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Training Apple iPhone / iPad App Developer – 5 days

Class overview :

Learn to build mobile applications for today’s most popular platform: Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. In this dynamic, five-day workshop, you’ll get up to speed on the basics, including the Cocoa programming environment, the Xcode suite of tools, the Objective-C language, and Instruments, a tool to help debug your applications. And then you’ll create real iPhone applications.

Class goals :

What you will learn:

  • X-Code, and how to program in Objective-C
  • The basics of an iPhone application
  • Parse XML feeds available from the Internet, and make use of the Web View Controller
  • About multimedia functions – How to play audio and video files
  • Use of the GPS and Map Kit functions
  • How to publish an iPhone application

You will learn how to write 3 iPhone applications:

  • An online News reader
  • A multimedia audio and video player
  • A GPS tool

Content of Apple iPhone / iPad App Developer

Course Contents

Day 1 – The Tools and The User Interface

  • Introducing the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
  • The iOS Developer Center, Programme and SDK
  • Introducing the Tools
  • Creating our first project
  • The window, a view and a view controller
  • Discussing, designing and prototyping the UI
  • Building the Application UI and introducing the components
  • Layout and Orientation
  • Distinguishing our design for iPhone and iPad
  • Branding the Application

Day 2 – Interaction and Navigation

  • Introducing Objective C
  • Interfaces & Implementations, Controllers & Delegates
  • Defining variables and managing memory
  • Adding interaction, functionality and navigation
  • Working with multiple views and manipulating state
  • Web Links and Video in our application
  • Maps, GPS and the drawing API
  • Extending our interaction
  • Testing the Application
  • Creating and Using Application Settings
  • Testing on the device and profiling with instruments

Day 3 – Loading Data and Content

  • Loading XML and JSON Data
  • Displaying the data using Lists and TableViews
  • Customising the cell renderers and managing reuse
  • Saving selections to the device
  • Integrating with WebServices for data
  • Dynamically loading images and displaying content
  • AMF Remoting, valueObjects and strong typing
  • Introducing CoreData, our Model
  • Discussing the concept of MVC, and seeing it in our project

Day 4 – Getting Feedback from the Device and Communicating with Others

  • Keeping track of battery and signal level
  • Using the model and producing custom visual components
  • Gestures, multi-touch and animation
  • Sharing with others
  • Adding audio and visual notification to our Application
  • Integrating the Camera and Microphone into our Application
  • Accessing the Phone to dial from within the Application
  • Managing the Orientation
  • Using the accelerometer for a bit of fun
  • Testing the app and debugging problems

Day 5 – Finalising, Profiling, Compiling and Deploying

  • Multitasking and memory warnings
  • Discussing push notifications and managing them in code
  • The Developer Center, certificate requests, certificates and provisioning profiles
  • Ad-Hoc deployment to multiple devices
  • Tweaking our App until its perfect
  • Building the App for submission to the AppStore
  • Walk through the submission process
Apple iPhone / iPad App Developer
Training Apple iPhone / iPad App Developer

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  • 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
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Training Cocoa Programming – 5 days

Class overview :

The emphasis on this course is on programming. The course commences with a detailed overivew of Objective-C 2.0 and the Foundation Framework. The early GUI examples are developed programmatically, outside of Interface Builder so as to provide a feel for the framework and its constituent parts, and an understanding of serialisation.

Class goals :

As well as developing proficiency in working with XCode and Interface Builder attendees will learn how to design effective event driven user interface based applications including:

  • Implementing code for drawing and animation
  • Laying out and managing user interface widgets such as buttons, text fields, sliders and scoll bars
  • Kanipulate table views
  • Persist (save) application state and user data
  • Connect to interface objects both by using Interface Builder and by direct programming

Content of Cocoa Programming

Basic Concepts of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

Overview of the Cocoa framework architecture

Mastering the XCode IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

  • creating and building projects
  • running and debugging applications
  • working with the class and documentation browsers

Intensive overview of ObjectiveC

  • dynamic typing
  • dynamic binding
  • dynamic loading

The Runtime System

  • dynamic method lookup
  • resolution of unmatched selectors
  • message forwarding

