Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for Everyone dealing with day to day work environment Overview Wherever two or more people come together, there is bound to be conflict. This course will give participants a seven-step conflict resolution process that they can use and modify to resolve conflict disputes of any size. Participants will also learn crucial conflict management skills, including dealing with anger and using the Agreement Frame. Participants will learn crucial conflict management skills, including dealing with anger and using the Agreement Frame. If left unchecked or not resolved it can lead to lost production, absences, attrition, and even law suits. Getting Started Icebreaker Housekeeping Items The Parking Lot Workshop Objectives An Introduction to Conflict Resolution What is Conflict? What is Conflict Resolution? Understanding the Conflict Resolution Process The Thomas-Kilmann Instrument Collaborating Competing Compromising Accommodating Avoiding Creating an Effective Atmosphere Neutralizing Emotions Setting Ground Rules Choosing the Time and Place Creating Mutual Understanding What do I Want? What Do They Want? What Do We Want? Focusing on Individual Needs Finding Common Ground Building Positive Energy and Goodwill Strengthening Your Partnership Getting to the Root Cause Examining Root Causes Creating a Cause and Effect Diagram The Importance of Forgiveness Identifying the Benefits of Resolution Generating Options Generate, Don't Evaluate Creating Mutual Gain Options and Multiple Option Solutions Digging Deeper into Your Options Building a Solution Creating Criteria Creating a Shortlist Choosing a Solution Building a Plan The Short Version of the Process Evaluating the Situation Choosing Your Steps Creating an Action Plan Using Individual Process Steps Additional Tools Stress and Anger Management Techniques The Agreement Frame Asking Open Questions Wrapping Up Words from the Wise Review of Parking Lot Lessons Learned Completion of Action Plans
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for students with previous Citrix ADC experience, and best suited for individuals who will be deploying Citrix Application Delivery Management to administer a Citrix Networking environment or optimize Citrix ADC-managed application delivery traffic. Overview Manage multiple Citrix ADC platforms centrallyOrchestrate configuration changesReport on transactions passing through the Citrix ADC environmentVisualize infrastructure and plan expansion Master the deployment and usage of Citrix Application Delivery Management with this two-day management and optimization course. Students will gain the skills needed to automate and manage network services for scale out of application architectures, and to optimize Citrix ADC-managed application delivery traffic. The curriculum focuses on centrally managing multiple Citrix ADC platforms, orchestrating configuration changes, reporting on transactions, visualizing infrastructure and planning infrastructure expansion. Students will also learn how to implement Citrix ADC features, including caching, frontend optimization, Citrix ADC web logging and TCP/HTTP optimization, to optimize traffic managed by your Citrix networking environment. Citrix Application Delivery Management Introduction An introduction to Application Delivery Management Application Delivery Management Deployment and Configuration Deploying Application Delivery Management in High Availability Application Delivery Management Instance Management Managing and Monitoring Application Delivery Management An introduction to Application Delivery Management Application Delivery Management Deployment and Configuration Deploying Application Delivery Management in High Availability Application Delivery Management Instance Management Managing Citrix ADC Configuration Application Management StyleBooks Configuration Management Citrix ADC Web Logging Understanding Web Traffic Installing and configuring Citrix ADC Web Logging Troubleshooting Citrix ADC Web Logging Citrix ADC Integrated Caching Introduction to Integrated Caching Static and Dynamic Content Request and Response Process Flow Understanding Cache Policies Identifying Content Group Settings Front-End Optimization Improving Content Delivery Front-End Optimization Use Cases Understanding Minification CSS Optimizations Tuning and Optimizations Connections on the Citrix ADC Connection Profiles Queuing on the Citrix ADC Connection Tuning Practices
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Built for those supporting a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops solution in a help desk or service desk capacity. An ideal candidate for this course interacts with end users to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Overview How to support end-users connecting to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops through Citrix Workspace App. How to use Citrix Director to gather information and interact with user sessions. A methodology to approach user related issues to minimize time to resolution. An understanding of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops solution and the role of the components Learn to support end-users accessing virtual apps and desktops as part of a Citrix solution. In this course, you will learn to use Citrix Director to interact with user sessions and to capture information for solving issues or escalating to the administration team. Gain foundational knowledge about the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops technology and an understanding of how components interact. You will learn about each component focusing on common user related issues that may arise, and how to apply a methodical approach to solve them using real world scenarios. By the end of the course, you will be able to solve or escalate end-user issues appropriately Fundamental Architecture for the Help Desk Role Citrix Site Infrastructure and Deployment Models The Help Desk Role in the Fundamental Architecture Problem Resolution Methodology Citrix Director and its role in Help Desk Support Citrix Director Role and Purpose Access to Director for Help Desk Administrators Common Director Monitoring Tasks Common Help Desk AdministratorTroubleshooting Tasks Providing and Troubleshooting End User Access End User Access Overview Components between end users and published resources on VDAs User Experience Support End User Access Citrix Workspace App Workspace App Types Deploying Citrix Workspace app Pass though Authentication Supporting Citrix Workspace App User Sessions FlexCast Architecture User Sessions App and Desktop Launch Process User Profiles HDX Technologies Printing Introduction to Printing Printing Components Overview Supporting Printing
