Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Executives, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Business and IT stakeholders engaged in improving the delivery of products and services that meet user needs through the use of Microsoft SharePoint; Anyone who wants to improve their Business Analysis skills; Project stakeholders concerned with SharePoint requirements. Overview Plan, manage and close requirements for a project in reduced time using good business analysis practices Minimize project uncertainty and risk by applying good techniques Ensure your project delivers required functionality and adds value to the business Create an environment of self-management for your team that will be able to continuously align the delivered product or services with desired business needs, easily adapting to changing requirements throughout the process. Requirements can change frequently during a SharePoint project, and therefore projects need a streamlined, flexible approach to requirements change management. SharePoint professionals want to develop systems and services which are both high-quality and high-value, and the easiest way to achieve this is to implement the highest priority requirements first. This enables the projects to maximize value for their stakeholders. Introduction ? Roles involved in a SharePoint project The opportunities and challenges of a SharePoint project The business analysis process BA role vs. project manager role BA / PM competencies Case Study Exercise Understanding SharePoint Requirements Business, User, Functional, Quality-of-service and implementation requirements Requirements vs. specifications Requirements vs. business rules Risk management and risk response strategies Analyzing requirements Characteristics of effective requirements Case Study Exercise SharePoint Requirements Modeling Identify high level scope Identify initial requirements stack Identify an architectural vision Plan your iteration Iteration modeling Model storming Test driven development Case Study Exercise The Change Management Process Managing the Solution Scope and Requirements Capturing the Requirements Traceability Maintaining the Requirements for re-use Managing Requirements Conflicts Preparing the Requirements Package Building the Requirements communications plan Case Study Exercise Assessing & Validating Requirements Validating and verifying SharePoint Requirements Creating a master test plan Create test scenarios and test cases Case Study Exercise Additional Information Useful books and links on managing requirements and projects for SharePoint initiatives
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Develop for experienced IT Professionals familiar with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7.1x in an on-premises environment. Potential students include administrators, engineers, and architects designing or deploying Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops workloads on Microsoft Azure. Overview Prepare the Azure environment for secure integration with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Deploy and manage Virtual Delivery Agent machines in Microsoft Azure using Machine Creation Services Integrate Citrix Cloud and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops with Microsoft Azure Active Directory Design Machine Catalogs and virtual machines on Microsoft Azure Resource Manager Provide remote access with Citrix StoreFront and Citrix Gateway on Microsoft Azur Students learn to deploy and manage the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops apps and desktops in Microsoft Azure. Students gain the skills to plan the machine catalog and virtual machine design based in Microsoft?s public cloud and get hands-on practice deploying those machines using Machine Creation Services. Students will also learn about additional Azure considerations including maintenance and power management which are critical in a cloud environment. For remote access, students will learn to configure Citrix StoreFront and Citrix Gateway on the Azure platform. This course focuses on Microsoft Azure as a Citrix Cloud resource location however concepts are relevant to both Citrix Cloud and fully managed Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops sites. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Azure Overview Defining IAAS Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Azure Deployment Models Azure Fundamentals Review Azure Management Azure Locations Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Integration with Azure Active Directory Active Directory Basics Active Directory Usage Connecting On-premises Active Directory to Azure Azure Role Based Access Control Connecting to Microsoft Azure Azure Connectivity Cloud Connectors in Azure Creating Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Host Connections to Azure Deploying Apps and Desktops using Machine Creation Services Master Image Preparation Machine Creation Services in Azure Considerations for Deploying onto Azure Providing Access to End Users StoreFront Locations Citrix ADC Locations Multiple Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Zones in Azure Regions Maintaining Infrastructure and VDAs in Microsoft Azure Maintaining Infrastructure Maintaining Resources Power Management Plan for a Successful POC Planning your next steps
Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Anyone who is preparing to build and run Kubernetes clusters Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Build, test, and publish Docker container images Become familiar with YAML files that define Kubernetes objects Understand Kubernetes core user-facing concepts, including pods, services, and deployments Use kubectl, the Kubernetes CLI, and become familiar with its commands and options Understand the architecture of Kubernetes (Control plane and its components, worker nodes, and kubelet) Learn how to troubleshoot issues with deployments on Kubernetes Apply resource requests, limits, and probes to deployments Manage dynamic application configuration using ConfigMaps and Secrets Deploy other workloads, including DaemonSets, Jobs, and CronJobs Learn about user-facing security using SecurityContext, RBAC, and NetworkPolicies This four-day course is the first step in learning about Containers and Kubernetes Fundamentals and Cluster Operations. Through a series of lectures and lab exercises, the fundamental concepts of containers and Kubernetes are presented and put to practice by containerizing and deploying a two-tier application into Kubernetes. Course Introduction Introductions and objectives Containers What and Why containers Building images Running containers Registry and image management Kubernetes Overview Kubernetes project Plugin interfaces Building Kubernetes Kubectl CLI Beyond Kubernetes Basics Kubernetes objects YAML Pods, replicas, and deployments Services Deployment management Rolling updates Controlling deployments Pod and container configurations Kubernetes Networking Networking within a pod Pod-to-Pod Networking Services to Pods ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer Ingress controllers Service Discovery via DNS Stateful Applications in Kubernetes Stateless versus Stateful Volumes Persistent volumes claims StorageClasses StatefulSets Additional Kubernetes Considerations Dynamic configuration ConfigMaps Secrets Jobs, CronJobs Security Network policy Applying a NetworkPolicy SecurityContext runAsUser/Group Service accounts Role-based access control Logging and Monitoring Logging for various objects Sidecar logging Node logging Audit logging Monitoring architecture Monitoring solutions Octant VMware vRealize Operations Manager Cluster Operations Onboarding new applications Backups Upgrading Drain and cordon commands Impact of an upgrade to running applications Troubleshooting commands VMware Tanzu portfolio overview
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for In order to be successful in this class, incoming attendees are required to have current, hands-on experience in developing basic web applications, and be versed in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. This is an introductory level Angular development course but an intermediate level web development class, designed for experienced web developers that need to further extend their skills in web development Overview Working within in an engaging, hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, attendees will learn to: What Angular is and why should you use it How Angular reduces the amount of code that you must write to add rich functionality to both existing and new web pages What TypeScript is, why it is useful, and how to use it with Angular How to facilitate development and deployment using Angular CLI How to work with the various aspects of the Angular architecture to implement clean, responsive web interfaces How Routers can support navigation within a Single Page Application What the best practices are for using Angular so that it works unobtrusively and performs well How to use Angular with HTTP to support JSON, REST, and other services Best practices for Angular so that it works unobtrusively and performs well Angular is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks for creating web and native mobile applications. This introductory course thoroughly explores the latest Angular features and advances, demonstrating how to solve the traditional challenges of JavaScript web application development. You will build custom components, using application routes, form validation, and unit-testing and delve into component-driven development with Angular components. Angular Overview Overview of Angular Architecture Getting Started with Angular Getting Started with TypeScript Bootstrapping with Angular CLI Angular Project Structure Unit Testing with Angular Testing and Angular Working with Angular Components and Events Third Party Libraries Dynamic Views Pipes Angular Forms Forms and the Forms API Single Page Applications and Routes Single Page Applications Services and Dependency Injection Modules Using RESTful Services Overview of REST Angular and REST Angular Best Practices Angular Style Guide What is New in Angular 9 Additional Topics (Time Permitting) Lesson: ES6+ Sass and SCSS for Angular and Material
