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Date(s): March 19th-23rd, 2012
Duration: 5 days
Format: Live Instructor-led. Attend at our site or Remotely from your Location. Live In-House Instruction.
Certified: Yes

KnowledgeWave is pleased to offer this course SharePoint course. The course teaches students how to install, configure and administer SharePoint 2010, and also manage and monitor sites and users by using SharePoint 2010. This course is intended for IT Professionals who are experienced Windows Server 2003 or 2008 administrators and are interested in learning how to administer SharePoint 2010. The course is also intended for part time Business Application Administrators (BAAs) who are engaged in the administering line-of-business (LOB) applications in conjunction with internal business customers.

Location: Remote or attend at 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
Remote Attend: Yes Contact us for information on how you can attend from your home or office.

To Register: Please call: 800.831.8449

Objectives:
Module 1: Introducing SharePoint 2010
Module 2: Creating a SharePoint 2010
Module 3: Administering and Automating SharePoint
Module 4: Configuring Content Management
Module 5: Configuring Authentication
Module 6: Securing Content
Module 7: Managing SharePoint Customizations
Module 8: Configuring and Securing SharePoint Services and Applications
Module 9: User Profiles and Social Networking
Module 10: Administering and Configuring SharePoint Search
Module 11: Implementing Office Web Apps
Module 12: Installing and Upgrading to SharePoint 2010
Module 13: Implementing Business Continuity
Module 14: Monitoring and Optimizing SharePoint Performance

Complete Outline: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=10174A&Locale=en-us

VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V5.0]

Date(s): March 12th-16th, 2012
Format: Live Instructor-led, Remote Training, Attend at our site or Remotely
Certified: No. This session is a highly rated gray market course offered at a discounted rate of $3,695. (Offical Course List Rate $4,695)

Our instructor is VMware certified and has taught VMware related courses across the globe.  If you require certification please contact us. We do offer certified options for VMware.

Overview

This intensive training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere® 5. This course combines the content of the
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage course with advanced tasks and skills for configuring a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure.
The course is based on VMware ESXi™ 5.0 and VMware vCenter Server™ 5.0.

Objectives

• Configure and manage ESXi networking and storage.
• Create, configure, migrate, manage, convert, and monitor virtual machines and virtual appliances.
• Manage user access to the virtual infrastructure.
• Use vCenter Server to monitor resource usage.
• Scale the vSphere virtual infrastructure.
• Implement business continuity solutions.
• Manage changes to the vSphere environment.
• Use a command-line interface to manage vSphere.
• Install and configure ESXi and vCenter Server.
• Use VMware vSphere® Auto Deploy to provision ESXi hosts.

Who Should Attend?

Experienced system administrators and system integrators willing to work hard to achieve superior vSphere skills with minimal time away from the office

Prerequisites:

• Willingness to participate in a demanding, high-intensity training experience
• Comfort with system administration using command-line interfaces
• Have a basic understanding of virtualization concepts

Course Outline

1 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 Introduction to VMware Virtualization
• Introduce virtualization and vSphere components
• Explain the concepts of server, network, and storage virtualization
• Describe where vSphere fits into the cloud architecture
• Install and use vSphere user interfaces
• Describe the ESXi architecture and configure various ESXi settings

3 Creating Virtual Machines
• Introduce virtual machines, virtual machine hardware, and virtual machine files
• Deploy a single virtual machine

4 VMware vCenter Server
• Introduce vCenter Server architecture
• Manage vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses

5 Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks
• Describe, create, and manage a standard virtual switch
• Describe and modify standard virtual switch properties

6 Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage
• Introduce storage protocols and device names
• Configure ESXi with iSCSI, NFS, and Fibre Channel storage
• Create and manage VMware vSphere® VMFS datastores
• Introduce VMware vSphere® Storage Appliance

7 Virtual Machine Management
• Use templates and cloning to deploy virtual machines
• Modify and manage virtual machines
• Create and manage virtual machine snapshots
• Perform VMware vSphere vMotion® and vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
• Create a vSphere vApp
• Use VMware vCenter Converter™ Standalone to hot-clone a system

8 Access and Authentication Control
• Control user access through roles and permissions
• Discuss ESXi host access and authentication
• Integrate ESXi with Active Directory
• Introduce VMware® vShield™ products

