Course Overview: Clear and detailed discussion on the following course content:
What is the Agile Adaptive Methodology versus the Predictive (waterfall) Methodology?
The Agile Value Proposition, by explanation of the Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles.
What is the Scrum Framework by explanation of Scrum Roles, Ceremonies and Artifacts?
What are the artifacts of Product Planning, Release Planning and Sprint Planning?
What are the Agile impacts to corporate team structures and stakeholder alignment?
What are Agile myths and why an Agile transformation will fail?
What are Agile (hybrid) tailoring considerations?
Attendees to PM-221: Agile Overview for Executives and Leaderswill receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
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Duration: 1 Days
Course Objectives: Are you and executive or leader in your organization and interested in learning about Agile principles? This course details the Agile framework that uses an adaptive life cycle, specifically related to using the Scrum approach.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Understand an overview of the main aspects that leadership must know to implement strategic opportunities with Agile principles for product quality and on-time product delivery
Participants will dive into understanding the strategic and tactical elements of implementing Agile and Scrum into their organization
Receive details on how to understand the organizational impact that the Agile transformation could have on the different aspects of your current business processes
Target Student:
Designed specifically for leaders and senior managers or anyone wanting to understand the high-level basics of the Agile Framework
TechNow’s Course provides existing .NET developers with practical information and labs that enables them to build solutions on the Microsoft SharePoint 2010/2013 platform.
Attendees to MS-10175: Developing & Customizing Applications for Microsoft SharePoint 2010/2013 will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Date/Locations:
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Duration: 5 days
Course Objectives:
Introduction to SharePoint 2010/2013 Development Platform
Using SharePoint 2010/2013 Developer Tools
Developing SharePoint 2010/2013 Web Parts
Working with SharePoint Objects on the Server
Creating Event Receivers and Application Settings
Developing Solutions by Using Business Connectivity Services
Developing SharePoint 2010/2013 Workflows
Working with Client-based APIs for SharePoint 2010/2013
Developing Interactive User Interfaces
Developing Silverlight Applications for SharePoint
Developing Sandboxed Solutions
Working with SharePoint Server Profiles and Taxonomy APIs
Developing Content Management Solutions
Prerequisites:
An understanding of the problem-solving techniques that apply to software development
Approximately 12 months experience with ASP .NET 3.5 with Visual Studio 2008 (or later)
Approximately 1 month development experience with SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010/2013 and VS2010/2013 (includes beta releases) creating code that interacts with the SharePoint Sever-side APIs
Experience performing end user tasks with SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010/2013 and an understanding of the purpose and use of the following:
Lists
Documents and Libraries
Personalizing an SP Page/Site
Using MySites
Using SharePoint Designer
Comments
Latest comments from students
User: kelleyd10
Instructor comments: Clay was / is an outstanding instructor. He was very flexible in what the class needed. He was very accommodating and resourceful in answering the class questions.
Clay's teaching style is greatly appreciated.
Facilities comments: Were good
User: dennij
Instructor comments: Very professional and knowledgeable. Available before and after class.
Facilities comments: Location was nice but too far from Lackland.
Sharepoint is becoming an institution in the modern office. Collaboration, file sharing, and even internal social sites are all available in SharePoint 2010/2013. Take advantage of all that Sharepoint has to offer. Learn to install, configure and administer SharePoint 2010/2013, by taking this 5 day course.
Attendees to MS-10174: Configuring and Administering SharePoint 2010/2013 will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations
No Events
Duration: 5 Days
Course Objectives:
Prepare and Install SharePoint 2010/2013
Configure the Fundamental Services and Logical Components
Administer SharePoint Using Command Line, User Interface and Powershell
Manage Content in Lists and Libraries
Install, Configure, and Operate a SharePoint Farm
Prerequisites
Students should be experienced Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 server administrators
Course Overview: PA-243: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Debug and Troubleshoot is a three-day course on how to troubleshoot the full line of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls. Students will receive hands-on experience troubleshooting the security, networking, threat prevention, logging, and reporting features of the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® operating system. Upon completion of this class, students will have an in-depth knowledge of how to troubleshoot visibility and control over applications, users, and content. This is not a virtualized theoretical course. This is hands-on, real world instruction, directly relevant to the DoD and Commercial implementations of Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls.
