Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Experienced system administrators or network administrators and security professionals Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer components and main functions Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer key features and benefits Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer Web Application Firewall architecture Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Web Application Firewall components and main functions Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Web Application Firewall key features and benefits Explain and configure Local Load Balancing constructors such as Virtual Services, Pools, Health Monitors and related components Understand and modify application behavior leveraging Profiles, Policies and DataScripts Configure and customize the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Web Application Firewall Describe and leverage NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API interfaces and related automation capabilities Describe and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer Web Application Firewall application and infrastructure monitoring Gather relevant information and perform basic troubleshooting of Web Application Firewall applications leveraging built-in NSX Advanced Load Balancer tooling This three-day course provides comprehensive training on how to configure, maintain and troubleshoot the Web Application Firewall component of the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) solution as well as provide an understanding of additional security related functionality. This course covers key NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) Web Application Firewall features and functionality offered in the NSX Advanced Load Balancer 18.2 release, including the overall infrastructure, virtual services and application components as well as application troubleshooting and solution monitoring. Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided through hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer Discuss NSX Advanced Load Balancer use cases and benefits Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and their respective functions Introduction to NSX ALB Web Application Firewall Introduce the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Web Application Firewall Discuss NSX Advanced Load Balancer Web Application Firewall use cases and benefits Virtual Services Configuration Concepts Explain Virtual Service components Explain Virtual Service types Explain and configure basic virtual services components such as Application Profiles, Network Profiles, Pools and Health Monitors Attacking and Defending Web Applications Introduce the processes and methodologies used when attacking and defending web applications Introduce the tools used to attack web applications Explain with examples terminology such as Reflected XSS and SQL injection Profiles and Policies Explain and deep dive on Advanced Virtual Service creation Explain and deep dive on Application Profiles and Types such as L4, DNS, Syslog and HTTP Explain and configure advanced application HTTP Profile options Deep dive on Network Profiles and Types Explain and configure SSL Profiles and Certificates Explain and Configure HTTP and DNS policies DDOS Protection Introduce the NSX Advanced Load Balancer rate limiting functionality Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer rate limiting functionality Hands on examples of rate limiting in action Customizing Application Delivery with Datascripts Introduce the concept of datascripts to manipulate data Explain the various components and inspection points IWAF Deep Dive Describe the building blocks of the iWAF implementation Explain the various iWAF components Introduce both Positive and Negative security models Explain the iWAF Policies, profiles and rule sets IWAF Core Rule Set Explain the history and rationale of the core rule set Describe the NSX ALB (Avi) Core Rule Set IWAF Custom Rules Describe the power and complexity available via custom rules Explain the rule language Implement various use cases Explain common errors and possible solutions IWAF Operations Describe the iWAF application onboarding process Tuning the iWAF policies Working with iWAF logs and analytics Explaining false positive mitigation tactics IWAF Best Practices Provide guidance on how to get the best results Additional course details:Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Web Application Firewall Security 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 VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Web Application Firewall Security 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 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This class is primarily intended for the following participants: Technical employees using GCP, including customer companies, partners and system integrators deployment engineers, cloud architects, cloud administrators, system engineers , and SysOps/DevOps engineers. Individuals using GCP to create, integrate, or modernize solutions using secure, scalable microservices architectures in hybrid environments. Overview Connect and manage Anthos GKE clusters from GCP Console whether clusters are part of Anthos on Google Cloud or Anthos deployed on VMware. Understand how service mesh proxies are installed, configured and managed. Configure centralized logging, monitoring, tracing, and service visualizations wherever the Anthos GKE clusters are hosted. Understand and configure fine-grained traffic management. Use service mesh security features for service-service authentication, user authentication, and policy-based service authorization. Install a multi-service application spanning multiple clusters in a hybrid environment. Understand how services communicate across clusters. Migrate services between clusters. Install Anthos Config Management, use it to enforce policies, and explain how it can be used across multiple clusters. This two-day instructor-led course prepares students to modernize, manage, and observe their applications using Kubernetes whether the application is deployed on-premises or on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Through presentations, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy using Kubernetes