Dynamic Properties

  • use of @property to declare accessor methods
  • use of @synthesize to synthesize accessor methods

Categories and Protocols

Foundation Framework

  • delegation
  • key-value coding
  • mutable subclasses

Files and URLs

  • storage and retrieval of filesystems and web data

Memory Management

  • reference counting
  • garbage collection
  • autorelease pools

Property lists and Key-Value pair coding idioms

Application Class and the App Delegate

  • window server and the main event loop
  • managing main window and key window status
  • methods implemented by the delegate
  • application configuration

Windows and Panels

  • Writing code to create and manage windows
  • window delegate methods

Menus and Submenus

  • creating and modifying
  • adding and removing menu items dynamically

Views and Responders

  • handling mouse and keyboard events
  • drawing to the screen
  • View hierarchies
  • implementing custom drawing functionality

Animation

  • the core animation layers
  • layer backed views
  • custom animation

Controls and cells

  • action methods and the targe-action idiom
  • grid layout of buttons and text fields

String – object conversion

Formatters

  • built in formatter classes
  • creating custom formatter classes

Understanding object oriented patterns

  • Model View Controller pattern
  • Composite pattern
  • Visitor pattern

Cocoa bindings

  • model-view synchronisation
  • the key-value observing protocol
  • NSController hierarchy
  • NSEditor hierarchy
  • customising binding behaviour

Data persistence and object-relational mappings

  • data modeling
  • persistence stores

Text handling

  • rich text formats
  • cutting, copying, pasting

Data sources and Table Views

Interface Builder

  • .nib and .xib files
  • archiving and unarchiving of objects
  • file ownership
  • outlets and actions
  • NSBundle
    • dynamic loading of .nib files

Storage and retrieval of user settings

Cocoa Programming
Training Cocoa Programming

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Training Cocoa Touch Programming – 5 days

Class overview :

The emphasis on this course is on programming. The course commences with a detailed overivew of ObjectiveC 2.0 and the Foundation Framework. The early iPhone SDK GUI examples are developed programmatically, outside of Interface Builder so as to provide a feel for the framework and its constituent parts, and an understanding of serialisation.

Class goals :

As well as developing proficiency in working with XCode and Interface Builder attendees will learn how to design effective event driven user interface based applications including:

  • implementing code for drawing and animation
  • setting up and managing UI widgets such as buttons, text fields, and pickers
  • how to persist (save) application state and user data
  • how to connect to interface objects both by using Interface Builder and by direct programming
  • how to access iPhone user input from touches, as well as from the accelerometer and Core Location
  • how to make best use of iPhone’s table views and navigation controllers

Content of Cocoa Touch Programming

Basic Concepts of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

Overview of the iPhone Cocoa Touch framework architecture

Mastering the XCode IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

  • creating and building projects
  • running and debugging applications
  • working with the class and documentation browsers

Intensive overview of ObjectiveC

  • dynamic typing
  • dynamic binding
  • dynamic loading

The Runtime System

  • dynamic method lookup
  • resolution of unmatched selectors
  • message forwarding

Dynamic Properties

  • use of @property to declare accessor methods
  • use of @synthesize to synthesize accessor methods

Categories and Protocols

Foundation Framework

  • delegation
  • key-value coding
  • mutable subclasses

Files and URLs

  • storage and retrieval of filesystems and web data

Memory Management

  • reference counting
  • garbage collection
  • autorelease pools

Property lists and Key-Value pair coding idioms

Understanding object oriented patterns

  • Model View Controller pattern
  • Composite pattern
  • Visitor pattern
  • iPhone UIKit design pattern application

Table Views

  • UITableView
  • UITableViewController
  • data source method idiom
  • delegate method idiom

Navigation – patterns and idioms

  • iPhone navigation controller
  • iPhone tab bar controller

Touch Events

  • patterns and idioms for handling user touch

Customisation of iPhone UI components

  • Core Graphics framework
  • Core Animation framework
  • image display and manipulation
  • animation design and implementation

Data persistence

  • types of data store
  • principles
  • patterns and idioms

Memory Management

  • retain counts
  • autorelease pools

Processing accelerometer input

Integrating applications with Core Services such as

  • the Address Book
  • Maps
  • Safari
  • Mail

Dynamic Loading of application modules

Performance monitoring

Testing and debugging

Cocoa Touch Programming
Training Cocoa Touch Programming

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  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
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Training A Comprehensive Introduction to Objective-C Programming – 5 days

Class overview :

This course is for those who have relatively little programming experience. Unlike many Objective C programming courses, this course covers the underlying C on which Objective C is based in considerable detail. It also provides a sound introduction to Object Oriented programming concepts and practice and introduces and makes extensive use of UML diagrams to explain and communicate these concepts and practices.

