Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for: System administrators and operators who are operating in the AWS Cloud Informational technology workers who want to increase the system operations knowledge. Overview In this course, you will learn to: Recognize the AWS services that support the different phases of Operational Excellence, a WellArchitected Framework pillar. Manage access to AWS resources using AWS Accounts and Organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). Maintain an inventory of in-use AWS resources using AWS services such as AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Config. Develop a resource deployment strategy utilizing metadata tags, Amazon Machine Images, and Control tower to deploy and maintain an AWS cloud environment. Automate resource deployment using AWS services such as AWS CloudFormation and AWS Service Catalog. Use AWS services to manage AWS resources through SysOps lifecycle processes such as deployments and patches. Configure a highly available cloud environment that leverages AWS services such as Amazon Route 53 and Elastic Load Balancing to route traffic for optimal latency and performance. Configure AWS Auto Scaling and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud auto scaling to scale your cloud environment based on demand. Use Amazon CloudWatch and associated features such as alarms, dashboards, and widgets to monitor your cloud environment. Manage permissions and track activity in your cloud environment using AWS services such as AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config. Deploy your resources to an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), establish necessary connectivity to your Amazon VPC, and protect your resources from disruptions of service. State the purpose, benefits, and appropriate use cases for mountable storage in your AWS cloud environment. Explain the operational characteristics of object storage in the AWS cloud, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon S3 Glacier. Build a comprehensive costing model to help gather, optimize, and predict your cloud costs using services such as AWS Cost Explorer and the AWS Cost & Usage Report. This course teaches systems operators and anyone performing system operations functions how to install, configure, automate, monitor, secure, maintain and troubleshoot the services, networks, and systems on AWS necessary to support business applications. The course also covers specific AWS features, tools, andbest practices related to these functions. Module 1: Introduction to System Operations on AWS Systems operations AWS Well-Architected Framework AWS Well-Architected Tool Module 2a: Access Management Access management Resources, accounts, and AWS Organizations Module 2b: System Discovery Methods to interact with AWS services Introduction to monitoring services Tools for automating resource discovery Inventory with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config Troubleshooting scenario Hands-On Lab: Auditing AWS Resources with AWS Systems Manager and AWS Config Module 3: Deploying and Updating Resources Systems operations in deployments Tagging strategies Deployment using Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) Deployment using AWS Control Tower Troubleshooting scenario Module 4: Automating Resource Deployment Deployment using AWS CloudFormation Deployment using AWS Service Catalog Troubleshooting scenario Hands-On Lab: Infrastructure as Code Module 5: Manage Resources AWS Systems Manager Troubleshooting scenario Hands-On Lab: Operations as Code Module 6a: Configure Highly Available Systems Distributing traffic with Elastic Load Balancing Amazon Route 53 Module 6b: Automate Scaling Scaling with AWS Auto Scaling Scaling with Spot Instances Managing licenses with AWS License Manager Troubleshooting scenario Module 7: Monitor and Maintaining System Health Monitoring and maintaining healthy workloads Monitoring distributed applications Monitoring AWS infrastructure Monitoring your AWS account Troubleshooting scenario Hands-On Lab: Monitoring Applications and Infrastructure Module 8: Data Security and System Auditing Maintain a strong identity and access foundation Implement detection mechanisms Automate incident remediation Troubleshooting scenario Hands-On Lab: Securing the Environment Module 9: Operate Secure and Resilient Networks Building a secure Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) Networking beyond the VPC Troubleshooting scenario Module 10a : Mountable Storage Configuring Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS) Sizing Amazon EBS volumes for performance Using Amazon EBS snapshots Using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to manage your AWS resources Creating backup and data recovery plans Configuring shared file system storage Module 10b: Object Storage Deploying Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) with Access Logs, Cross-Region Replication, and S3 Intelligent-Tiering Hands-On Lab: Automating with AWS Backup for Archiving and Recovery Module 11: Cost Reporting, Alerts, and Optimization Gain AWS expenditure awareness Use control mechanisms for cost management Optimize your AWS spend and usage Hands-On Lab: Capstone lab for SysOps Additional course details: Nexus Humans Systems Operations on AWS 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 Systems Operations on AWS 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 System administrators System engineers Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Install and configure ESXi hosts Deploy and configure vCenter Use the vSphere Client to create the vCenter inventory and assign roles to vCenter users Configure vCenter High Availability Create and configure