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Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Cloud Solutions Architects, Site Reliability Engineers, Systems Operations professionals, DevOps Engineers, IT managers. Individuals using Google Cloud Platform to create new solutions or to integrate existing systems, application environments, and infrastructure with the Google Cloud Platform. Overview Apply a tool set of questions, techniques and design considerations Define application requirements and express them objectively as KPIs, SLO's and SLI's Decompose application requirements to find the right microservice boundaries Leverage Google Cloud developer tools to set up modern, automated deployment pipelines Choose the appropriate Google Cloud Storage services based on application requirements Architect cloud and hybrid networks Implement reliable, scalable, resilient applications balancing key performance metrics with cost Choose the right Google Cloud deployment services for your applications Secure cloud applications, data and infrastructure Monitor service level objectives and costs using Stackdriver tools This course features a combination of lectures, design activities, and hands-on labs to show you how to use proven design patterns on Google Cloud to build highly reliable and efficient solutions and operate deployments that are highly available and cost-effective. This course was created for those who have already completed the Architecting with Google Compute Engine or Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine course. DEFINING THE SERVICE * Describe users in terms of roles and personas. * Write qualitative requirements with user stories. * Write quantitative requirements using key performance indicators (KPIs). * Evaluate KPIs using SLOs and SLIs. * Determine the quality of application requirements using SMART criteria. MICROSERVICE DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE * Decompose monolithic applications into microservices. * Recognize appropriate microservice boundaries. * Architect stateful and stateless services to optimize scalability and reliability. * Implement services using 12-factor best practices. * Build loosely coupled services by implementing a well-designed REST architecture. * Design consistent, standard RESTful service APIs. DEVOPS AUTOMATION * Automate service deployment using CI/CD pipelines. * Leverage Cloud Source Repositories for source and version control. * Automate builds with Cloud Build and build triggers. * Manage container images with Google Container Registry. * Create infrastructure with code using Deployment Manager and Terraform. CHOOSING STORAGE SOLUTIONS * Choose the appropriate Google Cloud data storage service based on use case, durability, availability, scalability and cost. * Store binary data with Cloud Storage. * Store relational data using Cloud SQL and Spanner. * Store NoSQL data using Firestore and Cloud Bigtable. * Cache data for fast access using Memorystore. * Build a data warehouse using BigQuery. GOOGLE CLOUD AND HYBRID NETWORK ARCHITECTURE * Design VPC networks to optimize for cost, security, and performance. * Configure global and regional load balancers to provide access to services. * Leverage Cloud CDN to provide lower latency and decrease network egress. * Evaluate network architecture using the Cloud Network Intelligence Center. * Connect networks using peering and VPNs. * Create hybrid networks between Google Cloud and on-premises data centers using Cloud Interconnect. DEPLOYING APPLICATIONS TO GOOGLE CLOUD * Choose the appropriate Google Cloud deployment service for your applications. * Configure scalable, resilient infrastructure using Instance Templates and Groups. * Orchestrate microservice deployments using Kubernetes and GKE. * Leverage App Engine for a completely automated platform as a service (PaaS). * Create serverless applications using Cloud Functions. DESIGNING RELIABLE SYSTEMS * Design services to meet requirements for availability, durability, and scalability. * Implement fault-tolerant systems by avoiding single points of failure, correlated failures, and cascading failures. * Avoid overload failures with the circuit breaker and truncated exponential backoff design patterns. * Design resilient data storage with lazy deletion. * Analyze disaster scenarios and plan for disaster recovery using cost/risk analysis. SECURITY * Design secure systems using best practices like separation of concerns, principle of least privilege, and regular audits. * Leverage Cloud Security Command Center to help identify vulnerabilities. * Simplify cloud governance using organizational policies and folders. * Secure people using IAM roles, Identity-Aware Proxy, and Identity Platform. * Manage the access and authorization of resources by machines and processes using service accounts. * Secure networks with private IPs, firewalls, and Private Google Access. * Mitigate DDoS attacks by leveraging Cloud DNS and Cloud Armor. MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING * Manage new service versions using rolling updates, blue/green deployments, and canary releases. * Forecast, monitor, and optimize service cost using the Google Cloud pricing calculator and billing reports and by analyzing billing data. * Observe whether your services are meeting their SLOs using Cloud Monitoring and Dashboards. * Use Uptime Checks to determine service availability. * Respond to service outages using Cloud Monitoring Alerts. ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Architecting with Google Cloud: Design and Process training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Architecting with Google Cloud: Design and Process course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for: Solutions Architects who are new to designing and building cloud architectures Data Center Architects who are migrating from on-premises environment to cloud architectures Other IT/cloud roles who want to understand how to design and build cloud architectures Overview In this course, you will learn how to: Make architectural decisions based on AWS architectural principles and best practices Use AWS services to make your infrastructure scalable, reliable, and highly available Use AWS Managed Services to enable greater flexibility and resiliency in an infrastructure Make an AWS-based infrastructure more efficient to increase performance and reduce costs Use the Well Architected Framework to improve architectures with AWS solutions This course covers all aspects of how to architect for the cloud over four-and-a-half-days. It covers topics from Architecting on AWS and Advanced Architecting on AWS to offer an immersive course in cloud architecture. You will learn how to design cloud architectures, starting small and working to large-scale enterprise level designs-and everything in between. Starting with the Well-Architected Framework, you will learn important architecting information for AWS services including: compute, storage, database, networking, security, monitoring, automation, optimization, benefits of de-coupling applications and serverless, building for resilience, and understanding costs MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION * The real story of AWS * Well-Architected Framework * Six advantages of the cloud * Global infrastructure MODULE 2: THE SIMPLEST ARCHITECTURES * S3 * Glacier * Choosing your regions * Hands-on lab: Static Website MODULE 3: ADDING A COMPUTE LAYER * EC2 * Storage solutions for instances * Purchasing options such as dedicated host vs instances MODULE 4: ADDING A DATABASE LAYER * Relational vs non-relational * Managed databases * RDS * Dynamo DB * Neptune * Hands-on lab: Deploying a web application on AWS MODULE 5: NETWORKING IN AWS PART 1 * VPC * CIDR and subnets * Public vs private subnets * NAT and internet gateway * Security groups MODULE 6: NETWORKING IN AWS PART 2 * Virtual Private Gateway * VPN * Direct Connect * VPC peering * Transit Gateway * VPC Endpoints * Elastic Load Balancer * Route 53 * Hands-on lab: Creating a VPC MODULE 7: AWS IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT (IAM) * IAM * Identity federation * Cognito MODULE 8: ORGANIZATIONS * Organizations * Multiple account management * Tagging strategies MODULE 9: ELASTICITY, HIGH AVAILABILITY, AND MONITORING * Elasticity vs inelasticity * Monitoring with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs * Auto scaling * Scaling databases * Hands-on lab: Creating a highly available environment MODULE 10: AUTOMATION * Why automate? * CloudFormation * AWS Quick Starts * AWS Systems Manager * AWS OpsWorks * AWS Elastic Beanstalk MODULE 11: DEPLOYMENT METHODS * Why use a deployment method? * Blue green and canary deployment * Tools to implement your deployment methods * CI/CD * Hands-on lab: Automating infrastructure deployment MODULE 12: CACHING * When and why you should cache your data * Cloudfront * Elasticache (Redis/Memcached) * DynamoDB Accelerator MODULE 13: SECURITY OF YOUR DATA * Shared responsibility model * Data classification * Encryption * Automatic data security MODULE 14: BUILDING DECOUPLED ARCHITECTURE * Tight coupling vs loose coupling * SQS * SNS MODULE 15: OPTIMIZATIONS AND REVIEW * Review questions * Best practices * Activity: Design and architecture - two trues and one lie MODULE 16: MICROSERVICES * What is a microservice? * Containers * ECS * Fargate * EKS MODULE 17: SERVERLESS * Why use serverless? * Lambda * API Gateway * AWS Step Functions * Hands-on lab: Implementing a serverless architecture with AWS Managed Services MODULE 18: BUILDING FOR RESILIENCE * Using managed services greatly increases resiliency * Serverless for resiliency * Issues with microservices to be aware of * DDoS * Hands-on lab: Amazon CloudFront content delivery and automating WAF rules MODULE 19: NETWORKING IN AWS PART 3 * Elastic Network Adapter * Maximum transmission units * Global Accelerator * Site to site VPN * Transit Gateway MODULE 20: UNDERSTANDING COSTS * Simple monthly calculator * Right sizing your instances * Price sensitive architecture examples MODULE 21: MIGRATION STRATEGIES * Cloud migration strategies * Planning * Migrating * Optimizing * Hands-on lab: Application deployment using AWS Fargate MODULE 22: RTO/RPO AND BACKUP RECOVERY SETUP * Disaster planning * Recovery options MODULE 23: FINAL REVIEW * Architecting advice * Service use case questions * Example test questions ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Architecting on AWS - Accelerator training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Architecting on AWS - Accelerator course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in a service provider or managed services environment. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe how VMware Integrated OpenStack fits into the VMware SDDC and its use cases List the deployment options and how to install VMware Integrated OpenStack Describe the architecture of VMware Integrated OpenStack and its components Configure tenancy and manage user authentication Integrate the OpenStack Neutron Networking service with VMware NSX-T™ Data Center networking platform Deploy and manage virtual machine instances Monitor VMware Integrated OpenStack with OpenStack monitoring services Design an auto-scale, multitier application using built-in automation tools Manage a VMware Integrated OpenStack control plane using Kubernetes Use the HTML5 Web UI and CLI commands to view and edit the configuration, monitor log files, and view database tables used by VMware Integrated OpenStack components This five-day course provides you with the skills to build a private cloud using VMware© Integrated OpenStack on a proven VMware SDDC. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs, this course builds your skills in installing, configuring, and managing VMware Integrated OpenStack. You learn how to offer IaaS and PaaS with advanced networking and security features to end users using VMware Integrated OpenStack. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Introductions and course logistics * Course objectives * References and resources INTRODUCTION TO VMWARE INTEGRATED OPENSTACK * Describe what an OpenStack is * Describe the services that make up VMware Integrated OpenStack * Describe what VMware Integrated OpenStack is * Describe what is NFV and how does VIO fit in * Understand the licensing model of VIO * Understand the use cases of VMware Integrated OpenStack VMWARE INTEGRATED OPENSTACK DEPLOYMENT * Understand the role of Kubernetes in the VIO control plane * List the VMware Integrated OpenStack deployment models * How to perform VIO high-availability deployment * How to perform VIO compact installation * Pre-requisites for installing VMware Integrated OpenStack * How to use the HTML5 web UI / VIOCLI to check the deployment configurations and deployment running * status * Explain steps involved in patching VIO high availability setup VMWARE INTEGRATED OPENSTACK ARCHITECTURE * List the VMs deployed after a VMware Integrated OpenStack high-availability installation * Describe the overall architecture of the VIO HA setup * List the VIO services running within Kubernetes pods * Describe the role of each service * Understand ssl certificates in VIO KEYSTONE AUTHENTICATION * Understand keystone use cases and services * List the features offered by keystone in VIO * How to integrate keystone with LDAP * List the configuration, view logs, and database tables related to keystone GLANCE IMAGES * Understand Glance use case and its services * List the features offered by Glance in VIO * Explain how to create flavors and images * Describe how to set up metadata, for example SPBM storage policy * List the custom resources/logs and database tables related to Glance NETWORKING WITH NEUTRON * Understand the Neutron use case and its services * Integrate Neutron with NSX-T Data Center * List the custom resources, logs, and database tables related to Neutron MANAGING INSTANCES WITH NOVA * Understand Nova use cases and services * Understand regions, availability zones, and host aggregates * Understand the concept of tenant VDC * Nova support for multiple vCenter instances * How to deploy an instance using Nova * How to resize an instance and view the console logs * Configuration and logs related to Nova service CINDER BLOCK STORAGE * Understand Cinder use cases and services * List the features offered by Cinder * Adding a persistent volume to an instance * Explain the Snapshot of a Cinder volume and attach it to another instance * List the custom resources, log files, and database tables related to Cinder MONITORING WITH CEILOMETER * List the Telemetry use cases and services * How to enable Ceilometer in VIO * How to monitor the VIO environment using Ceilometer * Configuration and log files related to Ceilometer service AUTOMATING WITH HEAT * Define Heat use cases templates and services * Describe use cases of Heat TROUBLESHOOTING CONCEPTS * List common issues in VMware Integrated OpenStack * Use troubleshooting tools * Describe simple troubleshooting procedures * List and explain Day-2 operations ADVANCED FEATURES * Describe Load Balancer as a Service (Octavia) * Explain Firewall as a Service * Describe Designate (DNS as a Service) * Demonstrate automating scaling * Describe selective vCPU pinning * Explain SRIOV network redundancy support * Describe network trunk services support * Describe Live resize * Describe hardware passthrough (GPU pass through) * Describe external REST API ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware Integrated Openstack: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware Integrated Openstack: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: * Deploy VMware Cloud Director * Manage VMware Cloud Director to meet the service provider needs * Create and manage VMware Cloud Director organizations and vApps to fulfill business needs * Create and manage VMware Cloud Director catalogs * Transfer virtual machine workloads from VMware vSphere into and out of VMware Cloud Director * Configure networking for organizations and vApps with the help of VMware NSX-T Data Center * Managing resources from the VMWare Cloud Director console and using VMware vRealize Operations * Manager * Enabling VM and Named Disk Encryption * Creating VM sizing and placement policies * Understand vApps and VM operations and actions In this five-day course, you focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware Cloud Director 10.3. You learn about workload provisioning, the creation of organizations, virtual data centers (VDCs), catalog services that include predefined virtual machines, and on-demand VMware NSX-T Data Center networks.This course also covers interfacing VMware Cloud Director with other systems and the integration and use of VMware vRealize Orchestrator for VMware Cloud Director. You learn about different networks that a system administrator and an organization administrator can configure and use with virtual machines (VMs). This course also discusses how to monitor various VMware Cloud Director objects using VMware vRealize Operations. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Introductions and course logistics * Course objectives SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATA CENTER AND VMWARE VALIDATED DESIGN * Define Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) * Discuss VMware offerings for Cloud-Based Services * Discuss the deployment options for VMware Cloud Director * Discuss VMware Validated Design * Recognize the design considerations when creating a cloud environment on the SDDC using VMWare Cloud Foundation VCLOUD DIRECTOR DEPLOYMENT AND CONFIGURATION * Discuss the deployment options for VMware Cloud Director * Explain the two-stage deployment of VMware Cloud Director cells * Discuss failover mechanisms (automatic and manual) with VMware Cloud Director cells * Define switchover, promote, and fencing options of the VMware Cloud Director appliance * Understand the VMware Cloud Director appliance enhancements VMWARE CLOUD DIRECTOR PROVIDER CONFIGURATION * Describe how the compute resources are provided to VMware Cloud Director * Describe how storage is provided to VMware Cloud Director * Configure and manage storage for Virtual Datacenters (VDCs) * Briefly discuss network pools, external networks, and Tier-0 Gateways * Showcase VMware Cloud Director integration with vCenter Server and NSX-T Data Center * Describe VMware Cloud Director organizations * Understand organization policies * Explain how to access an organization using various portals * Understand organization VDC * Discuss what is Linked Clone and Fast Provisioning * Understand the use cases of Allocation Models VMWARE CLOUD DIRECTOR USER, ROLES AND QUOTA MANAGEMENT * Discuss user-bundle * Describe role-based access * Explain custom roles and rights * Describe and configure LDAP integration with Active Directory * Discuss OIDC authentication methods * Describe SAML identity provider VMWARE CLOUD DIRECTOR VIRTUAL MACHINES AND VAPPS * Understand standalone VMs * Discuss the VM managing operations * Explain VM properties * Discuss deployment methods of vApps * Discuss the vApp managing operations * Discuss the vApp lease policies * Understand the vApps and VM actions * Explain vApp and VM badges VMWARE CLOUD DIRECTOR CONTENT LIBRARIES * Explain the purpose of catalogs and how to create a catalog organization * Define catalog management and sharing catalogs inside and between organizations * Explain medias in VMware Cloud Director and its usage * Discuss vApp templates * Understand vApp template operations * Describe the purpose and usage of Open Virtualization Format (OVF) * Discuss organization VDC templates VMWARE CLOUD DIRECTOR NETWORKING * Discuss organization VDC networks * List the types of organization VDC networks * Describe the edge gateway services * Explore the services offered by the edge gateway * Discuss sub-allocation IP pool and its use cases * Discuss DHCP, NAT, load balancer, and firewall services on the edge gateway * Discuss SNAT, DNAT, NO SNAT, and NO DNAT use cases * Discuss vApp networks * List the various types of vApp networks * Discuss routed, isolated, and direct vApp networks * Managing billing and reports of vCloud Director objects using Tenant vApp VMWARE CLOUD DIRECTOR STORAGE AND COMPUTE * Describe named disks and shared named disks * Demonstrate how to attach and detach a named disk and a shared named disk * Describe methods