Engine (GKE), GKE Connect, Istio service mesh and Anthos Config Management capabilities that enable operators to work with modern applications even when split among multiple clusters hosted by multiple providers, or on-premises. Anthos Overview Describe challenges of hybrid cloud Discuss modern solutions Describe the Anthos Technology Stack Managing Hybrid Clusters using Kubernetes Engine Understand Anthos GKE hybrid environments, with Admin and User clusters Register and authenticate remote Anthos GKE clusters in GKE Hub View and manage registered clusters, in cloud and on-premises, using GKE Hub View workloads in all clusters from GKE Hub Lab: Managing Hybrid Clusters using Kubernetes Engine Introduction to Service Mesh Understand service mesh, and problems it solves Understand Istio architecture and components Explain Istio on GKE add on and it's lifecycle, vs OSS Istio Understand request network traffic flow in a service mesh Create a GKE cluster, with a service mesh Configure a multi-service application with service mesh Enable external access using an ingress gateway Explain the multi-service example applications: Hipster Shop, and Bookinfo Lab: Installing Open Source Istio on Kubernetes Engine Lab: Installing the Istio on GKE Add-On with Kubernetes Engine Observing Services using Service Mesh Adapters Understand service mesh flexible adapter model Understand service mesh telemetry processing Explain Stackdriver configurations for logging and monitoring Compare telemetry defaults for cloud and on-premises environments Configure and view custom metrics using service mesh View cluster and service metrics with pre-configured dashboards Trace microservice calls with timing data using service mesh adapters Visualize and discover service attributes with service mesh Lab: Telemetry and Observability with Istio Managing Traffic Routing with Service Mesh Understand the service mesh abstract model for traffic management Understand service mesh service discovery and load balancing Review and compare traffic management use cases and configurations Understand ingress configuration using service mesh Visualize traffic routing with live generated requests Configure a service mesh gateway to allow access to services from outside the mesh Apply virtual services and destination rules for version-specific routing Route traffic based on application-layer configuration Shift traffic from one service version to another, with fine-grained control, like a canary deployment Lab: Managing Traffic Routing with Istio and Envoy Managing Policies and Security with Service Mesh Understand authentication and authorization in service mesh Explain mTLS flow for service to service communication Adopt mutual TLS authentication across the service mesh incrementally Enable end-user authentication for the frontend service Use service mesh access control policies to secure access to the frontend service Lab: Managing Policies and Security with Service Mesh Managing Policies using Anthos Config Management Understand the challenge of managing resources across multiple clusters Understand how a Git repository is as a configuration source of truth Explain the Anthos Config Management components, and object lifecycle Install and configure Anthos Config Management, operators, tools, and related Git repository Verify cluster configuration compliance and drift management Update workload configuration using repo changes Lab: Managing Policies in Kubernetes Engine using Anthos Config Configuring Anthos GKE for Multi-Cluster Operation Understand how multiple clusters work together using DNS, root CA, and service discovery Explain service mesh control-plane architectures for multi-cluster Configure a multi-service application using service mesh across multiple clusters with multiple control-planes Configure a multi-service application using service mesh across multiple clusters with a shared control-plane Configure service naming/discovery between clusters Review ServiceEntries for cross-cluster service discovery Migrate workload from a remote cluster to an Anthos GKE cluster Lab: Configuring GKE for Multi-Cluster Operation with Istio Lab: Configuring GKE for Shared Control Plane Multi-Cluster Operation
Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Technical professionals with basic system administration skills and operators responsible for managing virtual machines using VMware ESXi⢠and VMware vCenter Server Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe virtualization and virtual machines Describe vSphere components and the software-defined data center (SDDC) Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization Monitor network and datastore configurations in VMware vSphere Client⢠Deploy, configure, and clone virtual machines Migrate, monitor, and manage virtual machines Monitor tasks and events in VMware vSphere Client⢠Recognize how vSphere DRS and VMware vSphere High Availability improve performance and availability of a vSphere cluster This three-day, hands-on training course is an introduction to VMware vSphere©. In this course, you acquire the skills needed to perform Day 2 operational tasks that are typically assigned to the roles of operator or junior administrator in a vSphere environment. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives Virtualization and vSphere Concepts Describe how virtual machines (VMs) work Recognize the purpose of a hypervisor Describe how VMs share resources in a virtualized environment Recognize the components of an SDDC Describe the relationship between vSphere, the SDDC, and cloud computing Recognize the functions of the components in a vSphere environment Access and view vSphere graphical user interfaces Identify VMware solutions that integrate with vSphere in the SDDC Navigating the vSphere Client View and organize the inventory objects managed by vCenter Server Add and assign vSphere licenses Change the log level of vCenter Server Edit the startup policy of ESXi services Describe how vCenter Server roles and permissions work Add permissions to virtual machines Lifecycle of Virtual Machines Add and remove VM virtual hardware components Identify the purpose of different VM files Configure VM settings Create and delete virtual machines Recognize the benefits of installing VMware Tools? Install VMware Tools into a guest