CompTIA (Online Courses)
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CompTIA A+ Core 1: Cable Types & Connectors
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1 hour 55 minutes
Technicians need to familiarize themselves with the vast array of cable options and connector types. Discover the most common cables and adapters encountered when working with computers and mobile devices. Explore Ethernet cable types, the differences between shielded twisted pair (STP) and unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling, and the basics of fiber optic and coaxial cabling. Next, learn the speed and transmission limitations of various network cables. Discover different video cables and learn about using Lightning and Thunderbolt cables. Then, examine Universal Serial Bus (USB) cables and the differences between USB, USB-C, USB2.0, and USB3.0. Explore serial peripheral cables and hard drive cables such as SATA (Serial AT Attachment), IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics), and SCSI (Small Computer System Interface). Finally, learn to differentiate between adapters such as DVI to HDMI, USB to Ethernet, and DVI to VGA and explore how computers utilize several types of connectors and converters. This course will prepare learners for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 114
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 1: Client-side Virtualization
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30 minutes
Virtualization enables the ability to use software to create a virtual computer system. One of the main benefits of virtualization is that it allows organizations to run multiple virtual systems using a single computer system, such as a server. Explore the basics of virtualization, including how it allows for the creation of virtual resources like operating systems, servers, and storage solutions. Begin with an overview of virtual machines (VMs) and memory and discover the purpose of VMs and the tasks they perform, their common uses and how they are created within the physical host computer, as well as common configurable settings for a VM. Finally, you will examine the resource and security requirements for virtualization. This course will prepare learners for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 32
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 1: Cloud Computing Concepts
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1 hour 15 minutes
Cloud computing allows users to store and access data and programs over the internet instead of a local hard drive. In this course, explore cloud computing concepts such as cloud model types, resource sharing, measure service, and virtual desktops. Discover the features of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS); and learn how to differentiate between public, private, hybrid, and community cloud infrastructures. Discover key differences between internal and external shared resources and explore rapid elasticity, a feature that allows for scalable provisioning. Finally, examine the considerations and benefits of using a measured service or a metered service and investigate the types of virtual desktops and their purposes. This course will prepare learners for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 77
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 1: Motherboards, CPUs, & Add-on Cards
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1 hour 25 minutes
Motherboards are the backbone that connect computer components and enable them to communicate. Discover motherboards, the basics of central processing units (CPUs), and add-on cards, as well as the various factors that need to be considered to install and configure them in your computer. In this course, you will learn about motherboard form factors and connector types. Discover the basic input/output system (BIOS) of your computer, how to configure BIOS security, and how BIOS contains the most basic system software that allows you to booth the system and your operating system to interact with the hardware. Explore Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) batteries, your CPU's processing core, and the differences between single core and multi-core processors. Finally, explore CPU features and compatibility, compare two of the most popular manufacturers of microprocessors, and learn about cooling mechanisms for the CPU including options for dissipating heat in your system. This course will prepare learners for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 87
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 1: Multifunction Devices & Printer Consumables
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1 hour 30 minutes
A multifunction device delivers many functions such as print, fax, scan, and copy capabilities, which would otherwise be carried out by separate devices. Learn about multifunction devices, how to unbox a device, and set up location considerations. Discover how to select appropriate drivers for a given OS such as Printer Control Language (PCL) and PostScript, and explore USB, Ethernet, and wireless device connectivity options. Next, explore configuration settings such as duplex, orientation, tray settings, and quality and discover multifunction device security features such as user authentication, badging, audit logs, and secure prints. Lastly, explore email, Server Message Block (SMB), and cloud services and discover features of laser printers, inkjet printers, thermal printers, impact printers, and 3-D printers. This course will prepare learners for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 88
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 1: Power Supplies
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45 minutes
Computer hardware technicians must understand the basics of computer power systems, including amps, wattage, voltage, general guidelines for power sizing, and power supply options. Explore key power systems lessons like differentiating between power supply inputs and outputs, identifying the values needed for components, such as overall wattage rating, and determining the amount of power needed based on the number of devices in use. Examine the characteristics of redundant power supplies and modular power supplies. Finally, put your new skills to use solving a problem to determine when to use more or less voltage, how to describe wattage ratings, and how to determine the output of a rail on power supply. This course will prepare learners for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 45
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 1: RAM & Storage Solutions
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1 hour 40 minutes
Every computer requires a storage device and Random Access Memory (RAM), so in this course you will explore different storage and RAM options and how they work, and discover various types of solutions for your computer. To begin, explore virtual RAM and the Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module, more commonly known as SODIMM. Then consider Double Data Rate (DDR) RAM and memory channels. Examine the features of solid-state drives (SSDs), a persistent memory storage type, and magnetic hard drives, an electromechanical data storage device. Next, compare and contrast features of the two most common physical sizes for hard drives: 3.5 and 2.5 inch drives. Finally, explore removable storage options and their benefits, and learn the differences between Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) 0, 1, 5, and 10. This course will prepare learners for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 99