Class goals :

This course is for those who have relatively little programming experience. Unlike many Objective C programming courses, this course covers the underlying C on which Objective C is based in considerable detail. It also provides a sound introduction to Object Oriented programming concepts and practice and introduces and makes extensive use of UML diagrams to explain and communicate these concepts and practices.

Content of A Comprehensive Introduction to Objective-C Programming

Overview of C and Objective C

Introduction to Object Oriented concepts and Object Oriented Programming

Mastering the XCode IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

  • creating and building projects

The C foundations of Objective C

  • basic data types
  • variables, operators, expressions and operators
  • functions
  • flow control
    • if – else, and switch statements
    • for, while and do – while statements
    • break, continue, goto
    • arrays and pointers
    • data structures

Introduction to Object Oriented Thinking and Programming

  • classes
  • instances
  • inheritance
  • polymorphism

Understanding the Objective C runtime

  • creation, management and destruction of objects
  • class interface specification
  • visibility modifiers
  • class implementation
  • creating instances of classes
  • invoking methods on instances

Advanced Topics

  • Dynamic typing and binding
    • the id type
    • how dynamic binding works
    • using isKindOf to determine the type of an instance
    • case study: linked lists containing a variety of node types
  • protocols
    • basic concept
    • inheritance of protocols
    • conformsTo
  • Categories
    • Categories as an alternative to subclassing

Introduction to the Objective C Foundation Classes

Introduction to Frameworks

  • Overview of the Cocoa framework
  • Overview of Cocoa Touch
A Comprehensive Introduction to Objective-C Programming
Training A Comprehensive Introduction to Objective-C Programming

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Training Introduction to Solaris – 3 days

Class overview :

This Sun Microsystems Solaris Operating System training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the SOLARIS Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities.

Class goals :

This Solaris Introduction course provides the skills needed to work productively in the SOLARIS environment. The delegates will practise:

  • Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories
  • Using the shell’s redirection and pipe facilities
  • Editing text files using the vi editor
  • Setting and changing access permissions on files
  • Monitoring and controlling their own processes
  • Using the basic file and text searching utilities
  • Customising their own login environment

Content of Introduction to Solaris

Course Introduction

  • Administration and Course Materials
  • Course Structure and Agenda
  • Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Introduction to the Solaris Operating System

  • A brief history of UNIX
  • The UNIX kernel
  • The UNIX file system
  • Getting started navigating the file system
  • The file system structure
  • Directories and files
  • Pathnames
  • Navigating the file system
  • Exercise: Logging on to the system
  • Exercise: Navigating the file system

Basic Commands

  • Command line syntax
  • Basic file handling commands
  • Basic Directory handling commands
  • Filename wildcard characters
  • Exercise: Manipulating files and directories

Redirection and Pipes

  • Input redirection
  • Output redirection
  • Pipes
  • Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities

Introduction to the vi Editor

  • Overview of the vi editor
  • Basic functions
  • Switching to input mode
  • Other useful commands
  • Exercises: Using the vi editor
  • Exercise: Using more advanced vi features

Searching and Replacing Text

  • Replacing text
  • Using the vi editor
  • Using sed for search and replace
  • Searching for text with grep
  • Linking files
  • Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text

Recalling and Editing Commands

  • Overview
  • The bash shell
  • The korn shell
  • Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands

File Permissions and Access Control

  • Users and user groups
  • File access permissions
  • Changing file attributes
  • Switching users and user groups
  • Linking files
  • Exercise: Setting and access permissions

Processes

  • What is a process?
  • Monitoring processes
  • Killing processes
  • Background processes
  • Job Control
  • Grouping commands
  • Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes

More Basic Commands

  • The wc (word count) command
  • The find command
  • The cut command
  • The sort command
  • The finger command
  • Exercise: Using file handling commands

The User Environment

  • Customising the .profile or .bash_profile
  • Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc
  • Exercise: Setting up an environment
Introduction to Solaris
Training Introduction to Solaris

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Training Introduction to Solaris – A Unix / Solaris Foundation – 2 days

Class overview :

This comprehensive two-day course aims to equip the novice Solaris/UNIX user with all the skills necessary to navigate the system and make productive use of the tools available, including the Windows system, the vi editor and essential Solaris/UNIX commands. It also forms the necessary foundation for subsequent courses.

Class goals :

A foundation course to get trainees confident in day-to-day Solaris / Unix use. This course provides all the knowledge that applications users will need and forms a good grounding for the power user or administrator who will go on to take other courses

Content of Introduction to Solaris – A Unix / Solaris Foundation

Solaris / UNIX / Linux overview

  • What are Solaris, Linux and Unix?
  • Advantages and disadvantages
  • Basic command examples
  • Other versions of Unix
  • Future of Unix
  • Logistics and support

Getting started

  • Logging in and out
  • Basic Gnome Window system use
  • Keyboard basics
  • Files, directories and path names
  • Creating and examining files
  • Effective use of directories
  • Moving, copying and removing files
  • Basic system password security
  • Online Documentation and the man command
  • Common problems

The vi editor

  • Invoking vi
  • Insert and Append
  • Moving around the text
  • Deleting text
  • Change operators
  • Other insert operators
  • Searching for text; Search and replace
  • Saving and quitting

The Next stage

  • Introduction to UNIX shells
  • Shell interaction
  • Input and Output control using Re-direction and piping
  • Shell metacharacters (wild cards)
  • The command history mechanism, and command line editing facilities
  • The shell quoting mechanism
  • Setting up and using command aliases
  • Job and Process monitoring and control
  • More complex copying and moving
  • Protecting files and directories using chmod
  • Shell variables and setting up the environment
  • Introduction to Solaris utilities
  • Halting the workstation

Gnome Window System

  • A thorough examination of the major tools available, such as the Panel, File Manager, Text editor and the Help system
  • Customising the Workspace and setting basic user preferences

Introduction to networking

  • Introduction to network concepts
  • Ethernet Overview
  • Network basic commands (including logging in to other machines with ssh)
  • Network File System (NFS) – overview, benefits and uses
  • Overview of Samba file sharing with Microsoft machines
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Training Unix System Administration – 5 days

Class overview :

This course is designed to give delegates practical experience in the administration of a SVR4 compatible Unix System. Practical work will concentrate on the basic SVR4 commands rather than vendor-specific administration menu driven or GUI tools.

The delegates will practise:

  • Adding, changing and deleting users and user groups
  • Managing user passwords
  • Configuring login files
  • Running background tasks at regular intervals
  • Creating file systems
  • Mounting, monitoring and repairing file systems
  • Managing file access
  • Backing up and restoring files and directories using standard utilities
  • Managing swap space
  • Adding printers to the system
  • Monitoring and controlling print jobs
  • Starting and shutting down the system
  • Customising start-up and shutdown procedures
  • Monitoring system performance with the sar utility
  • Configuring syslog to manage system event messages
  • Carrying out various housekeeping procedures to manage disk space

Class goals :

To provide the knowledge and skills needed to maintain successful day-to-day operation of a UNIX system.

Content of Unix System Administration

The Administrator’s Role

  • Role Of A System Administrator
  • Using The root Login
  • Tracking The Use Of su
  • The sysadm Menu System

Account Management

  • Users, user groups and related system files
  • Adding new users and user groups (useradd, groupadd)
  • Changing and deleting users and user groups (usermod, userdel, groupmod, groupdel)
  • Password and login control (passwd)
  • User communication facilites (wall, /etc/motd)
  • Exercise

Login Files

  • The Bourne and Korn Shell Environments
  • Environment Variables
  • The system profile /etc/profile
  • The user’s .profile
  • The Korn shell start up file .kshrc
  • Korn shell options
  • Listing environment variables and aliases
  • Skeleton directories
  • Exercise