of sharing the named disk * Discuss the implications of deleting VMs that have an attached named disk * Discuss how VMware Cloud Director VMs and disks are encrypted * Explain the storage policy capabilities * Demonstrate how VM sizing and placement policies are published * Discuss vCenter server and VMware Cloud Director IOPS storage policies usage * Discuss how to enable and use the storage IOPS limitation in VMware Cloud Director * Describe the storage policy supported entities EXTENSIBILITY AND UI ADDITIONAL FEATURES * Explain custom advisories, global search, guided tours, data exporter, keyboard shortcuts, and quick * search * Understand vcd-cli supported commands * Discuss various vcd-cli tools VMWARE CLOUD DIRECTOR RESOURCE MONITORING * Identify log locations for VMware Cloud Director * Manage vSphere and cloud resources from VMware Cloud Director * Understand monitoring of objects from VMware Cloud Director portals * Briefly introduce vRealize Operations Manager * Integrate VMware Cloud Director with vRealize Operations Manager * Configure VMware Cloud Director Management Pack * Understand dashboard, metrics, alerts, alert definition, and reports ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [v10.3] training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [v10.3] course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Operators, administrators, and architects for VMware Horizon should enroll in this course. These individuals are responsible for the creation, maintenance, and or delivery of remote and virtual desktop services. Additional duties can include the implementation, support, and administration of an organization's end-user computing infrastructure. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon Use VMware vSphere to create VMs to be used as desktops for Horizon Create and optimize Windows VMs to create Horizon desktops Install and configure Horizon Agent on Horizon desktop Configure and manage the VMware Horizon Client™ systems and connect the client to a VMware Horizon desktop Configure, manage, and entitle desktop pools of full VMs Configure, manage, and entitle pools of instant-clone desktops Create and use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) desktops and application pools Monitor the Horizon environment using Horizon Console Dashboard and Horizon Help Desk Tool Identify Horizon Connection Server installation, architecture, and requirements. Describe the authentication and certification options for a Horizon environment Recognize the integration process and benefits of VMware Workspace ONE Access™ and Horizon 8 Discuss performance and scalability options available in Horizon 8 Describe different security options for the Horizon environment VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage is a five-day combination course of VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management & VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration. This training collection gives you the hands-on skills to deliver virtual desktops and applications through a single virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You will build on your skills in configuring and managing VMware Horizon© 8 through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs. You learn how to configure and deploy pools of virtual machines and how to provide a customized desktop environment to end-users. Additionally, you will learn how to install and configure a virtual desktop infrastructure platform. You learn how to install and configure VMware Horizon© Connection Server?, VMware Unified Access Gateway?, how to configure a load balancer for use with Horizon, and how to establish Cloud Pod Architecture. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Introductions and course logistics * Course objectives * INTRODUCTION TO VMWARE HORIZON * Recognize the features and benefits of Horizon * Describe the conceptual and logical architecture of Horizon INTRODUCTION TO USE CASE * Define a use case for your virtual desktop and application infrastructure * Convert customer requirements to use-case attributes VSPHERE FOR HORIZON 8 * Explain basic virtualization concepts * Use VMware vSphere© Client? to access your Center Server system and VMware ESXi? hosts * Create, provision, and remove a virtual machine VMWARE HORIZON DESKTOPS * Create a Windows and a Linux virtual machine using vSphere * Optimize and prepare Windows and Linux virtual machines to set up Horizon desktop VMs VMWARE HORIZON AGENTS * Outline the configuration choices when installing Horizon Agent on Windows and Linux virtual machines * Create a gold master for Windows Horizon desktops VMWARE HORIZON POOLS * Identify the steps to set up a template for desktop pool deployment * List the steps to add desktops to the VMware Horizon© Connection Server? inventory * Compare dedicated-assignment and floating-assignment pools * Outline the steps to create an automated pool * Define user entitlement * Explain the hierarchy of global, pool-level, and user-level policies VMWARE HORIZON CLIENT OPTIONS * Describe the different clients and their benefits * Access Horizon desktop using various Horizon clients and HTML * Configure integrated printing, USB redirection, and the shared folders option * Configure session collaboration and media optimization for Microsoft Teams CREATING AND MANAGING INSTANT-CLONE DESKTOP POOLS * List the advantages of instant clones * Explain the provisioning technology used for instant clone desktop pools * Set up an automated pool of instant clones * Push updated images to instant clone desktop pools CREATING RDS DESKTOP AND APPLICATION POOLS * Explain the difference between an RDS desktop pool and an automated pool * Compare and contrast an RDS session host pool, a farm, and an application pool * Create an RDS desktop pool and an application pool * Access RDS desktops and application from Horizon Client * Use the instant clone technology to automate the build-out of RDSH farms * Configure load-balancing for RDSHs on a farm MONITORING VMWARE HORIZON * Monitor the status of the Horizon components using the Horizon Administrator console dashboard * Monitor desktop sessions using the HelpDesk tool COURSE INTRODUCTION * Introductions and course logistics * Course objectives HORIZON CONNECTION SERVER * Recognize VMware Horizon reference architecture * Identify the Horizon Connection Server supported features * Identify the recommended system requirements for Horizon Connection Server * Configure the Horizon event database * Outline the steps for the initial configuration of Horizon Connection Server * Discuss the ADAM database as a critical component of Horizon Connection Server installation AUTHENTICATION AND CERTIFICATES * Compare the authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports * Describe the Smartcard authentication options that Horizon Connection Server supports * Outline the steps to create a Horizon administrator and custom roles * Describe the roles available in a Horizon environment * Explain the role that certificates play for Horizon Connection Server * Install and configure certificates for Horizon Connection Server * Install and configure True SSO in a Horizon environment WORKSPACE ONE ACCESS & VIRTUAL APPLICATION MANAGEMENT * Recognize the features and benefits of Workspace ONE Access * Recognize the Workspace ONE Access console features * Explain identity management in Workspace ONE Access * Explain access management in Workspace ONE Access * Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration * Describe the Workspace ONE Access directory integration * Deploy virtual applications with Workspace services HORIZON PROTOCOLS * Compare the remote display protocols that are available in VMware Horizon * Describe the BLAST Display Protocol Codecs * Describe BLAST and PCoIP ADMX GPO common configurations GRAPHIC CARDS * Describe the 3D rendering options available in Horizon 8 * Compare vSGA and vDGA * List the steps to configure graphics cards for use in a VMware Horizon environment HORIZON SCALABILITY * Describe the purpose of a replica connection server * Explain how multiple Horizon Connection Server instances in a pod maintain synchronization * Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture LDAP replication and VIPA * Explain Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture scalability options HORIZON SECURITY * Explain concepts relevant to secure Horizon connections * Describe how to restrict Horizon connections. * Discuss the benefits of using Unified Access Gateway * List the two-factor authentication options that are supported by Unified Access Gateway * List Unified Access Gateway firewall rules * Describe the situation in which you might deploy Unified Access Gateway instances with one, two, or three network interfaces ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Notes Delivery by TDSynex, Exit Certified and New Horizons an VMware Authorised Training Centre (VATC) Nexus Humans VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Before you can effective lead others, you must first lead yourself. This 12 module program will help you develop in the following areas: Self Knowledge & Emotional Intelligence Identifying your strengths and building on them Values and Personal Mission Statement Self-motivation and personal goals Taking personal responsibility Discovering your purpose Authentic leadership and influencing others

Meetings are a traditional and essential component of local government. For both elected members and officers, meetings serve as a forum for discussion and agreement, planning and monitoring, communication and leadership, and decision-making. Used appropriately, meetings can challenge, inspire, illuminate and inform. And while they are not the only meetings that elected members will be asked to attend, committee meetings, in particular, are a mainstay of the political management process. Effective chairing is important because it can provide clear leadership and direction, ensure that debates are focused and balanced, enable decisions to be reached and ensure that resources are used to best effect. This two-hour 'masterclass'-style workshop will help elected members to understand their role, offer