MCSD SharePoint Applications Upgrade Path

MCSD SharePoint Applications certification validates your skills in developing applications in SharePoint. This course from Koenig Solutions equips you with core programming skills in HTML5 with JavaScript and ASP.NET MVC 4, which are required to achieve this certification.

Course Objectives:

HTML5 Programming with JavaScript and CSS3: This part focuses on development of skills in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 so that students can learn to apply programming logic, use and define variables, create user interfaces, implement looping and branching, store data, capture and validate inputs and to create a balanced and well-structured application.

ASP.NET MVC 4 Application Development: Here students will create applications using .NET framework to enhance scalability and performance of the web application. Skills acquired in this course allow students to comprehensively manage the rendered HTML and develop advanced apps that differentiate application logic from user interface or data access.

SharePoint 2013 Core Solutions: Learn core skills required to develop solutions for SharePoint 2013 technology including the management of client-side and server-side object models, development and implementation of features and apps, querying and updating data, management of authentication and permissions, taxonomies, and business processes.

SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions*: This module covers advanced capabilities of SharePoint Server.

MCSD SharePoint Apps training is ideal for candidates who want to build a career in SharePoint Application Development.

MCSD Windows Store Apps Using HTML5

About This Course

This course provides an introduction to HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. This course helps students gain basic HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript programming skills. This course is an entry point into both the Web application and Windows Store apps training paths. The course focuses on using HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript to implement programming logic, define and use variables, perform looping and branching, develop user interfaces, capture and validate user input, store data, and create well-structured application.

The lab scenarios in this course are selected to support and demonstrate the structure of various application scenarios. They are intended to focus on the principles and coding components/structures that are used to establish an HTML5 software application.

This course uses Visual Studio 2012, running on Windows 8.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for professional developers who have 6-12 months of programming experience and who are interested in developing applications using HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (either Windows Store apps for Windows 8 or web applications).

This course is intended for students who have the following experience:

·         1 – 3 months experience creating Web applications, including writing simple JavaScript code

·         1 month experience creating Windows client applications

·         1 month of experience using Visual Studio 2010 or 2012

This course is not intended for developers with three or more months of HTML5 coding experience. Students choosing to attend this course without a developer background should pay special attention to the training prerequisites. Developers who have more than 5 years programming experience may find that portions of this training are fundamental in nature when presenting the syntax associated with certain programming tasks. Individuals who are interested in taking exam 70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, can also attend this course.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

·         Explain how to use Visual Studio 2012 to create and run a Web application.

·         Describe the new features of HTML5, and create and style HTML5 pages.

·         Add interactivity to an HTML5 page by using JavaScript.

·         Create HTML5 forms by using different input types, and validate user input by using HTML5 attributes and JavaScript code.

·         Send and receive data to and from a remote data source by using XMLHTTPRequest objects and jQuery AJAX operations.

·         Style HTML5 pages by using CSS3.

·         Create well-structured and easily-maintainable JavaScript code.

·         Use common HTML5 APIs in interactive Web applications.

·         Create Web applications that support offline operations.

·         Create HTML5 Web pages that can adapt to different devices and form factors.

·         Add advanced graphics to an HTML5 page by using Canvas elements, and by using and Scalable Vector Graphics.

·         Enhance the user experience by adding animations to an HTML5 page.

·         Use Web Sockets to send and receive data between a Web application and a server.

·         Improve the responsiveness of a Web application that performs long-running operations by using Web Worker processes.

MCSD Web Applications

MCSD Web Applications Certification from Koenig Solutions will introduce participants to a whole new world of designing dynamic applications. Customers today have high expectations from applications in terms of utility as well as interactivity. Using Visual Studio you can also create modern applications that integrate seamlessly with data services.

This MCSD Web Application training will cover the following exams which you need to qualify to earn this prominent certification:

Exam 70-480: HTML5 Programming with CSS3 and JavaScript - Brush up your HTML5 programming skills with this course and learn how to design well-structured applications using CSS3 and JavaScript.

Exam 70-486: Developing MVC Web Applications using ASP.NET 4.5 - Create and manage advanced web applications using MVC that address functional requirements of the business model.

Exam 70-487: Developing Web Services and Windows Azure - Learn how to design and create services that can access data remotely and learn to deploy those services onto hybrid environments such as Windows Azure.

