Remotely assisted instructional learning (
RAIL)
Instructor-led training (
ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (
OST)
Price
USD $1,275
CAD $1,530
Special notes
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.
Course overview
This 3-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to install and configure Windows Vista desktops. It will focus on four main areas: installing, securing, networking, and browsing. By the end of the course, the student will have installed and configured a Windows Vista desktop that is secure, on the network, and ready for browsing. This is the first course in the Windows Vista curriculum and will serve as the entry point for other Windows Vista Technology Specialist courses.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
Familiarity with PC hardware and devices. For example, ability to look into device manager and look for unsupported devices
Basic TCP/IP knowledge. For example, that you need to have a valid IP address
Basic Windows and Active Directory knowledge. For example, domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership
Experience with mapping network file shares. For example, familiar with UNC paths, mapping local resources to server/share
Experience with running commands from a command window. For example, DOS command prompt
Experience with reviewing BIOS settings
In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:
First Look Clinic 5056 - First Look: Getting Started with Windows Vista for IT Professionals
Hands-on-Lab 5057 - First Look: Getting Started with Windows Vista for IT Professionals
Important: This learning product will be most useful to people who intend to use their new skills and knowledge on the job immediately after training.
Audience
The primary audience for this course is IT Professionals wishing to become technology specialists. A Windows Vista technology specialist is defined as a technology specialist interested in learning about, assessing skills, using reference products, or taking exams to prove his or her knowledge/skills/experience related to Microsoft's Windows Vista technologies. Technology specialists:
Value and may be working toward an extensive, deep technical knowledge in a particular technology
Are interested in drilling down into the details of Windows Vista technologies
Want to learn or test that they know and can apply existing concepts, practices, procedures, policies, and guidelines
Work in roles where most questions have clear right and wrong answers
Focus primarily on the "how to" associated with Windows Vista technologies, and they are interested in drilling down into the details of the technologies themselves
On the job, work from functional specifications, defined polices/conventions/standards, and documented operational procedures from superiors
Windows Vista technology specialists may work for an enterprise, a medium sized organization, a small organization, or a retail organization
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