3447 Administration courses

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for IT Professionals who are already experienced in general Windows Server, Windows client, Azure, and Microsoft 365 administration, and who want to learn more about using Windows PowerShell for administration. No prior experience with any version of PowerShell or any scripting language is assumed. This course is also suitable for IT Professionals already experienced in server administration, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft SQL Server. This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows servers. This course provides students the skills to identify and build the command they require to perform a specific task. In addition, students learn how to build scripts to accomplish advanced tasks such as automating repetitive tasks and generating reports. This course provides prerequisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365. In keeping with that goal, this course will not focus on any one of those products, although Windows Server, which is the common platform for all of those products, will serve as the example for the techniques this course teaches. Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have: * -Experience with Windows networking technologies and implementation. * - Experience with Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting. 1 - REVIEW WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Learn about Windows PowerShell * Get familiar with Windows PowerShell applications * Identify factors to install and use Windows PowerShell * Configure the Windows PowerShell console * Configure the Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) * Use Visual Studio Code with PowerShell 2 - UNDERSTAND THE COMMAND SYNTAX IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Discover the structure of PowerShell cmdlets * Discover the parameters for using PowerShell cmdlets * Review the tab completion feature in PowerShell * Display the About files content in PowerShell 3 - FIND COMMANDS AND GET-HELP IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Define modules in PowerShell * Find cmdlets in PowerShell * Use command aliases in PowerShell * Use Show-Command and Get-Help in PowerShell * Interpret the help file contents and update the local help content in PowerShell 4 - MANAGE ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN SERVICES USING POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Manage user accounts in PowerShell * Manage groups and group memberships in PowerShell * Manage computer accounts in PowerShell * Manage organizational units and Active Directory objects in PowerShell 5 - MANAGE NETWORK SERVICE SETTINGS FOR WINDOWS DEVICES USING POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Manage IP addresses in PowerShell * Manage IP routing in PowerShell * Manage DNS clients in PowerShell * Manage Windows Firewall settings in PowerShell 6 - MANAGE WINDOWS SERVER SETTINGS USING POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Automate management tasks using the Group Policy management cmdlets * Manage server roles and services using PowerShell cmdlets * Manage Hyper-V Virtual Machines using PowerShell cmdlets * Manage Internet Information Services using PowerShell cmdlets 7 - MANAGE SETTINGS FOR A LOCAL WINDOWS MACHINE USING POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Manage Windows 10 using PowerShell * Manage permissions with PowerShell 8 - UNDERSTAND THE WINDOWS POWERSHELL PIPELINE * Review Windows PowerShell pipeline and its output * Discover object members in PowerShell * Control the formatting of pipeline output 9 - SELECT, SORT, AND MEASURE OBJECTS USING THE PIPELINE * Sort and group objects by property in the pipeline * Measure objects in the pipeline * Select a set of objects in the pipeline * Select object properties in the pipeline * Create and format calculated properties in the pipeline 10 - FILTER OBJECTS OUT OF THE PIPELINE * Learn about the comparison operators in PowerShell * Review basic filter syntax in the pipeline * Review advanced filter syntax in the pipeline * Optimize the filter performance in the pipeline 11 - ENUMERATE OBJECTS IN THE PIPELINE * Learn about enumerations in the pipeline * Review basic syntax to enumerate objects in the pipeline * Review advanced syntax to enumerate objects in the pipeline 12 - SEND AND PASS DATA AS OUTPUT FROM THE PIPELINE * Write pipeline data to a file * Convert pipeline objects to other forms of data representation in PowerShell * Control additional output options in PowerShell 13 - PASS PIPELINE OBJECTS * Pipeline parameter binding * Identify ByValue parameters * Pass data by using ByValue * Pass data by using ByPropertyName * Identify ByPropertyName parameters * Use manual parameters to override the pipeline * Use parenthetical commands * Expand property values 14 - CONNECT WITH DATA STORES USING POWERSHELL PROVIDERS * Define Windows PowerShell providers * Review the built-in providers in PowerShell * Access provider help in PowerShell 15 - USE POWERSHELL DRIVES IN POWERSHELL * Explain PowerShell drives in PowerShell * Use PowerShell drive cmdlets in PowerShell * Manage the file system in PowerShell * Manage the registry in PowerShell * Work with certificates in PowerShell * Work with other PowerShell drives in PowerShell 16 - REVIEW CIM AND WMI * Review architecture of CIM and WMI * Review repositories in CIM and WMI * Locate online class documentation by using CIM and WMI cmdlets 17 - QUERY CONFIGURATION INFORMATION BY USING CIM AND WMI * List local repository namespaces and classes by using CIM and WMI * Query instances by using commands and WMI Query Language * Connect to remote computers by using CIM and WMI cmdlets * Query repository classes from remote computers by using CIMSession objects 18 - QUERY AND MANIPULATE REPOSITORY OBJECTS BY USING CIM AND WMI METHODS * Discover methods of repository objects by using CIM and WMI * Locate class methods and documentation by using CIM and WMI * Invoke methods of repository objects by using CIM and WMI 19 - MANAGE VARIABLES IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL SCRIPTS * Define variables in Windows PowerShell scripts * Create variable names in Windows PowerShell scripts * Assign values and types to variables in Windows PowerShell scripts * Identify the methods and properties of variables in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use string variables and methods in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use date variables and methods in Windows PowerShell scripts 20 - WORK WITH ARRAYS AND HASH TABLES IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL SCRIPTS * Define an array in Windows PowerShell scripts * Work with array lists in Windows PowerShell scripts * Define hash tables in Windows PowerShell Scripts * Work with hash tables in Windows PowerShell scripts 21 - CREATE AND RUN SCRIPTS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Review Windows PowerShell scripts * Modify scripts in the PowerShell Gallery * Create scripts using Windows PowerShell * Review the PowerShellGet module in Windows PowerShell * Run scripts and set the execution policy in Windows PowerShell * Review Windows PowerShell and AppLocker * Sign the scripts digitally in Windows PowerShell 22 - WORK WITH SCRIPTING CONSTRUCTS IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Review and use the ForEach loop in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review and use the If construct in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review and use the Switch construct in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review the For construct in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review other loop constructs in Windows PowerShell scripts * Review Break and Continue in Windows PowerShell scripts 23 - IMPORT DATA IN DIFFERENT FORMATS FOR USE IN SCRIPTS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL CMDLETS * Use the Get-Content command in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Import-Csv cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Import-Clixml cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the ConvertFrom-Json cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts 24 - USE METHODS TO ACCEPT USER INPUTS IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL SCRIPTS * Identify values that might change in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Read-Host cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Get-Credential cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the Out-GridView cmdlet in Windows PowerShell scripts * Pass parameters to a Windows PowerShell script 25 - TROUBLESHOOT SCRIPTS AND HANDLE ERRORS IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Interpret error messages generated for Windows PowerShell commands * Add output to Windows PowerShell scripts * Use breakpoints in Windows PowerShell scripts * Interpret error actions for Windows PowerShell commands 26 - USE FUNCTIONS AND MODULES IN WINDOWS POWERSHELL SCRIPTS * Review functions in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use variable scope in Windows PowerShell scripts * Create modules in Windows PowerShell scripts * Use the dot sourcing feature in Windows PowerShell 27 - MANAGE SINGLE AND MULTIPLE COMPUTERS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL REMOTING * Review the remoting feature of Windows PowerShell * Compare remoting with remote connectivity * Review the remoting security feature of Windows PowerShell * Enable remoting by using Windows PowerShell * Use one-to-one remoting by using Windows PowerShell * Use one-to-many remoting by using Windows PowerShell * Compare remoting output with local output 28 - USE ADVANCED WINDOWS POWERSHELL REMOTING TECHNIQUES * Review common remoting techniques of Windows PowerShell * Send parameters to remote computers in Windows PowerShell * Set access protection to variables, aliases, and functions by using the scope modifier * Enable multi-hop remoting in Windows PowerShell 29 - MANAGE PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS TO REMOTE COMPUTERS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL SESSIONS * Review persistent connections in Windows PowerShell * Create and manage persistent PSSessions by using Windows PowerShell * Disconnect PSSessions by using Windows PowerShell * Review the feature of implicit remoting in Windows PowerShell 30 - REVIEW AZURE POWERSHELL MODULE * Review Azure PowerShell * Review the benefits of the Azure PowerShell module * Install the Azure PowerShell module * Migrate Azure PowerShell from AzureRM to Azure * Review Microsoft Azure Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell and Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph modules 31 - REVIEW THE FEATURES AND TOOLS FOR AZURE CLOUD SHELL * Review the characteristics of Azure Cloud Shell * Review the features and tools of Azure Cloud Shell * Configure and experiment with Azure Cloud Shell 32 - MANAGE AZURE RESOURCES WITH WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Create a new Azure virtual machine by using Windows PowerShell commands * Manage Azure virtual machines by using Windows PowerShell commands * Manage Azure related storage by using Azure PowerShell * Manage Azure subscriptions by using Azure PowerShell 33 - MANAGE USERS, GROUPS, AND LICENSES IN MICROSOFT ENTRA ID BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Review benefits to manage Microsoft 365 services by using Windows PowerShell * Connect to the Microsoft 365 tenant by using Windows PowerShell * Manage users in Microsoft 365 by using Windows PowerShell * Manage groups in Microsoft 365 by using Windows PowerShell * Manage roles in Microsoft 365 by using Windows PowerShell * Manage licenses in Microsoft 365 by using Windows PowerShell 34 - MANAGE EXCHANGE ONLINE BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Connect to Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell * Manage mailboxes in Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell * Manage resources in Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell * Manage admin roles in Exchange Online by using Windows PowerShell 35 - MANAGE SHAREPOINT ONLINE BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Install and connect to SharePoint Online Management Shell by using Windows PowerShell * Manage SharePoint Online users and groups by using Windows PowerShell * Manage SharePoint sites by using Windows PowerShell * Manage SharePoint Online external user sharing by using Windows PowerShell 36 - MANAGE MICROSOFT TEAMS BY USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Review Microsoft Teams PowerShell module * Install the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module * Manage teams with Microsoft Teams PowerShell module 37 - CREATE AND MANAGE BACKGROUND JOBS USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Define the types of background jobs in Windows PowerShell * Start remote jobs and CIM/WMI jobs in Windows PowerShell * Monitor jobs in Windows PowerShell * Retrieve results for running jobs in Windows PowerShell 38 - CREATE AND MANAGE SCHEDULED JOBS USING WINDOWS POWERSHELL * Create and run Windows PowerShell scripts as scheduled tasks * Define scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell * Create job option and job trigger objects in Windows PowerShell * Create and register a scheduled job in Windows PowerShell * Retrieve the results from a scheduled job in Windows PowerShell

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for entry-level computer support professionals with a basic knowledge of computer hardware, software, and operating systems who wish to increase their knowledge and understanding of networking concepts and acquire the required skills to prepare for a career in network support or administration, or who wish to prepare for the CompTIA Network+ certification. CompTIA Network+ is the first certification IT professionals specializing in network administration and support should earn. Network+ is aimed at IT professionals with job roles such as network administrator, network technician, network installer, help desk technician, and IT cable installer. This course is also designed for students who are seeking the CompTIA Network+ certification and who want to prepare for the CompTIA Network+ N10-008 Certification Exam. Overview In this course, you will describe the major networking technologies and systems of modern networks and configure, manage, and troubleshoot modern networks. Explain the OSI and TCP/IP Models. Explain properties of network traffic. Install and configure switched networks. Configure IP networks. Install and configure routed networks. Configure and monitor ports and protocols. Explain network application and storage issues. Monitor and troubleshoot networks. Explain network attacks and mitigations. Install and configure security devices. Explain authentication and access controls. Deploy and troubleshoot cabling solutions. Implement and troubleshoot wireless technologies. Compare and contrast WAN technologies. Use remote access methods. Identify site policies and best practices. CompTIA's Network+ certification is a foundation-level certification designed for IT professionals with around one year of experience, whose job role is focused on network administration. The CompTIA Network+ exam will certify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to troubleshoot, configure, and manage common network devices; establish basic network connectivity; understand and maintain network documentation; identify network limitations and weaknesses; and implement network security, standards, and protocols. The candidate will have a basic understanding of enterprise technologies, including cloud and virtualization technologies. The Official CompTIA© Network+© (Exam N10-008): will teach you the fundamental principles of installing, configuring, and troubleshooting network technologies and help you to progress a career in network administration. In this course, you will build on your existing user-level knowledge and experience with personal computer operating systems and networks to master the fundamental skills and concepts that you will need to use on the job in any type of networking career. Prerequisites * CompTIA A+ Certification (Exams 220-1001 and 220-1002) 1 - EXPLAINING THE OSI AND TCP/IP MODELS * Topic A: Explain OSI Model Layers * Topic B: Explain the TCP/IP Suite 2 - EXPLAINING PROPERTIES OF NETWORK TRAFFIC * Topic A: Explain Media Types and Access Methods * Topic B: Deploy Ethernet Standards * Topic C: Configure and Monitor Network Interfaces 3 - INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING SWITCHED NETWORKS * Topic A: Install and Configure Hubs and Bridges * Topic B: Install and Configure Switches * Topic C: Compare and Contrast Network Topologies * Topic D: Compare and Contrast Network Types 4 - CONFIGURING IP NETWORKS * Topic A: Configure IPv4 Addressing Components * Topic B: Test IP Interfaces with Command Line Tools * Topic C: Configure IPv4 Subnets * Topic D: Configure Private and Public IPv4 Addressing Schemes * Topic E: Configure IPv6 Addressing Components * Topic F: Configure DHCP Services 5 - INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING ROUTED NETWORKS * Topic A: Explain Characteristics of Routing * Topic B: Install and Configure Routers 6 - CONFIGURING AND MONITORING PORTS AND PROTOCOLS * Topic A: Explain the Uses of Ports and Protocols * Topic B: Use Port Scanners and Protocol Analyzers * Topic C: Explain the Use of Name Resolution Services * Topic D: Configure DNS and IPAM Services 7 - EXPLAINING NETWORK APPLICATION AND STORAGE SERVICES * Topic A: Explain the Uses of Network Applications * Topic B: Explain the Uses of Voice Services and Advanced Networking Devices * Topic C: Explain the Uses of Virtualization and Network Storage Services * Topic D: Summarize the Concepts of Cloud Services 8 - MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORKS * Topic A: Monitor Network Interfaces and Logs * Topic B: Explain Network Troubleshooting Methodology * Topic C: Troubleshoot Common Network Services Issues 9 - EXPLAINING NETWORKING ATTACKS AND MITIGATIONS * Topic A: Summarize Common Networking Attacks * Topic B: Explain the Characteristics of VLANs * Topic C: Explain the Characteristics of NAT and Port Forwarding 10 - INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING SECURITY DEVICES * Topic A: Install and Configure Firewalls and Proxies * Topic B: Explain the Uses of IDS/IPS and UTM 11 - EXPLAINING AUTHENTICATION AND ACCESS CONTROLS * Topic A: Explain Authentication Controls and Attacks * Topic B: Explain