some approaches and ideas that will help to tackle typical challenges, and help to generally improve their effectiveness as a chair. * To understand the skills and qualities of a good chair * To learn ideas and approaches for chairing a successful meeting that is on time and achieves its outcomes * To understand the protocols and boundaries for appropriate meeting etiquette and the chair's role in managing this effectively * To appreciate how to manage yourself and others appropriately * To take away personal actions to apply to your role 1 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS * Objectives * What's the challenge for you? 2 WE CAN'T GO ON MEETING LIKE THIS * Common meeting challenges for chairs and why they succeed or fail * Consequences and impact for the Council * What's the context? 3 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN EFFECTIVE CHAIR * Activities and input that explore the role, skills and qualities needed * Role of the chair: what is it and how to do it well 4 CHAIRING FOR SUCCESS - IDEAS AND APPROACHES TO MEET THE CHALLENGES * Managing time and boundaries * Preparation and planning * Creating the right environment * Self-management * Challenging personalities and good meeting behaviour 5 FINAL PLENARY SESSION * What's your plan? Take away actions

This course is designed for those already using Power BI Desktop and are ready to work with more comprehensive elements of analysing and reporting in Power BI. The course maintains a balanced look at data analysis including the Power Query Editor, with a deep dive into writing DAX formulas, and enhanced dashboard visualisations. The aim of this course is to provide a more complete understanding of the whole Power BI analytics process, by working with business examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to output comprehensive reports and explore Power BI's analytical capabilities in more depth. 1 THE QUERY EDITOR * Grouping rows in a table * Split row by delimiter * Add days to determine deadlines * The query editor 2 FUZZY MATCHING JOINS * Matching inconsistencies by percentage * Matching with transformation table 3 THE QUERY EDITOR M FUNCTIONS * Adding custom columns * Creating an IF function * Nested AND logics in an IF function 4 DAX NEW COLUMNS FUNCTIONS * Including TRUE with SWITCH * Using multiple conditions * The FIND DAX function * The IF DAX function * Logical functions IF, AND, OR 5 EDITING DAX MEASURES * Making DAX easier to read * Add comments to a measure * Using quick measures 6 THE ANATOMY OF CALCULATE * Understanding CALCULATE filters * Add context to CALCULATE with FILTER * Using CALCULATE with a threshold 7 THE ALL MEASURE * Anatomy of ALL * Create an ALL measure * Using ALL as a filter * Use ALL for percentages 8 DAX ITERATORS * Anatomy of iterators * A closer look at SUMX * Using RELATED with SUMX * Create a RANKX * RANKX with ALL 9 DATE AND TIME FUNCTIONS * Overview of functions * Create a DATEDIFF function 10 TIME INTELLIGENT MEASURES * Compare historical monthly data * Create a DATEADD measure * Creating cumulative totals * Creating cumulative measures * Visualising cumulative totals 11 VISUALISATIONS IN-DEPTH * Utilising report themes * Applying static filters * Group data using lists * Group numbers using bins * Creating heatmaps * Comparing proportions * View trends with sparklines 12 COMPARING VARIABLES * Visualising trendlines as KPI * Forecasting with trendlines * Creating a scatter plot * Creating dynamic labels * Customised visualisation tooltips * Export reports to SharePoint

This course starts with the basics then moves seamlessly to an intermediate level. It includes a comprehensive yet balanced look at the four main components that make up Power BI Desktop: Report view, Data view, Model view, and the Power Query Editor. It also demonstrates how to use the online Power BI service. It looks at authoring tools that enables you to connect to and transform data from a variety of sources, allowing you to produce dynamic reports using a library of visualisations. Once you have those reports, the course looks at the seamless process of sharing those with your colleagues by publishing to the online Power BI service. The aim of this course is to provide a strong understanding of the Power BI analysis process, by working with real-world examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to start applying your knowledge straight away. 1 GETTING STARTED * The Power BI process * Launching Power BI Desktop * The four views of Power BI * Dashboard visuals 2 CONNECTING TO FILES * Connect to data sources * Connect to an Excel file * Connect to a CSV file * Connect to a database * Import vs. DirectQuery * Connect to a web source * Create a data table 3 TRANSFORMING DATA * The process of cleaning data * Column data types * Remove rows with filters * Add a custom column * Append data to a table * Fix error issues * Basic maths operations 4 BUILD A DATA MODEL * Table relationships * Manage table relationships 5 MERGE QUERIES * Table join kinds * Merging tables 6 CREATE REPORT VISUALISATIONS * Creating map visuals * Formatting maps * Creating chart visuals * Formatting chart * Tables, matrixes, and cards * Control formatting with themes * Filter reports with slicers * Reports for mobile devices * Custom online visuals * Export report data to Excel 7 THE POWER QUERY EDITOR * Fill data up and down * Split columns by delimiter * Add conditional columns * Merging columns 8 THE M FORMULA * Creating M functions * Create an IF function * Create a query group 9 PIVOT AND UNPIVOT TABLES * Pivot tables in the query editor * Pivot and append tables * Pivot but don't summarise * Unpivot tables * Append mismatched headers 10 DATA MODELLING REVISITED * Data model relationships * Mark a calendar as a date table 11 INTRODUCTION TO CALCULATED COLUMNS * New columns vs. measures * Creating a new column calculation * The SWITCH function 12 INTRODUCTION TO DAX MEASURES * Common measure categories * The SUM measure * Adding measures to visuals * COUNTROWS and DISINCTCOUNT functions * DAX rules 13 THE CALCULATE MEASURE * The syntax of CALCULATE * Things of note about CALCULATE 14 THE SUMX MEASURE * The SUMX measure * X iterator functions * Anatomy of SUMX 15 INTRODUCTION TO TIME INTELLIGENCE * Importance of a calendar table * A special lookup table * The TOTALYTD measure * Change year end in TOTALYTD 16 HIERARCHY, GROUPS AND FORMATTING * Create a hierarchy to drill data * Compare data in groups * Add conditional formatting 17 SHARE REPORTS ON THE WEB * Publish to the BI online service * Get quick insights * Upload reports from BI service * Exporting report data * What is Q&A? * Sharing your reports 18 APPLY YOUR LEARNING * Post training recap lesson

There is a lot to learn in Power BI, this course takes a comprehensive look at the fundamentals of analysing data and includes a balanced look at the four main components that make up Power BI Desktop: Report view, Data view, Model view, and the Power Query Editor. It also demonstrates how to utilise the online Power BI service. It looks at authoring tools that enable you to connect to and transform data from a variety of sources, allowing you to produce detailed reports through a range of visualisations, in an interactive and dynamic way. It also includes a detailed look at formulas by writing both M functions in Power Query, and DAX functions in Desktop view. This knowledge will allow you to take your reports to the next level. The aim of this course is to provide a complete introduction to understanding the Power BI analysis process, by working hands-on with examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to start applying your learning straight away. 1 GETTING STARTED * The Power BI ecosystem * Opening Power BI Desktop * Power BI's four views * Introduction to Dashboards 2 IMPORTING FILES * Importing data sources * Importing an Excel file * Importing a CSV file * Importing a database * Connect to an SQL Server Database * Import vs. Direct Query * Importing from the web * Importing a folder of files * Managing file connections 3 SHAPE DATA IN THE QUERY EDITOR * The process of shaping data * Managing data types * Keeping and removing rows * Add a custom column * Appending tables together * Hiding queries in reports * Fixing error issues * Basic maths operations 4 THE DATA MODEL * Table relationships * Relationship properties 5 MERGE QUERIES * Table join kinds * Merging tables 6 INSERTING DASHBOARD VISUALS * Things to keep in mind * Inserting maps * Formatting Maps * Inserting charts * Formatting Charts * Inserting a tree map * Inserting a table, matrix, and card * Controlling number formats * About report themes * Highlighting key points * Filter reports with slicers * Sync slicers across dashboards * Custom web visuals 7 PUBLISH AND SHARE REPORTS * Publishing to Power BI service * Editing online reports * Pinning visuals to a dashboard * What is Q&A? * Sharing dashboards * Exporting reports to PowerPoint * Exporting reports as PDF files 8 THE POWER QUERY EDITOR * Fill data up and down * Split column by delimiter * Add a conditional column * More custom columns * Merging columns 9 THE M FUNCTIONS * Inserting text functions * Insert an IF function * Create a query group 10 PIVOTING TABLES * Pivot a table * Pivot and append tables * Pivot but don't aggregate * Unpivot tables * Append mismatched headers 11 DATA MODELLING EXPANDED * Understanding relationships * Mark a date table 12 DAX NEW COLUMNS * New columns and measures * New column calculations * Insert a SWITCH function 13 INTRODUCTION TO DAX MEASURES * Common measure functions * Insert a SUM function * Insert a COUNTROWS function * Insert a DISTINCTCOUNT function * Insert a DIVIDE function * DAX rules 14 THE CALCULATE MEASURE * The syntax of CALCULATE * Insert a CALCULATE function * Control field summarisation * Things of note 15 THE SUMX MEASURE * X iterator functions * Anatomy of SUMX * Insert a SUMX function * When to use X functions 16 TIME INTELLIGENCE MEASURES * Importance of a calendar table * Insert a TOTALYTD function * Change financial year end date * Comparing historical data * Insert a DATEADD function 17 HIERARCHIES AND GROUPS * Mine data using hierarchies * Compare data in groups