Consumer applications need to be flexible and interactive, thus keeping application developers on their toes all the time. With this MCSD Web Application course, developers can make the most of Visual Studio 2012 integrated platform to build immersive applications using latest technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, MVC and Azure.

This highly engaging MCSD Boot camp is ideal for programmers, application developers or web developers who wish to expand their career horizons by creating unique apps and gain a competitive edge in the industry.

A1 Movers Results

Results

There is no pass or fail. All children receive an award which shows how many shields they have received. The maximum score is five shields for each part of the test.

An A1 Movers award is a great way to:

·         Celebrate children’s achievement

·         Build their confidence

·         Reward their own individual ability.

A result of one shield means a child can improve a lot in that skill. Five shields mean that a child did very well in that skill and answered most questions correctly.

Children should be ready to start preparing for the next Cambridge English exam – A2 Flyers or A2 Key for Schools – if they achieve a total of 10 or 11 shields, or above.

Enterprise Device and Apps

This course will help you in acquiring skills and knowledge required to administer devices in today’s bring-your-own-device enterprise. This certification qualifies you for a career path which can vary from conventional desktop support technician to enterprise management of BYOD devices and apps.

Audience: This course is best suited for IT professionals.

MCSE SharePoint

MCSE SharePoint course from Koenig Solutions offers best in-class training methodology using Microsoft official curriculum to equip professionals with the requisite skills to sync, organize, share and collaborate information throughout the organization.

Course Objectives:

Participants will get to learn and validate their expertise in the following skills once they complete this SharePoint certification:

Designing SharePoint Topology: This phase includes imparting necessary skills for designing information architecture along with physical and logical architecture. Planning deployment of SharePoint Online is also covered.

Security Planning: It encompasses planning and configuration of platform security and farm level security, along with authentication and authorization mechanisms.

Configuring and Installing SharePoint Farms: Planning, creation and configuration of enterprise search and applications such as Managed Metadata Service, User Profile Service etc.

Configuration and Creation of Site Collections and Web Applications: Planning, configuration and maintenance of web applications and site collections. It also covers managing security, search and taxonomies.

Maintaining a Core SharePoint 2013 environment: Monitoring, tuning and optimizing, and troubleshooting SharePoint environment. Earning this prestigious certification in MCSE SharePoint enables you to qualify as a proficient network analyst or systems analyst. So enroll now for this MCSE SharePoint training to broaden your career horizon.

Pre A1 Starters Results

Results

There is no pass or fail. All children receive an award which shows how many shields they have received. The maximum score is five shields for each part of the test.

A Pre A1 Starters award is a great way to:

Celebrate children’s achievement

Build their confidence

Reward their own individual ability.

A result of one shield means a child can improve a lot in that skill. Five shields mean that a child did very well in that skill and answered most questions correctly.

Children should be ready to start preparing for the next Cambridge English exam – A1 Movers – if they achieve a total of 10 or 11 shields, or above.

MCSE – Communications

About This Course

This instructor-led course teaches IT professionals how to plan, design, deploy, configure, and administer a Microsoft Lync Server 2013 solution. The course emphasizes Lync Server 2013 Enterprise Unified Communications features with particular emphasis on coexisting with and migrating from legacy communication services. The labs in this course create a solution that includes IM and Presence, Conferencing, and Persistent Chat. This course helps the student prepare for Exam 70-336.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for IT consultants and telecommunications consulting professionals who design, plan, deploy, and maintain solutions for unified communications (UC). Candidates should be able to translate business requirements into technical architecture and design for a UC solution.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

·         Describe the overall server and client Lync Server 2013 architecture.

·         Describe Lync 2013 features and user scenarios.

·         Describe the Lync Server deployment process.

·         Describe the components of a Lync Server 2013 Design.

·         Plan for Microsoft Solutions Framework for Lync 2013

·         Plan Infrastructure Requirements for Lync Server 2013

·         Use the Lync Server 2013 Planning Tool

·         Use Topology Builder

·         Plan for Site Topology

·         Design a Site Topology

·         Plan the Server Infrastructure

·         Design Documentation Using Microsoft Office

·         Use Lync Server 2013 management interfaces.

·         Configure Role-Based Access Control.

·         Prepare for client deployment.

·         Deploy and manage clients.

·         Prepare for device deployment.

