291 Network & Security courses in Bristol

COMPLETE C# PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This training course teaches developers the programming skills that are required for developers to create Windows applications using the C# language. Students review the basics of C# program structure, language syntax, and implementation details, and then consolidate their knowledge throughout the week as they build an application that incorporates several features of the .NET Framework. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Use the syntax and features of C#. * Create and call methods, catch and handle exceptions, and describe the monitoring requirements of large-scale applications. * Implement a typical desktop application. * Create class, define and implement interfaces, and create and generic collections. * Read and write data to/from files. * Build a GUI using XAML. COMPLETE C# PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Programmers wishing to learn C#. * Prerequisites: Developers attending this course should already have gained some limited experience using C# to complete basic programming tasks. * Duration 5 days COMPLETE C# PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Review of C# Syntax Overview of Writing Applications using C#, Datatypes, Operators, and Expressions. C# Programming Language Constructs. Hands on Developing the Class Enrolment Application. * Methods, exceptions and monitoring apps Creating and Invoking Methods. Creating Overloaded Methods and Using Optional and Output Parameters. Handling Exceptions. Monitoring Applications. Hands on Extending the Class Enrolment Application Functionality. * Developing a graphical application Implementing Structs and Enums. Organizing Data into Collections. Handling Events. Hands on Writing the Grades Prototype Application. * Classes and Type-safe collections Creating Classes. Defining and Implementing Interfaces. Implementing Type-safe Collections. Hands on Adding Data Validation and Type-safety to the Grades Application. * Class hierarchy using Inheritance Class hierarchies. Extending .NET framework classes. Creating generic types. Hands on Refactoring common functionality into the User Class. * Reading and writing local data Reading and Writing Files. Serializing and Deserializing Data. Performing I/O Using Streams. Hands on Generating the Grades Report. * Accessing a Database Creating and using entity data models. Querying and updating data by using LINQ. Hands on Retrieving and modifying grade data. * Accessing remote data Accessing data across the web and in the cloud. Hands on Modifying grade data in the Cloud. * Designing the UI for a graphical applicatione Using XAML to design a User Interface. Binding controls to data. Styling a UI. Hands on Customizing Student Photographs and Styling the Application. * Improving performance and responsiveness Implementing Multitasking by using tasks and Lambda Expressions. Performing operations asynchronously. Synchronizing concurrent data access. Hands on Improving the responsiveness and performance of the application. * Integrating with unmanaged code Creating and using dynamic objects. Managing the Lifetime of objects and controlling unmanaged resources. Hands on Upgrading the grades report. * Creating reusable types and assemblies Examining Object Metadata. Creating and Using Custom Attributes. Generating Managed Code. Versioning, Signing and Deploying Assemblies. Hands on Specifying the Data to Include in the Grades Report. * Encrypting and Decrypting Data Implementing Symmetric Encryption. Implementing Asymmetric Encryption. Hands on Encrypting and Decrypting Grades Reports.