operating system Upgrade VMware Tools and VM hardware compatibility vSphere Networking Describe virtual networking Recognize ways that virtual switches connect VMs and ESXi hosts to the network View components and properties of a vSphere standard switch configuration View a vSphere distributed switch configuration in vSphere Client Recognize when and how to use the settings for the security networking policy Recognize when and how to use the settings for the traffic shaping networking policy Describe how the NIC teaming and failover policy helps maintain network connectivity Perform basic checks to diagnose VM connectivity issues vSphere Storage Describe the function of a datastore Recognize types of vSphere datastores View datastore information in vSphere Client Monitor datastore usage in vSphere Client Virtual Machine Management Recognize the benefits of using VM templates Create and update a VM template Deploy a VM from an existing template Clone a virtual machine Recognize how to use guest OS customization specifications Deploy VMs from a content library Deploy a virtual appliance from an OVF template Perform a hot and cold migrations of VMs Identify requirements for using VMware vSphere© Storage vMotion© Perform a vSphere Storage vMotion migration Identify use cases for VM snapshots Create and manage snapshots of a virtual machine Resource Monitoring Recognize the purpose of each type of VM resource control Configure the resource allocation settings of a VM Observe the behavior of virtual machines with different share values Manage and acknowledge vSphere alarms Use performance charts to monitor VM CPU and memory usage Monitor tasks and events in vSphere Client vSphere Clusters View information about the services that a vSphere cluster offers Recognize how vSphere HA responds to different types of failures Monitor vSphere HA during a host failure Describe how vSphere DRS works Interpret DRS scores given to VMs Recognize how to apply the appropriate vSphere DRS automation and migration threshold levels Describe how vSphere Fault Tolerance works Recognize how Enhanced vMotion Compatibility works Additional course details:Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware Data Center Virtualization: Core Technical Skills 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 VMware Data Center Virtualization: Core Technical Skills 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 Experienced security administrators or network administrators Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the architecture and main components of NSX-T Data Center Explain the features and benefits of NSX-T Data Center Deploy the NSX Management cluster and VMware NSX Edge⢠nodes Prepare VMware ESXi⢠and KVM hosts to participate in NSX-T Data Center networking Create and configure segments for layer 2 forwarding Create and configure Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateways for logical routing Use distributed and gateway firewall policies to filter east-west and north-south traffic in NSX-T Data Center Configure Advanced Threat Prevention features Configure network services on NSX Edge nodes Use VMware Identity Manager and LDAP to manage users and access Explain the use cases, importance, and architecture of Federation This five-day, fast-paced course provides comprehensive training on how to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX-T? Data Center environment. This course covers key NSX-T Data Center features and functionality offered in the NSX-T Data Center 3.2 release, including the overall infrastructure, logical switching, logical routing, networking and security services, firewalls and advanced threat prevention, and more. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives VMware Virtual Cloud Network and NSX-T Data Center Introduce the VMware Virtual Cloud Network vision Discuss NSX-T Data Center solutions, use cases, and benefits Explain NSX-T Data Center architecture and components Describe the VMware NSXTM product portfolio and features Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and function Preparing the NSX-T Data Center Infrastructure Describe NSX Management Cluster Deploy VMware NSXTM ManagerTM nodes on VMware ESXi and KVM hypervisors Navigate through the NSX Manager UI Explain data-plane components such as N-VDS/VDS, transport nodes, transport zones, profiles, and more Perform transport node preparation and establish the data center infrastructure Verify transport node status and connectivity NSX-T Data Center Logical Switching Introduce key components and terminology in logical switching Describe the function and types of L2 segments Explain tunneling and the GENEVE encapsulation Configure logical segments and attach hosts using NSX Manager UI Describe the function and types of segment profiles Create segment profiles and apply them to segments and ports Explain the function of MAC, ARP, and TEP tables used in packet forwarding Demonstrate L2 unicast packet flow Explain ARP suppression and BUM traffic handling NSX-T Data Center Logical Routing Describe the logical routing function and use cases Introduce the two-tier routing architecture, topologies, and components Explain the Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateway functions Describe the logical router components: Service Router and Distributed Router Discuss the architecture and function of NSX Edge nodes Discuss deployment options of NSX Edge nodes Configure NSX Edge nodes and create NSX Edge clusters Configure Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateways Examine the single-tier and multitier packet flow Configure static routing and dynamic routing, including BGP and OSPF Enable ECMP on Tier-0 Gateway Describe NSX Edge HA, failure detection, and failback modes Configure VRF Lite NSX-T Data Center Bridging Describe the function of logical bridging Discuss the logical bridging use cases Compare routing and bridging solutions Explain the components of logical bridging Create bridge clusters and bridge profiles NSX-T Data Center Firewalls Describe NSX segmentation Identify the steps to enforce Zero-Trust with NSX segmentation Describe the Distributed Firewall architecture, components, and function Configure Distributed Firewall sections and rules Configure the Distributed Firewall on VDS Describe the Gateway Firewall architecture, components, and function Configure Gateway Firewall sections and rules NSX-T Data Center Advanced Threat Prevention Explain NSX IDS/IPS and its use cases Configure NSX IDS/IPS Deploy the NSX Application Platform Identify the components and architecture of NSX Malware Prevention Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic Describe the use cases and architecture of NSX Intelligence Identify the components and architecture of VMware NSX© Network Detection and Response? Use NSX Network Detection and Response to analyze network traffic events. NSX-T Data Center Services Describe NSX-T Data Center services Explain and configure Network Address Translation (NAT) Explain and configure DNS and DHCP services Describe VMware NSX© Advanced Load Balancer? architecture, components, topologies, and use cases. Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer Discuss the IPSec VPN and L2 VPN function and use cases Configure IPSec VPN and L2 VPN using the NSX Manager UI NSX-T Data Center User and Role Management Describe the function and benefits of VMware Identity Manager? in NSX-T Data Center Integrate VMware Identity Manager with NSX-T Data Center Integrate LDAP with NSX-T Data Center Identify the various types of users, authentication policies, and permissions Use role-based access control to restrict user access NSX-T Data Center Federation Introduce the NSX-T Data Center Federation key concepts, terminology, and use-cases. Explain the onboarding process of NSX-T Data Center Federation Describe the NSX-T Data Center Federation switching and routing functions. Describe the NSX-T Data Center Federation security concepts.
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for: Solutions Architects who are new to designing and building cloud architectures Data Center Architects who are migrating from on-premises environment to cloud architectures Other IT/cloud roles who want to understand how to design and build cloud architectures Overview In this course, you will learn how to: Make architectural decisions based on AWS architectural principles and best practices Use AWS services to make your infrastructure scalable, reliable, and highly available Use AWS Managed Services to enable greater flexibility and resiliency in an infrastructure Make an AWS-based infrastructure more efficient to increase performance and reduce costs Use the Well Architected Framework to improve architectures with AWS solutions This course covers all aspects of how to architect for the cloud over four-and-a-half-days. It covers topics from Architecting on AWS and Advanced Architecting on AWS to offer an immersive course in cloud architecture. You will learn how to design cloud architectures, starting small and working to large-scale enterprise level designs-and everything in between. Starting with the Well-Architected Framework, you will learn important architecting information for AWS services including: compute, storage, database, networking, security, monitoring, automation, optimization, benefits of de-coupling applications and serverless, building for resilience, and understanding costs Module 1: Introduction The real story of AWS Well-Architected Framework Six advantages of the cloud Global infrastructure Module 2: The Simplest Architectures S3 Glacier Choosing your regions Hands-on lab: Static Website Module 3: Adding a Compute Layer EC2 Storage solutions for instances Purchasing options such as dedicated host vs instances Module 4: Adding a Database Layer Relational vs non-relational Managed databases RDS Dynamo DB Neptune Hands-on lab: Deploying a web application on AWS Module 5: Networking in AWS Part 1 VPC CIDR and subnets Public vs private subnets NAT and internet gateway Security groups Module 6: Networking in AWS Part 2 Virtual Private Gateway VPN Direct Connect VPC peering Transit Gateway VPC Endpoints Elastic Load Balancer Route 53 Hands-on lab: Creating a VPC Module 7: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) IAM Identity federation Cognito Module 8: Organizations Organizations Multiple account management Tagging strategies Module 9: Elasticity, High Availability, and Monitoring Elasticity vs inelasticity Monitoring with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs Auto scaling Scaling databases Hands-on lab: Creating a highly available environment Module 10: Automation Why automate? CloudFormation AWS Quick Starts AWS Systems Manager AWS OpsWorks AWS Elastic Beanstalk Module 11: Deployment Methods Why use a deployment method? Blue green and canary deployment Tools to implement your deployment methods CI/CD Hands-on lab: Automating infrastructure deployment Module 12: Caching When and why you should cache your data Cloudfront Elasticache (Redis/Memcached) DynamoDB Accelerator Module 13: Security of Your Data Shared responsibility model Data classification Encryption Automatic data security Module 14: Building Decoupled Architecture Tight coupling vs loose coupling SQS SNS Module 15: Optimizations and Review Review questions Best practices Activity: Design and architecture - two trues and one lie Module 16: Microservices What is a microservice? Containers ECS Fargate EKS Module 17: Serverless Why use serverless? Lambda API Gateway AWS Step Functions Hands-on lab: Implementing a serverless architecture with AWS Managed Services Module 18: Building for Resilience Using managed services greatly increases resiliency Serverless for resiliency Issues with microservices to be aware of DDoS Hands-on lab: Amazon CloudFront content delivery and automating WAF rules Module 19: Networking in AWS Part 3 Elastic Network Adapter Maximum transmission units Global Accelerator Site to site VPN Transit Gateway Module 20: Understanding Costs Simple monthly calculator Right sizing your instances Price sensitive architecture examples Module 21: Migration Strategies Cloud migration strategies Planning Migrating Optimizing Hands-on lab: Application deployment using AWS Fargate Module 22: RTO/RPO and Backup Recovery Setup Disaster planning Recovery options Module 23: Final Review Architecting advice Service use case questions Example test questions Additional course details: Nexus Humans Architecting on AWS - Accelerator 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 Architecting on AWS - Accelerator 