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 1: Troubleshooting & Resolving Printer Issues
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1 hour 20 minutes
Printers have a lot of moving parts, so problems are inevitable. As a computer technician, your job will be to identify and resolve some of these common concerns. Start by exploring basic troubleshooting considerations for printers, including typical issues like paper jams or print quality problems. Investigate potential driver compatibility issues and learn how to interpret error codes. Find out why firmware updates are required and how they can resolve certain issues. Learn how to correct screen display and printer output problems, how to calibrate and clean printers, and how to troubleshoot print quality issues. This course will prepare learners for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 80
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 1: Troubleshooting Wired & Wireless Networks
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1 hour
Technicians are required to identify, diagnose, and solve common wired and wireless network-related problems. Due to the many components of a network, this can be challenging at times. Fortunately, there are many common issues to look for that can help resolve issues promptly. Explore how to resolve intermittent wireless connectivity issues and slow network speeds, as well as issues related to jitter and port flapping. Discover methods to improve voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone services and high latency problems. Lastly, explore common examples of external interference that can disrupt a wired or wireless network. This course will prepare learners for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 62
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Backup & Recovery Methods
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45 minutes
Backing up data is the practice of copying data from a primary to a secondary location. Regular backups are essential when attempting to recover from a primary data failure. Backups should be performed regularly in both personal and business scenarios. In this course, explore disaster prevention techniques and recovery best practices. Discover how to differentiate between full, incremental, differential, and synthetic backups, and learn when to implement each method. Next, explore backup frequency timelines that can help ensure regular data backups. Discover how to differentiate between on-site and off-site backup rotation schemes, and lastly, explore backup rotation schemes including grandfather-father-son (GFS) and the 3-2-1 backup rule. This course is part of a series that will help you prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 46
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Best Practice Procedures for Malware Removal
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55 minutes
Malware is software specifically designed to compromise computers, servers, clients, or computer networks. In this course, you will learn best practices for the identification and removal of malware. Begin by exploring how to properly investigate and verify malware symptoms and how to ensure infected systems are quarantined immediately. Discover the importance of disabling System Restore from the onset as well as steps to remediate infected systems. Explore how to schedule system scans and run updates on a system. Next, discover when to re-enable System Restore and create a new restore point in Windows. Lastly, learn about the key points and techniques to share with end users when educating them on malware. This course helps prepare for CompTIA+ certification exam 220-1102.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 55
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Communication Techniques, Licensing, & Policy Concepts
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1 hour
Professionalism is essential in any working environment, especially business operations that require interactions with customers. Learn about proper communication techniques and professionalism, such as avoiding jargon, acronyms, and slang. Explore how to maintain a positive attitude, project confidence, listen actively, and be on time. Discover how to avoid distractions including personal calls, texting, and personal interruptions. Explore how to set and meet expectations and timelines, and how to properly communicate status with the customer. Lastly, learn the importance of prohibited content/activity, privacy, licensing, and policy concepts. This course is part of a series that will help you prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 60
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Information Management & Change Management Processes
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55 minutes
Ticketing systems are a great way to collect user and device information, descriptions of problems, and problem resolutions. This course will explore ticketing and asset management systems and how these systems capture information about events and resources. Explore document types such as acceptable use policies, compliance, and network topology diagrams. Discover components of a typical standard operating procedure, including procedures for custom installation of software packages. Next, consider the importance of knowledge base articles and explore best practices for documenting business processes, including rollback plans, sandbox testing, and responsible staff members. Lastly, explore considerations when explaining basic change management best practices. This course is part of a series that will help you prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 55
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Malware Detection, Removal, & Prevention
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1 hour 40 minutes
Malware is software designed with malicious intent that often aims to disrupt, enable unauthorized access, or cause end-user access interference. In this course, you'll learn how to detect, remove, and prevent malware using the appropriate tools and methods. Begin by exploring the various types of malware including trojans, rootkits, viruses, spyware, ransomware, keyloggers, boot sector viruses, and cryptominers. Become familiar with the recovery console and recognize when to perform an operating system reinstallation as a result of malware. Next, learn how to differentiate between anti-virus and anti-malware solutions and discover how software firewalls can help secure a device. Lastly, discover the importance of end-user training and education as it relates to malware and other cyber threats. ​ After completing this course you'll know how to detect, remove, and prevent malware using the appropriate tools and methods. This course is part of a series used to prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 101