the Uses of Authentication Protocols and Directory Services * Topic C: Explain the Uses of Port Security and NAC * Topic D: Implement Network Device Hardening * Topic E: Explain Patch Management and Vulnerability Scanning Processes 12 - DEPLOYING AND TROUBLESHOOTING CABLING SOLUTIONS * Topic A: Deploy Structured Cabling Systems * Topic B: Deploy Twisted Pair Cabling Solutions * Topic C: Test and Troubleshoot Twisted Pair Cabling Solutions * Topic D: Deploy Fiber Optic Cabling Solutions 13 - IMPLEMENTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES * Topic A: Install and Configure Wireless Technologies * Topic B: Troubleshoot Wireless Performance Issues * Topic C: Secure and Troubleshoot Wireless Connectivity 14 - COMPARING AND CONTRASTING WAN TECHNOLOGIES * Topic A: Compare and Contrast WAN Core Service Types * Topic B: Compare and Contrast WAN Subscriber Service Types * Topic C: Compare and Contrast WAN Framing Service Types * Topic D: Compae and Contrast Wireless and IoT WAN Technologies 15 - USING REMOTE ACCESS METHODS * Topic A: Use Remote Access VPNs * Topic B: Use Remote Access Management Methods 16 - IDENTIFYING SITE POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES * Topic A: Manage Networks with Documentation and Diagrams * Topic B: Summarize the Purposes of Physical Security Devices * Topic C: Compare and Contrast Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Concepts * Topic D: Identify Policies and Best Practices

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for IT professionals such as PC, desktop, and help desk technicians who have experience supporting PC hardware who wish to make the transition to become server hardware and support specialists. This course is also designed for existing server managers who are preparing to take the CompTIA Server+ Exam SKO-005. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to perform the duties of a server administrator. In this course, you will: - Manage server hardware. - Install server hardware and operating systems. - Configure networking hardware and protocols. - Perform basic server configuration tasks. - Create a virtual server environment. - Administer servers. - Implement server storage solutions. - Secure the server. - Plan and test disaster recovery. - Troubleshoot server issues. This course can also benefit you if you are preparing to take the CompTIA Server+ examination (Exam SK0-004). This course builds on existing professional experience with personal computer hardware support to present the next tier of skills & concepts students will use on the job when administering any type of network server. 1 - OUTLINE * Lesson 1: Understanding Server Administration Concepts * Lesson 2: Understanding Virtualization and Cloud Computing * Lesson 3: Understanding Physical and Network Security Concepts * Lesson 4: Managing Physical Assets * Lesson 5: Managing Server Hardware * Lesson 6: Configuring Storage Management * Lesson 7: Installing and Configuring an Operating System * Lesson 8: Troubleshooting OS, Application, and Network Configurations * Lesson 9: Managing Post-Installation Administrative Tasks * Lesson 10: Managing Data Security * Lesson 11: Managing Service and Data Availability * Lesson 12: Decommissioning Servers ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans CompTIA Server Plus Certification (Exam SKO-005) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the CompTIA Server Plus Certification (Exam SKO-005) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is for experienced information technology (IT) professionals, typically described as Enterprise Desktop Administrators (EDAs). These EDAs deploy, manage, and maintain PCs, devices, and applications across medium, large, and enterprise organizations. A significant portion of this audience uses, or intends to use, the latest release of Configuration Manager to manage and deploy PCs, devices, and applications. Overview Describe the features Configuration Manager and Intune include, and explain how you can use these features to manage PCs and mobile devices in an enterprise environment. Analyze data by using queries and reports. Prepare a management infrastructure, including configuring boundaries, boundary groups, and resource discovery, and integrating mobile-device management with Intune. Deploy and manage the Configuration Manager client. Configure, manage, and monitor hardware and software inventory, and use Asset Intelligence and software metering. Identify and configure the most appropriate method to distribute and manage content used for deployments. Distribute, deploy, and monitor applications for managed users and systems. Maintain software updates for PCs that Configuration Manager manages. Implement Endpoint Protection for managed PCs. Configure an operating-system deployment strategy by using Configuration Manager. Manage and maintain a Configuration Manager site. This five-day course describes how to use Configuration Manager and its associated site systems to efficiently manage network resources. In this five-day course, you will learn day-to-day management tasks, including how to manage applications, client health, hardware and software inventory, operating system deployment, and software updates by using Configuration Manager. You also will learn how to optimize Endpoint Protection, manage compliance, and create management queries and reports. Although this course and the associated labs are written for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager and Windows 11, the skills taught will also be backwards compatible with previous editions of System Center Configuration Manager and Windows 10. Prerequisites Networking fundamentals, including common networking protocols, topologies, hardware, media, routing, switching, and addressing. Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) principles and fundamentals of AD DS management. Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting for Windows-based personal computers. Basic concepts of public key infrastructure (PKI) security. Basic understanding of scripting and Windows PowerShell syntax. Basic understanding of Windows Server roles and services. Basic understanding of the configuration options for iOS and Android Mobile device platforms. 1 - MANAGING COMPUTERS AND MOBILE DEVICES IN THE ENTERPRISE * Overview of systems management by using enterprise management solutions * Overview of the Configuration Manager architecture * Overview of the Configuration Manager administrative tools * Tools for monitoring and troubleshooting a Configuration Manager site 2 - ANALYZING DATA USING QUERIES, REPORTS, AND CMPIVOT * Introduction to queries * Configuring SQL Server Reporting Services * Analyzing the real-time state of a device by using CMPivot 3 - PREPARING THE CONFIGURATION MANAGER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE * Configuring site boundaries and boundary groups * Configuring resource discovery * Organizing resources using device and user collections 4 - DEPLOYING AND MANAGING THE CONFIGURATION MANAGER CLIENT * Overview of the Configuration Manager client * Deploying the Configuration Manager client * Configuring and monitoring client status * Managing client settings and performing management operations 5 - MANAGING INVENTORY FOR PCS AND APPLICATIONS * Overview of inventory collection * Configuring hardware and software inventory * Managing inventory collection * Configuring software metering * Configuring and managing Asset Intelligence 6 - DISTRIBUTING AND MANAGING CONTENT USED FOR DEPLOYMENTS * Preparing the infrastructure for content management * Distributing and managing content on distribution points 7 - DEPLOYING AND MANAGING APPLICATIONS * Overview of application management * Creating applications * Deploying applications * Managing applications * Deploying and managing Windows apps 8 - MAINTAINING SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR MANAGED PCS * The software updates process * Preparing a Configuration Manager site for software updates * Managing software updates * Configuring automatic deployment rules * Monitoring and troubleshooting software updates * Enabling third-party updates 9 - IMPLEMENTING DEFENDER PROTECTION FOR MANAGED PCS * Overview of Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager * Configuring, deploying, and monitoring Endpoint Protection policies * Configuring and deploying advanced threat policies 10 - MANAGING COMPLIANCE AND SECURE DATA ACCESS * Overview of Compliance Settings * Configuring compliance settings * Viewing compliance results * Managing resource and data access 11 - MANAGING OPERATING SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT * An overview of operating system deployment * Preparing a site for operating system deployment * Deploying an operating system * Managing Windows as a service 12 - MANAGING AND MAINTAINING A CONFIGURATION MANAGER SITE * Configuring role-based administration * Configuring Remote Tools * Overview of Configuration Manager site maintenance and Management Insights * Backing up and recovering a Configuration Manager site * Updating the Configuration Manager infrastructure 13 - WHAT?S NEW IN MICROSOFT ENDPOINT CONFIGURATION MANAGER * Whats new in Microsoft Endpoint Manager covering each semi annual release ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans 55348: Administering Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the 55348: Administering Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Students in this course are interested in designing and implementing DevOps processes or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam. This course provides the knowledge and skills to design and implement DevOps processes and practices. Students will learn how to plan for DevOps, use source control, scale Git for an enterprise, consolidate artifacts, design a dependency management strategy, manage secrets, implement continuous integration, implement a container build strategy, design a release strategy, set up a release management workflow, implement a deployment pattern, and optimize feedback mechanisms Prerequisites Successful learners will have prior knowledge and understanding of: * Cloud computing concepts, including an understanding of PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS implementations. * Both Azure administration and Azure development with proven expertise in at least one of these areas. * Version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles. It would be helpful to have experience in an organization that delivers software. * AZ-104T00 - Microsoft Azure Administrator * AZ-204T00: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure 1 - INTRODUCTION TO DEVOPS * What is DevOps? * Explore the DevOps journey * Identify transformation teams * Explore shared goals and define timelines 2 - CHOOSE THE RIGHT PROJECT * Explore greenfield and brownfield projects * Decide when to use greenfield and brownfield projects * Decide when to use systems of record versus systems of engagement * Identify groups to minimize initial resistance * Identify project metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) 3 - DESCRIBE TEAM STRUCTURES * Explore agile development practices * Explore principles of agile development * Define organization structure for agile practices * Explore ideal DevOps team members * Enable in-team and cross-team collaboration * Select tools and processes for agile practices 4 - CHOOSE THE DEVOPS TOOLS * What is Azure DevOps? * What is GitHub? * Explore an authorization and access strategy * Migrate or integrate existing work management tools * Migrate or integrate existing test management tools * Design a license management strategy 5 - PLAN AGILE WITH GITHUB PROJECTS AND AZURE BOARDS * Link GitHub to Azure Boards * Configure GitHub Projects * Manage work with GitHub Project boards * Customize Project views * Collaborate using team discussions * Agile Plan and Portfolio Management with Azure Boards 6 - INTRODUCTION TO SOURCE CONTROL * Explore DevOps foundational practices * What is source control? * Explore benefits of source control * Explore best practices for source control 7 - DESCRIBE TYPES OF SOURCE CONTROL SYSTEMS * Understand centralized source control * Understand distributed source control * Explore Git and Team Foundation Version Control * Examine and choose Git * Understand objections to using Git * Describe working with Git locally 8 - WORK WITH AZURE REPOS AND GITHUB * Migrate from TFVC to Git * Use GIT-TFS * Develop online with GitHub Codespaces 9 - STRUCTURE YOUR GIT REPO * Explore monorepo versus multiple repos * Implement a change log 10 - MANAGE GIT BRANCHES AND WORKFLOWS * Explore branch workflow types * Explore feature branch workflow * Explore Git branch model for continuous delivery * Explore GitHub flow * Explore fork workflow * Version Control with Git in Azure Repos 11 - COLLABORATE WITH PULL REQUESTS IN AZURE REPOS * Collaborate with pull requests * Examine GitHub mobile for pull request approvals 12 - IDENTIFY TECHNICAL DEBT * Examine code quality * Examine complexity and quality metrics * Measure and manage technical debt * Integrate other code quality tools * Plan effective code reviews 13 - EXPLORE GIT HOOKS * Implement Git hooks 14 - PLAN FOSTER INNER SOURCE * Explore foster inner source * Implement the fork workflow * Describe inner source with forks 15 - MANAGE GIT REPOSITORIES * Work with large repositories * Purge repository data * Manage releases with GitHub Repos * Automate release notes with GitHub 16 - EXPLORE AZURE PIPELINES * Explore the concept of pipelines in DevOps * Describe Azure Pipelines * Understand Azure Pipelines key terms 17 - MANAGE AZURE PIPELINE AGENTS AND POOLS * Choose between Microsoft-hosted versus self-hosted agents * Explore job types * Explore predefined agent pool * Understand typical situations for agent pools * Communicate with Azure Pipelines * Communicate to deploy to target servers * Examine other considerations * Describe security of agent pools * Configure agent pools and understanding pipeline styles 18 - DESCRIBE PIPELINES AND CONCURRENCY * Understand parallel jobs * Estimate parallel jobs * Describe Azure Pipelines and open-source projects * Explore Azure Pipelines and Visual Designer * Describe Azure Pipelines and YAML 19 - EXPLORE CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION * Learn the four pillars of continuous integration * Explore benefits of continuous integration * Describe build properties * Enable Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines 20 - IMPLEMENT A PIPELINE STRATEGY * Configure agent demands * Implement multi-agent builds * Explore source control types supported by Azure Pipelines 21 - INTEGRATE WITH AZURE PIPELINES * Describe the anatomy of a pipeline * Understand the pipeline structure * Detail templates * Explore YAML resources * Use multiple repositories in your pipeline 22 - INTRODUCTION TO GITHUB ACTIONS * What are Actions? * Explore Actions flow * Understand workflows * Describe standard workflow syntax elements * Explore events * Explore jobs * Explore runners * Examine release and test an action 23 - LEARN CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION WITH GITHUB ACTIONS * Describe continuous integration with actions * Examine environment variables * Share artifacts between jobs * Examine Workflow badges * Describe best practices for creating actions * Mark releases with Git tags * Create encrypted secrets * Use secrets in a workflow * Implement GitHub Actions for CI/CD 24 - DESIGN A CONTAINER BUILD STRATEGY * Examine structure of containers * Work with Docker containers * Understand Dockerfile core concepts * Examine multi-stage dockerfiles * Examine considerations for multiple stage builds * Explore Azure container-related services * Deploy Docker containers to Azure App Service web apps 25 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTINUOUS DELIVERY * Explore traditional IT development cycle * What is continuous delivery? * Move to continuous delivery * Understand releases and deployments * Understand release process versus release 26 - CREATE A RELEASE PIPELINE * Describe Azure DevOps release pipeline capabilities * Explore release pipelines * Explore artifact sources * Choose the appropriate artifact source * Examine considerations for deployment to stages * Explore build and release tasks * Explore custom build and release tasks * Explore release jobs * Configure Pipelines as Code with YAML 27 - EXPLORE RELEASE RECOMMENDATIONS * Understand the delivery cadence and three types of triggers * Explore release approvals * Explore release gates * Use release gates to protect quality * Control Deployments using Release Gates 28 - PROVISION AND TEST ENVIRONMENTS * Provision and configure target environments * Configure automated integration and functional test automation * Understand Shift-left * Set up and run availability tests * Explore Azure Load Testing * Set up and run functional tests 29 - MANAGE AND MODULARIZE TASKS AND TEMPLATES * Examine task groups * Explore variables in release pipelines * Understand variable groups 30 - AUTOMATE INSPECTION OF HEALTH * Automate inspection of health * Explore events and notifications * Explore service hooks * Configure Azure DevOps notifications * Configure GitHub notifications * Explore how to measure quality of your release process * Examine release notes and documentation * Examine considerations for choosing release management tools * Explore common release management tools 31 - INTRODUCTION TO DEPLOYMENT PATTERNS * Explore microservices architecture * Examine classical deployment patterns * Understand modern deployment patterns 32 - IMPLEMENT BLUE-GREEN DEPLOYMENT AND FEATURE TOGGLES * What is blue-green deployment? * Explore deployment slots * Describe feature toggle maintenance 33 - IMPLEMENT CANARY RELEASES AND DARK LAUNCHING * Explore canary releases * Examine Traffic Manager * Understand dark launching 34 - IMPLEMENT A/B TESTING AND PROGRESSIVE EXPOSURE DEPLOYMENT * What is A/B testing? * Explore CI-CD with deployment rings 35 - INTEGRATE WITH IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS * Integrate GitHub with single sign-on (SSO) * Explore service principals * Explore Managed Identity 36 - MANAGE APPLICATION CONFIGURATION DATA * Rethink application configuration data * Explore separation of concerns * Understand external configuration store patterns * Examine Key-value pairs * Examine App configuration feature management * Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure Pipelines * Manage secrets, tokens and certificates * Examine DevOps inner and outer loop * Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps * Enable Dynamic Configuration and Feature Flags 37 - EXPLORE INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT * Explore environment deployment * Examine environment configuration * Understand imperative versus declarative configuration * Understand idempotent configuration 38 - CREATE AZURE RESOURCES USING AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER TEMPLATES * Why use Azure Resource Manager templates? * Explore template components * Manage dependencies * Modularize templates * Manage secrets in templates * Deployments using Azure Bicep templates 39 - CREATE AZURE RESOURCES BY USING AZURE CLI * What is Azure CLI? * Work with Azure CLI 40 - EXPLORE AZURE AUTOMATION WITH DEVOPS * Create automation accounts * What is a runbook? * Understand automation shared resources * Explore runbook gallery * Examine webhooks * Explore source control integration * Explore PowerShell workflows * Create a workflow * Examine checkpoint and parallel processing 41 - IMPLEMENT DESIRED STATE CONFIGURATION (DSC) * Understand configuration drift * Explore Desired State Configuration (DSC) * Explore Azure Automation State configuration (DSC) * Examine DSC configuration file * Explore hybrid management * Implement DSC and Linux Automation on Azure 42 - IMPLEMENT BICEP * What is Bicep? * Install Bicep * Understand Bicep file structure and syntax 43 - INTRODUCTION TO SECURE DEVOPS * Describe SQL injection attack * Understand DevSecOps * Explore Secure DevOps Pipeline * Explore key validation points * Explore continuous security validation * Understand threat modeling 44 - IMPLEMENT OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE * Explore how software is built * What is open-source software * Explore corporate concerns with open-source software components * Explore common open-source licenses * Examine license implications and ratings 45 - SOFTWARE COMPOSITION ANALYSIS * Inspect and validate code bases for compliance * Explore software composition analysis (SCA) * Integrate Mend with Azure Pipelines * Implement GitHub Dependabot alerts and security updates * Integrate software composition analysis checks into pipelines * Examine tools for assess package security and license rate * Interpret alerts from scanner tools * Implement security and compliance in an Azure Pipeline 46 - STATIC ANALYZERS * Explore SonarCloud * Explore CodeQL in GitHub * Manage technical debt with SonarCloud and Azure DevOps 47 - OWASP AND DYNAMIC ANALYZERS * Plan Implement OWASP Secure Coding Practices * Explore OWASP ZAP penetration test * Explore OWASP ZAP results and bugs 48 - SECURITY MONITORING AND GOVERNANCE * Implement pipeline security * Explore Microsoft Defender for Cloud * Examine Microsoft Defender for Cloud usage scenarios * Explore Azure Policy * Understand policies * Explore initiatives * Explore resource locks * Explore Azure Blueprints * Understand Microsoft Defender for Identity 49 - EXPLORE PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES * What is dependency management? * Describe elements of a dependency management strategy * Identify dependencies * Understand source and package componentization * Decompose your system * Scan your codebase for dependencies 50 - UNDERSTAND PACKAGE MANAGEMENT * Explore packages * Understand package feeds * Explore package feed managers * Explore common public package sources * Explore self-hosted and SaaS based package sources * Consume packages * Publish packages * Package management with Azure Artifacts 51 - MIGRATE CONSOLIDATING AND SECURE ARTIFACTS * Identify existing artifact repositories * Migrate and integrating artifact repositories * Secure access to package feeds * Examine roles * Examine permissions * Examine authentication 52 - IMPLEMENT A VERSIONING STRATEGY * Understand versioning of artifacts * Explore semantic versioning * Examine release views * Promote packages * Explore best practices for versioning 53 - INTRODUCTION TO GITHUB PACKAGES * Publish packages * Install a package * Delete and restore a package * Explore package access control and visibility 54 - IMPLEMENT TOOLS TO TRACK USAGE AND FLOW * Understand the inner loop * Explore Azure Monitor and Log Analytics * Examine Kusto Query Language (KQL) * Explore Application Insights * Implement Application Insights * Monitor application performance with Application Insights 55 - DEVELOP MONITOR AND STATUS DASHBOARDS * Explore Azure Dashboards * Examine view designer in Azure Monitor * Explore Azure Monitor workbooks * Explore Power BI * Build your own custom application 56 - SHARE KNOWLEDGE WITHIN TEAMS * Share acquired knowledge within development teams * Integrate with Azure Boards * Share team knowledge using Azure Project Wiki 57 - DESIGN PROCESSES TO AUTOMATE APPLICATION ANALYTICS * Explore rapid responses and augmented search * Integrate telemetry * Examine monitoring tools and technologies 58 - MANAGE ALERTS, BLAMELESS RETROSPECTIVES AND A JUST CULTURE * Examine when get a notification * Explore how to fix it * Explore smart detection notifications * Improve performance * Understand server response time degradation * Reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts * Examine blameless retrospective * Develop a just culture

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This four-day course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment. This course teaches IT Professionals how to manage core Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment. Prerequisites Experience with managing Windows Server operating system and Windows Server workloads in on-premises scenarios, including AD DS, DNS, DFS, Hyper-V, and File and Storage Services Experience with common Windows Server management tools (implied in the first prerequisite). Basic knowledge of core Microsoft compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies (implied in the first prerequisite). Experience and an understanding of core networking technologies such as IP addressing, name resolution, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Experience working with and an understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V and basic server virtualization concepts Basic experience with implementing and managing IaaS services in Microsoft Azure Basic knowledge of Azure Active Directory Experience working hands-on with Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10 or Windows 11 Basic experience with Windows PowerShell 1 - INTRODUCTION TO AD DS * Define AD DS * Define users, groups, and computers * Define AD DS forests and domains * Define OUs * Manage objects and their properties in AD DS 2 - MANAGE AD DS DOMAIN CONTROLLERS AND FSMO ROLES * Deploy AD DS domain controllers * Maintain AD DS domain controllers * Manage the AD DS Global Catalog role * Manage AD DS operations masters * Manage AD DS schema 3 - IMPLEMENT GROUP POLICY OBJECTS * Define GPOs * Implement GPO scope and inheritance * Define domain-based GPOs * Create and configure a domain-based GPO * Define GPO storage * Define administrative templates 4 - MANAGE ADVANCED FEATURES OF AD DS * Create trust relationships * Implement ESAE forests * Monitor and troubleshoot AD DS * Create custom AD DS partitions 5 - IMPLEMENT HYBRID IDENTITY WITH WINDOWS SERVER * Select a Microsoft Entra integration model * Plan for Microsoft Entra integration * Prepare on-premises Active Directory for directory synchronization * Install and configure directory synchronization with Microsoft Entra Connect * Implement Seamless Single Sign-On * Enable Microsoft Entra login in for Windows VM in Azure * Describe Microsoft Entra Domain Services * Implement and configure Microsoft Entra Domain Services * Manage Windows Server 2019 in a Microsoft Entra Domain Services environment * Create and configure a Microsoft Entra Domain Services instance * Join a Windows Server VM to a managed domain 6 - DEPLOY AND MANAGE AZURE IAAS ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN CONTROLLERS IN AZURE * Select an option to implement directory and identity services using Active Directory Domain Services in Azure * Deploy and configure Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers in Azure VMs * Install a replica Active Directory domain controller in an Azure VM * Install a new Active Directory forest on an Azure VNet 7 - PERFORM WINDOWS SERVER SECURE ADMINISTRATION * Define least privilege administration * Implement delegated privileges * Use privileged access workstations * Use jump servers 8 - DESCRIBE WINDOWS SERVER ADMINISTRATION TOOLS * Explore Windows Admin Center * Use Server Manager * List Remote Server Administration Tools * Use Windows PowerShell * Use Windows PowerShell to remotely administer a server 9 - PERFORM POST-INSTALLATION CONFIGURATION OF WINDOWS SERVER * List the available post-installation configuration tools * Configure Server Core using Sconfig * Use DSC to configure Windows Server * Perform post-installation configuration with Windows Admin Center * Configure a server with answer files 10 - JUST ENOUGH ADMINISTRATION IN WINDOWS SERVER * Explain the concept of Just Enough Administration (JEA) * Define role capabilities for a JEA endpoint * Create a session configuration file to register a JEA endpoint * Describe how JEA endpoints work to limit access to a PowerShell session * Create and connect to a JEA endpoint * Demonstration: Connect to a JEA endpoint 11 - ADMINISTER AND MANAGE WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINE REMOTELY * Select the appropriate remote administration tool * Manage Windows Virtual Machines with Azure Bastion * Create an Azure Bastion host * Configure just-in-time administration 12 - MANAGE HYBRID WORKLOADS WITH AZURE ARC * Describe Azure Arc * Onboard Windows Server instances * Connect hybrid machines to Azure from the Azure portal * Use Azure Arc to manage Windows Server instances * Restrict access with RBAC 13 - CONFIGURE AND MANAGE HYPER-V * Define Hyper-V * Define Hyper-V Manager * Configure Hyper-V hosts using best practices * Configure Hyper-V networking * Assess advanced Hyper-V networking features * Define nested virtualization 14 - CONFIGURE AND MANAGE HYPER-V VIRTUAL MACHINES * List the virtual machine configuration versions * List the virtual machine generation versions * List available VHD formats and types * Create and configure VMs * Determine storage options for VMs * Define shared VHDs and VHD Sets * Implement guest clusters using shared VHDX 15 - SECURE HYPER-V WORKLOADS * Define guarded fabric * Define the Host Guardian Service * Explore TPM-trusted attestation * Define KPS * Determine key features of shielded VMs * Compare encryption-supported and shielded VMs in a guarded fabric * Implement a shielded VM 16 - RUN CONTAINERS ON WINDOWS SERVER * Define containers * List the differences between containers and VMs * Define Windows Server and Hyper-V containers and isolation modes * Explore Docker * Prepare a Windows Server 2019 host for container deployment * Security, Storage, and Networking with Windows containers 17 - ORCHESTRATE CONTAINERS ON WINDOWS SERVER USING KUBERNETES * Define orchestration * Define Kubernetes * Deploy Kubernetes resources * Create a Kubernetes cluster on Windows * Define Azure Arc * Connect an Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes cluster to Azure Arc 18 - PLAN AND DEPLOY WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Describe Azure compute * Describe Virtual Machine storage * Deploy Azure Virtual Machines * Create a windows Virtual Machine using the portal * Create a windows Virtual Machine using Azure CLI * Deploy Azure Virtual Machines using templates * Describe additional management optimization options 19 - CUSTOMIZE WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES * Create a generalized image * Create a new Virtual Machine from a managed image * Create a managed image of a generalized virtual machine in Azure * Create a Virtual Machine from a managed image * Implement Azure Image Builder * Create a windows Virtual Machine using Azure Image Builder template * Create a Windows Virtual Machine with Azure Image Builder using PowerShell 20 - AUTOMATE THE CONFIGURATION OF WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VIRTUAL MACHINES * Describe Azure Automation * Implement Azure Automation with DSC * Remediate noncompliant servers * Describe Custom Script Extensions * Configure a Virtual Machine by using DSC 21 - DEPLOY AND MANAGE DHCP * Use DHCP to simplify IP configuration * Install and configure the DHCP role * Configure DHCP options * Configure DHCP scopes * Select DHCP high availability options * Implement DHCP Failover 22 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER DNS * Explore the DNS architecture * Work with DNS zones and records * Install and configure the DNS role * Implement DNS forwarding 23 - IMPLEMENT IP ADDRESS MANAGEMENT * Define IP Address Management * Deploy IP Address Management * Administer IP Address Management * Configure IP Address Management options * Manage DNS zones with IP Address Management * Manage DHCP servers with IP Address Management * Use IP Address Management to manage IP addressing 24 - IMPLEMENT REMOTE ACCESS * Examine the remote access options in Windows Server * Select and set up VPNs * Use NPS to create and enforce network access policies * Plan and implement NPS * Deploy a PKI for remote access * Use WAP as a reverse web proxy 25 - IMPLEMENT HYBRID NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE * Describe Azure network topologies * Implement Azure VPN options * Create a route-based VPN gateway using the Azure portal * Implement Azure ExpressRoute * Configure Azure Virtual WAN * Implement DNS in hybrid environments 26 - IMPLEMENT DNS FOR WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VMS * Understand Azure DNS * Implement Azure DNS * Create an Azure DNS zone and record using the Azure portal * Implement DNS with Azure IaaS virtual machines * Implement split-horizon DNS in Azure * Troubleshoot DNS 27 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER IAAS VM IP ADDRESSING AND ROUTING * Implement a virtual network * Implement IaaS VM IP addressing * Assign and manage IP addresses * Configure a private IP address for a virtual machine using the Azure portal * Create a virtual machine with a static public IP address using the Azure portal * Implement IaaS virtual machine IP routing * Implement IPv6 for Windows Server IaaS virtual machines 28 - MANAGE WINDOWS SERVER FILE SERVERS * Define the Windows Server file system * List the benefits and uses of File Server Resource Manager * Define SMB and its security considerations * Configure SMB protocol * Define Volume Shadow Copy Service 29 - IMPLEMENT STORAGE SPACES AND STORAGE SPACES DIRECT * Define the Storage Spaces architecture and its components * List the functionalities, benefits, and use cases of Storage Spaces * Implement Storage Spaces * List the functionalities, components, benefits, and use cases of Storage Spaces Direct * Implement Storage Spaces Direct 30 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER DATA DEDUPLICATION * Define the architecture, components, and functionality of Data Deduplication * Define the use cases and interoperability of Data Deduplication * Implement Data Deduplication * Manage and maintain Data Deduplication 31 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER ISCSI * List the functionalities, components, and use cases of iSCSI * List the considerations for implementing iSCSI * Implement iSCSI * Configure high availability for iSCSI 32 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SERVER STORAGE REPLICA * List the functionalities and components of Storage Replica * Examine the prerequisites for implementing Storage Replica * Implement Storage Replica by using Windows Admin Center * Implement Storage Replica by using Windows PowerShell 33 - IMPLEMENT A HYBRID FILE SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE * Describe Azure File services * Configure Azure Files * Configure connectivity to Azure Files * Describe Azure File Sync * Implement Azure File Sync * Deploy Azure File Sync * Deploy Azure File Sync 2 * Manage cloud tiering * Migrate from DFSR to Azure File Sync

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for The Microsoft Security Operations Analyst collaborates with organizational stakeholders to secure information technology systems for the organization. Their goal is to reduce organizational risk by rapidly remediating active attacks in the environment, advising on improvements to threat protection practices, and referring violations of organizational policies to appropriate stakeholders. Responsibilities include threat management, monitoring, and response by using a variety of security solutions across their environment. The role primarily investigates, responds to, and hunts for threats using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft 365 Defender, and third-party security products. Since the Security Operations Analyst consumes the operational output of these tools, they are also a critical stakeholder in the configuration and deployment of these technologies. Learn how to investigate, respond to, and hunt for threats using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft 365 Defender. In this course you will learn how to mitigate cyberthreats using these technologies. Specifically, you will configure and use Microsoft Sentinel as well as utilize Kusto Query Language (KQL) to perform detection, analysis, and reporting. The course was designed for people who work in a Security Operations job role and helps learners prepare for the exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst. Prerequisites Basic understanding of Microsoft 365 Fundamental understanding of Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products Intermediate understanding of Windows 10 Familiarity with Azure services, specifically Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage Familiarity with Azure virtual machines and virtual networking Basic understanding of scripting concepts. 