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Test Programme Managers, Test Managers, and anyone else wishing to take the ISTQB© Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Manager examination. Overview Whilst this course is focused on the syllabus, giving participants the maximum chance of passing the examination, it also contains many real world practical examples. On completion of this course, attendees will have an advanced understanding of test design techniques and will be fully prepared to take the ISTQB© Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Manager examination. ISTQB© is the standard for international qualifications in software testing at an advanced level. The course thoroughly prepares attendees for the ISTQB© Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Manager examination. Testing Process The fundamental test process Test levels and test types Test planning, monitoring and control Test analysis Test design Test implementation Test execution Evaluating exit criteria and reporting Test closure activities Test Management Test management in context Risk-based testing and other approaches for test prioritization and effort allocation Test documentation and other work products Project risk management Other test work products Test estimation Defining and using test metrics Business value of testing Distributed, outsourced, and insourced testing Managing the application of industry standards Reviews Management reviews and audits Managing reviews Metrics for reviews Managing formal reviews Defect Management The defect lifecycle and the software development lifecycle Cross-functional defect management Defect report information Assessing process capability with defect report information Improving the Testing Process Introduction Test improvement process Improving the testing process Improving the testing process with TMMI Improving the testing process with TPI Next Improving the testing process with CTP Improving the testing process with STEP Test Tools and Automation Tool selection Return on investment (ROI) Selection process Tool lifecycle Tool metrics People Skills ? Team Composition Individual skills Test team dynamics Fitting testing within an organization Motivation Communication
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for students who already have experience creating Modern SharePoint sites and populating them with content, who want to learn advanced features to extend SharePoint's capabilities, make information easier to find and manage, use SharePoint features to improve governance and compliance, and improve the security of information and services within the SharePoint environment. Overview In this course, you will perform advanced site-building and administration tasks. You will: Create a custom site template to reduce the time spent creating similarly configured SharePoint sites. Configure managed metadata, including custom term sets, content types, and metadata-based navigation. Control access through permissions. Improve overall security of sites, lists, libraries, folders, list items, and documents. Microsoft© SharePoint©, in conjunction with the Microsoft 365? productivity and office automation suite, provides tools to create and manage a corporate intranet, facilitate content sharing and collaboration, and enable users to create, access, store, and track documents and data in a central location.Users who already have experience as SharePoint site members and owners may be ready to move on to more advanced site-building tasks such as using custom site templates, custom themes, applying advanced permissions settings, improving security, and preparing sites to support governance and compliance.Advanced site builders may be ready to undertake more advanced site management tasks, working in conjunction with their SharePoint Administrator to create and use custom site templates, term sets and metadata, manage information governance and compliance, and get deeper into SharePoint security configuration.This course focuses on these advanced site-building and administration tasks. Lesson 1: Creating Custom Site Templates Topic A: Prepare a Site Script Topic B: Generate and Use a Custom Site Template Lesson 2: Managing Content Services Topic A: Plan and Configure Managed Metadata Topic B: Create and Manage Content Types Topic C: Use Managed Metadata for Navigation and Filtering Lesson 3: Controlling Access Through Permissions Topic A: Assign Permissions Topic B: Manage Permissions Inheritance Lesson 4: Improving Security Topic A: Manage Access at the Site Level Topic B: Manage Access at the Tenant Level
