TN-5415: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

Course Overview:

Course one of a three course series to obtain a Server 2016 MCSA certification. This five-day course is designed primarily for IT professionals who have some experience with Windows Server. It is designed for professionals who will be responsible for managing storage and compute by using Windows Server 2016, and who need to understand the scenarios, requirements, and storage and compute options that are available and applicable to Windows Server 2016.

The course leads directly to preparing for the(MCSA):Windows Server 2016 exam “70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016”. It also maps to Microsoft’s course 20740A, and is part of the Server 2016 MCSA certification.

Attendees to TN-5415: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Window Server 2016 will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

Prepare and install Nano Server, a Server Core installation, and plan a server upgrade and migration strategy
Describe the various storage options, including partition table formats, basic and dynamic disks, file systems, virtual hard disks, and drive hardware, and explain how to manage disks and volumes
Describe enterprise storage solutions, and select the appropriate solution for a given situation
Implement and manage Storage Spaces and Data Deduplication
Install and configure, and manage Windows and Hyper-V containers
Describe the high availability and disaster recovery technologies in Windows Server 2016
Plan, create, and manage a failover cluster
Implement failover clustering for Hyper-V virtual machines
Configure a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster, and plan for an NLB implementation
Create and manage deployment images
Manage, monitor, and maintain virtual machine installations

Prerequisites:

A basic understanding of networking fundamentals
An awareness and understanding of security best practices
An understanding of basic AD DS concepts
Basic knowledge of server hardware
Experience supporting and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 10

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DO-375: Automation with Ansible and Ansible Tower

Course Overview:

Through hands-on labs, you will learn to automate system administration tasks on managed hosts with Ansible, learn how to write Ansible playbooks to standardize task execution, and manage encryption for Ansible with Ansible Vault. This course will also teach you how to deploy and use Red Hat® Ansible Tower to centrally manage existing Ansible projects, playbooks, and roles; perform basic maintenance and administration of the Ansible Tower installation; and configure users and teams and use them to control access to systems, projects, and other resources through role-based access controls. You will learn to use Ansible Tower’s visual dashboard to launch, control, and monitor Ansible jobs; use the Ansible Tower application programming interface (API) to launch jobs from existing templates; automatically schedule Ansible jobs; and dynamically update host inventories.

Course Objectives:

Install and troubleshoot Ansible on central nodes and managed hosts
Automate administration tasks with Ansible playbooks and ad hoc commands
Write effective Ansible playbooks
Protect sensitive data used by tasks with Ansible Vault.
Install and configure Ansible Tower for enterprise Ansible management
Use Ansible Tower to control access to inventories and machine credentials by users and teams
Create job templates in Ansible Tower to standardize playbook execution.
Centrally launch playbooks and monitor and review job results with Ansible Tower

Course Outline:

Introduce Ansible
Deploy Ansible
Implement playbooks
Manage variables and inclusions
Implement task control
Implement Jinja2 templates
Implement roles
Configure complex playbooks
Implement Ansible Vault
Troubleshoot Ansible
Install Ansible Tower and describe Ansible Tower’s architecture
Create users and teams for role-based access control
Create and manage inventories and credentials
Manage projects for provisioning with Ansible Tower
Construct advanced job workflows
Update inventories dynamically and compare inventory members
Maintenance and administration of Ansible Tower

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisites:

Become a Red Hat Certified System Administrator, or demonstrate equivalent experience

Target Audience:

This course is designed for Linux system administrators, cloud administrators, and network administrators needing to automate configuration management, application deployment, and intraservice orchestration at an enterprise scale.

CT-245: Linux+

Course Overview:

This course will provide students with proficiency in the everyday management of Linux based clients and basic management of server system. Students will learn the knowledge and tools necessary to manage Linux systems from the command line, as well as how to manage user administration, file permissions, software configurations, and Linux based clients, server systems and security. Let us help you prepare for the CompTIA Linux+ exam (XK0-005).

TechNow is a CompTIA partner and uses official CompTIA Linux+ curriculum.