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 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Anyone with the need to understand how business analysis is performed to support agile projects or who must transition their existing business analysis skills and practices from waterfall to agile. Overview In this course, students will: Understand the fundamentals of agile delivery and agile business analysis Compare and contrast business analysis on waterfall and agile projects Explain the value proposition for agile product development Define the 4 main types of project life cycles Complete an in-depth walkthrough of the agile delivery life cycle Explain the major flavors of agile Understand the major standards available to assist in transition of skills Define business analysis tailoring and understand how to apply it Learn over 20 business analysis techniques commonly used on agile projects In this course, students will gain an understanding about agile business analysis. Students will learn how business analysis on an agile project is ?the same? and ?different? than business analysis performed on waterfall projects. Students will understand how the business analysis role changes on an agile team. A number of business analysis techniques suited for supporting agile teams will be introduced as will the various standards available to the community to help teams and organizations transition. Since few organizations are pure agile, students will also learn about delivery approaches that use a combination of practices from waterfall and agile and will also be introduced to the important concept of business analysis tailoring ? the key skill used to adapt business analysis skills to all environments ? regardless of the delivery life cycle selected. Introduction What is agile The Agile Manifesto Agile principles Agile benefits Hands-on activity Learning and course objectives The current state of agile Agile trends Agile skills Value proposition The business case for agile The BA role changes on an agile project Hands-on activity Understanding project life cycles Project life cycle Product life cycle Incremental versus Iterative Hybrid approaches to delivery Choosing a project life cycle An in-depth look at Agile The agile development life cycle A sequence of iterations Essential concepts Inside each iteration Iteration goal Iteration planning Sequence of tasks Work period Testing End of iteration activities Evaluation and feedback Structured walkthroughs Evaluation guidelines The BA role in structured walkthroughs Scripting scenarios Defect list Retrospectives Hands-on exercise Type of Agile Delivery Approaches The flavors of agile Scrum Scrum roles Extreme Programming (XP) Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM) Feature Driven Development (FDD) Testing Best practices used by FDD Kanban Kanban Boards Agile Unified Process Scaling Frameworks Introduction to Agile Business Analysis What is business analysis? What is agile business analysis? Framework for agile business analysis Business analysis components International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA©) Project Management Institute (PMI©) Context to business analysis Our industry BA standards Our industry Agile BA standards Product Owners What stays the same What is expected to change Agile requirements deliverables Lightweight documentation Requirements repository Where business analysis fits in The BA workload Hands-on exercise Business Analysis Tailoring Business analysis tailoring (defined) Tailoring considerations What tailoring looks like The PMI Guide to Business Analysis Determining the ?best? BA approach Methodology vs Standard Why use methodologies Determining your methodology Business analysis impacts Tools and techniques for agile business analysis Agile BA techniques Backlog refinements Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Burndown chart Collaborative games Definition of done Definition of ready INVEST Iteration planning Kanban board Minimum marketable features (MMF) Minimum viable product (MVP) MoSCoW Narrative writing Persona analysis Product roadmap Progressive Elaboration Prototyping Purpose alignment model Retrospectives Story slicing Hands-on Exercise Prioritization Techniques Requirements prioritization Prioritizing on agile projects Prioritization criteria Business benefit MoSCoW Pair-choice comparison Setting priorities with multi-voting Cost to acquire and operate Determining business value Story point estimating Planning poker Project velocity Hands-on activity Course wrap-up Making the transition to agile How my role will be different Course summary Retrospective Questions Additional course details: Nexus Humans BA08 - Agile for Business Analysts 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 BA08 - Agile for Business Analysts 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 This class is intended for experienced developers who are responsible for managing big data transformations including: Extracting, loading, transforming, cleaning, and validating data. Designing pipelines and architectures for data processing. Creating and maintaining machine learning and statistical models. Querying datasets, visualizing query results and creating reports Overview Design and build data processing systems on Google Cloud Platform. Leverage unstructured data using Spark and ML APIs on Cloud Dataproc. Process batch and streaming data by implementing autoscaling data pipelines on Cloud Dataflow. Derive business insights from extremely large datasets using Google BigQuery. Train, evaluate and predict using machine learning models using TensorFlow and Cloud ML. Enable instant insights from streaming data Get hands-on experience with designing and building data processing systems on Google Cloud. This course uses lectures, demos, and hand-on labs to show you how to design data processing systems, build end-to-end data pipelines, analyze data, and implement machine learning. This course covers structured, unstructured, and streaming data. Introduction to Data Engineering Explore the role of a data engineer. Analyze data engineering challenges. Intro to BigQuery. Data Lakes and Data Warehouses. Demo: Federated Queries with BigQuery. Transactional Databases vs Data Warehouses. Website Demo: Finding PII in your dataset with DLP API. Partner effectively