The Microsoft 70-345 certification exam validates the skills and knowledge of an IT professional in designing, deploying, and administering Exchange Server 2016. This test is a crucial qualification for on-premise systems engineers, solution architects, and exchange systems administrators. It is designed for senior administrators and IT consultants who function as technical lead in a team of administrators. They are conversant with the prerequisite for integrating Microsoft Exchange Server with Office 365 and Skype for Business.

To attempt the Microsoft 70-345 exam, the candidates must have at least three years of experience managing and designing Exchange Servers. They should also be responsible for Exchange 2016 messaging scenario in an enterprise environment. The certification test is available in English, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and Portuguese (Brazil). The individuals planning to write Microsoft 70-345 must be well versed in Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 because it is the fundamental technology for the exam. This Microsoft test counts as credit towards the award of the MCSE and MCP credentials. To register and schedule your exam, you are required to pay the exam fee of $165. The students who are not resident in the United States should check the certification page to know the specific fee that applies to their status. You will be required to register your exam with Pearson VUE, the official administrator for the Microsoft tests. Note that you can take the online proctored delivery exam format if it is available in your country.

There are some specific skills measured in the Microsoft 70-345 exam. It measures the candidates’ capability to carry out some technical tasks that will be very handy in real life scenario. They include planning, developing, operating, and troubleshooting mailbox databases (15-20%), client access services (15-20%), transport services (15-20%), exchange infrastructure, security, and recipients (15-20%), compliance, auditing, and eDiscovery (10-15%), and implementing and managing coexistence, migration, federation, and hybrid scenarios (10-15%). The percentages indicate the weight of questions that can be expected from each of the tasks. The details of topics, subtopics, exam policies and requirements can be found on the certification page at the Microsoft official site.