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for The Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant. The Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant is a key resource that designs and configures apps to meet the requirements for a customer. The functional consultant analyzes business requirements and translates those requirements into fully realized business processes and solutions that implement industry-recommended practices. The functional consultant specializes in one or more of the following feature sets of Dynamics: finance, manufacturing, or supply chain management. They partner with architects, developers, administrators, and other stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet or exceed the needs of their customers. Overview Configure the most important Dynamics 365 Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functionalities. Process most of the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management transactions. Explain to others how Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management features and functionalities works. This course is designed to build your foundation in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management application knowledge. This course will cover the most important features and functionalities needed by Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant including: The product information and how to configure, create, and manage your product and inventory. Supply chain management configuration and processing. The transportation management features, and the warehouse management features. Quality management and quality control functionalities. Master planning configuration and processing. This course includes lectures and several hands-on exercises. The exercises will be introduced to you on a form of a case study presented to a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant. Each exercise will be bases on a business scenario followed by a question or discussion then a step-by-step guidance to perform the system related steps. Implement product information management Create and manage products Configure products for supply chain management Manage inventory pricing and costing Implement inventory management Configure Inventory management Manage and process inventory activities Implement and manage supply chain processes Implement Procurement and sourcing Implement common sales and marketing features Using Microsoft Guides Implement warehouse management and transportation management Configure warehouse management Perform warehouse management processes Implement transportation management Configure and manage quality control and quality management Configure quality control and quality management Manage quality control and quality management Implement master planning Configure master planning and forecasting Run master plans and manage planned orders Implement additional master planning features
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Professionals who want unparalleled creative freedom, productivity, and precision for producing superb 3D modeling. Overview Fundamental concepts and workflows for creating 3D models using AutoCAD, Represent a design by creating solid primitives, solid or surface models from cross-sectional geometry, or composite models from multiple solid models, Complete a solid model design by adding the necessary features to detail, duplicate, and position 3D models, Convert 2D objects to 3D objects, Document a 3D design by creating 2D drawings for production and visualization, Communicate design ideas using visual styles, lights, model walk-through tools, and renderings. In this course, you will learn the fundamental concepts and workflows for creating 3D models using AutoCAD. IntroductionAdvanced Text Objects Annotation Scale Overview Using Fields Controlling the Draw Order Working with Tables Working with Linked Tables Creating Table Styles Projects - Advanced AnnotationDynamic Blocks Working with Dynamic Blocks Creating Dynamic Block Definitions Dynamic Block Authoring Tools Additional Visibility Options Attributes Inserting Blocks with Attributes Editing Attribute Values Defining Attributes Redefining Blocks with Attributes Extracting Attributes Projects - Advanced Blocks & AttributesOutput and Publishing Output For Electronic Review Autodesk Design Review Publishing Drawing Sets Other Tools for Collaboration eTransmit Hyperlinks Cloud Collaboration and 2D Automation Connecting to the Cloud Sharing Drawings in the Cloud Attach Navisworks Files Attach BIM 360 Glue Models Introduction to Sheet Sets Overview of Sheet Sets Creating Sheet Sets Creating Sheets in Sheet Sets Adding Views to Sheets Importing Layouts to Sheet Sets Publishing & Customizing Sheet Sets Transmitting and Archiving Sheet Sets Publishing Sheet Sets Customizing Sheet Sets Custom Blocks for Sheet Sets Projects - Sheet SetsManaging Layers Working in the Layer Properties Manager Creating Layer Filters Setting Layer States CAD Standards CAD Standards Concepts Configuring Standards Checking Standards Layer Translator System Setup Options Dialog Box System Variables Dynamic Input Settings Drawing Utilities Managing Plotters Plot Styles Introduction to Customization Why Customize? Creating a Custom Workspace Customizing the User Interface Using the Customize User Interface (CUI) Dialog Box Customizing the Ribbon Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar Customizing Menus Keyboard Shortcuts Macros & Custom Routines Custom Commands & Macros Running Scripts Action Recorder Editing Action Macros Loading Custom Routines
