QuickStart April 2008 Newsletter

In this issue...

Windows Server 2008 Course Update

Job Role: Exchange Server 2007 Administrator

New Courses!

Training and Events Calendar

Guaranteed to Run Courses

TOP COURSES AND EVENTS:

VMware Boot Camp

Intro to SharePoint

Implementing SharePoint 2007

SharePoint Site Manager

Business Analyst Boot Camp

Upgrade your skills from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008!
If you are an experienced IT professional on Windows Server 2003 and you want to get up to speed on Windows Server 2008, there are a few options available for you. All backed by QuickStart's Lifetime Guarantee, and available for delivery in our QuickStart classrooms, on-site at your facility, and via QSLive our "Collaborative Distance Learning Solution."

Option 1: Complete the series of new courses designed for IT professionals who have limited experience with Windows Server 2003, or are just getting started (note: A+ Certification and Network+ Certification or equivalent knowledge is a recommended prerequisite for all Windows Server training).

6418 - Deploying Windows Server 2008

6421 - Configuring and Troubleshooting a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure

6425 - Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services

6426 - Configuring and Troubleshooting Identity and Access Management in Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

6427 - Configuring and Troubleshooting Internet Information Services (IIS) in Windows Server 2008

6428 - Configuring Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services

Option 2: Complete the three skills upgrading courses if you have experience with Windows Server 2003, or have earned your MCSE: Windows Server 2003 and would like to upgrade your certification to the three new MCTS: Windows Server 2008 designations for Active Directory, Application Platform, and Network Infrastructure.

6415 - Updating your Network Infrastructure Technology Skills to Windows Server 2008

6416 - Updating your Active Directory Technology Skills to Windows Server 2008

6417 - Updating your Application Platform Technology Skills to Windows Server 2008

Option 3: Complete QuickStart's new "Windows Server 2008 Upgrade Boot Camp" designed for IT professionals who could enroll in all three courses in Option 2, but would rather complete the training in five days, rather than nine days over three separate sessions. Upon completion MCSE: Windows Server 2003 can upgrade their certification to the three new MCTS: Windows Server 2008 designations for Active Directory, Application Platform, and Network Infrastructure.

MCTSW08 - Windows Server 2008 Upgrade Boot Camp

Learn more...

As many organizations continue to upgrade to Microsoft Exchange 2007 or migrate from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange the skills and know-how of many server administrators need to be updated. Our infrastructure delivery team has identified the core skills a messaging administrator should have to be successful whether they are migrating to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, upgrading from an older version of Exchange Server, or are brand new to Messaging Administration. Using the job role chart below you can map the skills you should have based on the courses listed to be successful as a Messaging or Exchange Server Administrator.

If you want to learn more talk with your QuickStart account manager, however you can also review our Exchange Server 2007 Learning Path, or follow the job role chart below and see where you should begin...

COURSE PATH

JOB ROLE PATH

EXCHANGE SERVER
ADMINISTRATOR

Prerequisites:

Core:

Electives:

Course: A100

AND

Course: A200

AND

Course: 2279

Course: 5047/49/50M

Course: 5053/5054

Course: 6416

Forefront/Security
The Microsoft Forefront family of business security products helps provide greater protection and control over the security of your network infrastructure. Microsoft Forefront’s products easily integrate with each other, with your organization’s IT infrastructure, and can be supplemented through interoperable third-party solutions, enabling end-to-end, defense-in-depth security solutions.

50020 - Microsoft Forefront Security Technical Boot Camp

Office Communication Server 2007
Office Communications Server 2007 manages all real-time (synchronous) communications including: instant messaging, VoIP, audio and video conferencing. Businesses can deploy advanced VoIP and conferencing without tearing out their legacy phone networks. OCS 2007 also powers presence, a key benefit of Microsoft's Unified Communications platform that unites the contact information stored in Active Directory with Microsoft Office and mobile devices.

5177/78/79 - Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Boot Camp

Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Performance Management allows customers to monitor, analyze, and plan their business as well as drive alignment, accountability, and actionable insight across the entire organization. Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 provides all of the functionality that is needed for performance management including scorecards, dashboards, management reporting, analytics, planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation. The application reaches all employees, across all business functions (finance, operations, marketing, sales, and human resources).

PPS2007 - Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007 Boot Camp

Project Management
A challenge for many IT professionals is making sure your projects are delivered on time, meet specifications, stay within the set budget for the project, and in the end make you and your organization better at what you do.

Project Management - Fundamentals

Project Management - Estimating and Scheduling

Project Management - Execution, Control and Closure

SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 delivers on Microsoft’s Data Platform vision by helping organizations manage any data, any place, any time. It enables you to store data from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents, such as images and music, directly within the database. SQL Server 2008 delivers a rich set of integrated services that enable you to do more with your data such as query, search, synchronize, report, and analyze.

6158 - Skills Upgrade: SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008

System Center
System Center solutions capture and aggregate knowledge about your infrastructure, policies, processes, and best practices so your IT staff can build manageable systems and automate operations in order to reduce costs, improve application availability, and enhance service delivery.

50028 - Managing System Center Operations Manager 2007

6451 - Planning, Deploying, and Managing System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SMS)

Visual Studio 2008
Visual Studio 2008 provides advanced development tools, debugging features, database functionality, and innovative features for quickly creating cutting-edge applications across a variety of platforms. Visual Studio 2008 includes enhancements such as visual designers for faster development with the .NET Framework 3.5, substantial improvements to Web development tools and language enhancements that speed development with all types of data. Visual Studio 2008 also provides developers with all the tools and framework support required to create compelling, expressive, AJAX-enabled Web applications.

6459 - First Look: Visual Studio 2008

Date/Time	Event	Location	Registration
April 16	First Look: Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2008 - Analysis Services (OLAP) Presented by Reza Madani, Principal, Harbor Objects Time: 10:00am-11:00am	Webinar - LiveMeeting	Enroll
April 16	Southern California SharePoint User Group Plan for the Unexpected: Trusted Data Protection and System Recovery for Microsoft SharePoint Presented by Andrew Yeung, Director of Product Management, AvePoint and Gabriel Rangel, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm Food and Drink provided	QuickStart - Irvine	Register
April 18	First Look: Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2008 - Analysis Services (Data Mining) Presented by Reza Madani, Principal, Harbor Objects Time: 10:00am-11:00am	Webinar - LiveMeeting	Enroll
April 23	First Look: Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2008 - Reporting Services Presented by Reza Madani, Principal, Harbor Objects Time: 10:00am-11:00am	Webinar - LiveMeeting	Enroll
April 23	Bay Area Business Solutions Conference 2008 Presented by Microsoft and Allin Time: 8:00am-6:00pm	San Mateo Marriott	Enroll
April 24	First Look: Windows Server 2008 Presented by Pat Utley, MCT Time: 9:00am-12:00pm	QuickStart - San Francisco	SOLD OUT
April 24	First Look: Windows Server 2008 Presented by Pat Utley, MCT Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm	QuickStart - San Francisco	Enroll
April 25	First Look: Windows Server 2008 Presented by Pat Utley, MCT Time: 9:00am-12:00pm	QuickStart - San Jose	SOLD OUT
April 25	First Look: Windows Server 2008 Presented by Pat Utley, MCT Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm	QuickStart - San Jose	SOLD OUT

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