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Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is ideal for developers, engineers, and others including: Cloud administrators , Cloud solution architects , Customer sales engineers , DevOps engineers , Sales engineers , Systems engineers, Technical solutions architects. Overview After taking this course, you should be able to: Explain business and technical challenges of going to the cloud Understand benefits of an application-centric hybrid cloud multicloud management platform Navigate Cisco CloudCenter Suite architecture Understand Cisco CloudCenter Suite administrative capabilities including cloud management, multi-tenancy, governance, and policy enforcement Describe application lifecycle management and provisioning in cloud Describe how to use Cisco CloudCenter Suite to manage the workloads in multicloud The course, Mulitcloud Automation and Orchestration with Cisco CloudCenter Suite (CLDAO) v1.0 teaches you how to configure simplified orchestration and workflow automation that provides seamless integration within the Cisco© CloudCenter suite. Through lessons and hands-on experiences, you will learn to use the tools of the CloudCenter Suite to streamline business processes, automate tasks, and increase efficiency in business processes. Introducing Cisco CloudCenter Suite Action Orchestrator Cisco CloudCenter Suite Architecture Defining Action Orchestrator User Management and Security Considerations Cisco CloudCenter Suite User Management and Security Defining Cisco CloudCenter Suite Action Orchestrator Adapters Action Orchestrator Adapter Creation Examining Action Orchestrator Integrations and Supported APIs Cisco CloudCenter Suite Action Orchestrator APIs

Essential SD-WAN training course description SD-WAN is rapidly growing in use. This vendor neutral course starts with an introduction to what SD-WAN is and when it is useful. Each main area of SD-WAN is then studied in more detail to enable delegates to recognise the technologies used in SD-WAN and then use this information to evaluate SD-WAN products. What will you learn Describe what SD-WAN is (and isn't). Explain how SD-WAN works. Evaluate SD-WAN products. Compare and contrast SD-WAN with other technologies such as MPLS, Ethernet, SDN, NFV and WAN optimisation. Essential SD-WAN training course details Who will benefit: Anyone wishing to learn about SD-WAN. Prerequisites: Network fundamentals. Duration 1 day Essential SD-WAN training course contents What is SD-WAN? What is SD and SDN? What is WAN? Branch/ Office. MPLS, MPLS vs Internet, Ethernet, Broadband, LTE/4G, Cable, Satellite. The impact of the cloud. Single console, Dynamic path selection, automation. Why SD-WAN? Single console Network management, orchestration, administration. Example GUI interfaces. Northbound and southbound APIs. Dynamic path selection SD-WAN transports, Overlay networks, security. VPNs, IPsec. QoS and prioritization. Policies, traffic path rules. Application specific routing, bonding, optimisation. Automation Time saving, removing errors. Zero touch, ZOOM, ZTP. The role of the orchestrator. Real time monitoring of the network. APIs. Architecture and products Hardware solutions, software solutions, virtual appliances. Clouds. SD-WAN edge devices, SDWAN controllers, Orchestrators. HA and SD-WAN. Riverbed, Cisco, Juniper, others. Summary SD-WAN doesn't replace MPLS, virtualisation and SD-WAN. Relationship with SDN and NFV. SDWAN versus WAN optimisation.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Security administrators who are responsible for using SaltStack SecOps to manage the security operations in their enterprise Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the architecture of SaltStack Config and SaltStack SecOps Integrate SaltStack Config with directory services. Configure roles and permissions for users and groups to manage and use SaltStack SecOps Use targeting to ensure that the jobs run on the correct minion systems Use remote execution modules to install the packages, transfer files, manage services, and manage users on minion systems Manage configuration control on the minion systems with states, pillars, requisites, and declarations Use Jinja and YAML code to manage the minion systems with the state files Enforce the desired state across minion systems automatically Use SaltStack SecOps to update the compliance and vulnerability content libraries Use SaltStack SecOps to enforce compliance and remediation on the infrastructure with industry standards Use SaltStack SecOps to provide automated vulnerability scanning and remediation on your infrastructure This two-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in using VMware vRealize© Automation SaltStack© SecOps. SaltStack SecOps allows you to scan your system for compliance against security benchmarks, detect system vulnerabilities, and remediate your results. This course enables you to create the SaltStack SecOps custom compliance libraries and use SaltStack SecOps. In addition, this course provides you with the fundamentals of how to use VMware vRealize© Automation SaltStack© Config to install software and manage system configurations. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives SaltStack Config Architecture Identify the SaltStack Config deployment types Identify the components of SaltStack Config Describe the role of each SaltStack Config component SaltStack Config Security Describe local user authentication Describe LDAP and Active Directory authentication Describe the roles and permissions in vRealize Automation for SaltStack Config Describe the roles and permissions in SaltStack Config Describe the SecOps permissions in SaltStack Config Describe the advanced permissions available in SaltStack Config Targeting Minions Describe targeting and its importance Target minions by minion ID Target minions by glob Target minions by regular expressions Target minions by lists Target minions by compound matching Target minions by complex logical matching Remote Execution and Job Management Describe remote execution and its importance Describe functions and arguments Create and manage jobs Use the Activities dashboard Configuration Control Through States, Pillars, Requisites, and Declarations Define the SaltStack states Describe file management in SaltStack Config Create the SaltStack state files Identify the components of a SaltStack state Describe pillar data and the uses of pillar data Configure pillar data on the SaltStack Config master server Use pillar data in variables in the state files Describe the difference between IDs and names in the state files Use the correct execution order Use requisites in the state files Using Jinja and YAML Describe the SaltStack Config renderer system Use YAML in the state files Use Jinja in the state files Use Jinja conditionals, lists, and loops Using SaltStack SecOps Comply Describe the SaltStack SecOps Comply architecture Describe CIS and DISA STIG benchmarks Describe the SaltStack SecOps Comply security library Describe the remediation differences between SaltStack SecOps and VMware Carbon Black© Create and manage the policies Create and manage the custom checks Run assessments on the minion systems Use SaltStack SecOps to remediate the noncompliant systems Manage the SaltStack SecOps Comply configuration options Manage the benchmark content ingestion Using SaltStack SecOps Protect Describe Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) Use the Protect dashboard Create and manage the policies Update the vulnerability library Run the vulnerability scans Remediate the vulnerabilities Manage the vulnerability exemptions

