7 SharePoint courses in Wallasey

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SUPPORTING MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT COURSE DESCRIPTION A concise hands on course enabling delegates to manage and administer a SharePoint site. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Perform initial farm configuration. * Use stsadm commands. * Manage content. * Secure SharePoint. * Customise SharePoint search. * Monitor and performance tune SharePoint. SUPPORTING MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT SERVER COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with Microsoft SQL server * Prerequisites: SharePoint Administrators. * Duration 2 days SUPPORTING MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT COURSE CONTENTS * SharePoint Introduction A SharePoint installation. Initial farm configuration. Creating a site collection. * Administering SharePoint Stsadm commands, automation with PowerShell. * Managing content Lists, libraries, items and documents * Security SecureStore, Users and groups, roles and role assignments. Permission levels. * SharePoint search Configure search, refine search. * SharePoint performance Diagnostic logging, logging levels, Health anaylzer, performance bottlenecks.

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.

WINDOWS POWERSHELL TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is intended for IT Professionals who are already experienced in general Windows Server and Windows Client administration, and who want to learn more about using Windows PowerShell for administration. No prior experience with any version of Windows PowerShell, or any scripting language, is assumed. This course is also suitable for IT Professionals already experienced in server administration, including Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, System Center, and others. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Work with Windows PowerShell pipeline. * Query system information by using WMI and CIM. * Work with variables, arrays, and hash tables. * Write advanced scripts in Windows PowerShell. * Administer remote computers. * Use advanced Windows PowerShell techniques. WINDOWS POWERSHELL TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: IT professionals. * Prerequisites: Supporting Windows Server * Duration 5 days WINDOWS POWERSHELL TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Getting started with Windows PowerShell Overview and background of Windows PowerShell, Understanding command syntax, Finding commands. Hands on Configuring Windows PowerShell console & ISE application. Hands on Finding and running basic commands, Using the About files. * Cmdlets for administration Active Directory administration cmdlets, Network configuration cmdlets, Other server administration cmdlets. Hands on Windows Administration. Creating and managing Active Directory objects, Configuring network settings on Windows Server, Creating a web site. * Working with the Windows PowerShell pipeline Understanding the pipeline, Selecting, sorting, and measuring objects, Filtering objects out of the pipeline, enumerating objects in the pipeline, Sending pipeline data as output. Hands on Using the pipeline. Selecting, sorting, and displaying data. Hands on Filtering objects. Hands on Enumerating objects. Hands on Sending output to a file. Exporting user information to a file. * Understanding how the pipeline works Passing the pipeline data, Advanced considerations for pipeline data. Hands on Working with pipeline parameter binding. Predicting pipeline behaviour. * Using PSProviders and PSDrives Using PSProviders, Using PSDrives. Hands on Using PSProviders and PSDrives Creating files and folders on a remote computer, Creating a registry key for your future scripts, Create a new Active Directory group. * Querying system information by using WMI and CIM Understanding WMI and CIM, Querying data by using WMI and CIM, Making changes with WMI/CIM. Hands on Working with WMI and CIM. Querying information by using WMI, Querying information by using CIM, Invoking methods. * Working with variables, arrays, and hash tables Manipulating variables, arrays and hash tables. Hands on Working with variables, Using arrays, Using hash tables. * Basic scripting Introduction to scripting, Scripting constructs, Importing data from files. Hands on Basic scripting. Setting a script, Processing an array with a ForEach loop, Processing items by using If statements, Creating a random password, Creating users based on a CSV file. * Advanced scripting Accepting user input, Overview of script documentation, Troubleshooting and error handling, Functions and modules. Hands on Accepting data from users. Querying disk information from remote computers, Updating the script to use alternate credentials, Documenting a script. Hands on Implementing functions and modules. Creating a logging function, Adding error handling to a script, Converting a function to a module. * Administering Remote Computers Using basic Windows PowerShell remoting, Using advanced Windows PowerShell remoting techniques, Using PSSessions. Hands on Using basic remoting. Enabling remoting on the local computer, Performing one-to-one remoting, Performing one-to-many remoting. Hands on Using PSSessions. Using implicit remoting, Managing multiple computers. * Using background jobs and scheduled jobs Using background jobs, Using scheduled jobs. Hands on Using background jobs and scheduled jobs. Starting and managing jobs, Creating a scheduled job. * Using advanced Windows PowerShell techniques Creating profile scripts, Using advanced techniques. Hands on Practicing advanced techniques. Creating a profile script, Verifying the validity of an IP address, Reporting disk information, Configuring NTFS permissions, Creating user accounts with passwords from a CSV file. Hands on Practicing script development (optional)