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for the following roles: Network engineers Network security engineers Network architects Sales/presales engineers Overview After completing the course, you should be able to: Describe Cisco SD-WAN security functions and deployment options Understand how to deploy on-premises threat prevention Describe content filtering options Implement secure Direct Internet Access (DIA) Explain and implement service chaining Explore Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and identify use cases Describe Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) and deployment options Implement Cisco Umbrella SIG and DNS policies Explore and implement Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) and identify use cases (including Microsoft 365) Discover how to use Cisco ThousandEyes to monitor cloud services Configure Cisco ThousandEyes to monitor Microsoft 365 applications Examine how to protect and optimize access to the software as a service (SaaS) application with Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp Discover and deploy Cloud OnRamp for multi-cloud, including interconnect and collocation use cases Examine Cisco SD-WAN monitoring capabilities and features with vManage and vAnalytics. The Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Security and Cloud Solutions (SDWSCS) v1.1 course is an advanced training course focused on Cisco SD-WAN security and cloud services. Through a series of labs and lectures you will learn about on-box security services, including application aware enterprise firewall, intrusion prevention, URL filtering, malware protection, and TLS or SSL decryption. You will also learn about cloud integration with multiple cloud services providers and multiple use-cases. Additionally, the lab will allow you to configure and deploy local security services and cloud security services with the Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway (SIG), as well as integrate the Cisco SD-WAN fabric with a cloud service provider using the Cisco vManage automated workflows. Course Outline Introducing Cisco SD-WAN Security Deploying On-Premises Threat Prevention Examining Content Filtering Exploring Cisco SD-WAN Dedicated Security Options Examining Cisco SASE Exploring Cisco Umbrella SIG Securing Cloud Applications with Cisco Umbrella SIG Exploring Cisco SD-Wan ThousandEyes Optimizing SaaS Applications Connecting Cisco SD-WAN to Public Cloud Examining Cloud Interconnect Solutions Exploring Cisco Cloud OnRamp for Colocation Monitoring Cisco SD-WAN Cloud and Security Solutions
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Any IT specialist eager to become an industry recognized expert on Veeam software solutions. Overview This certification is an excellent investment for an IT professional looking to increase productivity, reduce operating costs, increase potential for personal career advancement and gain recognition from the employer and customers. By completing the Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) course you should be able to: Get more functionality out of Veeam solutions Identify and resolve issues more efficiently Gain a distinction from your peers The Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) course is a 3-day technical deep-dive focused on teaching engineers to architect, implement, optimize and troubleshoot the Veeam software solution. Module 1 Introduction Module 2 Veeam Products Veeam Availability Suite Key Concepts Module 3 Auto Discovery of Backup and Virtual Infrastructure Business Categorization Pre-Defined Alerting Unattended Monitoring Reporting and Dashboards Agentless Data Gathering Hyper-V Specific Features Veeam One Deployment Veeam One Assessment Tool Module 4 Core Components and Their Interaction Optional Components Deployment Scenarios Prerequisites Upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication Module 5 Adding Servers Adding a VMware Backup Proxy Adding a Hyper-V Off-host Backup Proxy Adding Backup Repositories Performing Configuration Backup and Restore Managing Network Traffic Global Notification Settings Getting to Know User Interface Module 6 Creating Backup Jobs Creating Restore Points with VeeamZIP and Quick Backup Backup Copy Replication Creating VM/File Copy Jobs Module 7 SureBackup Recovery Verification SureReplica Module 8 Data Recovery Working with Veeam Backup & Replication Utilities Insight into Recovery from Replica Module 9 Item-Level Recovery Guest OS File Recovery Module 10 Tape Device Support SAN Storage Systems Support Support for Deduplicating Storage Systems Veeam Cloud Connect Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager vCloud Director Support Module 11 Product Editions Comparison Full and Free Functionality Modes Module 12 How to Identify the Problem How to review and analyze the issue Search for additional information Veeam Support
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Any IT specialist eager to become an industry recognized expert on Veeam software solutions. Overview This certification is an excellent investment for an IT professional looking to increase productivity, reduce operating costs, increase potential for personal career advancement and gain recognition from the employer and customers. By completing the Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) course you should be able to:Get more functionality out of Veeam solutionsIdentify and resolve issues more efficientlyGain a distinction from your peers The Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) course is a 3-day technical deep-dive focused on teaching engineers to architect, implement, optimize and troubleshoot the Veeam software solution. Module 1 Introduction Module 2 Veeam Products Veeam Availability Suite Key Concepts Module 3 Auto Discovery of Backup and Virtual Infrastructure Business Categorization Pre-Defined Alerting Unattended Monitoring Reporting and Dashboards Agentless Data Gathering Hyper-V Specific Features Veeam One Deployment Veeam One Assessment Tool Module 4 Core Components and Their Interaction Optional Components Deployment Scenarios Prerequisites Upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication Module 5 Adding Servers Adding a VMware Backup Proxy Adding a Hyper-V Off-host Backup Proxy Adding Backup Repositories Performing Configuration Backup and Restore Managing Network Traffic Global Notification Settings Getting to Know User Interface Module 6 Creating Backup Jobs Creating Restore Points with VeeamZIP and Quick Backup Backup Copy Replication Creating VM/File Copy Jobs Module 7 SureBackup Recovery Verification SureReplica Module 8 Data Recovery Working with Veeam Backup & Replication Utilities Insight into Recovery from Replica Module 9 Item-Level Recovery Guest OS File Recovery Module 10 Tape Device Support SAN Storage Systems Support Support for Deduplicating Storage Systems Veeam Cloud Connect Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager vCloud Director Support Module 11 Product Editions Comparison Full and Free Functionality Modes Module 12 How to Identify the Problem How to review and analyze the issue Search for additional information Veeam Support
