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Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
You install the IP Address Management (IPAM) Server feature on a server named Server1
and select Manual as the provisioning method.
The IPAM database is located on a server named SQL1.
You need to configure IPAM to use Group Policy Based provisioning.
What command should you run first?
To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.
Answer: 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj878310.aspx
Set-IpamConfiguration -provisioningMethod Automatic
You cant switch from manual provisioning to automatic.
Ipam needs to be removed and reinstalled.
You can switch from manual to automatic since 2012 R2
Right but it’s not specified in the statement that the OS is 2012 R2
Infact… If not specified, it is also correct! 😀
Hey marco not according to Microsofts documentation – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj878313.aspx#provision
You cannot change the provisioning method for the current installation of IPAM Server after it has been selected. To change the provisioning method, you must uninstall and reinstall IPAM Server on the computer.
Set-IpamConfiguration -ProvisionMethod Automatic is correct
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj878313.aspx#provision
You have to read everything on that pase, scroll all the way down and notice the comment:
QUOTE: You cannot change the provisioning method for the current installation of IPAM Server after it has been selected. To change the provisioning method, you must uninstall and reinstall IPAM Server on the computer.
Wrong for Windows Server 2012R2.
Upgrading your skills to MCA Windows Server 2012 R2 states on page 365:
“Set-IpamConfiguration -ProvisionMethod Automatic” can be used to switch provisioning mode to automatic from manual.
It cannot be done from automatic to manual and only from Windows Server 2012R2.
If you want to convert from automatic to manual you have to reinstall IPAM.
So do we presume that Server1 has Win2012 R2 installed and therefore you can run Set-IpamConfiguration -ProvisionMethod Automatic to change it ?
I think I’ll lab this to verify the command will work.
Ok so you can switch from manual to automatic with Win2012 R2 but not the other way.
In this case I would presume it’s Windows Server 2012 installed without R2 so the answer would be re-install.
if we presume W2012R2 the answer is
https://books.google.com.eg/books?id=kL-LAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA369&lpg=PA369&dq=get-ipamconfiguration+GPO+prefix&source=bl&ots=ws8EukrcSn&sig=PCG2UYMWP5YPj0FS4H2k6KUfpK4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WSWLVISlAcPXaqGLgfAD&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=get-ipamconfiguration%20GPO%20prefix&f=false
by why presume it, it’s not in the question …
so the answer will be Uninstall-Windowsfeature -name IPAM
The IPAM database server is located on SQL1
Since SQL DB is available only from R2 then we can assume it is R2
Microsoft exam is like a murder investigation
Agree !
We presume it because windows 2012 ipam cannot use external sql db, only wid
I confirm
Set-IpamConfiguration -provisioningMethod Automatic
SLQ only with 2012 r2
WID with 2012.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj878342.aspx
” IPAM in Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced the option to specify a SQL database to store IPAM data. To use SQL, the database server must be running SQL Server 2008 R2 or later. When you use a SQL database with IPAM, this does not enable additional IPAM reporting features, such as those associated with SQL Server Reporting Services. The use of a SQL server database is only intended to provide the option of using your existing database infrastructure, which might include existing backup and failover capabilities
“
Trouble is, every technet article about IPAM provisioning for WS2012 R2 states the same:
“The choice of a provisioning method is permanent for the current installation of IPAM Server. To change the provisioning method, you must uninstall and reinstall IPAM Server.”
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj878310(v=ws.11).aspx
“You can choose either the manual or Group Policy Based method. Pick the one that’s best for you and remember, you can’t change it later”
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/canitpro/2013/08/15/step-by-step-setup-windows-server-2012-ipam-in-your-environment/
I don’t care whether it’s actually possible or not. Microsoft will stick to what’s documented in Technet.
In case you still aren’t convinced with my post below here is a link from technet:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj590816(v=wps.630).aspx.
Set-IpamConfiguration [-ProvisioningMethod] [[-GpoPrefix]
In the top of the page, near the command name there’s a link that says “Other versions”, if you click there, you’ll see that in server 2012 this command didn’t exist as it is described above, but change it back to server 2012 r2 and you’ll see it’s true.
In order to correct my mistake above, correct sintaxe is:
Set-IpamConfiguration [-ProvisioningMethod] Automatic
MalotJean,
to add some other proof that Set-IpamConfiguration [-ProvisioningMethod] Automatic is the correct answer.
Check this book (Exam Ref 70-417 Upgrading from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 R2), page 365 at the bottom, where says “Exam Tip”:
https://books.google.fr/books?id=kL-LAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA365&lpg=PA365&dq=set-ipamconfiguration+gpo+based&source=bl&ots=ws9xzmpi_g&sig=uaI4neb8b4Yq_2FrSJvchtepd6Q&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=KtbAVPTJBsmrUcHQgqAN&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=set-ipamconfiguration&f=false
As i wasn’t sure if what was being said here was true, i had to confirm for myself, and i can now say that it is true.
In server 2012 R2 you can change the provisioning method from manual to GPO-based provisioning, but not the other way around.
I share the images from the commands i used, which prove what i just said: http://imgur.com/a/YXZIy.
Correct answer is: Set-IpamConfiguration -ProvisioningMethod Automatic.
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Don’t trust the technet articles they are not updated properly (they use the same 2012 articles and add 2012 R2 to the scope). The technet article for IPAM Deployment also states that IPAM only supports WID and doesn’t support external databases so this question would already be invalidated if that was true.
Windows 2012 R2 supports external SQL and migrating from Manual to GPO based through Set-IpamConfiguration cmdlet so the fact that SQL is specified in the scope already ensures it is 2012 R2 and supports changing the provisioning method.