TN-765: Automating Administration with Windows Powershell

 

Course Overview:

This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to use PowerShell for administering and automating administration of Windows servers. This course provides students the skills to identify and build the command they require to perform a specific task. In addition, students learn how to build scripts to accomplish advanced tasks such as automating repetitive tasks and generating reports. This course provides prerequisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365. In keeping with that goal, this course will not focus on any one of those products, although Windows Server, which is the common platform for all of those products, will serve as the example for the techniques this course teaches.

Attendees to TN-765: Automating Administration with Windows Powershell will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

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Course Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives:

 

  • Describe the functionality of Windows PowerShell and use it to run and find basic commands
  • Identify and run cmdlets for server administration
  • Work with Windows PowerShell pipeline
  • Describe the techniques Windows PowerShell pipeline uses
  • Use PSProviders and PSDrives to work with other forms of storage
  • Query system information by using WMI and CIM
  • Work with variables, arrays, and hash tables
  • Write basic scripts in Windows PowerShell
  • Write advanced scripts in Windows PowerShell
  • Administer remote computers
  • Use background jobs and scheduled jobs
  • Use advanced Windows PowerShell techniques

 

Course Prerequisites:

 

  • Experience with Windows networking technologies and implementation.
  • Experience with Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

 

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    CT-205: A+ Certification Course

    Course Overview:

    CT-205: A+ Certification Course provides students with the skills, knowledge and understanding that will enable them to install, configure, upgrade, troubleshoot and repair personal computer systems.  The A+ curriculum is excellent preparation for almost any computer related career or position.  This course lays the foundation for further study in networking and programming.  Designed for the new computer professional who has support knowledge of PC hardware, but needs to expand upon that knowledge.

    Attendees to CT-205: A+ Certification Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

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    TechNow, Inc, San Antonio TX
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    Duration: 5 Days

    Course Objectives:

    • Identifying, Adding & Removing System Components
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    • Diagnosing & Troubleshooting Problems
    • Power Protection & Safety Procedures
    • Motherboards, Processors & Memory
    • Printers
    • Basic Networking
    • Operating System Fundamentals
    • Installation, Configuration & Upgrade
    • Diagnosing & Troubleshooting
    • Networks

    Prerequisites:

    • None

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    Instructor comments: Very knowledgeable, very engaging.

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    Instructor comments: Instructor was wonderful, Tim explained all questions fully and was a pleasure to learn from.

    Facilities comments: Facilities were outstanding.

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    TN-979: Intrusion Analyst Course

    Course Overview:

    Intrusion Analyst is a hands-on course that covers intrusion detection in-depth. This includes concepts such as the use of Snort, network traffic analysis, and IDS signatures.

    A skills focus enables the student to better absorb the subject matter and perform successfully on the job.   This is not death by power point. The course is aligned with information assurance operators and executing hands-on labs. Lecture and labs walk the student through the knowledge required to truly understand the mechanics of packet and intrusion analysis.

    Attendees to TN-979: Intrusion Analyst will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Date/Locations:

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    Duration: 5 days

    Course Objectives:

    • Advanced Snort Concepts
    • Analyst Toolkit
    • Domain Name System (DNS)
    • Examining Packet Crafting
    • Examining Packet Header Fields
    • Fragmentation
    • ICMP Theory
    • IDS Interoperability
    • IDS Patterns
    • IDS/IPS Management & Architecture Issues
    • Indications, Warnings & Traffic Correlation
    • IPv6
    • Microsoft Protocols
    • Network Traffic Analysis
    • NIDS Evasion, Instertion & Checksums
    • Snort Fundamentals & Configuration
    • Snort GUIs & Sensor Management
    • Snort Performance, Active Response & Tagging
    • Snort Rules
    • Stimulus Response
    • TCPdump Fundamentals
    • TCP/IP Fundamentals
    • Wireshark Fundamentals
    • Writing TCPdump Filters

    Course Prerequisites:

    • GSEC or equivalent experience
    • UNIX, Windows, Networking, and Security Experience
    • This is a hands-on skill course requiring comfort with command line interaction and network communications

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    Instructor comments: Dave was an excellent instructor. He is very informative and knowledgeable in the course and the material. I have enjoyed the class and I would take another course with him as the instructor.

    Facilities comments: Very nice and clean hotel.

    User: buckey26

    Instructor comments: Dave was one of the best instructors I have ever had for a tech course. He broke down everything to the point where you can understand it internally.

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