GPON AND FTTX NETWORKS TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION Designed to benefit those requiring an in depth knowledge of the principles and applications of Ten Gigabit and Gigabit Passive Optical Networking and Fibre to the X in NG Networks applications and their associated equipment, its flexibility and function within a modern transmission network. Using an effective mix of 'hands on' equipment instruction and correlation to theory based learning the delegate will gain a complete understanding of the equipment and the tasks to be undertaken in a real life situation. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Compare PON/FTTx systems. * Explain network elements and designs. * Support applications and network interfaces. * List circuit provisioning and bandwidth requirements. * Understand upstream & downstream issues. * Describe headend & network elements/OLT-ONT. * Perform network testing with OTDR test sets. GPON AND FTTX NETWORKS TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with GPON and FTTx. * Prerequisites: Introduction to data communications and networking. * Duration 5 days GPON AND FTTX TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * FTTN, FTTC, FTTH SMF, MMF, Fibre safety and properties (dispersion/attenuation), Fibre reel cables and types, Fibre installation and air blown fibre, Transmitters and receivers - power budget/laser classes. Fibre to the home (FTTH), FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet), FTTN (Fibre to the node) , FTTD (Fibre to the desk), FFTH topologies and wavelengths, Active or passive optical network. * WDM equipment and GPON OSP design Wavelength considerations, WDM/DWDM/CWDM, EDFA optical amplification, AWG (Arrayed Waveguide Grating) splitters , Couplers (splitters) and losses, Optical splitters 1x2, 1x4, 1x8, 1x16, 1x32, 1x64, 2x64. * PON variants Gigabit passive optical network (GPON), Gigabit Ethernet passive optical network (GEPON), Time division PON (TDM-PON), Wave Division Multiplexing PON (WDM-PON), 1Gbps, 10Gbps, 40Ggps, 100Gbps FSAN (Full Service Access Network) NGA (Next Generation Access), Strategies for TDM-PON to WDM-PON migration, Architecture of NG-PON (hybrid WDM/TDM PON), Additional services than triple play. * GEPON design GPON OSP centralized and distributed design, GPON PON splitters x4 x8 x32, Fibre splice trays /cassette trays & enclosures, GPON field testing and installation verification, GPON physical layer testing, Optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR), Optical power source & meter, Optical return loss (ORL), APON/BPON/GPON/EPON comparisons. * GPON ITU-T G.984.1 Reference model, terminology & architecture, Access network system management functions. ONT & OLT functional block examples. FTTx scenarios, 4 switching arrangements for external access network backup. * GPON ITU-T G.984.2 Physical layer, Enhancement band, Bit rate and wavelengths, FEC and RAMAN. * GPON ITU-T G.984.3 Frame structure, GPON encapsulation method (GEM), GTC adaptation and framing sublayer protocol stack, Status reporting & traffic monitoring DBA (SR-DBA & TM-DBA), Transmission container (T-CONT) types, Downstream & upstream multiplexing, GEM port identifier, Media access control and ONU registration, Extended bandwidth assignment model scheduling architecture, PLOAM & alarm messages, Downstream & Upstream FEC, Process order in a GTC transmit flow. * GPON ITU-T G.984.4 and G.988 ONT management and control interface (OMCI) Management interface, Reference model, Typical ONT with SCTE 55-1 or SCTE 55-2 compliancy. * GPON ITU-T G.984.5 enhancement band Band options, GPON NGA, Wavelength allocation. * GPON ITU-T G.984.6 optical reach extension (G.984.re) Reach extension (RE), OA-based and OEO-based reach extenders, Protection, Reach extender with OTDR blocking filters (BF) and bypass (BYP) filters. * GPON ITU-T G.984.7 long reach Quiet Window. * 10-GPON ITU-T G.987.1 (XG-PON) Scenarios, reference access network architecture, XG-PON with G-PON through WDM1r, G-PON and XG-PON wavelength allocation, G-PON and XG-PON co-existence with video overlay option, RE migration scenarios. * G.989 40Gbps XG-PON2 Functional reference architecture, NG-PON2 system coexistence with legacy systems, Definitions of legacy compatibility terminology. * GPON issues and standards GPON components GPON OLT / GPON ONT, GPON management, Operational support systems (OSS), Network management systems (NMS), OMCI (ONT Management control interface), RG (Residential gateway), Data and prioritised voice channel product, GPON broadband-forum standards, Broadband-forum , TR-069 and TR-156, HPNA (home phone network alliance), Powerline carrier (PLC), GPON DLNI G.hn or G.9960, MOCA, FTTH council certification standard for network certification. Fibre-connected home badge, Ethernet in the first mile (EFM), GPON frame synchronization to network timing, Direct clock synchronization interface (BITS), Multiservice access platform (MSAP), Software planning tool, Superconnected cities / voucher scheme. * Hands on practical assignments Single and multimode fibre recognition, Fibre Cleaning methods, Checking cleaning with an optical microscope, Optical light source and optical power meter referencing, PON splitter and fibre drum testing with an optical power meter, 6km classroom passive optical network testing with an OTDR at 1310/1550nm, Using decibels (dB's) and decibel milliwats (dBm's), Designing networks up to 20km long using vendor specifications (power budget), Fault finding with a visible fault locator.