Background Jobs

  • Starting Background Jobs
  • Using The nice Command
  • Using cron Processes
  • Creating crontab Entries
  • Using The crontab Command
  • The at Command
  • Exercise

File System Administration

  • Physical Disk Organisation
  • UNIX Partition Slices
  • File System Device Names
  • Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
  • File System Types
  • File System Structure
  • File System Creation
  • Checking And Repairing File Systems
  • Monitoring Free Space
  • Exercise

File Access

  • File Access Criteria (Users, Groups and Permissions)
  • Default permissions with umask
  • Changing File Attributes with chmod, chown and chgrp
  • Testing permissions with su
  • Exercise

Backup and Restore Facilities

  • Using The cpio Command
  • Using The tar Command
  • Using the dd Command
  • Backup And Restore Services

Managing Swap Space

  • Listing, configuring and disabling swap space (swap)
  • Exercise

Terminals and Printers

  • Managing terminals
  • Using the stty command
  • Terminal model capabilities and commands (infocmp, tput)
  • The LP print service
  • LP print service files
  • Printer configuration (lpadmin)
  • Printer maintenance – managing printer status, job queues etc.
  • (lphsut, lpsched, /etc/init.d/lp, accept, reject, enable, disable, lpmove, lpusers, lpstat, cancel)
  • Printing from copies of files
  • Stopping banner output
  • Exercise

System Startup and Shutdown

  • The /etc/init Procedure
  • System Run States
  • The /etc/inittab File
  • System Startup Procedures and Processes
  • System Shutdown Procedures and Processes
  • Recovery From Boot Failure
  • Exercise

Basic Networking

  • Basic networking overview
  • Network hardware
  • Network software
  • Network addressing – IPv4
  • Network masks and subnets
  • Routing
  • Network commands (hostname, ifconfig, netstat, telnet, rlogin, ssh, ftp, sftp, rcp, scp, rsh, ping)
  • Client-Server environment
  • Servers
  • Networking services overview NIS, NIS+, DNS, LDAP NFS, DHCP
  • Exercise

Performance Management

  • Performance Management
  • System Performance Tools
  • System Activity Reporting using the sar command
  • General Performance
  • Specific Areas Of Performance
  • Excessive Paging
  • Disk I/O Performance
  • CPU Performance
  • Using the timex Command
  • Exercise

Kernel Configuration

  • System Configuration
  • Configuration Guidelines
  • Reducing Disk I/O
  • Increasing User Memory
  • Improving CPU Performance
  • Special Case Tuning Needs
  • The Configuration Process (/etc/conf/cf.d, idtune, idbuild)

Software Installation

  • Operating System Installation
  • Other Software Installation (pkginfo, pkgadd, pkgrm)
  • Exercise

Syslog

  • Syslog Configuration
  • The /etc/syslog.conf configuration file
  • Editing the syslog.conf file
  • Logging telnet, ftp and other network daemons
  • Testing syslog logging
  • Exercise

General Housekeeping

  • Managing Files and Directories
  • Checking file space used
  • Freeing up disk space
  • Saving disk space
  • File system organisation
  • Helpful hints
  • Exercise
Unix Sytem Administration
Training Unix Sytem Administration

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Training Unix Introduction – 3 days

Class overview :

This course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the UNIX Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities. The mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment are discussed and the main features of the Korn/Posix/Bash Shells are introduced.

The delegates will practise:

  • Creating, copying, renaming, moving and deleting files and directories
  • Using the shell’s redirection and pipe facilities
  • Editing text files using the vi editor
  • Setting and changing access permissions on files
  • Monitoring and controlling their own processes
  • Using the basic file and text searching utilities
  • Customising their own login environment

Class goals :

To provide the skills needed to work productively in the UNIX environment.