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Mobile OS Application & Application Security Issues
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1 hour 20 minutes
A large percentage of the population carries at least one mobile device on them at all times. These devices often contain applications that can be attractive targets for mobile attacks. This course covers how to troubleshoot mobile OS applications and application security issues. Discover common symptoms pertaining to mobile OS and application issues such as applications that fail to launch, crash, and fail to update. Next, explore connectivity issues pertaining to Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, near-field communication, and AirDrop and learn how to identify internet connectivity issues, including limited or no connectivity. Lastly, discover how to deal with high numbers of ads, fake security warnings, unexpected application behavior, and leaked personal files and data. This course helps prepare for CompTIA+ certification exam 220-1102.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 78
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Safety Procedures & Environmental Impacts
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55 minutes
Environments should be designed and maintained with personal safety best practices and safety standards in mind. Enforcing safety standards helps ensure that operators are kept safe and prevented from causing harm to their systems. In this course, you'll learn when and where to use electrostatic discharge straps, mats, and bags. Explore personal safety measures, including disconnecting power before repairing a PC, lifting techniques, electrical fire safety, safety goggles, and air filtration masks. Discover material safety data sheet (MSDS) handling and disposal recommendations, including proper battery disposal, proper toner disposal, and proper disposal of other devices and assets. You will also learn the importance of temperature, humidity-level awareness, and proper ventilation, including equipment placement, dust cleanup, and compressed air and vacuums. Lastly, explore the impact of power surges, under-voltage events, and power outages and discuss when to use battery backup and surge suppressors. This course helps prepare for CompTIA A+ certification exam 220-1102.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 57
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Scripting & Remote Technologies
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1 hour 15 minutes
Remote access is accessing a computer or device from any location, including remotely administering networks and computing environments. Scripting is the process of automating tasks that would otherwise be performed individually by a human operator. In this course, discover how to leverage remote access technologies. First, learn the basics of scripting, including script file types, use cases, and other considerations for using scripts. Next, explore remote access methods and tools, and examine the security considerations of each access method. Finally, discover how to leverage remote access technologies and recognize remote access methods and tools, including the security considerations of each access method. This course is part of a series that will help you prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 75
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Social Engineering Attacks
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1 hour 55 minutes
Among the newer forms of security for most workers in the 21st century involves social engineering -protecting workers and work against subtle but dangerous attacks by con men and scammers. Take a deep dive into security fundamentals and the many ways in which devious people steal information. This can include masquerading as delivery men, entering unauthorized areas without badges, shoulder surfing at airports or coffee shops, spoofing, dumpster-diving, and insidiously clever spear phishing attacks. Explore how legitimate-looking e-mails can lure workers to malicious websites, or worse, into opening encrypted attachments with company credentials or passwords. Lastly, discover common security vulnerabilities including non-compliant, unpatched, and unprotected systems, end of life (EOL) operating systems, and bring your own devices (BYOD). This course will prepare you for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 117
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA A+ Core 2: Windows OS Problems & Personal Computer Security
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1 hour
Diagnosing problems within a network or a computer requires a special and versatile toolbox for the IT specialist. This course outlines many popular troubleshooting tools and practical strategies needed to quickly isolate all kinds of problems, regardless of platform, and resolve them, to help restore normal working conditions efficiently and quickly. Explore the benefits of building process checklists and learn how to determine if a problem is widespread or limited to one machine. Discover how to trace issues back to new hardware or software installations, and explore best practices and techniques for malware removal. Lastly, explore valuable troubleshooting steps that can be used to resolve mobile OS and app issues and any mobile OS security issues. This course will help you prepare for CompTIA+ certification exam 220-1102.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 59
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+ : Cloud High Availability & Scaling
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1 hour 15 minutes
High availability of cloud systems and resources is extremely important to ensure that a system is there when you need it. Cloud environments have many options and features to ensure that the goal of high availability is achieved. First, you will learn the concepts of affinity and anti-affinity and how it related to hypervisors. Next, you will learn about the benefits of oversubscription of compute, network and storage resources, using regions and zones, cloud applications, and using containers in the cloud environment. Next, you will learn how to configure network resources such as switches, routers, load balancers, and firewalls for high availability. Finally, you will learn about using cloud clusters, identifying single points of failure, and the benefits of using auto-scaling, horizontal scaling, vertical scaling and cloud bursting. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 73
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Architecture & Models
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1 hour 10 minutes
The cloud has various deployment and service models that can help your organization design and create your very own cloud strategy based on needs. First, you'll learn about the available cloud deployment models such as public, private, hybrid, community, and virtual public clouds, as well as multi-cloud and multitenancy environments. Next, you'll examine cloud service models such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service. Finally, you'll learn about advanced topics such as the Internet of Things, serverless computing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the shared responsibility model. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 70