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Develop for experienced IT Professionals familiar with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7.1x in an on-premises environment. Potential students include administrators, engineers, and architects designing or deploying Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops workloads on Microsoft Azure. Overview Prepare the Azure environment for secure integration with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Deploy and manage Virtual Delivery Agent machines in Microsoft Azure using Machine Creation Services Integrate Citrix Cloud and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops with Microsoft Azure Active Directory Design Machine Catalogs and virtual machines on Microsoft Azure Resource Manager Provide remote access with Citrix StoreFront and Citrix Gateway on Microsoft Azur Students learn to deploy and manage the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops apps and desktops in Microsoft Azure. Students gain the skills to plan the machine catalog and virtual machine design based in Microsoft?s public cloud and get hands-on practice deploying those machines using Machine Creation Services. Students will also learn about additional Azure considerations including maintenance and power management which are critical in a cloud environment. For remote access, students will learn to configure Citrix StoreFront and Citrix Gateway on the Azure platform. This course focuses on Microsoft Azure as a Citrix Cloud resource location however concepts are relevant to both Citrix Cloud and fully managed Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops sites. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Azure Overview Defining IAAS Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Azure Deployment Models Azure Fundamentals Review Azure Management Azure Locations Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Integration with Azure Active Directory Active Directory Basics Active Directory Usage Connecting On-premises Active Directory to Azure Azure Role Based Access Control Connecting to Microsoft Azure Azure Connectivity Cloud Connectors in Azure Creating Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Host Connections to Azure Deploying Apps and Desktops using Machine Creation Services Master Image Preparation Machine Creation Services in Azure Considerations for Deploying onto Azure Providing Access to End Users StoreFront Locations Citrix ADC Locations Multiple Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Zones in Azure Regions Maintaining Infrastructure and VDAs in Microsoft Azure Maintaining Infrastructure Maintaining Resources Power Management Plan for a Successful POC Planning your next steps
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed primarily for IT leaders and company executives who are responsible for complying with incident response legislation. This course focuses on the knowledge, resources, and skills necessary to comply with incident response, and incident handling process requirements. Overview In this course, you will understand, assess and respond to security threats and operate a system and network security analysis platform. You will: Explain the importance of best practices in preparation for incident response Given a scenario, execute incident response process Explain general mitigation methods and devices Assess and comply with current incident response requirements. This course covers incident response methods and procedures are taught in alignment with industry frameworks such as US-CERT?s NCISP (National Cyber Incident Response Plan), and Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 41 on Cyber Incident Coordination Policy. It is ideal for candidates who have been tasked with managing compliance with state legislation and other regulatory requirements regarding incident response, and for executing standardized responses to such incidents. The course introduces procedures and resources to comply with legislative requirements regarding incident response. This course is designed to assist students in preparing for the CertNexus Incident Responder Credential (CIR-110). What you learn and practice in this course can be a significant part of your preparation. Assessment of Information Security Risks The Importance of Risk Management Integrating Documentation into Risk Management Response to Cybersecurity Incidents Deployment of Incident Handling and Response Architecture Containment and Mitigation of Incidents Preparation for Forensic Investigation as a CSIRT Investigating Cybersecurity Incidents Use a Forensic Investigation Plan Securely Collect and Analyze Electronic Evidence Follow Up on the Results of an Investigation Complying with Legislation Examples of Legislation (if this is covered in above topics, no need to include here) GDPR, HIPPA, Elections Case study: Incident Response and GDPR (Using GDPR legislation, create a response that is compliant with it ? this could be discussion-based activity as well.) State Legislation Resources and Example Search terms to find state legislation Using NYS as example use the NYS Privacy Response act or other legislation to create a similar case study as previous. Provide answers on when to use federal versus state and do you have to follow both?