virtual networks using vSphere standard switches and distributed switches Create and configure datastores using storage technologies supported by vSphere Use the vSphere Client to create virtual machines, templates, clones, and snapshots Configure and manage a VMware Tools Repository Create content libraries for managing templates and deploying virtual machines Manage virtual machine resource use Migrate virtual machines with vSphere vMotion and vSphere Storage vMotion Create and configure a vSphere cluster that is enabled with vSphere High Availability and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler Manage the life cycle of vSphere to keep vCenter, ESXi hosts, and virtual machines up to date Configure and manage vSphere networking and storage for a large and sophisticated enterprise Use host profiles to manage VMware ESXi host compliance Monitor the vCenter, ESXi, and VMs performance in the vSphere client This five-day, extended hour course takes you from introductory to advanced VMware vSphere© 8 management skills. Building on the installation and configuration content from our best-selling course, you will also develop advanced skills needed to manage and maintain a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on labs, you will install, configure, and manage vSphere 7. You will explore the features that build a foundation for a truly scalable infrastructure and discuss when and where these features have the greatest effect. This course prepares you to administer a vSphere infrastructure for an organization of any size using vSphere 8, which includes VMware ESXi? 8 and VMware vCenter Server© 8. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives vSphere and Virtualization Overview Explain basic virtualization concepts Describe how vSphere fits in the software-defined data center and the cloud infrastructure Recognize the user interfaces for accessing vSphere Explain how vSphere interacts with CPUs, memory, networks, storage, and GPUs Install an ESXi host vCenter Management Recognize ESXi hosts communication with vCenter Deploy vCenter Server Appliance Configure vCenter settings Use the vSphere Client to add and manage license keys Create and organize vCenter inventory objects Recognize the rules for applying vCenter permissions View vSphere tasks and events Create a vCenter backup schedule Recognize the importance of vCenter High Availability Explain how vCenter High Availability works Deploying Virtual Machines Create and provision VMs Explain the importance of VMware Tools Identify the files that make up a VM Recognize the components of a VM Navigate the vSphere Client and examine VM settings and options Modify VMs by dynamically increasing resources Create VM templates and deploy VMs from them Clone VMs Create customization specifications for guest operating systems Create local, published, and subscribed content libraries Deploy VMs from content libraries Manage multiple versions of VM templates in content libraries Configure and Manage vSphere Networking Configure and view standard switch configurations Configure and view distributed switch configurations Recognize the difference between standard switches and distributed switches Explain how to set networking policies on standard and distributed switches Configure and Manage vSphere Storage Recognize vSphere storage technologies Identify types of vSphere datastores Describe Fibre Channel components and addressing Describe iSCSI components and addressing Configure iSCSI storage on ESXi Create and manage VMFS datastores Configure and manage NFS datastores Discuss vSphere support for NVMe and iSER technologies Managing Virtual Machines Recognize the types of VM migrations that you can perform within a vCenter instance and across vCenter instances Migrate VMs using vSphere vMotion Describe the role of Enhanced vMotion Compatibility in migrations Migrate VMs using vSphere Storage vMotion Take a snapshot of a VM Manage, consolidate, and delete snapshots Describe CPU and memory concepts in relation to a virtualized environment Describe how VMs compete for resources Define CPU and memory shares, reservations, and limits Recognize the role of a VMware Tools Repository Configure a VMware Tools Repository Recognize the backup and restore solution for VMs vSphere Monitoring Monitor the key factors that can affect a virtual machine's performance Describe the factors that influence vCenter performance Use vCenter tools to monitor resource use Create custom alarms in vCenter Describe the benefits and capabilities of VMware Skyline Recognize uses for Skyline Advisor Pro Deploying and Configuring vSphere Cluster Use Cluster Quickstart to enable vSphere cluster services and configure the cluster View information about a vSphere cluster Explain how vSphere DRS determines VM placement on hosts in the cluster Recognize use cases for vSphere DRS settings Monitor a vSphere DRS cluster Describe how vSphere HA responds to different types of failures Identify options for configuring network redundancy in a vSphere HA cluster Recognize the use cases for various vSphere HA settings Configure a cluster enabled for vSphere DRS and vSphere HA Recognize when to use vSphere Fault Tolerance Describe the function of the vCLS Recognize operations that might disrupt the healthy functioning of vCLS VMs ESXi Operations Use host profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance Recognize the benefits of using configuration profiles Managing the vSphere Lifecycle Generate vCenter interoperability reports Recognize features of vSphere Lifecycle Manager Describe ESXi images and image depots Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager in a vSphere cluster Validate ESXi host compliance against a cluster image and remediate ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Manager Describe vSphere Lifecycle Manager automatic recommendations Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware Network Operations Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches Describe how VMware vSphere Network I/O Control enhances performance Define vSphere Distributed Services Engine Describe the use cases and benefits of vSphere Distributed Services Engine Storage Operations Describe the architecture and requirements of vSAN configuration Describe storage policy-based management Recognize components in the vSphere Virtual Volumes architecture Configure Storage I/O Control