9 Resource Management and Monitoring
• Introduce virtual CPU and memory concepts
• Describe methods for optimizing CPU and memory usage
• Configure and manage resource pools
• Use vCenter Server performance graphs and alarms to monitor resource usage

10 High Availability and Fault Tolerance
• Explain the vSphere High Availability (HA) architecture
• Configure and manage a vSphere HA cluster
• Introduce vSphere Fault Tolerance

11 Host Scalability
• Use Host Profiles to manage ESXi configuration compliance
• Configure and manage a vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler™ cluster
• Configure and manage vSphere Distributed Power Management

12 Network Scalability
• Create, configure, and manage vNetwork distributed switches, network connections, and port groups
• Discuss distributed virtual switch features, such as PVLANs, discovery protocols, Network I/O Control, NetFlow, and port mirroring

13 Storage Scalability
• Describe VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Array Integration and Storage Awareness
• Explain profile-driven storage
• Add a storage policy to a virtual machine storage profile
• Introduce storage I/O control
• Create a datastore cluster for Storage DRS™
• Configure Storage DRS

14 Data Protection
• Discuss a strategy for backing up ESXi hosts and vCenter Server
• Introduce the VMware® Data Recovery appliance
• Discuss solutions for efficiently backing up virtual machines

15 Patch Management
• Use VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ to manage ESXi patching
• Install Update Manager and the Update Manager plug-in
• Create patch baselines
• Scan and remediate hosts

16 VMware vSphere Management Assistant
• Describe VMware vSphere® Management Assistant (vMA)
• Configure vMA
• Discuss the VMware vSphere® Command-Line Interface command set
• Perform command-line operations for host management, network management, storage management, and performance monitoring

17 Installing VMware Components
• Use vCenter Linked Mode to manage multiple vCenter Server inventories
• Introduce ESXi installation
• Describe boot-from-SAN requirements
• Describe vCenter Server hardware, software, and database requirements
• Install vCenter Server (Windows-based)
• Introduce vCenter Server Appliance
• Install and configure vCenter Server Appliance
• Use Image Builder to create an ESXi installation image
• Use Auto Deploy to deploy a stateless ESXi host

Product: Crystal Reports
Duration: 60 Minutes
Date: January 26, 2011 Time: 3:00 PM EST (US)
Price: Free, with code NEWYEAR

Many database users are familiar with Microsoft Access or some other desktop application. These applications are great for entering data and building queries, but don’t always do a good job of generating reports. Crystal Reports exists solely for creating powerful reports from single or multiple data sources. In this session we’ll look at how Crystal Reports works and discuss some of the benefits to using a dedicated report writing application.

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Product: Adobe Illustrator
Duration: 60 Minutes
Date: January 26, 2011 Time: 1:00 PM EST (US)
Price: Free, with code NEWYEAR

Charts and graphics are great for displaying one concept or relationship.
However, infographics, while more complicated, allow you to display information
on several topics in the same graphic. In this session we’ll go through the
process of creating a visually striking diagram that tells a story. We’ll look
at shape manipulation, gradients, transparency, colors and much more.

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Product: Microsoft Excel
Duration: 60 Minutes
Date: December 21, 2011Time: 1:00 PM EST (US)
Price: Free, with code LOB10

Our 60 minute Excel Tips and Tricks Webinar will help you eliminate the anxiety
of data analysis and will help you harness the true power of Excel! In this
Webinar, you will uncover incredible data analysis tools that were created
specifically to help you achieve your information goals. Microsoft Excel can
help you sift through data to find the information you need, but the process can
be time-consuming and frustrating. Let us help you achieve your goals, don’t sit
and stare at row upon row of numbers; join us for 60 minutes and we will show
you how to zip through your tasks and turn data drudgery into data done. In this
session you will learn how to create custom AutoFill list, use Auto Calculate,
add pop-up instructions for correctly entering data in a cell, use the format
painter, create time saving macros, and much more!

After one hour with our expert, you’ll be able to:
• Create time-saving macros
• Customize your Excel environment to match what you do
and how you work.
• Organize a spreadsheet so that you can see the data you
need
• Format cell data so that it appears as it should.
• Generate shared spreadsheets that collect data consistently and correctly.
• Achieve amazing results for yourself and your organization!

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Date(s): December 12–16, 2011
Duration: 5 days
Format: Live Instructor-led, Classroom training, Attend Live or Remotely from your Location

KnowledgeWave is pleased to introduce MS2310 Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. This five-day instructor-led course provides knowledge and skills on developing Web applications by using Microsoft Visual Studio. This class is confirmed to run in-house at KnowledgeWave in South Burlington, Vermont.