Content of Unix Introduction

Introduction to the Unix Operating System

  • A brief history of Unix
  • The Unix kernel
  • The UNIX file system
  • Getting started navigating the file system
  • The file system structure
  • Directories and files
  • Pathnames
  • Navigating the file system
  • Exercise: Logging on to the system
  • Exercise: Navigating the file system

Basic Commands

  • Command line syntax
  • Basic file handling commands
  • Directory handling commands
  • Filename wildcard characters
  • Exercise: Manipulating files and directories

Redirection and Pipes

  • Input redirection
  • Output redirection
  • Pipes
  • Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities

Introduction to The vi Editor

  • Overview of the vi editor
  • Basic functions
  • Switching to input mode
  • Other useful commands
  • Exercises: Using the vi editor
  • Exercise: Using more advanced vi features

Searching and Replacing Text

  • Replacing text
  • Using the vi editor
  • Using sed for search and replace
  • Searching for text with grep
  • Linking files
  • Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text

Recalling and Editing Commands

  • Overview
  • The bash shell
  • The korn shell
  • Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands

File Permissions and Access Control

  • Users and user groups
  • File access permissions
  • Changing file attributes
  • Switching users and user groups
  • Linking files
  • Exercise: Setting and access permissions

Processes

  • What is a process?
  • Monitoring processes
  • Killing processes
  • Background processes
  • Job Control
  • Grouping commands
  • Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes

More Basic Commands

  • The wc (word count) command
  • The find command
  • The cut command
  • The sort command
  • The finger command
  • Exercise: Using file handling commands

The User Environment

  • Customising the .profile or .bash_profile
  • Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc
  • Exercise: Setting up an environment
Unix Introduction
Training Unix Introduction

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Training Unix Technical Overview – 1 day

Class overview :

This Unix training course is designed to give delegates an overview of the various versions of UNIX available. It is technically orientated to enable staff at all levels to have an appreciation of what UNIX is, and the various features available with the different versions..

The delegates will practise:

  • What UNIX is
  • The History of UNIX from Version 7 and the Various Versions Available
  • OSF/2 POSIX SVR4 Standards
  • Features of the UNIX Operating System
  • UNIX Networking Features
  • What a Process is and how Processes are Controlled
  • Standard Utilities Available with UNIX
  • Applications Available
  • The System Administrator

Class goals :

This UNIX Technical Overview course will provide the delegate with a technical understanding of the UNIX Operating System, from its general structure to its Networking capabilities..

Content of Unix Technical Overview

What is UNIX?

  • The UNIX Kernel
  • What is the Shell?
  • Different Shells Available

History of UNIX

  • Version 7 to SVR4 (System 5 Release 4)

UNIX Standards

  • OSF/1 and OSF/2
  • POSIX Standards
  • SVR4 Standards

Features of UNIX

  • Built in Functions
  • Applications for Users and Programmers

UNIX Networking

  • UUCP
  • TCP/IP
  • NFS (Yellow Pages)
  • NIS and NIS+

Processes and Background Jobs

  • Controlling processes in UNIX
  • Background Jobs
  • CRON and AT

UNIX Applications

  • Editors
  • Programmers Tools
  • System Start-up and Control

UNIX System Administrator

  • The Function and Responsibilities of a System Administrator
Unix Technical Overview
Training Unix Technical Overview

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Training Implementing and Administering Windows Small Business Server 2008 – 5 days

Class overview :

This five-day instructor-led M6445 course provides students with the knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and manage Windows Small Business Server 2008.

Class goals :

After completing this training course, students will be able to:

  • Install Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008
  • Migrate to Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008
  • Configure Windows Small Business Server 2008 using the Windows
  • Small Business Server 2008 Console
  • Manage users and groups in Windows Small Business Server 2008
  • Manage messaging and collaboration in Windows Small Business Server 2008
  • Manage and monitor Windows Small Business Server 2008
  • Secure a Windows Small Business Server 2008 network
  • Expand a Windows Small Business Server 2008 network

Content of Implementing and Administering Windows Small Business Server 2008

Module 1: Plan and Design a Technology Solution for a Small Business

This module explains about the key new features of Small Business Server 2008 and how to create an IT roadmap for the small business using the Business and Technology Assessment Toolkit.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe small business technology challenges
  • Describe what makes Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 an ideal integrated solution
  • Differentiate between the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server Standard and Premium versions
  • Install the Microsoft Business and Technology Assessment Toolkit (BTAT)
  • Complete the BTAT business assessment templates
  • Configure options and updates for the BTAT
  • Manage a BTAT business assessment template
  • Describe the technology assessment, desktop deployment, and mobile readiness templates contained in the Microsoft BTAT
  • Create a custom BTAT technology template
  • Identify the best Microsoft technology solution