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Develop true Digital Marketing Strategy expertise with DMI Specialist. Learn digital communications, analytics, marketing automation and budget & strategy formulation from Industry Skills Experts. Course Overview This dynamic online Diploma in Digital Strategy & Planning course covering topics in digital communications, analytics, marketing automation and budget & strategy formulation giving you the skills, know-how, strategy and techniques to be that change. Here is power. The power to influence. To speak to billions of people. Specialization is for when you don’t just want to play the digital marketing game anymore, you want to drive it. To change it. the DMI SPECIALIST online Digital Strategy and Planning certification is perfect for you to become an online digital marketer. Become a member and connect to the industry and white-hot opportunities. Here is power. The power to influence. To speak to billions of people. What’s New? Develop true Digital Marketing Strategy expertise with DMI Specialist. Learn digital communications, analytics, marketing automation and budget & strategy formulation from Industry Skills Experts. Learn every aspect of Digital Marketing Strategy across 9 modules of interactive learning to give you a highly relevant and deep knowledge of digital strategy, all wrapped up with the world’s most recognized digital marketing certification on completion. Program learning outcomes and content: WHAT WILL I LEARN? We give you the thinking and tools to become a leading player on the digital stage. Create powerful and dynamic digital strategy. See it manifest into real world, business-changing action. The modules are building blocks – of knowledge, of your vision, of the leading Certified Digital Marketing Specialist – Digital Strategy & Planning that is you. Here is what you need to know. Course Content: Introduction: We bring science to thought. We have created the 3i Framework which is designed to help you select the best digital strategy for your organisation and make it happen. The 3i is smart and rigorous. It’s transformative. And you shall be impressed. This module introduces this nifty piece of brainwork. Later modules expand on it. • The fundamental concepts underpinning the DMI 3i Methodology. • The how-to’s of business strategy development. • Key components in an effective digital strategy. • Strategic management, a long-sighted look at lasting, growing success Traditional Communications: In this model, we explore how the marketing classics still anchor any campaign – yet the contemporary digital campaign is a far more fantastical vessel. We look deep into how our tech is changing the consumer experience, and how we must respond. Digital Communications: We are living through extraordinary times. The opportunities are as big, sprawling and diverse as the World Wide Web. The challenge too is bigger. Markets are sophisticated and fragmented. Now, more than ever, thy most know thy consumer (and thy digital channels). Here we look at: the fundamentals of digital communications planning, improving ROI, understanding your audience. Where can they be found? How to engage them? Budgeting for your digital strategy and effective resources reviewing, measuring, and analysing your digital strategy. Digital Channels: Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and so on. They multiply and they proliferate. Yet in this great distraction and fragmentation, there is also great opportunity. This module covers: inbound and outbound strategies, cross media planning, the digital channel mix, and mobile marketing social media marketing. Content marketing that is relevant, timely and riveting the what, how and why of search engine marketing email marketing, affiliate marketing, and marketing automation display and video advertising best practice. Because we have eyes to see. Marketing Automation: Automation doesn’t beat inspiration but it sure makes a marketeer’s life easier and more exciting. Here is superpower, working quieting and perfectly under your orders, night and day. See how smart businesses are sharpening their edge with CRM software for better sales enablement, lead nurturing and way more. Budget & Resourcing: Money makes marketing go round. But value is where it’s at. This model goes deep on how to hit max ROI for any given budget. Then some consideration for that other precious resource, human talent. Explore: • Key factors to consider when planning a marketing budget. • Setting that marketing budget. • How to monitor and optimize a budget during campaign, execution. • The human element. • Recruit, train and keep top people. Big Data & Analytics: The Big Data & Analytics module will provide you with a broad understanding of Big Data, Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. You will learn the fundamental frameworks and understand how cutting-edge analytics tools are being used to help businesses succeed wildly. Digital Leadership: We are living in extraordinary times, which call for extraordinary leaders. That means you. You shall lead the transition from the remnants of traditional marketing and into the brave, new digital marketing world which you are helping to invent. And you shall lead with razor-sharp thought and strategy. You shall take your brand and your organisation to places yet undreamed of. Strategy Formulation & Plan: By now, you’ll have come a long way. You are (almost) ready to go forth, carve out new and unexplored neural pathways and digital markets. You are standing on the very edge of the leading-edge, and you are just about ready to spread those new digital super-wings and soar. But first, the ultimate strategy module; the ultimate in strategy. DURATION 8-10 Weeks WHATS INCLUDED Course Material Case Study Experienced Lecturer Refreshments Certificate

A knowledge of Windows PowerShell is a must for IT professionals and this course is a one-stop-shop for gaining this necessary and in-demand skill. This course is designed to take system administrators to an advanced level in PowerShell scripting. You will find ways to automate your daily work using the advantages of PowerShell scripting.

This course is designed to guide you through Selenium WebDriver and Java, right from the basic to the advanced aspects. Loaded with exercises and examples, this course provides an interactive learning experience.

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

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