PM-222: Agile Principles using SCRUM Approach

 

Course Overview: 

This class uses a sample product development initiative to illustrate the course principles.  If you need to learn what is required to lead or participate in an Agile effort using the SCRUM approach within your organization, this course will cover the Agile adaptive life cycle framework and all of the ceremonies, artifacts, and roles.

Attendees to PM-222: Agile Principles using will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Dates/Locations:

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Duration: 2 Days

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Compare the Agile (adaptive) and Plan Driven (predictive/ waterfall) approaches
  • Understand the Agile Manifesto and SCRUM Framework
  • Apply the basics of Agile / SCRUM Team Organization, with importance of the Development Team responsibilities
  • Use Agile / SCRUM chartering, high-level estimating, and prioritization techniques to initiate a Product Roadmap and a Product Backlog
  • Create personas and user stories to lead to Development Team task assignments
  • Understand Release and Sprint Planning to lead to the Sprint Backlog
  • Plan and conduct a sample SCRUM Sprint from the Vision Statement through the Sprint retrospective

 

Target Student:

  • Designed specifically for Agile project team members, product owners, project leaders and senior managers or anyone wanting to understand the Agile Framework.

 

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AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

 

Course Overview:

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to implement security controls, maintain the security posture, and identify and remediate vulnerabilities by using a variety of security tools. The course covers scripting and automation, virtualization, and cloud N-tier architecture.

After completing this course, students will be able to describe specialized data classifications on Azure, Identify Azure data protection mechanisms, Implement Azure data encryption methods, Secure internet protocols and how to implement them on Azure, Describe Azure security services and features.

TechNow has worked worldwide enterprise infrastructures for over 20 years and has developed demos and labs to exemplify the techniques required to demonstrate cloud technologies and to effectively manage security in the cloud environment.

Attendees to AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

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Course Duration: 5 days

Course Outline:

  • Identity and access
    • Configure Azure Active Directory for Azure workloads and subscriptions
    • Configure Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
    • Configure security for an Azure subscription
  • Platform Protection
    • Understand cloud security
    • Build a network
    • Secure network
    • Implement host security
    • Implement platform security
    • Implement subscription security
  • Security Operations
    • Configure security services
    • Configure security policies by using Azure Security Center
    • Manage security alerts
    • Respond to and remediate security issues
    • Create security baselines
  • Data and Applications
    • Configure security policies to manage data
    • Configure security for data infrastructure
    • Configure encryption for data at rest
    • Understand application security
    • Implement security for application lifecycle
    • Secure applications
    • Configure and manage Azure Key Vault

Prerequisites :

      • AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
      • Students should have 1-2 years professional development experience and experience with Microsoft Azure.
      • Student must be able to program in an Azure Supported Language.

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CT-215: Cloud+

 

Course Overview:

This course covers the knowledge and skills required to understand standard Cloud terminologies/methodologies, to implement, maintain, and deliver cloud technologies and infrastructures (e.g. server, network, storage, and virtualization technologies), and to understand aspects of IT security and use of industry best practices related to cloud implementations and the application of virtualization.

TechNow has worked worldwide enterprise infrastructures for over 20 years and has developed demos and labs to exemplify the techniques required to demonstrate cloud technologies and to effectively manage security in the cloud environment.

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

Attendees to CT-215: Cloud+ will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

Date/Locations:

Date/Time Event
11/03/2025 - 11/07/2025
08:00 -16:00 		CT-215: Cloud+
TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX

Course Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

  • Prepare to deploy cloud solutions
  • Deploy a pilot project
  • Test a pilot project deployment
  • Design a secure network for cloud deployment
  • Determine CPU and memory sizing for cloud deployments
  • Plan Identity and Access Management for cloud deployments
  • Analyze workload characteristics to ensure successful migration to the cloud
  • Secure systems to meet access requirements
  • Maintain cloud systems
  • Implement backup, restore, and business continuity measures
  • Analyze cloud systems for required performance
  • Analyze cloud systems for anomalies and growth forecasting
  • Troubleshoot deployment, capacity, automation, and orchestration issues
  • Troubleshoot connectivity issues
  • Troubleshoot security issues

Course Prerequisites:

  • Security+, Network+, CASP or equivalent experience
  • Managing or administering at least one of UNIX, Windows, Databases, networking, or security

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Observations of Instructor Led Training with Real Hardware

TechNow has heard many students talk about virtualized/remote training that TechNow Does Not Do.  While training our most recent offering of PA-215: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials FastTrack a student told his story of how he endend up in our course.  His story we have heard for other technologies like Cisco, VMware, BlueCoat and other products.

A large percentage of training is moving to the virtualized/remote lab environments.  Students are asked to use some variant of remote access software and remote into the training company's lab environment. Our student in our Palo Alto Networks Firewall course informed us that he went to a very costly offering of that course from the vendor and was not able to perform any labs.  There were either network connectivity issues, or issues with the remote access software, or other problems.  The whole training experience was very frustrating and not productive.

We keep our labs open to students if they would like after hours, or before hours access.  Repeatedly going through a lab engrains that knowledge for later recall.  Touching hardware is so critical in understanding the problems that arise when a cable comes loose, or a cable gets plugged in the wrong port.  There are other scenarios such as just pulling the power cable, or turning off a power strip, or accidently overwriting a configuration.  These disaster scenarious requires hands-on physical access to hardware.  Preventing and recovering from disasters is what it's all about, and that requires hands-on, instructor led, real hardware.