Conflict is a word that conjures up many emotions. It is something that most people would prefer to avoid, if possible. Work can be an emotive place. Positive relationships can make your life at work exciting, motivating and challenging, whilst relationships that do not hold value to you could make your life very difficult and stressful, especially if there is conflict between you and your manager. This course is essential for people who want to understand where conflict can be used to positive effect and how to manage conflict in your working relationships and see it as something positive that can stimulate the environment. Research has shown that relationships at work are an extremely high motivational factor, and for a lot of people it has a higher importance that salary! Therefore, it is essential that we invest in relationships and search out new ways to make them better in order to have a more positive influence on our surroundings. By understanding why other people are in conflict we can manage the conversation a lot better, with outcomes managed more effectively so the 'conflict' will add value to the organisation. This participative event will cover a wide variety of exercises and personal stories, and leave course participants with a clear strategy to identify when they are in conflict with someone and how they will structure their approach to get to a satisfactory outcome. This is a workshop that targets anyone where conflict needs to be managed and cannot seem to resolve it, whether internally or externally. At the end of the day, participants will: Know their key relationships and the strength of those relationships Complete the Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI) to identify where you deploy your strengths Understand what is important to you and your key stakeholders Know how motivational value systems can influence behaviour Tailor your communication style to match that of your opposite party Know conflict strategies to resolve conflict in others Learn to be more assertive when challenging Achieve key personal, departmental and organisational objectives 1 Where are you now? How effective are your current working relationships? Can I work effectively without the input from others? Who do you need to be a success? 2 The Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI) Completion of the SDI questionnaire An understanding of the theory A 'trip around the triangle' Predicting relationship interaction Your scores and what they mean in your relationships 3 Conflict theory What is conflict? The 3 flags of conflict What are your conflict triggers? Your conflict scores plotted The conflict sequence 4 Conflict resolution strategies Early warning signs Most productive behaviours Least productive behaviours Preventable / unwarranted conflict Review of the dynamic triangle Review of the day, personal learning and action planning
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This workshop is intended for Cloud Architects and IT professionals who have architectural expertise of infrastructure and solutions design in cloud technologies and want to learn more about Azure and Azure services Overview At the end of this whiteboard design session, you will leave with the information needed to develop a solid migration plan to keep mission-critical apps and data protected as they are transitioned and modernized. Topics covered will include how to get an inventory of a 2008 server environment, how to categorize 2008 workloads and evaluate the best option for each category, migration and upgrade tools available, TCO analysis tools, offers available from Microsoft to leverage existing licenses and innovations of recent product updates, licensing and technologies. This course will look at the process of migrating workloads to Azure. You will leave with the information needed to develop a solid migration plan to keep mission-critical apps and data protected as your customers transition and modernize their application, data, and infrastructure environment. Whiteboard Design Session - Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 end of support planning Review the customer case study Design a proof of concept solution Present the solution
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Application Consultants, Business Analysts, Program/Project Managers, System Architects Overview At the end of this course, students will be able to explain and use major features of SAP Extended Warehouse Management. This course will give you a solid fundamental and comprehensive overview of SAP Extended Warehouse Management and is a mandatory prerequisite for all other EWM courses. Warehousing Structures and Master Data Differentiating the SAP Solutions for Warehouse Management Outlining Organizational Structures Maintaining Master Data for SAP EWM Warehouse Monitoring & Processing with Mobile Devices Managing the Warehouse Outlining the Radio Frequency (RF) Framework Additional Functions in SAP EWM Applying Storage Control Employing Serial Numbers Processing Batches Mapping Quality Inspection Processes Applying Value-Added Services Warehouse Organization Performing Slotting Applying Replenishment Methods Performing a Physical Inventory Optimization of Resources Applying Wave Management Applying Labor Management Executing the Production Supply Process Executing Expected Goods Receipts Processes Applying Cross Docking Warehouse Extensions Planning the Shipping and Receiving of Products Controlling the Material Flow System (MFS) SAP EWM Rapid Deployment Solution Accelerating Implementation Processes Combined Inbound and Outbound Processes Executing an End-to-End Process with SAP EWM