1 - INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT 365 THREAT PROTECTION * Explore Extended Detection & Response (XDR) response use cases * Understand Microsoft Defender XDR in a Security Operations Center (SOC) * Explore Microsoft Security Graph * Investigate security incidents in Microsoft Defender XDR 2 - MITIGATE INCIDENTS USING MICROSOFT 365 DEFENDER * Use the Microsoft Defender portal * Manage incidents * Investigate incidents * Manage and investigate alerts * Manage automated investigations * Use the action center * Explore advanced hunting * Investigate Microsoft Entra sign-in logs * Understand Microsoft Secure Score * Analyze threat analytics * Analyze reports * Configure the Microsoft Defender portal 3 - PROTECT YOUR IDENTITIES WITH MICROSOFT ENTRA ID PROTECTION * Microsoft Entra ID Protection overview * Detect risks with Microsoft Entra ID Protection policies * Investigate and remediate risks detected by Microsoft Entra ID Protection 4 - REMEDIATE RISKS WITH MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR OFFICE 365 * Automate, investigate, and remediate * Configure, protect, and detect * Simulate attacks 5 - SAFEGUARD YOUR ENVIRONMENT WITH MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR IDENTITY * Configure Microsoft Defender for Identity sensors * Review compromised accounts or data * Integrate with other Microsoft tools 6 - SECURE YOUR CLOUD APPS AND SERVICES WITH MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR CLOUD APPS * Understand the Defender for Cloud Apps Framework * Explore your cloud apps with Cloud Discovery * Protect your data and apps with Conditional Access App Control * Walk through discovery and access control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps * Classify and protect sensitive information * Detect Threats 7 - RESPOND TO DATA LOSS PREVENTION ALERTS USING MICROSOFT 365 * Describe data loss prevention alerts * Investigate data loss prevention alerts in Microsoft Purview * Investigate data loss prevention alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps 8 - MANAGE INSIDER RISK IN MICROSOFT PURVIEW * Insider risk management overview * Create and manage insider risk policies * Investigate insider risk alerts * Take action on insider risk alerts through cases * Manage insider risk management forensic evidence * Create insider risk management notice templates 9 - INVESTIGATE THREATS BY USING AUDIT FEATURES IN MICROSOFT DEFENDER XDR AND MICROSOFT PURVIEW STANDARD * Explore Microsoft Purview Audit solutions * Implement Microsoft Purview Audit (Standard) * Start recording activity in the Unified Audit Log * Search the Unified Audit Log (UAL) * Export, configure, and view audit log records * Use audit log searching to investigate common support issues 10 - INVESTIGATE THREATS USING AUDIT IN MICROSOFT DEFENDER XDR AND MICROSOFT PURVIEW (PREMIUM) * Explore Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) * Implement Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) * Manage audit log retention policies * Investigate compromised email accounts using Purview Audit (Premium) 11 - INVESTIGATE THREATS WITH CONTENT SEARCH IN MICROSOFT PURVIEW * Explore Microsoft Purview eDiscovery solutions * Create a content search * View the search results and statistics * Export the search results and search report * Configure search permissions filtering * Search for and delete email messages 12 - PROTECT AGAINST THREATS WITH MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR ENDPOINT * Practice security administration * Hunt threats within your network 13 - DEPLOY THE MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR ENDPOINT ENVIRONMENT * Create your environment * Understand operating systems compatibility and features * Onboard devices * Manage access * Create and manage roles for role-based access control * Configure device groups * Configure environment advanced features 14 - IMPLEMENT WINDOWS SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS WITH MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR ENDPOINT * Understand attack surface reduction * Enable attack surface reduction rules 15 - PERFORM DEVICE INVESTIGATIONS IN MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR ENDPOINT * Use the device inventory list * Investigate the device * Use behavioral blocking * Detect devices with device discovery 16 - PERFORM ACTIONS ON A DEVICE USING MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR ENDPOINT * Explain device actions * Run Microsoft Defender antivirus scan on devices * Collect investigation package from devices * Initiate live response session 17 - PERFORM EVIDENCE AND ENTITIES INVESTIGATIONS USING MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR ENDPOINT * Investigate a file * Investigate a user account * Investigate an IP address * Investigate a domain 18 - CONFIGURE AND MANAGE AUTOMATION USING MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR ENDPOINT * Configure advanced features * Manage automation upload and folder settings * Configure automated investigation and remediation capabilities * Block at risk devices 19 - CONFIGURE FOR ALERTS AND DETECTIONS IN MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR ENDPOINT * Configure advanced features * Configure alert notifications * Manage alert suppression * Manage indicators 20 - UTILIZE VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT IN MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR ENDPOINT * Understand vulnerability management * Explore vulnerabilities on your devices * Manage remediation 21 - PLAN FOR CLOUD WORKLOAD PROTECTIONS USING MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR CLOUD * Explain Microsoft Defender for Cloud * Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud workload protections * Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud 22 - CONNECT AZURE ASSETS TO MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR CLOUD * Explore and manage your resources with asset inventory * Configure auto provisioning * Manual log analytics agent provisioning 23 - CONNECT NON-AZURE RESOURCES TO MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR CLOUD * Protect non-Azure resources * Connect non-Azure machines * Connect your AWS accounts * Connect your GCP accounts 24 - MANAGE YOUR CLOUD SECURITY POSTURE MANAGEMENT? * Explore Secure Score * Explore Recommendations * Measure and enforce regulatory compliance * Understand Workbooks 25 - EXPLAIN CLOUD WORKLOAD PROTECTIONS IN MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR CLOUD * Understand Microsoft Defender for servers * Understand Microsoft Defender for App Service * Understand Microsoft Defender for Storage * Understand Microsoft Defender for SQL * Understand Microsoft Defender for open-source databases * Understand Microsoft Defender for Key Vault * Understand Microsoft Defender for Resource Manager * Understand Microsoft Defender for DNS * Understand Microsoft Defender for Containers * Understand Microsoft Defender additional protections 26 - REMEDIATE SECURITY ALERTS USING MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR CLOUD * Understand security alerts * Remediate alerts and automate responses * Suppress alerts from Defender for Cloud * Generate threat intelligence reports * Respond to alerts from Azure resources 27 - CONSTRUCT KQL STATEMENTS FOR MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Understand the Kusto Query Language statement structure * Use the search operator * Use the where operator * Use the let statement * Use the extend operator * Use the order by operator * Use the project operators 28 - ANALYZE QUERY RESULTS USING KQL * Use the summarize operator * Use the summarize operator to filter results * Use the summarize operator to prepare data * Use the render operator to create visualizations 29 - BUILD MULTI-TABLE STATEMENTS USING KQL * Use the union operator * Use the join operator 30 - WORK WITH DATA IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL USING KUSTO QUERY LANGUAGE * Extract data from unstructured string fields * Extract data from structured string data * Integrate external data * Create parsers with functions 31 - INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT SENTINEL * What is Microsoft Sentinel? * How Microsoft Sentinel works * When to use Microsoft Sentinel 32 - CREATE AND MANAGE MICROSOFT SENTINEL WORKSPACES * Plan for the Microsoft Sentinel workspace * Create a Microsoft Sentinel workspace * Manage workspaces across tenants using Azure Lighthouse * Understand Microsoft Sentinel permissions and roles * Manage Microsoft Sentinel settings * Configure logs 33 - QUERY LOGS IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Query logs in the logs page * Understand Microsoft Sentinel tables * Understand common tables * Understand Microsoft Defender XDR tables 34 - USE WATCHLISTS IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Plan for watchlists * Create a watchlist * Manage watchlists 35 - UTILIZE THREAT INTELLIGENCE IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Define threat intelligence * Manage your threat indicators * View your threat indicators with KQL 36 - CONNECT DATA TO MICROSOFT SENTINEL USING DATA CONNECTORS * Ingest log data with data connectors * Understand data connector providers * View connected hosts 37 - CONNECT MICROSOFT SERVICES TO MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Plan for Microsoft services connectors * Connect the Microsoft Office 365 connector * Connect the Microsoft Entra connector * Connect the Microsoft Entra ID Protection connector * Connect the Azure Activity connector 38 - CONNECT MICROSOFT DEFENDER XDR TO MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Plan for Microsoft Defender XDR connectors * Connect the Microsoft Defender XDR connector * Connect Microsoft Defender for Cloud connector * Connect Microsoft Defender for IoT * Connect Microsoft Defender legacy connectors 39 - CONNECT WINDOWS HOSTS TO MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Plan for Windows hosts security