Module 2: Installing Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008

This module explains how to prepare the server for networking, install Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 and configure the Internet connection

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Establish the background information needed to understand basic networking concepts
  • Provide groundwork for the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 installation, covering networking terminology and methodologies
  • Describe the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 minimum hardware requirements
  • Describe the key tasks required to prepare the server hardware for the Windows Small Business Server 2008 operating system installation
  • Describe the process of the operating system installation
  • Administer initial administrative tasks in the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 console and connect the server to the Internet.

Module 3: Managing a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server Environment

This module explains how to manage the Windows Small Business Server 2008 environment using the Windows SBS Console, how to manage Users and Groups, and how to configure user accounts.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe the Windows SBS Console
  • Administer Windows Small Business Server 2008 using the task-based GUI in the Windows SBS Console
  • Create and manage user accounts in Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008
  • Administer specific user account properties
  • Configure access permissions and disk quota management
  • Describe user roles
  • Standardize common user properties using roles
  • Create and manage groups in Windows Small Business Server 2008
  • Describe group types and scopes

Module 4: Manage and Configure Messaging

This module explains how to manage user messaging, mobile device, Outlook and other settings using the Windows Small Business Server 2008 console and Exchange Management console. Students will learn to implement e-mail protection from spam and viruses.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Configure e-mail protocols using the Windows Small Business Server 2008 console
  • Configure the appropriate DNS routing records
  • Configure e-mail forwarding to specific recipients
  • Configure e-mail protection using the Exchange Server
  • Configure e-mail protection using Forefront Security Server for Exchange
  • Configure additional send and receive connectors in Exchange Server 2007 using the Exchange Management console
  • Configure mobile devices
  • Describe troubleshooting messaging issues
  • Identify tracking messages
  • Describe mailbox statistics
  • Configure OWA in Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008

Module 5: Manage and Configure Collaboration

This module explains how to manage the intranet site, create new SharePoint sites, install Web applications and modify and manage site settings.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Manage the preconfigured intranet site using administrative tasks in the Windows SBS 2008 console
  • Describe Windows SharePoint Services groups, user roles and permissions
  • Create a new SharePoint site using the central administration site
  • Configure and manage access to the SharePoint site
  • Administer the SharePoint site using central administration tasks
  • Customize the Windows SharePoint site using a Microsoft application template

Module 6: Add Client Computers and Devices to the Network

This module explains how to add client computers, printers and faxes to the Small Business Server 2008 network.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe joining a client computer to the Windows Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 network
  • Administer access to a client PC on the Windows Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 network
  • Describe performing the most commonly used administrative tasks for a client PC
  • Install a shared printer on the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 network
  • Configure a shared printer on the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 network
  • Install a fax device on the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 network

Module 7: Manage and Configure Remote Access

This module explains how to manage the commonly used tasks for establishing remote access to the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 network and its resources.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe how certificates work
  • Describe installing a self-signed certificate on the Windows Small Business Server 2008 server and client computer
  • Describe installing a self-signed certificate on a mobile device
  • Configure a virtual private network for users to access network resources from a remote computer
  • Administer the Windows Server Firewall
  • Configure ports for services and applications
  • Administer Remote Web Workplace
  • Configure user access to network resources using a Web browser

Module 8: Manage and Configure Security

This module explains the key security tasks and security best practice for managing the Windows Small Business Server 2008 environment.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Plan in-depth security for the Windows Small Business Server 2008 network
  • Configure distribution of updates and hotfixes for servers and computers on the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 network
  • Describe the key features of the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Best Practices Analyzer 2008
  • Configure a shared folder controlling user access permissions
  • Configure blocking unwanted content in the shared folder
  • Configure Windows Firewall with Advanced Security settings and rules for network security