·         Deploy and manage Internet Protocol (IP) phones.

·         Describe conferencing in Lync Server 2013.

·         Describe dial-in conferencing in Lync Server 2013.

·         Manage and administer dial-in conferencing in Lync Server 2013.

·         Describe the conferencing capabilities of Lync Server 2013

·         Design audio and video for web conferencing.

·         Plan for instant message and presence Federation.

·         Design Edge services.

·         Describe the features and concepts for Persistent Chat in Lync Server 2013.

·         Design Lync Server 2013 to include Persistent Chat.

·         Deploy and configure Persistent chat in Lync Server 2013.

·         Describe the Archiving service.

·         Describe the Monitoring service.

·         Configure the Archiving and Monitoring services.

·         Describe and use the Lync Server 2013 troubleshooting tools.

·         Describe the required daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance tasks.

·         Describe the fundamental troubleshooting approach to Lync Server 2013 issues.

·         Use SIP commands and analyze SIP logs.

·         Describe high availability in Lync Server 2013.

·         Configure High Availability features in Lync Server 2013.

·         Plan for load balancing in Lync Server 2013.

·         Design load balancing in Lync Server 2013.

·         Describe the high availability options in Lync Server 2013.

·         Describe the tools for backing up and restoring Lync Server 2013 data.

·         Backup and restore critical Lync Server 2013 data.

·         Export and import critical Lync Server 2013 data.

·         Describe design considerations for branch site scenarios.

·         Describe the migration process.

·         Describe migration and coexistence topologies.

·         Plan for client and device migration

·         Design a software deployment strategy for Lync 2013.

B1 Preliminary for Schools Preparation

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B2 First for Schools Preparation

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MCSE - Messaging

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Certification in Messaging validates a professional's ability to deploy cloud infrastructure in an organization to improve productivity, increase flexibility, enhance data security and reduce data loss for the organization.

MCSE Messaging training covers the following exams, which you are required to clear in order to gain an MCSE Messaging credential.

Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

This course offers knowledge about implementing a Windows Server infrastructure in a business environment. The initial installation and configuration of Windows Server 2012 services is included in this module which also imparts skills on networking services, AD DS, Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 Server etc.

Administering Windows Server 2012

This course provides the necessary skills to administer Windows Server 2012 for an enterprise. It covers the administration tasks required for maintenance of Windows Server infrastructure including Network Policies, Remote Access, Implementation of Server Images, Data Security, Group and User management with Group Policy, Update Management and Monitoring.

Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services

This course teaches professionals to configure and provision advanced services with Windows Server 2012. It covers advanced skills necessary to configure, deploy, maintain and manage Windows Server including identity management, advanced networking services, rights management, fail over clustering, network load balancing, disaster recovery and business continuity.

Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

This MS Exchange 2013 course will impart skills pertaining to configuration and management of an Exchange Server Messaging environment. The course includes skills necessary to plan, configure, install, manage and maintain the mailbox, transport, access and MS Exchange infrastructure.

Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013

The advanced solutions of MS Exchange course will provide core skills about the best practices, guidelines and considerations to optimize the MS Exchange Server 2013 deployment. This course will cover the fundamentals and application of Unified Messaging, virtualization strategies, Windows Power Shell, Exchange Online etc.

The MCSE Messaging course from Koenig is highly recommended for IT professionals who wish to make it big in the messaging administration domain at the enterprise level. Completing this course will prove your expertise in managing messaging environments and Exchange Server deployments.

A2 Key Preparation

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MCSE - Desktop Infrastructure

MCSE 2012 Desktop Infrastructure is a valuable certification in today's IT departments, where security is the prime concern.

These days a lot of employees carry personal devices to work. Hence businesses face the challenge of keeping up with the changing work styles, and ensuring security at the same time. Corporations aim to keep services safe, as well as make them virtually accessible.

This certification makes you proficient in enabling flexible and secure access to business applications and resources. It provides you the skills required for application and desktop virtualization, as well as makes you proficient in the concepts related to remote desktop services. While ensuring security, participants are able to manage desktops and other digital devices from anywhere.

B1 Business Preliminary Preparation

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Speaking test tasks.

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B2 Business Vantage preparation

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Speaking test tasks.