with other data teams. Manage data access and governance. Build production-ready pipelines. Review GCP customer case study. Lab: Analyzing Data with BigQuery. Building a Data Lake Introduction to Data Lakes. Data Storage and ETL options on GCP. Building a Data Lake using Cloud Storage. Optional Demo: Optimizing cost with Google Cloud Storage classes and Cloud Functions. Securing Cloud Storage. Storing All Sorts of Data Types. Video Demo: Running federated queries on Parquet and ORC files in BigQuery. Cloud SQL as a relational Data Lake. Lab: Loading Taxi Data into Cloud SQL. Building a Data Warehouse The modern data warehouse. Intro to BigQuery. Demo: Query TB+ of data in seconds. Getting Started. Loading Data. Video Demo: Querying Cloud SQL from BigQuery. Lab: Loading Data into BigQuery. Exploring Schemas. Demo: Exploring BigQuery Public Datasets with SQL using INFORMATION_SCHEMA. Schema Design. Nested and Repeated Fields. Demo: Nested and repeated fields in BigQuery. Lab: Working with JSON and Array data in BigQuery. Optimizing with Partitioning and Clustering. Demo: Partitioned and Clustered Tables in BigQuery. Preview: Transforming Batch and Streaming Data. Introduction to Building Batch Data Pipelines EL, ELT, ETL. Quality considerations. How to carry out operations in BigQuery. Demo: ELT to improve data quality in BigQuery. Shortcomings. ETL to solve data quality issues. Executing Spark on Cloud Dataproc The Hadoop ecosystem. Running Hadoop on Cloud Dataproc. GCS instead of HDFS. Optimizing Dataproc. Lab: Running Apache Spark jobs on Cloud Dataproc. Serverless Data Processing with Cloud Dataflow Cloud Dataflow. Why customers value Dataflow. Dataflow Pipelines. Lab: A Simple Dataflow Pipeline (Python/Java). Lab: MapReduce in Dataflow (Python/Java). Lab: Side Inputs (Python/Java). Dataflow Templates. Dataflow SQL. Manage Data Pipelines with Cloud Data Fusion and Cloud Composer Building Batch Data Pipelines visually with Cloud Data Fusion. Components. UI Overview. Building a Pipeline. Exploring Data using Wrangler. Lab: Building and executing a pipeline graph in Cloud Data Fusion. Orchestrating work between GCP services with Cloud Composer. Apache Airflow Environment. DAGs and Operators. Workflow Scheduling. Optional Long Demo: Event-triggered Loading of data with Cloud Composer, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, and BigQuery. Monitoring and Logging. Lab: An Introduction to Cloud Composer. Introduction to Processing Streaming Data Processing Streaming Data. Serverless Messaging with Cloud Pub/Sub Cloud Pub/Sub. Lab: Publish Streaming Data into Pub/Sub. Cloud Dataflow Streaming Features Cloud Dataflow Streaming Features. Lab: Streaming Data Pipelines. High-Throughput BigQuery and Bigtable Streaming Features BigQuery Streaming Features. Lab: Streaming Analytics and Dashboards. Cloud Bigtable. Lab: Streaming Data Pipelines into Bigtable. Advanced BigQuery Functionality and Performance Analytic Window Functions. Using With Clauses. GIS Functions. Demo: Mapping Fastest Growing Zip Codes with BigQuery GeoViz. Performance Considerations. Lab: Optimizing your BigQuery Queries for Performance. Optional Lab: Creating Date-Partitioned Tables in BigQuery. Introduction to Analytics and AI What is AI?. From Ad-hoc Data Analysis to Data Driven Decisions. Options for ML models on GCP. Prebuilt ML model APIs for Unstructured Data Unstructured Data is Hard. ML APIs for Enriching Data. Lab: Using the Natural Language API to Classify Unstructured Text. Big Data Analytics with Cloud AI Platform Notebooks What's a Notebook. BigQuery Magic and Ties to Pandas. Lab: BigQuery in Jupyter Labs on AI Platform. Production ML Pipelines with Kubeflow Ways to do ML on GCP. Kubeflow. AI Hub. Lab: Running AI models on Kubeflow. Custom Model building with SQL in BigQuery ML BigQuery ML for Quick Model Building. Demo: Train a model with BigQuery ML to predict NYC taxi fares. Supported Models. Lab Option 1: Predict Bike Trip Duration with a Regression Model in BQML. Lab Option 2: Movie Recommendations in BigQuery ML. Custom Model building with Cloud AutoML Why Auto ML? Auto ML Vision. Auto ML NLP. Auto ML Tables.
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for those with a basic understanding of Microsoft Windows and who need to learn foundational Word skills, such as creating, editing, and formatting documents; inserting simple tables and creating lists; and employing a variety of techniques for improving the appearance and accuracy of document content. Overview In this course, you will learn fundamental Word skills. You will: Navigate and perform common tasks in Word, such as opening, viewing, editing, saving, and printing documents, and configuring the application. Format text and paragraphs. Perform repetitive operations efficiently using tools such as Find and Replace, Format Painter, and Styles. Enhance lists by sorting, renumbering, and customizing list styles. Create and format tables. Insert graphic objects into a document, including symbols, special characters, illustrations, pictures, and clip art. Format the overall appearance of a page through page borders and colors, watermarks, headers and footers, and page layout. Use Word features to help identify and correct problems with spelling, grammar, readability, and accessibility. These days, most people take electronic word processing for granted. While we may still write out our grocery lists with pen and paper, we expect to use a computer to create the majority of our documents. It's impossible to avoid word-processing software in many areas of the business world. Managers, lawyers, clerks, reporters, and editors rely on this software to do their jobs. Whether you are an executive secretary or a website designer, you'll need to know the ins and outs of electronic word processing.Microsoft© Word is designed to help you move smoothly through the task of creating professional-looking documents. Its rich features and powerful tools can make your work easy, and even fun. In this course, you'll learn how to use Word on the desktop to create and edit simple documents; format documents; add tables and lists; add design elements andlayout options; and proof documents.Note: Most Office users perform the majority of their daily tasks using the desktop version of the Office software, so that is the focus of this training. The course material will alsoenable you to access and effectively utilize many web-based resources provided with your Microsoft 365 subscription. This includes brief coverage of key skills for using Word for theWeb and OneDrive. Helpful notes throughout the material alert you to cases where the online version of the application may function differently from the primary, desktop version.This course may be a useful component in your preparation for the Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019): Exam MO-100 and Microsoft Word Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019): Exam MO-101 certification exams. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Word Topic A: Navigate in Microsoft Word Topic B: Create and Save Word Documents Topic C: Edit Documents Topic D: Work with Word for the Web Lesson 2: Formatting Text and Paragraphs Topic A: Apply Character Formatting Topic B: Control Paragraph Layout Topic C: Align Text Using Tabs Topic D: Display Text in Bulleted or Numbered Lists Topic E: Apply Borders and Shading Lesson 3: Working More Efficiently Topic A: Make Repetitive Edits Topic B: Apply Repetitive Formatting Topic C: Use Styles to Streamline Repetitive Formatting Tasks Topic D: Customize the Word Environment Lesson 4: Managing Lists Topic A: Sort a List Topic B: Format a List Lesson 5: Adding Tables Topic A: Insert a Table Topic B: Modify a Table Topic C: Format a Table Topic D: Convert Text to a Table Lesson 6: Inserting Graphic Objects Topic A: Insert Symbols and Special Characters Topic B: Add Images to a Document Lesson 7: Controlling Page Appearance Topic A: Apply a Page Border and Color Topic B: Add Headers and Footers Topic C: Control Page Layout Topic D: Add a Waterm Lesson 8: Preparing to Publish a Document Topic A: Check Spelling, Grammar, and Readability Topic B: Preview and Print Documents Topic C: Use Research Tools Topic D: Check Accessibility Topic E: Dictate Text in a Document Topic F: Save a Document to Other Form Additional course details: Nexus Humans Microsoft Word for Office 365 (Desktop or Online) (v1.1) Part 1 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 Microsoft Word for Office 365 (Desktop or Online) (v1.1) Part 1 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 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for a non-technical audience and doesn't require any prior coding or technical experience. The handson exercises will be done using pre-built OpenAI tools and interfaces that are user-friendly and easy to use. Overview Working in an interactive learning environment, led by our engaging expert, you will: Get comfortable with the basics of prompt engineering and discover how it can make a difference in various business tasks, such as enhancing customer support, creating content, and fine-tuning sales pitches. Develop the knack for crafting, refining, and perfecting prompts suited to specific business situations by understanding context, user intent, and what makes a prompt great. Learn how to smoothly incorporate prompt engineering solutions into your existing business workflows, including pinpointing the right processes, integrating with your current software, and keeping data privacy and security in check. Become proficient in advanced techniques and best practices in prompt engineering, like making use of APIs, customizing language models, and collaborating with your teammates across different departments. Keep up with the latest developments in prompt engineering and be ready to adapt to changing business needs and trends, ensuring that you stay relevant and continue to grow in the dynamic business world. Prompt engineering is the process of designing and refining input prompts to get desired output from advanced language models, such as OpenAI Codex or GPT-4. It involves creating effective questions or statements that guide the AI model to generate useful responses for a specific task or purpose, like enhancing customer support, generating content, and fine-tuning sales pitches, making it an essential skill set for a wide range of business applications. Quick Start to Prompt Engineering for Everyday Business Users is a one-day, workshop style hands-on course that where you'll learn how to create effective prompts, integrate prompt engineering solutions into existing workflows, and uncover advanced techniques and best practices. Guided by our engaging, expert instructor, you?ll experiment with innovative tools and develop practical skills that can be immediately applied to a variety of projects. Whether you're aiming to enhance customer interactions, simplify content creation, or refine internal communication, this immersive learning experience will equip you with the knowledge to make a meaningful impact on your organization. Introduction to Prompt Engineering Understand the fundamentals of prompt engineering and its applications in the business world. What is prompt engineering? Importance of prompt engineering in business Key concepts and terminology Examples of prompt engineering in business scenarios Overview of popular prompt engineering tools (e.g., OpenAI Codex, GPT-4) Activity: Hands-on exploration of prompt engineering tools: Participants will engage in a fun scavenger hunt activity, where they will experiment with different prompt engineering tools to answer a set of questions. Developing Effective Prompts Learn how to create and refine prompts for a variety of business applications. Anatomy of a good prompt Understanding context and user intent Techniques for prompt iteration and optimization Generating specific and creative responses Handling sensitive information and biases Activity: Prompt development workshop: Participants will practice developing and refining prompts in a collaborative, game-like environment, where they will compete to create the most effective prompts for given business scenarios. Integrating Prompt Engineering into Business Processes Discover how to incorporate prompt engineering solutions into existing workflows. Identifying business processes that can benefit from prompt engineering Integrating prompt engineering with existing software and tools Evaluating the success and impact of prompt engineering solutions Ensuring data privacy and security Scaling prompt engineering solutions across an