INTEGRATING UNIX AND MICROSOFT COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is designed for the enterprise-level UNIX professional and represents the highest level of professional, distribution-neutral UNIX certification within the industry. It covers administering UNIX enterprise-wide with an emphasis on mixed environments. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Configure and troubleshoot OpenLDAP. * Use OpenLDAP as an authentication backend. * Manage software packages. * Use Samba - Share configuration - User and group management - Domain integration - Name services - with Linux and Windows clients INTEGRATING UNIX AND MICROSOFT COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Enterprise-level UNIX professionals. * Prerequisites: UNIX network administration. * Duration 5 days INTEGRATING UNIX AND MICROSOFT COURSE CONTENTS * OPENLDAP CONFIGURATION * OpenLDAP replication Replication concepts, OpenLDAP replication, replication log files, replica hubs, LDAP referrals, LDAP sync replication. * Securing the Directory Securing the directory with SSL and TLS, Firewall considerations, Unauthenticated access methods, User/password authentication methods, Maintanence of SASL user DB, certificates. * OpenLDAP Server Performance Tuning Measure OpenLDAP performance, Tune software configuration to increase performance, indexes. * OPENLDAP AS AN AUTHENTICATION BACKEND LDAP * Integration with PAM and NSS Configure PAM to use LDAP for authentication, NSS to retrieve information from LDAP and PAM modules in UNIX. * Integrating LDAP with Active Directory and Kerberos Kerberos integration with LDAP, Cross platform authentication, Single sign-on concepts, Integration and compatibility limitations between OpenLDAP and Active Directory. * SAMBA BASICS * Samba Concepts and Architecture Samba daemons and components, key issues regarding heterogeneous network, Identify key TCP/UDP ports used with SMB/CIFS, Knowledge of Samba3 and Samba4 differences. * Configure Samba Samba server configuration file structure, variables and configuration parameters, Troubleshoot and debug configuration problems. * Regular Samba Maintenance Monitor and interact with running Samba daemons, Perform regular backups of Samba configuration and state data. * Troubleshooting Samba Samba logging, Backup TDB files, Restore TDB files, Identify TDB file corruption, Edit / list TDB file content. * Internationalization Internationalization character codes and code pages, differences in the name space between Windows and Linux/Unix with respect to share, names, user/group/computer naming in a non-English environment. * SAMBA SHARE CONFIGURATION * Linux File System and Share/Service Permissions File / directory permission control, Samba interaction with Linux file system permissions and ACLs, Use Samba VFS to store Windows ACLs. * Print Services Printer sharing, integration between Samba and CUPS, Manage Windows print drivers and configure downloading of print drivers, security concerns with printer sharing. * SAMBA USER AND GROUP MANAGEMENT * Managing User Accounts and Groups User and group accounts, mappings, user account management tools, smbpasswd, file/directory ownership of objects. * Authentication, Authorization and Winbind Local password database, password synchronization, passdb backends, Convert between passdb backends, Integrate Samba with LDAP, Winbind service, PAM and NSS. * SAMBA DOMAIN INTEGRATION * Samba as a PDC and BDC Domain membership and trust relationships, Create and maintain a PDC and BDC with Samba3/4, Add computers to an existing domain, logon scripts, roaming profiles, system policies. * Samba4 as an AD compatible Domain Samba 4 as an AD DC, smbclient, how Samba integrates with AD services: DNS, Kerberos, NTP, LDAP. * Configure Samba as a Domain Member Server Joining Samba to NT4 and AD domains, obtain a TGT from a KDC. * SAMBA NAME SERVICES * NetBIOS and WINS WINS concepts, NetBIOS concepts, local master browser, domain master browser, Samba as a WINS server, name resolution, WINS replication, NetBIOS browsing and browser elections, NETBIOS name types. * Active Directory Name Resolution DNS for Samba4 as an AD Domain Controller, DNS forwarding with the internal DNS server of Samba4. * WORKING WITH LINUX AND WINDOWS CLIENTS * CIFS Integration SMB/CIFS concepts, remote CIFS shares from a Linux client, securely storing CIFS credentials, features and benefits of CIFS, permissions and file ownership of remote CIFS shares. * Working with Windows Clients browse lists and SMB clients from Windows, Share file/print resources from Windows, the smbclient program, the Windows net utility.