Each student is issued a physical Palo Alto firewall and a Cisco layer 3 switch at their desk. Real hardware per student for real experience and real skill development. TechNow provides a very comprehensive client infrastructure that includes Windows, Linux, and multiple packet sniffer agents.
The instructor for this course has been a lead in Unix kernel development to implement firewall and intrusion detection technologies. Additionally, the instructor has taught several security appliance products and carries several SANS, ISC2, ISACA, Cisco, Unix, and Windows certifications.
Attendees to the PA-243: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Debug and Troubleshoot (EDU-311) Training Course will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Dates/Locations:
No Events
Duration: 3 days
Course Objectives: Students attending this foundational-level training course will gain an in-depth knowledge of how to configure and manage their Palo Alto Networks firewall, including hands-on experience in configuring the security, networking, threat prevention, logging, and reporting features of the Palo Alto Networks Operating System (PAN-OS).
AWS System Operations begins with a one day introduction to AWS products, services, and common solutions. It provides you with fundamentals to become more proficient in identifying AWS services so that you can make informed decisions about IT solutions based on your business requirements and get started working on AWS.
The AWS course continues to flow with teaching those in a Systems Administrator or Developer Operations (DevOps) role how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform. The course covers the specific AWS features and tools related to configuration and deployment, as well as common techniques used throughout the industry for configuring and deploying systems.
To continue to learn more about AWS, TechNow has the following course:
Attendees to CL-415: AWS System Operations will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.
Duration: 5 Days
Audience:
This course is intended for:
• System Administrators
• Software Developers, especially those in a Developer Operations (DevOps) role
DoD 8140: Not Mandated
Course Prerequisites:
We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
• Background in either software development or systems administration
• Some experience with maintaining operating systems at the command line (shell scripting in Linux environments, cmd or PowerShell in Windows)
• Basic knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP)
Course Objectives:
This course is designed to teach you how to:
• Understand basic data center design concepts.
• Recognize terminology and concepts as they relate to the AWS platform and navigate the AWS Management Console.
• Understand the foundational infrastructure services, including Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB).
• Understand the security measures AWS provides and key concepts of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Understand AWS database services, including Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
• Understand AWS management tools, including Amazon CloudWatch and AWS Trusted Advisor.
• Use standard AWS infrastructure features such as Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Elastic Load Balancing, and Auto Scaling from the command line
• Use AWS CloudFormation and other automation technologies to produce stacks of AWS resources that can be deployed in an automated, repeatable fashion
• Build functioning virtual private networks with Amazon VPC from the ground up using the AWS Management Console
• Deploy Amazon EC2 instances using command line calls and troubleshoot the most common problems with instances
• Monitor the health of Amazon EC2 instances and other AWS services
• Manage user identity, AWS permissions, and security in the cloud
• Manage resource consumption in an AWS account using tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, tagging, and Trusted Advisor
• Select and implement the best strategy for creating reusable Amazon EC2 instances
• Configure a set of Amazon EC2 instances that launch behind a load balancer, with the system scaling up and down in response to demand
• Edit and troubleshoot a basic AWS CloudFormation stack definition
Dates/Locations:
No Events
Course Outline:
Day 1
• Introduction and History of AWS
• AWS Infrastructure: Compute, Storage, and Networking
• AWS Security, Identity, and Access Management
• AWS Databases
• AWS Management Tools
Day 2
• System Operations on AWS Overview
• Networking in the Cloud
• Computing in the Cloud Day 3
• Storage and Archiving in the Cloud
• Monitoring in the Cloud
• Managing Resource Consumption in the Cloud Day 4
• Configuration Management in the Cloud
• Creating Scalable Deployments in the Cloud
• Creating Automated and Repeatable Deployments Day 5 Full Day Lab
• Select the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements
• Execute steps required to provision cloud resources for selected deployment
• Identify and implement data protection, encryption, and capacity planning
• Implement and manage security policies, access controls, and role
• Implement Automation