Module 9: Manage Data Folders and Backup

This module explains how to manage server storage using administrative tasks in the Windows Small Business Server 2008 console. Students learn to plan and prepare for disasters and data recovery, and configure and administer backups.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Manage server storage by moving databases and data folders
  • Create a disaster recovery plan
  • Identify risks
  • Describe business continuity considerations
  • Implement Disaster Recovery strategies
  • Describe testing and reviewing a Disaster Recovery plan
  • Configure protection of the operating system and application data using the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 backup wizard
  • Configure backup media and schedule
  • Configure protection of individual server applications using standard tools
  • Describe business critical data and prioritizing data sets for backup
  • Recover a failed Windows Small Business Server 2008 server

Module 10: Monitoring and Maintaining System and Services Availability

This module explains how to maintain the Windows Small Business Server 2008 using native maintenance and reporting tools and utilities.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 reporting
  • Administer monitoring and reporting in SBS
  • Describe the ability of Microsoft Windows Reliability and Performance monitor to examine how programs affect your computer’s performance
  • Describe monitoring system performance in real time and by collecting log data for later analysis
  • Configure hard disks, volumes and partitions in Windows Small Business Server 2008 using the disk management utility
  • Perform most disk-related tasks without restarting the system
  • Create and manage point-in-time copies of files that are located in shared resources
  • Describe how to recover previous versions of files

Module 11: Migrating from Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003

This module explains how to migrate from Windows Small Business Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 to Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Prepare the source server
  • Back up the source server
  • Verify network connection
  • Raise the functional level in Active Directory
  • Evaluate server health
  • Install service packs
  • Plan LOB application migration
  • Apply the Migration Preparation Tool
  • Review the File Migration Wizard
  • Create a migration answer file
  • Collect information
  • Run the answer file generator
  • Copy the answer file to the target server
  • Install Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 in migration mode
  • Migrate settings and data
  • Run the migration wizard
  • Demote the source server
  • Troubleshoot migration issues

Module 12: Managing Comprehensive Line-of-business Products

This module explains how to integrate comprehensive line-of-business applications with the existing IT infrastructure.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe Forefront comprehensive security portfolio
  • Describe Forefront Client Security
  • Describe Forefront Security for Exchange
  • Describe Intelligent Application Gateway
  • Provide a comprehensive product line that protects information
  • Describe Windows Live One Care for Server
  • Describe real-time integrated anti-malware protection
  • Describe Office Live Workspaces
  • Describe Office Live public facing Web site

Module 13: Deploying Additional Servers

This module explains how to expand the Windows Small Business Server 2008 network and configure server roles and applications, including premium applications on the additional Windows Servers.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Install and configure Windows Server 2008 on the SBS 2008 network
  • Identify improvements in Windows Server 2008
  • Perform initial configuration tasks
  • Identify supported server roles in SBS 2008
  • Describe server management options
  • Install SQL Server on a second server in the Windows Small Business Server 2008 network
  • Manage SQL Server on the Windows Small Business Server 2008 network
  • Configure Terminal Services for remote access to shared applications
  • Configure a Web access point
  • Configure a virtualized server computing environment
  • Improve efficiency of your computing resources
  • Describe licensing options in Windows Small Business Server 2008
  • Manage licenses in Windows Small Business Server 2008

Module 14: Advanced Topics and Troubleshooting

This module explains how to use native Windows tools and utilities to configure technologies that help protect the computer from unwanted traffic, and administer and troubleshoot the Windows Server 2008 from the command line.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Describe the key difference in the Advanced Mode Windows Small Business Server 2008 console
  • Administer Windows Small Business Server 2008 using the Advance Mode SBS console
  • Administer the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Console
  • Administer SBS 2008 Server Applications
  • Describe the key features of Windows PowerShell
  • Administer the Windows Small Business Server 2008 network using Windows PowerShell commands
  • Describe moving data in SBS 2008 using PowerShell
  • Describe IIS 7.0 and its role
  • Perform common administrative tasks for administering IIS 7.0
  • Troubleshooting DNS
  • Troubleshooting TS Gateway

Module 15: Manage the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Environment using Group Policy

This module explains how to implement specific configurations for users and computers using Group Policy settings.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Administer Group Policies in a Windows Small Business Server 2008 environment
  • Configure Group Policies using the GPMC
  • Configure object auditing using Group Policy
  • Configure software applications for deployment using Group Policy
  • Troubleshooting GPOs
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