CCNP (ENARSI) TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION The Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (ENARSI) v1.0 gives you the knowledge you need to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot an enterprise network. This course covers advanced routing and infrastructure technologies, expanding on the topics covered in the Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) v1.0 course. This course helps prepare for the exam, Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (300- 410 ENARSI), which leads to the new CCNP WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Gain the knowledge you need to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot an enterprise network. * Qualify for professional-level job roles in advance routing and services * Prepare for the Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services Exam (300-410 ENARSI). CCNP (ENARSI) TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Enterprise network engineers, System engineers, System administrators, Network administrators. * Prerequisites: CCNP core * Duration 5 days CCNP (ENARSI) TRAINING COURSE CONTENT * Course Objectives Configure classic Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6 Optimize classic EIGRP and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6 Troubleshoot classic EIGRP and named EIGRP for IPv4 and IPv6 Configure Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)v2 and OSPFv3 in IPv4 and IPv6 environments Optimize OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 behaviour Troubleshoot OSPFv2 for IPv4 and OSPFv3 for IPv4 and IPv6 Implement route redistribution using filtering mechanisms Troubleshoot redistribution Implement path control using Policy-Based Routing (PBR) and IP Service Level Agreement (SLA) Configure Multiprotocol-Border Gateway Protocol (MPBGP) in IPv4 and IPv6 environments Optimize MPBGP in IPv4 and IPv6 environments Troubleshoot MPBGP for IPv4 and IPv6 Describe the features of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Describe the major architectural components of an MPLS VPN Identify the routing and packet forwarding functionalities for MPLS VPNs Explain how packets are forwarded in an MPLS VPN environment Implement Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) Dynamic Multipoint VPNs (DMVPNs) Implement Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Describe the tools available to secure the IPV6 first hop Troubleshoot Cisco router security features Troubleshoot infrastructure security and services * Course Outline Implementing EIGRP Optimizing EIGRP Troubleshooting EIGRP Implementing OSPF Optimizing OSPF Troubleshooting OSPF Configuring Redistribution Troubleshooting Redistribution Implementing Path Control Implementing Internal Border Gateway Protocol (IBGP) Optimizing BGP Implementing MP-BGP Troubleshooting BGP Exploring MPLS Introducing MPLS L3 VPN Architecture Introducing MPLS L3 VPN Routing Configuring Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)-Lite Implementing DMVPN Implementing DHCP Introducing IPv6 First Hop Security Securing Cisco Routers Troubleshooting Infrastructure Security and Services Troubleshooting with DNA Center Assurance. * Lab outline Configure EIGRP Using Classic Mode and Named Mode for IPv4 and IPv6 Verify the EIGRP Topology Table Configure EIGRP Stub Routing, Summarization, and Default Routing Configure EIGRP Load Balancing and Authentication Troubleshoot EIGRP Issues Configure OSPFv3 for IPv4 and IPv6 Verify the LinkState Database Configure OSPF Stub Areas and Summarization Configure OSPF Authentication Troubleshoot OSPF Issues Implement Routing Protocol Redistribution Manipulate Redistribution Manipulate Redistribution Using Route Maps Troubleshoot Redistribution Issues Implement PBR Configure IBGP and External Border Gateway Protocol (EBGP) Implement BGP Path Selection Configure BGP Advanced Features Configure BGP Route Reflectors Configure MP-BGP for IPv4 and IPv6 Troubleshoot BGP Issues Configure Routing with VRF -Lite Implement Cisco IOS DMVPN Obtain IPv6 Addresses Dynamically Troubleshoot DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 Issues Troubleshoot IPv4 and IPv6 Access Control List (ACL) Issues Configure and Verify Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) Troubleshoot Network Management Protocol Issues: Lab 1 and 2