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Channel Field Engineers Employees Overview After taking this course, you should be able to: Define Cisco Business TelePresence Solutions components and architectures Implement Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (Expressway) for basic and advanced video networks Implement Cisco TelePresence Management Suite (TMS) Configure Cisco Meeting Server Features Define integration of Cisco Collaboration Premise Solutions with Cisco Cloud, including Cisco Spark, Cisco Spark Hybrid, and WebEx Cisco Video Infrastructure Implementation (VII) v1.0 will provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills to implement a complete Cisco TelePresence solution, including TelePresence endpoints, integration of premise with cloud solutions, meeting solutions, and management software. It describes Cisco business TelePresence solutions and enables students to implement and troubleshoot basic and advanced TelePresence network solutions. Module 1: Advanced Cisco Expressway Features Lesson 1: Introducing Cisco Video Network Solutions Lesson 2: Exploring Cisco Expressway Basic Setup Lesson 3: Explaining Regular Expressions in a Cisco Expressway Environment Lesson 4: Deploying Components of Cisco Expressway Security Lesson 5: Exploring the Fundamentals of Subzones on a Cisco Expressway Lesson 6: Administering Call Control on a Cisco Expressway Lesson 7: Implementing Subzone Bandwidth Management on a Cisco Expressway Lesson 8: Implementing Zones on a Cisco Expressway Lesson 9: Exploring Clustering on the Cisco Expressway Lesson 10: Applying Troubleshooting on the Cisco Expressway Module 2: Advanced Cisco Meeting Server Features Lesson 1: Introducing the Cisco Meeting Server Lesson 2: Exploring Cisco Meeting Server API Configuration Lesson 3: Exploring Cisco Meeting Server Resilient and Scalable Deployments Lesson 4: Exploring Additional Features with Cisco Meeting Server Module 3: Cisco Collaboration Meetin gRoom Solutions wiht Cisco TelePresence Server Lesson 1: Introducing Cisco Collaboration Meeting Room Cloud, Premises, and Hybrid Products Lesson 2: Deploying the Cisco TelePresence Server and Cisco TelePresence Conductor Lesson 3: Applying Troubleshooting to Cisco CMR Premises Solutions Module 4: Cisco TelePresence Management Suite Solution Lesson 1: Explaining Cisco TMS Installation Lesson 2: Describing Cisco TMS Operation Lesson 3: Explaining Cisco TMS Conference Scheduling and Management Lesson 4: Configuring Permissions on Cisco TMS for Administration Lesson 5: Applying Troubleshooting to Cisco TMS Module 5: Cisco Cloud Solutions?WebEx and Spark Lesson 1: Introducing Cisco WebEx and Cisco Spark Cloud Solutions Lesson 2: Exploring Cisco Spark Administration Configuration Lesson 3: Deploying Cisco Spark Hybrid Services Lesson 4: Exploring Cisco Spark APIs and BOTs Configuration Module 6: Cisco TelePresence Content Server (Optional Module) Lesson 1: Examining Cisco TCS Operation and Configuration
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Data Protection Officers IT Managers and Administrators Records Managers System Developers IT Security specialist Anyone who builds and develops IT systems Overview Critical data protection concepts and practices that impact IT Consumer data protection expectations and responsibility How to bake privacy into early stages of IT products and services for cost control, accuracy and speed-to-market How to establish data protection practices for data collection and transfer How to preempt data protection issues in the Internet of Things How to factor data protection into data classification and emerging tech such as cloud computing, facial recognition and surveillance How to communicate data protection issues with partners such as management, development, marketing and legal The Principles of Privacy in Technology training is the how to course on privacy and data protection practices in the development, engineering, deployment and auditing of IT products and services. Those taking the course will develop an understanding of privacy-related issues and practices in the context of the design and implementation of information and communication technologies and systems. The training is based on the body of knowledge for the IAPP?s ANSI accredited Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) certification program. Fundamentals of information privacy Reviewing the modern history of privacy Foundational privacy concepts Data protection roles and fair information practices Exploring the impacts of privacy and data protection regulations on information management Privacy in the IT environment Compliance requirements IT risks Stakeholder privacy expectations Differentiating between privacy and security Core privacy concepts Foundational elements for embedding privacy in IT Common privacy principles Data protection by design and default Privacy considerations in the information life cycle Privacy considerations throughout the stages of the information life cycle Privacy in systems and applications Examining the risks inherent in the IT environment and options for addressing them Identity and access management Credit card information and processing Remote access BYOD and telecommuting Data encryption Additional privacy-enhancing technologies in the enterprise environment Privacy techniques Strengths and weaknesses of authentication techniques Using identifiers Privacy by design Online privacy issues Unique challenges that come from online privacy issues Laws and regulations Online threats Social media E-commerce Tracking technologies Web security protocols Technologies with privacy considerations Privacy considerations associated with a variety of technologies Cloud computing Wireless IDs Location-based services ?Smart? technologies Video/data/audio surveillance Biometric recognition