Attendees to CT-245: Linux+ will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time	Event
08/25/2025 - 08/29/2025 08:00 -16:00	CT-245: Linux+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
12/01/2025 - 12/05/2025 08:00 -16:00	CT-245: Linux+ TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 Days

Course Objectives:

Perform basic Linux tasks
Manage users and groups
Manage permissions and ownership
Manage storage
Manage files and directories
Manage kernel modules
Manage the Linux boot process
Manage system components
Manage devices
Manage networking
Manage packages and software
Secure Linux systems
Write and execute Bash shell scripts
Automate tasks
Plan and perform a Linux installation

Prerequisites:

CompTIA A + certification or equivalent experience

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TN-555: Certified Ethical Hacker v13 (CEH)

Course Overview:

This CEH course will immerse you into a “Hacker Mindset” in order to teach you how to think like a hacker and better defend against future attacks. Students are in the driver’s seat with a hands-on training environment employing a systematic ethical hacking process. All while teaching students how to scan, test, hack, and secure target systems. CEH shows how hackers think and act maliciously so you can learn to better position your organization’s security infrastructure and defend against future attacks.

This CEH course covers the Five Phases of Ethical Hacking, diving into Reconnaissance, Gaining Access, Enumeration, Maintaining Access, and covering your tracks.

This CEH course delivers in-demand ethical hacking skills while preparing you for the internationally-recognized Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification exam from EC-Council.

This course supports a certification that is DoD approved 8570 Baseline Certificate and meets DoD 8140/8570 training requirements.

What’s Included:

EC-Council official E-Courseware
EC-Council official iLabs code with access for 6 months
EC-Council official Certificate of Attendance
CEH Exam Voucher

Security Course Flow

Dates/Locations:

Date/Time	Event
08/11/2025 - 08/15/2025 08:00 -16:00	TN-555: Certified Ethical Hacker v13 (CEH) TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
11/17/2025 - 11/21/2025 08:00 -16:00	TN-555: Certified Ethical Hacker v13 (CEH) TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Duration: 5 Days

Course Content:

Module 01. Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Module 02. Foot-printing and Reconnaissance
Module 03. Scanning Networks
Module 04. Enumeration
Module 05. Vulnerable Analysis
Module 06. System Hacking
Module 07. Malware Threats
Module 08. Sniffing
Module 09. Social Engineering
Module 10. Denial-of-Service
Module 11. Session Hijacking
Module 12. Evading IDS,Firewalls, and Honeypots
Module 13. Hacking Web Servers
Module 14. Hacking Web Applications
Module 15. SQL Injection
Module 16. Hacking Wireless Networks
Module 17. Hacking Mobile Platforms
Module 18. IoT and OT Hacking
Module 19. Cloud Computing
Module 20. Cryptography

Prerequisites:

Windows operating system and/or Linux operating system or other Unix-based OS
TCP/IP protocols and implementation
At least 2 years of IT security experience
TN-325:Security+

Target Audience:

Information Security Analyst/Administrator, Information Assurance (IA) Security Officer, Information Security Manager/Specialist, Auditors, Security Professional, Site Admins, Penetration Testers, Red Team,Risk/Threat/Vulnerability Analyst, Individuals concerned about the integrity of network infrastructure

About us:

TechNow has taught security courses for almost 30 years, before most certifications existed and has successfully moved students through certification programs associated with IAPP, SANS, EC-Council and ISC2. Our instructor maintains over a dozen security certifications and has been the director of a company with internationals sales in security training, consulting, and compliance.

Tech Now, Inc. is an accredited Training Center with Ec-Council.

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TN-335: Advanced Penetration Testing Using Open Source Tools

Course Overview:

This is an advanced course that assumes the attendee is a qualified security professional with experience using security tools and understands the concepts behind penetration testing. Courses that build up the expertise that enables a student to succeed in this course is Security+, CEH, CISSP, and any of the GIAC certifications. This course is completely hands-on and utilizes the BackTrack tool suite from backtrack-linux.org. The course covers, in detail, various attacks and tools that are contained in the BackTrack tool suite.

Attendees to TN-335: Advanced Penetration Testing Using Open Source Tools will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

No Events

Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

Information Security and Open Source Software
Operating System Tools
Firewalls
Scanners
Vulnerability Scanners
Network Sniffers
Intrusion Detection Systems
Analysis and Management Tools
Encryption Tools
Wireless Tools
Forensic Tools
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