PYTHON TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This Python course focusses on teaching Python for use in network automation and network DevOps. We focus on getting delegates up and running with Python and network automation as quickly as possible rather than making them great programmers. In other words we concentrate on enabling delegates to use network automation libraries such as netmiko, NAPALM and Nornir, and APIs such as NETCONF and RESTCONF rather than enabling delegates to produce object oriented programs. Hands on sessions use Cisco and Juniper devices. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Run Python programs. * Read Python programs. * Write Python programs. * Debug Python programs. * Automate network tasks with Python programs. * Configure network devices with Python. * Collect data from network devices with Python. PYTHON TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Network engineers. * Prerequisites: TCP/IP Foundation * Duration 5 days PYTHON TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is Python? Programming languages, Why Python? Python in interactive mode, Python scripts, ipython, Python version 2 versus version 3. A simple Python script. Comments. Hands on Installing Python, Hello world. * A network example On box vs off box Python. telnet, ssh, NETCONF, HTTP, APIs, manufacturers and API support, analysis of a simple telnetlib program. Hands on Using Python to retrieve the configuration from a network device. Using wireshark to analyse the actions. * Python basics I/O, operators, variables and assignment, types, indentation, loops and conditionals. Hands on Modifying the telnet program, changing configurations on a network devices. * Functions, classes and methods What are functions, calling functions, builtin functions, useful builtin functions, file handling, classes, objects, creating instances. Hands on Storing configurations in files, configuring devices from files, using an inventory file to work on multiple devices. * Libraries and modules Modules, files and packages, import, from-import, Python standard library, other packages, pip install, executing other programs. Managing python libraries. Hands on Using pip, installing and using ipaddress, subprocess to access netsnmp. For the more advanced, using the sockets library. * Paramiko and netmiko SSH, enabling SSH on devices, keys. Paramiko versus netmiko, example scripts. pexpect. Hands on Configuring VLANs from Python. * pySNMP Gathering facts using previous methods, SNMP review, pySNMP GET, pySNMP and SNMPv3. easySNMP library. Hands on Walking a MIB from Python. * NETCONF What is NETCONF? Enabling NETCONF on devices, A first ncclient script, device handlers, get_config, edit_config, copy_config, delete_config, commit, validate, pyEZ, utils_config, utils.sw. Hands on Configuration using ncclient and PyEZ. This session is expanded for those interesting in JunOS automation. * Manipulating configuration files Builtin functions, string handling. Unicode. Sequences, strings, lists, tuples. Dictionaries. TextFSM. Regular expressions. JSON, YAML, XML, YANG, Jinja2, templates. Hands on Jinja2 templating with Python to configure network devices. * NAPALM Getters, configuration operations, supported devices, NAPALM transport, Config-replace, Config-merge, Compare config, Atomic changes, rollback. Example NAPLAM scripts. Hands on Using NAPALM to gather facts, Using NAPALM for configuration management * REST and RESTCONF What is REST, HTTP methods, GET, POST, cURL, Postman, Python requests library. RESTCONF, a RESTCONF example. Hands on Modifying a configuration using RESTCONF. * Scapy What is scapy, Scapy in interactive mode, Scapy as a module. Hands on Packet crafting from Python. * Warning Errors and exceptions, Exception handling, try, except. Memory management. Garbage collection. Context management, With. Hands on Improving Python code. * Nornir What is Nornir? A network automation framework, inventories, connection management and parallelization. Nornir architecture and other libraires. Hands on Setting up nornir, nornir fact gathering, nornir tasks. * Optional Writing your own functions, Writing your own classes. pyntc. Hands on Writing reusable code.