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Automation & Orchestration
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1 hour 10 minutes
In order for cloud environments to operate efficiently you need to use automation and orchestration to keep things running smoothly. In this course, you will learn about the components and features of cloud automation and orchestration. First, you will learn about the features of infrastructure as code, continuous integration and continuous deployment. Next, you will learn about version control and configuration management and how it relates to orchestration and automation. Next, you will learn about the features of containers, cloud automation activities, secure scripting and orchestration sequencing. Finally, you will learn about backup and restore policies as well as backup targets. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 68
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Capacity Planning
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1 hour 10 minutes
Capacity planning is an important factor to consider when creating a Cloud Strategy. This course will describe the important factors to consider when performing capacity planning. First, you will learn about the technical and business factors to consider when performing capacity planning. Next, you will learn about using standard templates, licensing considerations, user density and system load. You then learn how to use captured metrics to perform trend analysis and how to do performance capacity planning. Finally, you'll learn how to create a cloud-based database and how cloud features can be scaled to meet capacity demands. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 68
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Component Integration
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1 hour 10 minutes
Cloud environments provide many key components that can be incorporated into your cloud solution. In this course, you'll learn about the available cloud components. First, you'll learn about subscription services such as file, communication, e-mail, VoIP, messaging and collaboration, and the virtual desktop infrastructure, as well as directory and identity services. Next, you'll explore cloud service models such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and how to provision and integrate compute, storage, and network resources for a cloud solution. Next, you'll examine how to integrate serverless applications, deploy and integrate virtual machines, and use OS and solution templates to provision and integrate resources into a cloud solution. Finally, you'll learn to integrate identity management and containers and perform autoscaling and post-deployment validation of cloud solutions. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 70
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Disaster Recovery
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1 hour 25 minutes
Planning for disaster recovery is crucial to getting your cloud solution running and operational when a crisis occurs. In this course, you'll learn about how to plan for and the features of disaster recovery. First, you'll explore disaster recovery features such as failover, failback, backup restoration, and replication. Next, you'll examine the importance of network configuration, geographical data centers, restoration methods, and on-premise and cloud sites. Finally, you'll learn about the importance of the DR kit, playbook, network diagrams, RPOs, RTOs, SLAs, and corporate guidelines when planning for disaster recovery. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 86
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Identity & Access Management
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1 hour 15 minutes
Identity and access management is crucial to securing resources and ensuring the resources are used by the correct people. In this course, you'll learn about some of the security resources that are available for performing and enforcing identity and access management. First, you'll examine identity and access management, including user identification, authorization, and privileged access management. You'll learn how to use the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol to manage access to resources. Next, you'll explore how identity federation can be used to manage user identities and how certificate management can be performed using certificate authorities, registration authorities, certificate databases, certificate stores, and key archival servers. You'll then move on to learn about multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, Public Key Infrastructure, as well as secret and key management. Finally, you'll learn about the components that can be used to perform incident response preparation and incident response procedures such as evidence acquisition, chain of custody, and root cause analysis. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 73
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Logging, Monitoring, Alerting & Optimization
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1 hour 25 minutes
Logging and monitoring is essential to ensure that your cloud environment is running efficiently and securely. In this course, you will learn to configure logging, monitoring and alerting services in the cloud and optimize cloud environments. First, you will learn about the available cloud features for logging such as collectors, SNMP, syslog, audits, log types, access and authentication, and automation. Next, you will learn about the features of system monitoring such as baselines, thresholds, tagging, and performance monitoring, resource utilization, availability, and SLA-defined uptime. Next, you will learn about the features of alerting such as common messaging methods, maintenance mode and appropriate responses. Finally, you will learn how to optimize cloud resources including placement, computing, storage, networks, and device drivers and firmware. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 83
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Migrations
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1 hour 5 minutes
For a cloud-based solution to run efficiently and cost-effectively, the appropriate sizing of resources is essential. In this course, you'll learn to configure the correct compute sizing for a deployment, as well as how to perform cloud migrations. First, you'll explore the features of virtualization such as hypervisors and how to compute. Next, you'll learn about the features of and how to correctly size CPUs, vCPUs, and GPUs. You'll explore memory allocation and the features of a hyperconverged infrastructure. You'll then learn about cloud migrations such as storage migrations, database migrations, physical to virtual migrations, virtual to virtual migrations, and cloud-to-cloud migrations. Finally, you'll examine cloud migration implications for access control lists, firewalls, and vendor lock-in. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 67