organization Activity: Business process integration simulation: Participants will work in teams to create a plan for integrating a prompt engineering solution into a simulated business process, with a focus on creativity and practicality. Advanced Techniques and Best Practices Gain insights into advanced techniques and best practices for prompt engineering in a business context. Leveraging APIs for prompt engineering Customizing and fine-tuning language models Adapting to changing business requirements and trends Collaborating with cross-functional teams Staying up-to-date with prompt engineering advancements Activity: Advanced prompt engineering challenge: Participants will take part in a friendly competition, using advanced techniques to solve complex business-related prompt engineering challenges. Additional course details: Nexus Humans QuickStart to Prompt Engineering for Everyday Business Users (TTAI2009) 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 QuickStart to Prompt Engineering for Everyday Business Users (TTAI2009) 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 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for The audience for this course includes professionals who are new to Looker who are interested in leveraging Looker for data analysis, visualization, and reporting. The course is designed for individuals seeking to gain a comprehensive understanding of Looker's functionalities and apply these skills in their organizations to drive data-driven decision-making. Overview This course combines expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises. Working in a hands-on learning environment led by our expert facilitator, you'll explore and gain: Comprehensive understanding of Looker's platform: Gain a solid foundation in Looker's key features, functionality, and interface, enabling you to navigate and utilize the platform effectively for your data analysis and visualization needs. Mastery of LookML and data modeling: Develop proficiency in Looker's unique data modeling language, LookML, to create customized and efficient data models that cater to your organization's specific requirements. Expertise in creating insightful Explores: Learn to build, customize, and save Explores with dimensions, measures, filters, and calculated fields, empowering you to analyze your data and uncover valuable insights. Proficiency in dashboard design and sharing: Acquire the skills to design visually appealing and informative dashboards, share them with different user roles, and schedule exports to keep stakeholders informed and up-to-date. Enhanced content organization with folders and boards: Understand how to effectively use folders and boards to organize, manage, and discover content within Looker, making it easily accessible for you and your team. Optional: Advanced visualization techniques for impactful storytelling: Master advanced visualization techniques, including customizations with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and interactive visualizations using Looker's API, to create compelling data stories that resonate with your audience. Discover the power of data analytics and visualization with our hands-on, two-day introductory course Looker Bootcamp: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Looker. Designed for professionals who want to unlock valuable insights from their data, this immersive training experience will guide you through Looker's cutting-edge features and provide you with the essential skills to create engaging, interactive, and insightful reports and dashboards. Our experienced trainers will take you on a journey from the fundamentals of Looker and its unique data modeling language, LookML, to advanced visualization techniques and content organization strategies, ensuring you leave the course equipped to make data-driven decisions with confidence. Throughout the course, you will have the opportunity to participate in practical exercises and workshops that will help you apply the concepts and techniques learned in real-world scenarios. You will explore the potential of Looker's Explores, dive into LookML's capabilities, and master the art of dashboard design and sharing. Learn how to organize and manage your content with folders and boards and harness the power of advanced visualization techniques to make your data come alive. Getting Started with Looker Overview of Looker and its key features Navigating the Looker interface Looker terminology and basic concepts Connecting to Data Sources Setting up and managing data connections Exploring database schemas Understanding LookML: Looker's data modeling language Creating and Customizing Explores Building and customizing Explores Adding dimensions, measures, and filters Creating calculated fields Saving and organizing Explores Data Visualization Creating visualizations using Looker's visualization library Customizing chart types, colors, and labels Displaying visualizations in dashboards Introduction to Looker's API for custom visualizations Advanced Explores and LookML LookML refresher and best practices Creating derived tables and data transformations Managing access controls and data permissions Organizing and Sharing Content with Folders and Boards Introduction to folders and boards in Looker Creating and managing folders for organizing content Setting up boards for easy content discovery Sharing folders and boards with different user roles and permissions Dashboard Design and Sharing Best practices for dashboard design Adding, arranging, and resizing visualizations Scheduling and exporting dashboard data Advanced Visualization Techniques Customizing visualizations with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Creating interactive visualizations using Looker's API Integrating Looker visualizations with other tools Hands-on Workshop and Project Participants work on a guided project to apply the skills learned Trainer provides individual support and guidance Project Presentations, Q&A, and Training Wrap-up Additional course details: Nexus Humans Looker Bootcamp: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Looker (TTDVLK02) 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 Looker Bootcamp: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Looker (TTDVLK02) 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.