COMPLETE VB.NET TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on introduction to programming in Visual BASIC .Net. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Build Visual BASIC applications. * Build simple components * Debug Visual BASIC programs. * Examine existing code and determine its function. COMPLETE VB.NET TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone wishing to program in Visual BASIC. Anyone wishing to build Windows based applications. * Prerequisites: None although experience in another high level language would be useful. * Duration 5 days COMPLETE VB.NET TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Writing your first program Visual Studio, forms designer, running VB programs, the UI, properties, writing the code. * Toolbox Controls Basic use, input controls, ActiveX controls. * Menus and Dialog Boxes Menus, Dialog Box controls, event procedures. * Visual Basic .NET variables and operators Variables, I/O, data types, constants, operators, Math Methods, precedence. * Decision Structures and Loops and Timers Event-Driven programming, If…Then, Select Case, For…Next Loops, Timer Control. * Debugging Visual Basic .NET Programs Break Mode, watch & command windows. * Structured Error Handling Try...Catch, Finally, Err Object, retry periods. * Modules and Procedures Standard modules, public variables, procedures. * Arrays and Collections to Manage Data Fixed-Size & dynamic Arrays, ReDim Preserve, object collections, Controls Collection. * Text Files and String Processing Text Box object, Text String methods, sorting. * Automating Office Applications Application objects, automation in VB, the Object Browser, the Process Component. * Deploying Visual Basic .NET Applications Planning a deployment, ways to deploy an application, deployment projects, options. * Managing Windows Forms Forms, positioning, manipulation, adding controls, organizing controls, Startup Object. * Adding Graphics and Animation Effects System.Drawing namespace, coordinates, SystemPaint Event, animation, transparency. * Inheriting Forms and Creating Base Classes Inheriting forms, inheritance picker, base classes and inheritance, classes in projects. * Working with Printers PrintDocument class, Text Box object, Print Preview and Page Setup Dialog Boxes. * Database programming with ADO.NET Databases, ADO.NET, Data Adapters, Datasets, Bound & Navigation Controls. Displaying database records, formatting DataGrid cells, updating the database. * Displaying HTML Documents Using IE IE Object, Internet Controls, IE Events. * Web Forms for Interactive Web Applications ASP.NET, Web Forms vs. Windows Forms, HTML controls, web applications, event procedures for web forms controls.

COMPLETE VBA PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course helps you extend the capabilities of the entire Office suite using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Even if you have no programming experience, you'll be automating routine computing processes quickly using the simple, yet powerful VBA programming language. We start at the beginning to get you acquainted with VBA so you can start recording macros right away. You'll then build upon that foundation to utilize the full capabilities of the language in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Record, write and run macros. * Work with VBA Editor. * Use the huge library of built-in functions. * Create simple dialog boxes and complex forms. * Customize Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. * Program the Office 2016 ribbon. COMPLETE VBA PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone looking to extend the capabilities of the entire Office suite using VBA. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 5 days COMPLETE VBA PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Macros and getting started in VBA VBA syntax, variables, constants, and enumerations, array variables, finding objects, methods, and properties. * Working with VBA 1 VBA syntax, variables, constants, and enumerations, array variables, finding objects, methods, and properties. * Decisions, loops and functions Built-in functions, creating your own functions, making decisions in your code, using loops to repeat actions. * Using message boxes, input boxes, and dialog boxes Getting user input with message boxes and input boxes, creating simple custom dialog boxes, creating complex forms. * Creating effective code Building modular code and using classes, debugging your code and handling errors, building well-behaved code, exploring VBA's security features. * Programming the Office applications The Word object model and key objects, working with widely used objects in Word, the Excel object model and key objects, working with widely used objects in Excel, the PowerPoint object, model and key objects, working with shapes and running slide shows, the Outlook object model and key objects, working with events in Outlook, the Access object model and key objects, manipulating the data in an Access database via VBA, accessing one application from another application, programming the Office 2016 ribbon.