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MCSE - Server Infrastructure

About This Course

This 5-day instructor-led course provides you with the skills and knowledge needed to plan, design, and deploy a physical and logical Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) infrastructure. The course also provides the skills to perform name resolution, application integration, and optimization of automate remediation and maintenance of network services.

Audience Profile

Candidates for this course have good Windows client and server operating system knowledge and basic AD DS and networking experience in an enterprise/small business (SMB) environment together with application configuration experience. This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for planning, designing, and deploying a physical and a logical Windows Server 2012 enterprise Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS) infrastructure including the network services necessary. Students have experience of previous Windows Server operating systems and possess Windows Server 2012 certification (MCSA) or equivalent skills. This course is also intended for IT professionals who are looking to take the exam 70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure, as a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE: Server Infrastructure certification.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

·         Implement server upgrade and migration.

·         Design an automated server installation strategy.

·         Plan and implement a server deployment infrastructure.

·         Plan and implement file and storage services.

·         Design and implement a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) solution.

·         Design a name resolution solution strategy.

·         Design and manage an IP address management solution.

·         Design a VPN solution.

·         Design a Direct Access solution.

·         Implement a scalable remote access solution.

·         Design a network protection solution.

·         Implement a network protection solution.

·         Design a forest and domain infrastructure.

·         Implement a forest and domain infrastructure.

·         Design a Group Policy strategy.

·         Design an Active Directory permission model.

·         Design an Active Directory sites topology.

·         Design a domain controller strategy.

·         Design and implement a branch office infrastructure.

Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

About this Course

This course describes how to implement a data warehouse platform to support a BI solution. Students will learn how to create a data warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2014, implement ETL with SQL Server Integration Services, and validate and cleanse data with SQL Server Data Quality Services and SQL Server Master Data Services.

Note: This course is designed for customers who are interested in learning SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014.  It covers the new features in SQL Server 2014, but also the important capabilities across the SQL Server data platform.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for database professionals who need to create and support a data warehousing solution. Primary responsibilities include:

Implementing a data warehouse.

Developing SSIS packages for data extraction, transformation, and loading.

Enforcing data integrity by using Master Data Services.

Cleansing data by using Data Quality Services.

At Course Completion After completing this course, students will be able to:

• ·         Describe data warehouse concepts and architecture considerations.
• ·         Select an appropriate hardware platform for a data warehouse.
• ·         Design and implement a data warehouse.
• ·         Implement Data Flow in an SSIS Package.
• ·         Implement Control Flow in an SSIS Package.
• ·         Debug and Troubleshoot SSIS packages.
• ·         Implement an ETL solution that supports incremental data extraction.
• ·         Implement an ETL solution that supports incremental data loading.
• ·         Implement data cleansing by using Microsoft Data Quality Services.
• ·         Implement Master Data Services to enforce data integrity.
• ·         Extend SSIS with custom scripts and components.
• ·         Deploy and Configure SSIS packages.
• ·         Describe how BI solutions can consume data from the data warehouse.

C1 Business Higher Preparation

Preparation

Free: Paper-based sample test

Download a complete set of papers for the C1 Business Higher exam. The folders include:

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Reading paper, with answer key.

Writing paper.

There is no writing answer key but we have added sample answers and examiner comments from the Business Handbook for teachers for Test 1.

Speaking test tasks.

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Reading sample test

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Writing sample test

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Vocabulary list

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Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases

About this Course

This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to maintain a Microsoft SQL Server 2014 database. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use SQL Server 2014 product features and tools related to maintaining a database.

Note: This course is designed for customers who are interested in learning SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014. It covers the new features in SQL Server 2014, but also the important capabilities across the SQL Server data platform.

Audience Profile

The primary audience for this course is individuals who administer and maintain SQL Server databases. These individuals perform database administration and maintenance as their primary area of responsibility, or work in environments where databases play a key role in their primary job. The secondary audience for this course is individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL Server databases.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

·         Describe core database administration tasks and tools.

·         Install and configure SQL Server 2014.

·         Configure SQL Server databases and storage.

·         Plan and implement a backup strategy.

·         Restore databases from backups.

·         Import and export data.

·         Monitor SQL Server.

·         Trace SQL Server activity.

·         Manage SQL Server security.

·         Audit data access and encrypt data.

·         Perform ongoing database maintenance.

·         Automate SQL Server maintenance with SQL Server Agent Jobs.

·         Configure Database Mail, alerts and notifications.