This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to deploy Forefront security products. This course is intended for technical professionals who are deploying Microsoft Forefront security products. The Boot Camp will be conducted in a hands-on-lab-type environment in order to provide for maximum interactivity and includes technical content of Level 300 or [Read More...]

Virtual Servers are becoming more prevalent in today’s business environment because they save physical space, time, and money. Many companies who still use physical servers are swiftly changing to virtual servers. What does this mean for you? Simply, your knowledge of Microsoft Virtual Servers will make you marketable to these companies for at least the [Read More...]

Microsoft Office is the foundation of most business computer systems; understanding its power and utilizing its productivity is crucial in today’s environment. The Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) certification is a series of performance-based exams of the Microsoft Office Suite. The exams focus on the use of these programs in a “real world” enviroment: Microsoft [Read More...]

These are free to download from Rich Harrington’s site if you don’t want to download them from here. There are 82 in total to date and I’ll be posting the rest over the next couple of days. Each file corresponds to the titles above so you can just download the ones you want.

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This five-day instructor-led course provides to teach Active Directory Technology Specialists with the knowledge and skills to configure Active Directory Domain Services in a distributed environment, implement Group Policies, perform backup and restore, and monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory related issues. The primary audience for this course are AD Technology Specialists, Server Administrators, and Enterprise [Read More...]

As an IT professional who works with many different desktop operating systems, applications, networking, mobile devices, and hardware support issues, it’s important to be knowledgeable about all of the different computer systems you will encounter in order to resolve support issues promptly. You should have technical expertise, problem solving skills, decision making skills, and a [Read More...]

Microsoft Access 2007 helps you effectively track, report, and share information in a manageable environment. With a library of pre-built tracking applications (database solutions) and the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, Access 2007 does not require deep database knowledge or programming skills. In this VTC course, Author / IT Instructor, Tim Warner introduces users to [Read More...]

This course is a 6 hour training course to introduce you to Windows Server 2008. It will teach you about some of the neat new features that are available in Window Server 2008 and how to configure them. This course is just the beginning. We will be launching an entire Windows Server 2008 Training series [Read More...]

Course Topics
Analyzing the Existing Environment   

Perform a needs assessment.
Identify and select the appropriate hardware and software for the environment.

Designing a Business Technology Solution for a Small- or Medium-sized Business   

Design a messaging and collaboration specification. (Considerations include Windows Sharepoint Services, Exchange, fax, Real-Time Communications, and resource sharing.)
Design a connectivity specification for networking and remote connections. (Considerations [Read More...]

Course Topics
Creating and Managing Microsoft Windows Services, Serviced Components, .NET Remoting Objects, and XML Web Services

Create and manipulate a Windows service, Create and consume a serviced component.
Create and consume a .NET Remoting object, Create and consume an XML Web service.
Implement security for a Windows service, a serviced component, a .NET Remoting object, and an [Read More...]

Course Topics
Designing and Planning the SMS Environment    

Analyze the business requirements for SMS, Analyze the current environment
Plan Active Directory for SMS integration, Plan security for SMS integration
Plan discovery and client installation, Plan SMS sites, Plan SMS boundaries

Planning and Managing Feature Packs    

Plan and manage Operating System Deployment (OSD)
Plan and manage Device Management

Configuring an SMS Environment    

Prepare the [Read More...]

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Planning and Installing ISA Server 2004     

Plan an ISA Server 2004 deployment
Assess and configure the operating system, hardware, and network services
Deploy ISA Server 2004

Installing and Configuring Client Computers     

Install Firewall Client software
Configure client computers for ISA Server 2004. Types of client computers include Web Proxy, Firewall Client, and SecureNAT
Configure a local domain table (LDT)
Configure ISA [Read More...]

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Installing and Configuring Microsoft Exchange Servers

Prepare the infrastructure for Exchange installation, Prepare the servers for Exchange installation.
Install Exchange, Configure Exchange server roles.

Configuring Recipients and Public Folders

Configure recipients, Configure mail-enabled groups, Configure resource mailboxes.
Configure public folders, Move mailboxes, Implement bulk management of mail-enabled objects.

Configuring the Exchange Infrastructure

Configure connectors, Configure the antivirus and anti-spam system.
Configure [Read More...]

Course Topics
Planning Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Upgrades and Migrations

Plan the Exchange Server 2007 upgrade implementation.
Plan the Exchange Server 2007 migration implementation.
Plan interoperability with Exchange in separate organizations.
Plan coexistence with Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003 in a single organization.
Plan interoperability with third-party messaging systems.

Planning for High Availability Implementation

Plan a backup solution implementation, Plan [Read More...]

Course Topics
Designing and planning messaging services  

Evaluate and recommend Active Directory configuration.
Evaluate and plan server deployment based on best practices, budget, and other business factors.
Evaluate network topology and provide technical recommendations.
Design and plan for new Exchange features.
Design organization configuration to meet routing requirements.

Designing and planning server high availability  

Define a high availability solution based on client [Read More...]