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Network Deployments
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1 hour 20 minutes
Deploying cloud-based solutions efficiently and securely requires that the network be configured correctly. In this course, you'll learn about the network services that need to be considered when deploying cloud solutions. First, you'll explore the role of network services such as DHCP, DNS, CDN, IPAM, as well as VPNs. You'll learn about the features of virtual routing including dynamic and static routing. Next, you'll examine virtual network interface controllers and the features of network appliances such as load balancers, firewalls, and virtual private clouds. Finally, you'll learn about the features of virtual LANs, single root input/output virtualization, and software-defined networks. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 78
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Network Security
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1 hour 20 minutes
Having a secure cloud environment is crucial for ensuring system and data integrity and security. Cloud environments have numerous methods for meeting these security needs. In this course, you'll learn how to secure a network in a cloud environment using network segmentation, network protocols, and network services. Next, you'll learn how to monitor the security of a network environment using log and event monitoring and how to harden the network environment. Then, you'll move on to examine the available network security tools that can be used to perform network penetration tests, such as vulnerability scanners and port scanners. You'll also explore how to use these security tools to perform vulnerability assessments. Finally, you'll learn about the purpose of a risk register and how to prioritize the deployment and installation of security patches. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 81
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Operations Management
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1 hour 15 minutes
Maintaining a stable cloud environment is important to ensure the health of the cloud system. In this course you will learn how to maintain efficient operation of a cloud environment. First, you will learn how to perform life cycle management, and perform change management. Next, you will learn about the configuration management database and why it is important. Next, you will learn about using dashboards and the impacts of process improvements, upgrade methods, and performance reporting. Lastly, you will learn about the options for performing patching and the types of backups and available backup objects, and to confirm the completion of backups. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 76
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Security Controls
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1 hour 10 minutes
Ensuring the security of your operating systems and applications is a key component of keeping your cloud environment secure. There are several key steps that can be taken to ensure your cloud system is secure. In this course, you will learn about cloud security policies and managing cloud user permissions. Next, you will learn about anti-virus and anti-malware tools, firewalls, intrusion detection and intrusion prevention tools that can be used to detect and prevent cybersecurity attacks. Next, you will learn about hardening your cloud environment and using encryption to increase data security. Finally, you will learn about configuration management and how to monitor the system and event logs. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 69
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Solution Design
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1 hour 15 minutes
Developing new software systems can be costly and time consuming. Cloud-based solutions can help get your system online quickly and cost-effectively and help to meet all your business requirements. In this course, you'll learn how to analyze the cloud solution design in support of business requirements. First, you'll explore how to analyze the solution design while considering requirements for software, hardware, system integration, security, network, disaster recovery, budgeting, service level agreements, and compliance. Next, you'll learn about the benefits of using multiple environments for development, quality assurance, staging, and production. You'll also examine the advantages of performing blue-green deployments. Finally, you'll learn about software development testing techniques such as performance, regression, functional, usability, vulnerability, and penetration testing. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 73
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Cloud Troubleshooting Methodologies
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1 hour 20 minutes
Being able to troubleshoot cloud and network issues is important when trying to resolve failures or operational difficulties. In this course, you'll learn to use troubleshooting methodologies to resolve common cloud issues. First, you'll examine how to resolve cloud related issues using the troubleshooting methodology. Next, you'll explore how to resolve network security group misconfigurations issues and network connectivity issues. You'll then move on to learn about resolving network routing and firewall connectivity issues. You'll learn about the tools that you can use to troubleshoot and resolve network issues. Finally, you'll learn resource utilization, application performance, and load balancing performance tuning. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 82
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Data Security & Compliance Controls
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1 hour 15 minutes
There may be several ramifications for failing to secure your organization's data in the cloud environment. This could also mean failing to comply with regulatory compliances. In this course, you will learn how mandatory access controls are used to secure cloud services. First, you will learn encryption, hashing algorithms, digital signatures, the access security broker and file integrity monitoring can be used to ensure data security and regulatory compliance. Next, you will learn how data classification, network and access control can be used to secure data. Next, you will learn about data security laws and regulations and the legal requirements for securely storing data. Finally, you will learn about data loss prevention and the components of records management systems including versioning, retention, destruction and write once/read many. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 77
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Provisioning Cloud Storage
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1 hour 25 minutes