Location: 30 Community Drive, Suite 5, South Burlington VT 05403
Remote Attend: Yes Contact us for information
To Register: Click here or call 800.831.8449

Objectives:

Module 1: Exploring ASP.NET Web Applications in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Module 2: Creating Web Applications by Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and Microsoft .NET–Based Languages
Module 3: Creating a Microsoft ASP.NET Web FormThis module explains how to create Web Forms and populate them with server controls.Lessons
Module 4: Adding Functionality to a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Form
Module 5: Implementing Master Pages and User Controls
Module 6: Validating User Input
Module 7: Debugging Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications
Module 8: Managing Data in an ASP.NET 3.5 Web Application
Module 9: Managing Data Access Tasks by Using LINQ
Module 10: Managing Data by Using ASP.NET Dynamic Data
Module 11: Creating a Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX Application
Module 12: Consuming XML Web Services and Windows Communication Foundation Services
Module 13: Managing State in Web Applications
Module 14: Configuring and Deploying a Microsoft ASP.NET Web Application
Module 15: Securing a Microsoft ASP.NET Web ApplicationThis module explains the various Web application security functionalities.

Complete Outline: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?ID=2310D

Have you ever wanted to blur the background of a photo but you don’t want to use Photoshop?  In the video below we show you just how to do this. We’ve also provided a step by step process below. This is an awesome photo technique in PowerPoint.  It’s a technique that many designers have been doing in Photoshop.  If you don’t have Adobe Photoshop you can still apply this effect. You do need to have Office 2010 (or 2011 for the Mac).

To begin you will need to choose a photograph, the best option is one that has people or an object as the main photo but has a distracting background that you would like to blur out, one that has a depth of field is ideal.  For this technique you will use these functions in PowerPoint, Copy and Paste or the Duplicate Command, Background Removal and Artistic Effects.

Step by Step:
1.) Choose your photo. Again one with depth of field is ideal.

2.) Duplicate your image, you can select your image and copy and paste using the Ctrl-C (Copy) and Ctrl-V (Paste) keyboard shortcuts.

3.) Next align your two images. Click your Format Tab, select the Align option, then Align Left and Align Top.

4.) Select your foreground image. The best way to confirm you are selecting the correct images is to click on Select on your ribbon bar and choose Selection Payne. You will now see everything listed on this particular slide. You can rename the selections foreground and background.  Select your foreground image, on the format tab select Remove Background option and the select Keep Changes.

5.) Select the background image, Select Artistic Effects and choose Blur.

Would you like to learn how to design impeccable sales pitches and presentations? If so, join us November 3rd for a free webinar! Use code ‘LOB10′ at checkout to attend for free.

Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint
Audience(s): Business Professional
Duration: 60 Minutes
Start Date: November 3rd, 2011
Start Time: 1:00 PM EDT (US)

Event Overview: We live in a multi-media world. Sales pitches that are predominantly text are doomed to head straight to the Deleted folder or Recycle Bin. In this session we’ll cover how to create visually interesting presentations that tell your story to your prospects. Furthermore, by using graphics and captivating layouts, your message is more likely to stick with your new customers. At the end of this session we’ll discuss how to record a presentation and save it as a video so you can send an easy to open video that puts you in front of the people you’re trying to reach. This is a valuable session for sales people and others looking to improve their digital communication methodology.

Register Online: http://bit.ly/nSOidO
Use code ‘LOB10′ at checkout to attend for free.

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend a great custom combined SQL BI course. We combined both the 6235 and 6234 3-day BI classes to make one 5-day class. The classes are normally $1,495 each, as a combined 5-day class it’s only $2,495.  Contact us about our special promotional offers that can discount this class to $1,500!

This custom combined course is targeting both SQL 2008 integration services and analysis services. Join us the week starting November 28th, 2011.  This class will be taught in-house by our very own Daniel Cogswell. Dan brings real world deployment and hands on SQL experience to this class instructor led class. He’s an expert on the subject matter and is sure to bring you valuable information.

Not local? Get ask how you can attend this live class via our RCI, Remote Classroom Instruction model. Get the same great instructor-led training experience from your home or office.
Course Outlines:
MS 6235: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

MS 6234:Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

To register contact, Eric Sokolowski at 800-831-8449