SUPPORTING MICROSOFT IIS TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to configure and manage Internet Information Services. This course is intended to help provide pre-requisite skills supporting a broad range of Internet web applications, security, and knowledge to help support other products that use IIS such as Exchange and SharePoint. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Install IIS. * Configure IIS. * Secure websites. * Maintain IIS. SUPPORTING MICROSOFT IIS TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Microsoft IIS. * Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineerss Supporting Windows ( XP or 2000 or 2003) * Duration 5 days SUPPORTING MICROSOFT IIS COURSE CONTENTS * Overview and Installing IIS Web Server infrastructure, installing IIS. Hands on Default install of IIS, verify and test.. * Configuring the default website Default website, IIS Manager, default IIS file structure, configuring DNS records for a website, creating virtual directories and Applications. Hands on Configuring the Default website for public access. Creating Virtual Directories and Applications. * Application Pools Application Pool Architecture, Application Pool recycling. Hands on Creating and managing Application Pools. * Creating additional websites Multiple websites on a single server, website bindings. Hands on Creating new websites. * Website and Web application support Configuring Common features, adding support for web applications. Hands on Adding support for web applications. * Securing Websites and applications Access control, sites, applications, authentication and permissions. URL authorization rules. Hands on Configuring Authentication and permissions. * Securing Data Transmissions with SSL Certificates and SSL, creating certificates for a web server, adding a certificate to a website. Hands on Certificates and HTTPS. * Using the Central Certificate Store The Central Certificate Store. Hands on Install and configure the Central Certificate Store. * Configuring Remote Administration Installing and Configuring the Management Service. Connecting to remote web servers and websites. Delegating Management Access. Hands on Remote administration. * Implementing FTP Implementing FTP, configuring an FTP site. Hands on Install and configure a secured FTP site. * Monitoring IIS IMonitoring IIS logs with Log Parser. Hands on Analyze a set of IIS log files for possible issues using Log Parser. Analyze performance data for performance related problems using PerfMon. * Backing up and Restoring IIS The IIS environment. Hands on Performing a backup and restore of a website. * Building Load-Balanced Web Farms Load-balancing mechanisms, building a Load-Balanced Web Farm using ARR, sharing content to a Web Farm using a network share, Sharing content to a Web Farm using DFS-R, Sharing IIS Configurations in a Web Farm. Hands on Installing and configuring ARR, sharing content to a Web Farm using network share and DFS-R, sharing IIS Configurations in a Web Farm.

INTEGRATING LINUX AND MICROSOFT COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is designed for the enterprise-level Linux professional and represents the highest level of professional, distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry. LPIC-3 300 covers administering Linux enterprise-wide with an emphasis on mixed environments. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Configure and troubleshoot OpenLDAP. * Use OpenLDAP as an authentication backend. * Manage software packages. * Use Samba - Share configuration - User and group management - Domain integration - Name services - with Linux and Windows clients INTEGRATING LINUX AND MICROSOFT COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Enterprise-level Linux professionals. * Prerequisites: Delegates must have an active LPIC-2 certification to receive LPIC-3 certification, but the LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 exams may be taken in any order. * Duration 5 days INTEGRATING UNIX AND MICROSOFT COURSE CONTENTS * OPENLDAP CONFIGURATION * OpenLDAP replication Replication concepts, OpenLDAP replication, replication log files, replica hubs, LDAP referrals, LDAP sync replication. * Securing the Directory Securing the directory with SSL and TLS, Firewall considerations, Unauthenticated access methods, User/password authentication methods, Maintanence of SASL user DB, certificates. * OpenLDAP Server Performance Tuning Measure OpenLDAP performance, Tune software configuration to increase performance, indexes. * OPENLDAP AS AN AUTHENTICATION BACKEND LDAP * Integration with PAM and NSS Configure PAM to use LDAP for authentication, NSS to retrieve information from LDAP and PAM modules in UNIX. * Integrating LDAP with Active Directory and Kerberos Kerberos integration with LDAP, Cross platform authentication, Single sign-on concepts, Integration and compatibility limitations between OpenLDAP and Active Directory. * SAMBA BASICS * Samba Concepts and Architecture Samba daemons and components, key issues regarding heterogeneous network, Identify key TCP/UDP ports used with SMB/CIFS, Knowledge of Samba3 and Samba4 