Test yourself in the CMS System Administrator track

By doing the assignment below, you can test your knowledge of the CMS System Administrator track. Make sure you have studied all the materials suggested in this track.

The assignment consists of 10 tasks. Some of the tasks refer to the data you have to create in some of the previous tasks. So we recommend that you do the tasks in the suggested order.

The actual assignment may include one or more tasks similar to those below. However, you should bear in mind that the actual tasks may be different from the topics covered here and be a bit more complex.

Task 1

1. Deploy a CMS Website on IIS as “Website 1”.
2. Run the initial setup wizard.
3. Log in to the CMS Console.

Task 2

1. Create two user groups "Editors" and "Super Editors".
2. Grant permissions to "Editors" to edit pages.
3. Create a user “user1” and assign the user to “Editors”.
4. Grant permissions to “Super Editors” to approve pages.
5. Create a user “user2” and assign the user to “Super Editors”.

Task 3

1. In the “Content” perspective, allow “Editors” to create pages.
2. In the “Content” perspective, allow “Super Editors” to publish pages.

Task 4

1. In the “Content” perspective, allow “user1” to delete pages.
2. In the “Content” perspective, allow “user2” to edit pages.

Task 5

1. Install the Composite.Tools.XmlBasedSiteBackup package on “Website 1” (Task 1).
2. Back up the website using the package.
3. Download the backup file.

Task 6

1. Restore the website from the backup file (Task 5) on IIS as “Website 2”.

Task 7

1. Make the website backup file (Task 5) publicly available.
2. Deploy the existing website from this backup file on Windows Azure.

Task 8

1. Deploy a new website on Windows Azure.
2. Run the initial setup wizard.
3. Log in to the CMS Console.

Task 9

1. Prepare a database called “CMS Database 2” on Microsoft SQL Server.
2. Install the Composite.Tools.SqlServerDataProvider package on “Website 2” (Task 6).
3. Convert this website into an SQL-based website.

Task 10

1. Back up the SQL-based website “Website 2” (Task 9).
2. Restore the website from this backup file as “Website 3” on IIS using a new “CMS Database 3” on Microsoft SQL Server.