Storage in the cloud is a crucial component of any cloud-based solution. In this course, you'll learn about the types of cloud storage you can use in your solutions and their features. First, you'll explore how to provision and measure the performance of block, file, object, and flash storage. Next, you'll learn about the different types of RAID arrays and the purpose of user quotas. You'll then move on to examine the protocols used with cloud storage. You'll learn about the features of hyperconverged storage, hyperconverged infrastructures, and software-defined storage. Finally, you'll explore how to create and use an Azure container. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 83
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Troubleshooting Automation and Orchestration Issues
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1 hour 5 minutes
Being able to troubleshoot issues during cloud automation and orchestration is important to ensuring smooth and efficient deployments in a cloud environment. In this course you will examine some of the causes of these issues. First, you'll explore automation and orchestration issues that occur due to user account or service account permission issues, change management process miscommunications, and DNS and server name changes. Next, you'll learn about automation and orchestration issues that occur due to IP address scheme changes, changed availability zones, third-party versioning issues, and tool incompatibility issues. Finally, you'll examine how to validate change management processes and that patches installed correctly. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 67
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Troubleshooting Cloud Deployments
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1 hour 30 minutes
Being able to troubleshoot issues during the deployment process is essential to ensuring full functionality in the cloud. In this course, you'll examine some of the common causes of deployment issues. First, you'll learn about some of the causes of service outages and the need for a disaster recovery plan. You'll explore how to troubleshoot performance and degradation issues and how these issues can relate to capacity planning. Next, you'll learn how automation scripts can be the cause of deployment issues and how good scripts validate and perform rollbacks on failure. You'll then move on to examine how to troubleshoot issues with applications in containers, how to validate deployment templates, and how insufficient resource capacity can cause degradation and latency issues. Finally, you'll learn how to troubleshoot licensing and vendor-related issues. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 88
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud+: Troubleshooting Cloud Security Issues
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1 hour 10 minutes
Being able to troubleshoot security issues is essential to ensuring fully functional systems in the cloud. In this course, you'll examine some of the common causes of security issues. First, you'll learn to troubleshoot security issues due to missing or incomplete privileges, authentication or authorization issues, or network and directory security group issues. Next, you'll explore how to troubleshoot security issues due to expired, revoked, compromised, or misconfigured keys and certificates or due to misconfigured or misapplied policies. You'll then move on to learn how to troubleshoot and identify security concerns due to unencrypted data, data breaches, misclassification of data, lack of protocol encryption, and insecure ciphers. Finally, you'll also learn to troubleshoot and identify security concerns due to exposed endpoints, misconfigured security appliances, and unsupported protocols, as well as how to deal with internal or external attacks. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) certification.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 72
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Cables & Connectors
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55 minutes
Networking cables and connectors are network hardware components that allow devices to connect and communicate with each other. Different types of network cables exist, each offering different standards, limitations, and speeds. In addition to connecting devices, network cables and connectors are essential for transferring data and information between computers, routers, switches, and storage area networks. In this course, you'll examine common network cabling implementations such as copper and fiber. You'll discover how to differentiate between the different cable types, including twisted pair, coaxial, and twinaxial. You'll also explore the many different connector and transceiver types and learn common cable management responsibilities including working with patch panels and punchdown blocks. Finally, you'll learn how to differentiate between 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T, 10GBASE-T, and 40GBASE-T copper Ethernet standards, as well as the 100BASE-FX, 100BASE-SX, 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, 10GBASE-SR, and 10GBASE-LR fiber Ethernet standards. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 57
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Cloud Concepts
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1 hour 55 minutes
Cloud networking is a type of Internet-based network solution that makes resources available to network users via a central, third-party platform that is typically hosted online. In this course, you'll learn about cloud deployment and service models, and explore how to select the appropriate solution depending on your organizational needs. In addition to SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS, you'll explore the benefits of using the desktop as a service software technology. You'll also learn about the relationship between local and cloud resources, as well as relevant security implications and considerations. You'll also examine how multitenancy allows multiple customers of the same cloud vendor to use the same computing resources. Finally, you will explore the effects of elasticity on cloud computing, with a focus on one of the main features of cloud computing, the ability to increase or decrease (scale) the size or power of a cloud solution. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 116
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Disaster Recovery & High Availability Concepts
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1 hour
Disaster recovery and high availability are areas of security planning that involve tools, policies, and procedures that ensure the availability and recovery of critical services and infrastructure in the event of a human-induced or natural disaster. In this course, you'll explore high availability and disaster recovery concepts such as load balancing, multipathing, and network interface card teaming. You'll learn about facilities and infrastructure support concepts including uninterruptible power supply, power distribution units, generators, HVAC, and fire suppression. Lastly, you'll explore redundancy and high availability concepts including cold, warm, and hot sites, as well as network device backup and restore states and configurations. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 59