differences. * Configure Samba Samba server configuration file structure, variables and configuration parameters, Troubleshoot and debug configuration problems. * Regular Samba Maintenance Monitor and interact with running Samba daemons, Perform regular backups of Samba configuration and state data. * Troubleshooting Samba Samba logging, Backup TDB files, Restore TDB files, Identify TDB file corruption, Edit / list TDB file content. * Internationalization Internationalization character codes and code pages, differences in the name space between Windows and Linux/Unix with respect to share, names, user/group/computer naming in a non-English environment. * SAMBA SHARE CONFIGURATION * Linux File System and Share/Service Permissions File / directory permission control, Samba interaction with Linux file system permissions and ACLs, Use Samba VFS to store Windows ACLs. * Print Services Printer sharing, integration between Samba and CUPS, Manage Windows print drivers and configure downloading of print drivers, security concerns with printer sharing. * SAMBA USER AND GROUP MANAGEMENT * Managing User Accounts and Groups User and group accounts, mappings, user account management tools, smbpasswd, file/directory ownership of objects. * Authentication, Authorization and Winbind Local password database, password synchronization, passdb backends, Convert between passdb backends, Integrate Samba with LDAP, Winbind service, PAM and NSS. * SAMBA DOMAIN INTEGRATION * Samba as a PDC and BDC Domain membership and trust relationships, Create and maintain a PDC and BDC with Samba3/4, Add computers to an existing domain, logon scripts, roaming profiles, system policies. * Samba4 as an AD compatible Domain Samba 4 as an AD DC, smbclient, how Samba integrates with AD services: DNS, Kerberos, NTP, LDAP. * Configure Samba as a Domain Member Server Joining Samba to NT4 and AD domains, obtain a TGT from a KDC. * SAMBA NAME SERVICES * NetBIOS and WINS WINS concepts, NetBIOS concepts, local master browser, domain master browser, Samba as a WINS server, name resolution, WINS replication, NetBIOS browsing and browser elections, NETBIOS name types. * Active Directory Name Resolution DNS for Samba4 as an AD Domain Controller, DNS forwarding with the internal DNS server of Samba4. * WORKING WITH LINUX AND WINDOWS CLIENTS * CIFS Integration SMB/CIFS concepts, remote CIFS shares from a Linux client, securely storing CIFS credentials, features and benefits of CIFS, permissions and file ownership of remote CIFS shares. * Working with Windows Clients browse lists and SMB clients from Windows, Share file/print resources from Windows, the smbclient program, the Windows net utility.

COMPLETE C PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands-on introduction to programming in the ANSI C programming language. The course initially moves at a fast pace in order to spend as much time as possible on the subject of pointers - the area which cause the most bugs in C programs. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Write ANSI C programs * Use the C libraries * Debug C programs * Examine existing code and determine its function. COMPLETE C PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Programmers wishing to learn C. Programmers wishing to learn C++ or Java. * Prerequisites: None, although experience in another high level language would be useful. * Duration 5 days COMPLETE C PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Getting started The compilation process, comments, main(), statement blocks, printf(). * C data types and operators char, int, float and double, qualifiers, arithmetic and assignment operators, precedence, Associativity. * Basic I/O C libraries, stdin and stdout, getchar(), putchar(), printf() formatting. * Flow control if else, dangling elses, else if, while and for loops. switch statements, the null statement, break, continue and gotos. * Functions Function calls, arguments and return types, function declarations (prototypes), function definitions, scope of variables. * The preprocessor Preprocessor actions, macros, #include. Libraries and their relationship with header files. Conditional compilation. * More data types and operators Logical, bitwise and other operators, type conversion, casting, typedefs and access modifiers. * Arrays Declaring and handling arrays, common gotchas, multidimensional arrays. * Pointers What are pointers? Why they are so important, declaring and using pointers,The three uses of the *,pointer example - scanf, pointers as arguments. * More pointers Golden rules of pointers and arrays, pointers to arrays, pointer arithmetic, arrays of pointers, multiple indirection. * Character/string manipulation Arrays of characters, string definition, working with strings, String library. * Program arguments argc and argv, example uses,char *argv[] versus char ** argv. * Program structure and storage classes Globals (externals), multi source programs, the look of a C program. * Structures Declaration, the . and - operators, unions and bitfields. * Library functions File handling, fopen and fclose, reading from and writing to files, fseek().calloc() and malloc()