Date(s): September 13-17, 2010
Duration: 5 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce MS50238: Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Administration. This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to administer SQL Server 2008.  The course focuses on support tasks, including installation, upgrading, backups, restores, monitoring, and auditing.

Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To Register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

Module 1: Installing SQL Server 2008
Module 2: Managing SQL Server 2008
Module 3: Database Management
Module 4: Security
Module 5: Disaster Recovery
Module 6: Automation and Maintenance
Module 7: Indexing
Module 8: Monitoring and Performance Tuning
Module 9: Auditing SQL Server 2008
Module 10: Upgrading to SQL Server 2008

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce VMware vSphere: Fast Track: the intensive, extended-hours training course focusing on installing, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting VMware® vSphere™. It combines the content of the VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage course with advanced tasks and skills for configuring a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure.  See below for a complete course outline and call us today to reserve your spot - hurry, seating is limited! 800.831.8449.

Date(s): September 20-24, 2010
Duration: 5 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training
Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

* Install and configure VMware ESX™/ESXi, vCenter™ Server, and the vSphere
* Management Assistant
* Configure, manage, and troubleshoot ESX/ESXi networking and storage
* Create, configure, migrate, manage, convert, and monitor virtual machines and virtual
* appliances
* Scale the vSphere virtual infrastructure
* Implement business continuity solutions
* Manage changes to the vSphere environment

Module 1: Course Introduction
Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization

* Discuss virtualization and vSphere components

Module 3: Configuring VMware ESX/ESXi

* Configure ESX/ESXi settings and view system logs

Module 4: Installing and Using VMware vCenter Server

* Install and configure vCenter Server and vSphere Management Assistant

* Manage vCenter Server inventory hierarchies

Module 5: Networking

* Configure and troubleshoot vNetwork components

Module 6: Storage

* Review storage management technologies

* Analyze and troubleshoot storage-related issues

Module 7: Virtual Machines

* Deploy virtual machines using templates, VMware vCenter Converter, and Guided
* Consolidation
* Modify and manage virtual machines

Module 8: Access Control

* Control user access through roles and permissions

Module 9: Resource Monitoring

* Assess workloads and monitor resources through the GUI interfaces and CLI

Module 10: Scalability

* Scale resource management
* Manage multiple vCenter Server inventories
* Perform VMware VMotion™ migrations
* Configure clusters for VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler and VMware Distributed
* Power Management

Module 11: High Availability and Data Protection

* Review business continuity products and features
* Follow best practices to configure VMware High Availability clusters and VMware Fault
* Tolerance
* Install and configure VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
* Deploy VMware Data Recovery to back up virtual machines

Module 12: Configuration Management

* Manage change in the vSphere environment with Host Profiles and VMware vCenter
* Update Manager

Module 13: Installing ESX

* Perform manual (ESX/ESXi) and scripted (ESX) installations

Learn the Essentials in 60 Minutes: A Beginner’s Guide to Using Photoshop

Product(s): Adobe Photoshop
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Thursday, August 26, 2010, 3:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
In this Webinar, you will get acquainted with the Photoshop environment, and the technical fundamentals of editing bitmap images. We will demonstrate how to determine and modify the dimensions and resolution of source images. We will also demonstrate the use of several basic selection tools (possibly the most important tools in all of Photoshop), and how to use the tools to remove the background of an image.

About the Presenter: Matt Wohl is a Senior Applications Instructor with a background in Microsoft Office and Adobe’s design software. Matt has been an Instructor for 8 years.  He has created and delivered multiple “Train the Trainer” programs. As a designer, Matt first began using Adobe software in 1996, has worked for several advertising agencies and also as a freelance designer.  He’s led corporate implementations of new software and written courseware for all applications in the Office Suite. He currently specialized in classroom instruction as well as and designs and delivers corporate and open enrollment webinars.

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Save Time, Work Less: The Power of Using Macros to Complete Repetitive Tasks in Microsoft Word 2007

Product(s): Microsoft Word 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Thursday, August 26, 2010, 1:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
Are you tired of performing the same repetitive steps on document after document? Do you wish Word had an “easy” button? Then macros may be the tool for you. Macros allow users to record a series of actions within Word to be “played back” later. From simple to complex strings, macros help make you a more efficient user. This 60 Minute Webinar will help you save time by automating your tasks.

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Date(s): August 30 - Sept 3, 2010
Duration: 5 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce MS6419 Configuring, Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Servers. This five-day instructor-led course combines five days worth of instructor-led training content from the Network Infrastructure Technology Specialist, Active Directory Technology Specialist, and IT Professional Server Administrator courses of Windows Server 2008 to provide students with the knowledge and skills that are required to manage accounts and resources, maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data in a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 environment. This course covers the core skills required by anyone working with Windows Server 2008 Servers.

Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To Register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

Module 1: Introduction to Managing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Environment
Module 2: Creating Active Directory Domain Services User and Computer Objects
Module 3: Creating Groups and Organizational Units
Module 4: Managing Access to Resources in Active Directory Domain Services
Module 5: Configuring Active Directory Objects and Trusts
Module 6: Creating and Configuring Group Policy
Module 7: Configuring User and Computer Environments Using Group Policy
Module 8: Implementing Security Using Group Policy
Module 9: Configuring Server Security Compliance
Module 10: Configuring and Managing Storage Technologies
Module 11: Configuring and Managing Distributed File System
Module 12: Configuring Network Access Protection
Module 13: Configuring Availability of Network Resources
Module 14: Monitoring and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Servers
Module 15: Managing Windows Server 2008 Backup and Restore

Date(s): August 9-11, 2010
Duration: 3 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce MS6461 Visual Studio 2008: Windows Communication Foundation. This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) solution.

Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To Register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

Module 1: Getting Started with Windows Communication Foundation
Module 2: Configuring and Hosting WCF Services
Module 3: Endpoints and Behaviors
Module 4: Debugging and Diagnostics
Module 5: Designing and Defining Contracts
Module 6: Handling Errors
Module 7: Improving WCF Service Quality
Module 8: Implementing WCF Security
Module 9: Implementing Transactions

Date(s): September 8-10, 2010
Duration: 3 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce MS2778: Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL.
This 3-day instructor led course provides students with the technical skills required to write basic Transact-SQL queries for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To Register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

Module 1: Getting Started with Databases and Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2008
Module 2: Querying and Filtering Data
Module 3: Grouping and Summarizing Data
Module 4: Joining Data from Multiple Tables
Module 5: Working with Subqueries
Module 6: Modifying Data in Tables
Module 7: Querying Metadata, XML, and Full-Text Indexes
Module 8: Using Programming Objects for Data Retrieval
Module 9: Using Advanced Querying Techniques

Make Your Presentations POP! Using Transitions and Animations in Microsoft PowerPoint (2007)

Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 3:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
Once you’ve created your presentation, it’s time to make it move. In this session we show users how to bring life to their PowerPoint presentations with eye-catching transitions that take you from slide to slide and a variety of animations which can be applied to text and graphic elements within slides. PowerPoint has helpful, simple ways of adding animations and transitions and we cover these as well as more advanced techniques to add custom animations and vary the order of animations for each slide.

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Embracing Change, New Features of Office 2010 Word & Excel

Product(s): Microsoft Office 2010
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Date(s): Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 1:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 Minutes

Event Overview:
Change is a way of life, and with Microsoft’s new Office 2010, life is good. Microsoft Office 2010 has expanded upon Microsoft’s new interface and is loaded with new features. This Webinar explores the interface and the dynamic features of the Office Suite. We will also go into Word, Excel and PowerPoint to highlight some of the big changes. If you have Office 2010, this webinar is a must to get you on the path to embracing the change. From new improved text effects in Word, to Sparklines in Excel, to new photo manipulation tools and animations in PowerPoint, Office 2010 is loaded with features to help you be more productive.

To Register: Click Here. Fee: $99.00

Date(s): August 16-20, 2010
Duration: 5 days
Format: Instructor-led, Classroom training

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce MS10135: Configuring, Managing and Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. This five-day, instructor-led course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to configure and manage an Exchange Server 2010 messaging environment. This course does not require previous Exchange Server experience, but does require that students have significant experience in managing Windows Server and Active Directory directory services or Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). This course will teach you how to configure Exchange Server 2010, as well as provide guidelines, best practices, and considerations that will help you optimize your Exchange Server deployment. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use SQL Server 2008 product features and tools related to maintaining a database. Seating is limited so call us today for more information!

Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
To Register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

Module 1: Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Module 2: Configuring Mailbox Servers
Module 3: Managing Recipient Objects
Module 4: Managing Client Access
Module 5: Managing Message Transport
Module 6: Implementing Messaging Security
Module 7: Implementing High Availability
Module 8: Implementing Backup and Recovery
Module 9: Configuring Messaging Policy and Compliance
Module 10: Securing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Module 11: Maintaining Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Module 12: Upgrading from Exchange Server 2003 or Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010
Module 13: Implementing Unified Messaging
Module 14: Advanced Topics in Exchange Server 2010