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This class is designed for administrators preparing to take the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator exam who are able to configure Marketing Cloud products using industry and product best practices. You should be generally familiar with data structure in subscriber data management. You should also be able to thoroughly navigate Setup, troubleshoot account configuration, and manage user requests. Overview When you complete this course, you will be able to: Recall exam objectives. Discuss product features and functionality covered on the exam. Assess your exam readiness by answering practice questions. Familiarize yourself with additional resources necessary to prepare for the exam. Take the next step in your career and become a Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator. In this 1-day, expert-led certification prep class, boost your exam readiness with a detailed exam overview, exam resources, and practice exam questions to test your knowledge. This course includes a voucher to sit for the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator exam. Course Outline Exam Overview Digital Marketing Proficiency Review Governance and Compliance in Relation to Digital Marketing Review Security Best Practices for Date, Permissions, and PII Review Marketing Cloud Product Inventory and Offerings Subscriber Data Management Review the Contact Model Review Data Quality Evaluation Review Preference and Profile Center Setup Review Business Units, Users, and Security Configuration Review Integrations Configuration Review Features in Setup Home Review Marketing Cloud Extension Products Channel Management Review Mobile Studio Configuration Review Email Studio Configuration Review Social Studio and Advertising Configuration Review Journey Builder Concepts and Use Cases Maintenance Review Data Extraction and Report Generation Solutions Review Monitoring and System Availability Review Additional Marketing Cloud Product Benefits Practice Exam and Wrap-up Complete a Practice Exam Review Next Steps
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Cybersecurity analysts and engineers Security operations specialists Overview Successful completion of this instructor-led course with hands-on lab activities should enable participants to: Investigate and manage incidents Describe the Cortex XDR causality and analytics concepts Analyze alerts using the Causality and Timeline Views Work with Cortex XDR Pro actions such as remote script execution Create and manage on-demand and scheduled search queries in the Query Center Create and manage the Cortex XDR rules BIOC and IOC Working with Cortex XDR assets and inventories Write XQL queries to search datasets and visualize the result sets Work with Cortex XDR's external-data collection This instructor-led course teaches you how to use the Incidents pages of the Cortex XDR management console to investigate attacks. It explains causality chains, detectors in the Analytics Engine, alerts versus logs, log stitching, and the concepts of causality and analytics. You will learn how to analyze alerts using the Causality and Timeline Views and how to use advanced response actions, such as remediation suggestions, the EDL service, and remote script execution. Multiple modules focus on how to leverage the collected data. You will create simple search queries in one module and XDR rules in another. The course demonstrate how to use specialized investigation views to visualize artifact-related data, such as IP and Hash Views. Additionally, it provides an introduction to XDR Query Language (XQL). The course concludes with Cortex XDR external-data collection capabilities, including the use of Cortex XDR API to receive external alerts. This class is powered by Cloud Harmonics. Course Outline Module 1 - Cortex XDR Incidents Module 2 - Causality and Analytics Concepts Module 3 - Causality Analysis of Alerts Module 4 - Advanced Response Actions Module 5 - Building Search Queries Module 6 - Building XDR Rules Module 7 - Cortex XDR Assets Module 8 - Introduction to XQL Module 9 - External Data Collection
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course are Application Consultants, Business Process Architects, Business Process Owners/Team Leads/Power Users, Program/Project Managers, and Users. Overview Participants learn about the fundamental elements of materials management.Participants understand usage of the procurement processes for stock material, consumable materials, and services, the basic functions from purchasing, inventory management, invoice verification, service entry, and materials planning.Topic-specific exercises in the SAP system give participants the opportunity to gain first-hand practical experience of the above processes. This course will give students the fundamental knowledge and a comprehensive overview of the processes in procurement in SAP. After attending this class, students will understand the major business processes and functions in materials management. Procurement Processes Defining Processes and Organizational Levels in Procurement Maintaining Purchase Orders Posting Goods Receipts Entering