events connector * Connect using the Windows Security Events via AMA Connector * Connect using the Security Events via Legacy Agent Connector * Collect Sysmon event logs 40 - CONNECT COMMON EVENT FORMAT LOGS TO MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Plan for Common Event Format connector * Connect your external solution using the Common Event Format connector 41 - CONNECT SYSLOG DATA SOURCES TO MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Plan for syslog data collection * Collect data from Linux-based sources using syslog * Configure the Data Collection Rule for Syslog Data Sources * Parse syslog data with KQL 42 - CONNECT THREAT INDICATORS TO MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Plan for threat intelligence connectors * Connect the threat intelligence TAXII connector * Connect the threat intelligence platforms connector * View your threat indicators with KQL 43 - THREAT DETECTION WITH MICROSOFT SENTINEL ANALYTICS * What is Microsoft Sentinel Analytics? * Types of analytics rules * Create an analytics rule from templates * Create an analytics rule from wizard * Manage analytics rules 44 - AUTOMATION IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Understand automation options * Create automation rules 45 - THREAT RESPONSE WITH MICROSOFT SENTINEL PLAYBOOKS * What are Microsoft Sentinel playbooks? * Trigger a playbook in real-time * Run playbooks on demand 46 - SECURITY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Understand incidents * Incident evidence and entities * Incident management 47 - IDENTIFY THREATS WITH BEHAVIORAL ANALYTICS * Understand behavioral analytics * Explore entities * Display entity behavior information * Use Anomaly detection analytical rule templates 48 - DATA NORMALIZATION IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Understand data normalization * Use ASIM Parsers * Understand parameterized KQL functions * Create an ASIM Parser * Configure Azure Monitor Data Collection Rules 49 - QUERY, VISUALIZE, AND MONITOR DATA IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Monitor and visualize data * Query data using Kusto Query Language * Use default Microsoft Sentinel Workbooks * Create a new Microsoft Sentinel Workbook 50 - MANAGE CONTENT IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Use solutions from the content hub * Use repositories for deployment 51 - EXPLAIN THREAT HUNTING CONCEPTS IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Understand cybersecurity threat hunts * Develop a hypothesis * Explore MITRE ATT&CK 52 - THREAT HUNTING WITH MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Explore creation and management of threat-hunting queries * Save key findings with bookmarks * Observe threats over time with livestream 53 - USE SEARCH JOBS IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Hunt with a Search Job * Restore historical data 54 - HUNT FOR THREATS USING NOTEBOOKS IN MICROSOFT SENTINEL * Access Azure Sentinel data with external tools * Hunt with notebooks * Create a notebook * Explore notebook code

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This 2 hour session will combine knowledge as well as practical interactive scenarios to work through to assist delegates in evaluating themselves to identify areas they might need to improve on.  The course will cover: * The purpose of the role (reminder) * How the role has evolved * What lessons can be gained so far * How do you create a culture of compliance * What good systems, policies and procedures look like * Easy tips on what, where and how you should be looking TARGET AUDIENCE This online course is suitable for those new to the COFA role, those supporting the COFA and for those that would like a refresher of the role and their responsibilities. RESOURCES An information pack including the course slides, scenarios and suggested answers will be provided to all delegates, which may be useful for ongoing reference. Please note a recording of the course will not be made available. SPEAKER SARAH CHARLTON, CONSULTANT, DG LEGAL [https://dglegal.co.uk/the-team/sarah-charlton/] Sarah has a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting and is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants. Her career spans over 35 years working within the legal sector, fulfilling roles from COFA through to CEO. During her career she has worked with a number of legal regulators, professional bodies and government organisations. Sarah has been a member of the Institute of Legal Finance and Management throughout her career, qualifying as a Fellow member in 2005. Sarah also served as chairperson between 2010-2012 and continues to serve as an Executive Council Member.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is any IT, facilities or data centre professional, consultant and/or those who work in network cabling system design, implementation and operation. Overview With few exceptions, enterprises today rely on IT for the delivery of business-critical services - often directly to the end consumer. It is therefore vital that the mission-critical data centre is designed, maintained and operated with high-availability and efficiency in mind. Among all the facilities, network cabling is the foundation for the network and one of the major contributors to the availability of the data center.CNCDP© is a 2-day course designed to expose participants to in-depth knowledge in designing and installing the data network cabling system which includes key subject matters such as; technical standards, designing of different cabling sub-systems, calculation of material requirements, architecture, installation, testing and acceptance. INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEM (SCS) * Brief history of SCS * Basic copper and fibre transmission * Copper and fibre cabling * Single and multimode fibre * Step/graded index multimode fibre * Difference between Commercial Wiring and data centre cabling * Development of standards * Role of standards * ANSI/TIA 568 standard * Common standards * The new usage of cabling to support Smart building HORIZONTAL AND ADMINISTRATION - COMMERCIAL BUILDING * Standard diagram recap: ANSI/TIA-568 * Functional elements and example * Scenario A: Determine the number of work areas * Scenario B: Determine the number of user locations * Zone wiring * Administration: Interconnect and cross-connect * Angled and flat panels * Creating a cabling schematic design * Convert schematic into physical layout * Calculating the material list HORIZONTAL AND ADMINISTRATION - DATA CENTRE * Standard diagram recap: TIA-942 * Basic/Reduced/Typical data centre setup * Traditional 3 layers network design/ Spine and Leaf network design * Select termination hardware * Administration design * ToR/EoR/Spine & Leaf cabling design * Network and cabling resiliency * Create cabling schematic design for ToR/EoR * Convert into patch panel/rack layout * Calculate the material list for ToR/EoR BUILDING BACKBONE - COMMERCIAL BUILDING * Backbone diagram * Calculate the copper backbone requirements per Telecom Room (TR) * Calculate the fibre backbone requirements per Telecom Room * Summarize the building backbone requirements * Recognised cables * Backbone Patch panels * The maximum backbone distances * Create cabling schematic design * Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout BUILDING BACKBONE - DATA CENTRE * TIA-942 based backbone topology * TIA-942 backbone requirements * Recognised backbone cable * ToR/EoR/Spine and Leaf * Backbone distance estimation * Resiliency of backbone cable routes * Creating cabling schematic design * Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout * Field and Fusion Termination for fibre connectors * Pre-terminated fibre trunk and copper cables ARCHITECTURAL CONSIDERATIONS * ANSI/TIA569-D Cable pathway and spaces * Common requirements for the rooms * Definition of the rooms * Entrance Room/Demarcation * Ceiling and floor pathways types * Cable trays/basket/ladder/conduit * Inner duct/sleeve/slot * Calculating of pathway size * Cable run best practices * Cable management/AIM * Grounding and bonding * Separation distance requirements for copper cabling to power cabling * Fire stopping * Fire rated barrier * Fire rated jacket cable CAMPUS / OUTDOOR BACKBONE * Common campus cable installation and cable types : Aerial cable / Direct-buried / Underground in-conduit * Outdoor cable installation planning * Lightning / surge protection * Approved ground for surge protector * Creating a schematic diagram * Converting a schematic into a physical layout SITE INSPECTION AND TESTING * Visual site inspection notes * Installation common issues * Copper testing standard * Permanent link / Channel / Patch cord / MPTL testing configuration * Fibre connectors * Fibre testing standard * Tier 1 & 2 certification * Fibre link definition * Fibre testing steps * Fibre inspection and cleaning * Calibrating the test sets - 3 methods * Setting up mandrel for testing * Fibre loss budget calculation * G.657 Bend insensitive fibre * Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) EXAM - CERTIFIED NETWORK CABLING DESIGN PROFESSIONAL (CNCDP©) * The exam is a 60-minute closed book exam, with 40 multiple-choice questions. * The candidate requires a minimum of 27 correct answers to pass the exam. ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.