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The world of information security and computer training is ever changing.  The techniques and systems continue to evolve and we must stay current and diligent.  To do this, you can count on TechNow®…the leader in cybersecurity training and computer system training.

TechNow® has been training the leaders in the computer community for many years.  We provide training for students in a number of areas.  Our cybersecurity trainings include popular courses like D0D 8140, Security , CISM, CISSP, CEH,CCNA, and more.  With over 34 years of experience, we’re able to provide you with unmatched training and certification programs.

TechNow also provides a variety of other popular trainings for the computer professional including Cisco, EC-Council, CompTIA, Unix/Linux and more.

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  • CT-210: Project+
    • 02/17/2026 – 02/20/2026
    • San Antonio
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    • 02/17/2026 – 02/20/2026
    • San Antonio
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    • 02/17/2026 – 02/20/2026
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    • 02/23/2026 – 02/27/2026
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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.

    TN-5455: Managing Windows Environments with Group Policy

     

    Course Overview: 

    In this course-currently the only offering in the market devoted to Group Policy training-you will learn how to reduce costs and increase efficiencies in your network. You will discover how to consolidate the administration of an enterprise IT infrastructure with Group Policy, and learn to control and manage computer systems and domain users running Windows Server and Windows clients. Create Group Policies, implement administrative and security templates, and determine best practices when deploying software packages. Walk away with the experience and tools needed to optimize your enterprise systems and networks.

    Attendees to TN-5455: Managing Windows Environments with Group Policy will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Date/Locations:

    No Events

    Course Duration: 5 days

    Course Objectives:

    • Features and functions of Group Policy
    • Use Group Policy management tools to manage security policies
    • Design a Group Policy infrastructure
    • Group Policy processing architecture
    • Back up, restore, import, and copy Group Policy Objects through the Group Policy
    • Management Console
    • Use Windows PowerShell to manage Group Policy
    • Implement security using Group Policy
    • Configure the desktop environment with Group Policy
    • Configure roaming profiles and Folder Redirection
    • Assign and publish software packages
    • Implement AppLocker and software restriction policies
    • Create and deploy Administrative Templates
    • Configure Group Policy preferences

     

     

    Course Prerequisites:

    • Experience with the Microsoft Windows Server 2008/12 environments and a fundamental understanding of Active Directory

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    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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    MS-10231: Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and 2013 Infrastructure

     

    Course Overview:

    This course is intended for IT Professionals who use Microsoft SharePoint 2010 in a team-based, medium-sized to large environment. While they may have implemented a SharePoint deployment, they have limited experience in designing a SharePoint infrastructure. They likely work as a senior administrator who acts as a technical lead over a team of administrators. Members of this audience should have at least 6 months experience with SharePoint 2010 (including pre-released versions of the product).

    Attendees to MS-10231: Designing a Microsoft SharePoint 2010/2013 Infrastructure will receive TechNow approved course materials and expert instruction.

    Date/Location:

    No Events

    Duration: 5 days

    Course Objectives:

    • Designing a Logical Architecture
    • Planning Service Application Architecture
    • Planning for Performance and Capacity
    • Designing a Physical Architecture
    • Designing a Security Plan
    • Planning Authentication
    • Planning Managed Metadata
    • Planning Social Computing
    • Designing Enterprise Search Strategy
    • Planning Enterprise Content Management
    • Developing a Plan for Governance
    • Designing a Maintenance and Monitoring Plan

    Prerequisites:

    • At least 2 years experience administering, deploying, managing, monitoring, upgrading, migrating, and designing SharePoint servers
    • At least one year’s experience of mapping business requirements to logical and physical technical design
    • Working knowledge of network design, including network security

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