Invoices Master Data Maintaining Vendor Master Records Maintaining Material Master Records Using Entry Aids for Master Data Maintenance Performing Mass Maintenance Stock Material Procurement Applying Conditions in Purchasing Handling Requests for Quotations and Quotation Processes Creating Purchase Orders with Reference Maintaining Purchasing Info Records Analyzing Material Valuation Posting Goods Receipts for Purchase Orders Entering Invoices with Reference to Purchase Orders Consumable Material Procurement Purchasing Consumable Materials Creating Purchase Requisitions Creating Purchase Orders with Reference to Purchase Requisitions Entering Valuated and Non-Valuated Goods Receipts Creating Blanket Purchase Orders External Services Procurement Maintaining Master Data for External Services Ordering Services Creating Service Entries and Verifying Invoices Automated Procurement Maintaining Data for Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Maintaining Contracts and Source Lists Performing Procurement Processes Automatically Reporting and Analytics Using Standard Reports Performing Standard Analyses in the Logistics Information System Introduction to the SAP Buyer Role Assessing the Buyer Role Self-Service Procurement Examining the Functions of Self-Service Procurement
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This advanced course is designed for those individuals who are responsible for operating and managing the operation of an IBM i system. Overview Explain the concept of how LPAR works Explain the functions served by the HMC Explain how user versus resource security are implemented Explain the difference between group profiles and authorization lists Describe how adopted authority works Describe how work is managed on the system and the concepts of the performance tuning process on the system Explain how Management Central can be used to manage a single system or a network of System i servers Perform the steps to create a basic CL program using both the traditional (PDM and SEU) and the newer GUI (RSE and LPEX) application development tools Perform the steps to create a menu using SDA Provide some tips on how you can improve your operations This course is designed to enhance the skills of an IBM i System Operator. This course explains the concept of how LPAR works and discusses the functions provided by the HMC LPAR concepts and overview . Console options and HMC overview . IASP concepts and overview . Security concepts and overview . System values . User security (user and group profiles) . Resource security . Authorization lists and adopted authority . Management Central overview . Commands and tasks using Management Central . Inventory using Management Central . System values using Management Central . Other Management Central functions . Work management: Concepts and overview . Work management: Subsystem concepts and overview . Work management: Job processing concepts and interactive jobs . Work management: Job processing concepts of other job types . Work management: Submitting and tracking of batch jobs . Programming concepts . CL programming concepts . Using PDM and SEU to create a CL program . Starting and setting up RSE . Creating a CL program using RSE and LPEX Editor . Creating a menu using SDA . Tips for improved operation .
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This class is ideal for merchants, marketers, and content managers who want to learn more about using B2C Commerce Cloud Business Manager to manage end-to-end business operations for a Commerce Cloud storefront. This course is also useful for developers preparing for the B2C Commerce Developer certification, providing information on working with a B2C site and data management using Business Manager. Overview Organize a storefront using catalogs, categories, products, pricing, and search refinements. Improve results in search engines using SEO best practices. Improve on-site search using the search index, Einstein Search dictionaries, and sorting rules. Entice and target online shoppers using customer groups, qualifiers, campaigns, and promotions. Create shopper experiences using content slots, Page Designer, and Einstein Recommendations. Leverage analytics and reports to determine success. Create A/B tests to make decisions on storefront experiences. Discover how to present products in a compelling way on a B2C Commerce Cloud storefront so you can turn customers into repeat customers. In this 5-day extended* class, you?ll learn how to improve conversion rates and increase the average order size of shoppers. Our B2C Commerce Cloud experts will walk you through how to organize an existing site, use best practices in search and online marketing, enhance the shopper experience, and leverage analytics to understand what products are selling best and why. NOTE: This course does not include site creation, programming, or site design. This class is taught using the SFRA reference architecture site and not the client?s specific site. Client specific site is used during the Launch Readiness Bootcamp conducted by Services. Getting Started Introductions Housekeeping B2C Commerce Overview Shop Organization Explain How Catalogs Work Create Categories Manage Products Manage Pricing & Inventory Configure Search Refinements Search & Sort Manage Search Engine Optimization Implement Searchandizing Strategies Online Marketing Use Qualifiers (coupon codes, source codes, customer groups) Create Promotions Create and Manage Campaigns Refine Campaigns Shopper Experience Identify Content Management Basics Create and Manage Content Slots Create a Page Using Page Designer Identify Einstein Recommender Types and Related Strategies Analysis and Optimization View Production Reports Create an A/B Test