Designer settings
  1. Define managed paths in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Configure Request Manager in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  3. Manage lists and libraries with many items [Office Support Article]
  4. Plan for user authentication methods in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  5. Configure SAML-based claims authentication with AD FS in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
Create and maintain site collections
- Configure Host header site collections; configure self-service site creation; maintain site owners; maintain site quotas; configure site policies; configure a team mailbox
  1. SharePoint 2013 design samples: Corporate portal and extranet sites [TechNet]
Manage site and site collection security
- Manage site access requests; manage App permissions; manage anonymous access; manage permission inheritance; configure permission levels; configure HTML field security
  1. Set up and manage access requests [Office Support Article]
  2. App permissions in SharePoint 2013 [MSDN]
  3. Plan site permissions in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  4. Determine permission levels and groups in SharePoint 2013[TechNet]
Manage search
- Manage result sources; manage query rules; manage display templates; manage Search Engine Optimization (SEO) settings; manage result types; manage a search schema
  1. Plan to transform queries and order results in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Understanding result sources for search in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  3. Configure result sources for search in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  4. Plan to transform queries and order results in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  5. Manage query rules in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
Manage taxonomy
- Manage site collection term set access; manage term set navigation; manage topic catalog pages; configure custom properties; configure search refinement; configure list refinement
  1. Plan managed metadata in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]

Maintain a core SharePoint environment (20–25%)

Monitor a SharePoint environment
- Define monitoring requirements; configure performance counter capture; configure page performance monitoring; configure usage and health providers; monitor and forecast storage needs; monitor SharePoint hybrid cloud deployments
  1. Performance testing for SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  2. Implementing a Hybrid SharePoint 2013/2016 Infrastructure [Pluralsight]
  3. Plan for monitoring in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  4. Monitor health in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  5. Monitor cache performance in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  6. Storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration [TechNet]
Tune and optimize a SharePoint environment
- Plan and configure SQL optimization; execute database maintenance rules; plan for capacity software boundaries; estimate storage requirements; plan and configure caching; tune network performance
  1. Best practices for SQL Server in a SharePoint Server farm [TechNet]
  2. Configure the max degree of parallelism Server Configuration Option [TechNet]
  3. You Shall Configure your MAXDOP When Using SharePoint 2013 (MSDN Blog post)
  4. Configure SharePoint Health Analyzer rules in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  5. SharePoint Health Analyzer rules reference (SharePoint 2013) [TechNet]
  6. Software boundaries and limits for SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  7. Plan for caching and performance in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  8. Cache settings operations in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  9. Configure object cache user accounts in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  10. Plan for feeds and the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  11. Manage the Distributed Cache service in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]
  12. Configure diagnostic logging in SharePoint 2013 [TechNet]
  13. View usage reports in SharePoint Server 2013 [TechNet]

Additional Tips

I think the best thing that you can do after reading this, or even meanwhile, is to prepare some Virtual Machines either on your computer, or in Azure, and try to install SharePoint Server 2013, and play with those features, follow the tutorials and you shouldn’t have any problems with the exam!

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