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This is an introductory-level course designed to teach experienced systems administrators how to install, maintain, monitor, troubleshoot, optimize, and secure Hadoop. Previous Hadoop experience is not required. Overview Working within in an engaging, hands-on learning environment, guided by our expert team, attendees will learn to: Understand the benefits of distributed computing Understand the Hadoop architecture (including HDFS and MapReduce) Define administrator participation in Big Data projects Plan, implement, and maintain Hadoop clusters Deploy and maintain additional Big Data tools (Pig, Hive, Flume, etc.) Plan, deploy and maintain HBase on a Hadoop cluster Monitor and maintain hundreds of servers Pinpoint performance bottlenecks and fix them Apache Hadoop is an open source framework for creating reliable and distributable compute clusters. Hadoop provides an excellent platform (with other related frameworks) to process large unstructured or semi-structured data sets from multiple sources to dissect, classify, learn from and make suggestions for business analytics, decision support, and other advanced forms of machine intelligence. This is an introductory-level, hands-on lab-intensive course geared for the administrator (new to Hadoop) who is charged with maintaining a Hadoop cluster and its related components. You will learn how to install, maintain, monitor, troubleshoot, optimize, and secure Hadoop. Introduction Hadoop history and concepts Ecosystem Distributions High level architecture Hadoop myths Hadoop challenges (hardware / software) Planning and installation Selecting software and Hadoop distributions Sizing the cluster and planning for growth Selecting hardware and network Rack topology Installation Multi-tenancy Directory structure and logs Benchmarking HDFS operations Concepts (horizontal scaling, replication, data locality, rack awareness) Nodes and daemons (NameNode, Secondary NameNode, HA Standby NameNode, DataNode) Health monitoring Command-line and browser-based administration Adding storage and replacing defective drives MapReduce operations Parallel computing before MapReduce: compare HPC versus Hadoop administration MapReduce cluster loads Nodes and Daemons (JobTracker, TaskTracker) MapReduce UI walk through MapReduce configuration Job config Job schedulers Administrator view of MapReduce best practices Optimizing MapReduce Fool proofing MR: what to tell your programmers YARN: architecture and use Advanced topics Hardware monitoring System software monitoring Hadoop cluster monitoring Adding and removing servers and upgrading Hadoop Backup, recovery, and business continuity planning Cluster configuration tweaks Hardware maintenance schedule Oozie scheduling for administrators Securing your cluster with Kerberos The future of Hadoop
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for If you have worked in C++ but want to learn how to make the most of this language, especially for large projects, this course is for you. Overview By the end of this course, you'll have developed programming skills that will set you apart from other C++ programmers. After completing this course, you will be able to: Delve into the anatomy and workflow of C++ Study the pros and cons of different approaches to coding in C++ Test, run, and debug your programs Link object files as a dynamic library Use templates, SFINAE, constexpr if expressions and variadic templates Apply best practice to resource management This course begins with advanced C++ concepts by helping you decipher the sophisticated C++ type system and understand how various stages of compilation convert source code to object code. You'll then learn how to recognize the tools that need to be used in order to control the flow of execution, capture data, and pass data around. By creating small models, you'll even discover how to use advanced lambdas and captures and express common API design patterns in C++. As you cover later lessons, you'll explore ways to optimize your code by learning about memory alignment, cache access, and the time a program takes to run. The concluding lesson will help you to maximize performance by understanding modern CPU branch prediction and how to make your code cache-friendly. Anatomy of Portable C++ Software Managing C++ Projects Writing Readable Code No Ducks Allowed ? Types and Deduction C++ Types Creating User Types Structuring our Code No Ducks Allowed ? Templates and Deduction Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Interfaces Templates ? Generic Programming Type Aliases ? typedef and using Class Templates No Leaks Allowed ? Exceptions and Resources Exceptions in C++ RAII and the STL Move Semantics Name Lookup Caveat Emptor Separation of Concerns ? Software Architecture, Functions, and Variadic Templates Function Objects and Lambda Expressions Variadic Templates The Philosophers' Dinner ? Threads and Concurrency Synchronous, Asynchronous, and Threaded Execution Review Synchronization, Data Hazards, and Race Conditions Future, Promises, and Async Streams and I/O File I/O Implementation Classes String I/O Implementation I/O Manipulators Making Additional Streams Using Macros Everybody Falls, It's How You Get Back Up ? Testing and Debugging Assertions Unit Testing and Mock Testing Understanding Exception Handling Breakpoints, Watchpoints, and Data Visualization Need for Speed ? Performance and Optimization Performance Measurement Runtime Profiling Optimization Strategies Cache Friendly Code