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Ethernet Switching & Wireless Standards
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2 hour 10 minutes
Ethernet switching enables devices such as computers and printers to communicate seamlessly with each other on the same network. In this course, you'll learn about key switching features. You'll also explore different port configurations, how Address Resolution Protocol works, and examine key features of the Neighbor Discovery Protocol. You'll also explore how to install and configure the appropriate wireless technologies and standards and learn how to differentiate between 802.11 standards, and recognize when to implement 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless frequencies. You'll also learn when to deploy a service set identifier as well as basic service sets, the extended service set, independent basic service set (Ad-hoc) and roaming. Lastly, you'll learn about wireless encryption standards, cellular technologies, and multiple-input multiple-output, and multi-user MIMO. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 130
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: IP Addressing Schemes and Subnetting
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2 hour 35 minutes
Computers and devices each require a unique identifier, known as an IP address, in order to participate on an IP network. Using a subnet mask, the IP address is divided into a network portion and a host portion. This practice is called subnetting and it allows for an IP network to be logically subdivided or segmented. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of public and private IP addresses and how to use Network Address Translation and Port Address Translation to translate addresses. Next, you'll examine the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, as well as various types of addresses including unicast, multicast, and anycast. You'll learn the basics of base-2 conversions and binary values and examine classes A, B, C, D, and E, which respectively allow you to portion a network into various different sizes. Finally, you'll learn about supernetting, a more advanced form of subnetting, as well as IPv6 concepts, subinterfaces, and virtual IP addresses
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 155
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Network Implementations
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1 hour 55 minutes
Networking devices are instrumental to the delivery of data over a network. In this course, you'll learn about comparing and contrasting various networking devices to determine when and where to use them on a network. You'll also explore common networking devices such as hubs, switches, and routers in addition to network appliances used for more specialized tasks such as the Intrusion prevention system, intrusion detection system, proxy servers, and supervisory control and data acquisition systems. You'll also examine different routing technologies, including dynamic routing concepts and protocols. And you'll explore how to recognize the key differences between the Routing Information Protocol and Open Shortest Path First routing protocols, and recognize how to differentiate between link state, distance vector, and hybrid routing protocols. Lastly, you'll learn about bandwidth management concepts including traffic shaping and quality of service. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 115
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Network Operations
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1 hour 30 minutes
The goal of network operations is typically to monitor, manage, and respond to network-related incidents to ensure a network's overall availability and performance is not compromised. In this course, you'll learn about statistics and sensors available to ensure network availability. You'll explore the Simple Network Management Protocol and how it works, and examine using network device logs. You'll also learn about interface statistics, errors, and alerts, as well as environmental factors and sensors that relate to temperature, humidity, electrical, and flooding. You'll then learn about organizational documents and policies, and learn how to plan for incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity. Lastly, you'll explore hardening and security policy planning strategies, and common documentation every organization should maintain. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 90
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Network Services & Data Center Architectures
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1 hour 40 minutes
All computers and network devices require an IP address to be able to connect to the Internet or other IP devices on an organizational network. In this course, you'll learn about the fundamentals of both DHCP and DNS and how DHCP can help automate the configuration of devices on an IP network. You'll explore start of authority records as well as the various DNS record types used to handle requests and translate domain names into IP addresses. You'll then review key characteristics of both the Network Time Protocol and IP Address Management. Next, you'll examine basic corporate and data center architectures, and common architectures such as three-tiered, spine and leaf. You'll learn key characteristics of software-defined networking and explore the storage area network and common connections types that include fiber channel, fiber channel over Ethernet, Internet small computer, and Systems Interface. Lastly, you'll learn about colocations and the benefits and solutions these data centers can offer. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 98
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Network Troubleshooting Methodologies & Tools
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2 hour
If an incident or outage occurs, network administrators must be able to respond effectively and resolve network problems in a timely fashion. In this course, you'll learn about best practices for identifying a problem, establishing a theory of probable cause, testing theories, formulating a plan of action to resolve a problem, implementing a solution, or escalating the issue. You'll explore how to verify full system functionality and document findings, actions, outcomes, and lessons learned. You'll examine how to troubleshoot common cable connectivity issues and explore network specifications and limitations, cable considerations, and common issues such as attenuation, interference, bad ports, and duplexing issues. Lastly, you'll learn about common cable connectivity tools including cable crimpers, punchdown tools, tone generators, loopback adapters, and cable testers. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 119
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Network Types
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1 hour 50 minutes