Power BI is a powerful data visualisation program that allows businesses to monitor data, analyse trends, and make decisions. This course is designed to provide a solid understanding of the reporting side of Power BI, the dashboards, where administrators, and end users can interact with dynamic visuals that communicates information. This course focuses entirely on the creation and design of visualisations in dashboards, including a range of chart types, engaging maps, and different types of tables. Designing dashboards with KPI's (key performance indicators), heatmaps, flowcharts, sparklines, and compare multiple variables with trendlines. This one-day programme focuses entirely on creating dashboards, by using the many visualisation tools available in Power BI. You will learn to build dynamic, user-friendly interfaces in both Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service. 1 INTRODUCTION * Power BI ecosystem * Things to keep in mind * Selecting dashboard colours * Importing visuals into Power BI * Data sources for your analysis * Joining tables in Power BI 2 WORKING WITH DATA * Utilising a report theme * Table visuals * Matrix visuals * Drilling into hierarchies * Applying static filters * Group numbers with lists * Group numbers with bins 3 CREATING VISUALS * Heatmaps in Power BI * Visualising time-intelligence trends * Ranking categorical totals * Comparing proportions * View trends with sparklines 4 COMPARING VARIABLES * Insert key performance indicators (KPI) * Visualising trendlines as KPI * Forecasting with trendlines * Visualising flows with Sankey diagrams * Creating a scatter plot 5 MAPPING OPTIONS * Map visuals * Using a filled map * Mapping with latitude and longitude * Mapping with ArcGIS or ESRI 6 CREATING DASHBOARDS * High-level dashboard * Migration analysis dashboard * Adding slicers for filtering * Promote interaction with nudge prompts * Searching the dashboard with a slicer * Creating dynamic labels * Highlighting key points on the dashboard * Customised visualisation tooltips * Syncing slicers across pages 7 SHARING DASHBOARDS * Setting up and formatting phone views * Exporting data * Creating PDF files * Uploading to the cloud * Share dashboards in SharePoint online

This course starts with data transformation strategies, exploring capabilities in the Power Query Editor, and data-cleansing practices. It looks at the Advanced Query Editor to view the M language code. This course focuses on advanced DAX measures that include filtering conditions, with a deep dive into time intelligence measures. Like the M query language, DAX is a rich functional language that supports variables and expression references. This course also looks at the creation of dynamic dashboards and incorporates a range of visualisations available in Power BI Desktop and online in the AppSource. The course finishes with a look at setting up end user level security in tables. 1 THE QUERY EDITOR * Split by row delimiter * AddDays to determine deadlines * Advanced query editor 2 FUZZY MATCHING JOINS * Matching inconsistencies by percentage * Matching with transformation table 3 LOGICAL COLUMN FUNCTIONS * Logical functions IF, AND, OR * Using multiple conditions * Including FIND in functions 4 EDITING DAX MEASURES * Make DAX easier to read * Add comments to a measure * Using quick measures 5 THE ANATOMY OF CALCULATE * Understanding CALCULATE context filters * Adding context to CALCULATE with FILTER * Using CALCULATE with a threshold 6 THE ALL MEASURE * Anatomy of ALL * Create an ALL measure * Using ALL as a filter * Use ALL for percentage 7 DAX ITERATORS * Anatomy of iterators * A closer look at SUMX * Using RELATED in SUMX * Create a RANKX * RANKX with ALL 8 DATE AND TIME FUNCTIONS * Overview of functions * Create a DATEDIFF function 9 TIME INTELLIGENT MEASURES * Compare historical monthly data * Create a DATEADD measure * Creating cumulative totals * Creating cumulative measures * Visualising cumulative totals 10 VISUALISATIONS IN-DEPTH * Utilising report themes * Create a heatmap * Comparing proportions * View trends with sparklines * Group numbers using bins * Setting up a histogram 11 COMPARING VARIABLES * Visualising trendlines as KPI * Forecasting with trendlines * Creating a scatter plot * Creating dynamic labels * Customised visualisation tooltips * Export reports to SharePoint 12 USER LEVEL SECURITY * Setting up row level security * Testing user security

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