Network topologies represent how computers are interconnected to form a network. There are five main network topology types - mesh, star, bus, ring, and hybrid - and each offers unique advantages and disadvantages that technicians need to be aware of. In this course, you'll explore the five topologies in detail and learn when to implement each. You'll learn about computer networks such as local area networks, metropolitan area networks, and wide area networks. Next, you explore other computer network types including peer-to-peer, client/server, wireless local area network, personal area network, and campus area network. You'll examine Multiprotocol Label Switching and how it can be used as an efficient alternative to traditional Internet Protocol routing. Lastly, you'll learn about common service related entry points, virtual networking concepts, and the common network provider links such as satellite, digital subscriber line, cable, leased line, and metro-optical
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 111
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: OSI Model Layers & Data Encapsulation
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1 hour 20 minutes
The Open Systems Interconnection, or OSI, model is used to describe how computer systems communicate with each other. Frequently used for troubleshooting network problems, the seven layers of the OSI model are concepts with which all networking professionals should be familiar In this course, you'll learn about each layer of the OSI model. You'll outline how human-readable information, such as emails and chat messages, are transferred over a network, as well as the path this information takes along the OSI model. You'll also examine data encapsulation and decapsulation within the context of the OSI model. You'll outline characteristics for Ethernet headers, IP headers, and TCP/UDP headers, and learn to differentiate between synchronization (SYN) and acknowledgement (ACK) flags. Lastly, you'll recognize the primary differences between maximum transmission unit, or MTU, and maximum segment size, or MSS, and how these concepts relate to data being transmitted over a network.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 81
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Physical Security & Network Hardening
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2 hour 20 minutes
Network security is the practice of protecting and preventing unwelcome access attempts to computer networks. In this course, you'll learn about network hardening techniques and best practices. You'll learn to secure networks and about wireless authentication and authorization features You'll examine remote access methods and security considerations, VPN solutions, and the benefits of using virtual network computing and virtual desktop solutions. You'll learn about remote authentication and authorization considerations and how to implement out-of-band management.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 138
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Registered Ports
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50 minutes
With a range from 0 to 65535 split across three groups (those reserved for TCP/IP applications, registered ports, and dynamic ports), differentiating port numbers can be confusing. In this course, you'll learn how to identify and use the most common registered ports You'll examine port 1433, reserved for Structured Query Language (SQL) Server and when to use SQLnet port 1521, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port 3306, and port 5060/5061, reserved for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). You'll then outline how IP protocols are used to facilitate Internet Protocol (IP) communication, such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), and Gateway Routing Encapsulation (GRE). Lastly, you'll examine connectionless and connection-oriented services, two data transmission services used to establish and terminate connections, exploring how they behave at the network and transport layers of the OSI model.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 50
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Security Concepts & Threats
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2 hour 5 minutes
Network security encompasses best practices and policies that are put in place to help monitor and prevent malicious attacks against both internal and external threats. In this course, you'll learn about the confidentiality, integrity, and availability triad and other common security concepts. You'll explore well-known threats, both internal and external, as well as common vulnerabilities and newly discovered software vulnerabilities. Next, you'll examine authentication methods and how to perform security assessments. You'll also examine common attacks, with a focus on technology-based attacks, and learn to differentiate between denial of service, distributed denial of service and Botnet/command and control attacks. You'll further explore how to prevent and remove ransomware and malware. Lastly, you'll learn about human and environmental attacks, such as social engineering, and how to differentiate between different social engineering attacks. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 125
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Troubleshooting Network Issues
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2 hour 45 minutes
Troubleshooting network connectivity is a complex responsibility that can require various approaches and techniques in order to resolve issues. In this course, you'll learn about using the appropriate network troubleshooting software tools and commands. You'll explore software tools such as Wi-Fi analyzers and port scanners and learn about traditional command line tools and network platform commands. You'll also examine how to troubleshoot common wireless connectivity issues including issues relating to specifications and limitations. Next, you'll learn about common considerations and issues pertaining to wireless connectivity. You'll explore general network troubleshooting best practices as they relate to wired networks. Finally, you'll examine considerations such as routing tables, VLAN assignment, and other common issues. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the N10-008: CompTIA Network+ certification exam
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 164
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Network+: Well-known Ports & Protocols
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2 hour 40 minutes
In terms of computer networks, protocols are used to provide a required set of rules that enable computers to exchange information. Well-known Internet protocols include Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol, File Transfer Protocol, and Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Ports, by comparison, are used to identify a type of network or specific process. Port numbers, ranging from 0 to 65535, are typically divided into three categories - well-known ports, dynamic ports, and registered ports. In this course, you'll learn about the most commonly-known ports in use on a computer network today. These include File Transfer Protocol, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, Domain Name System, and Hypertext Transfer Protocol. You'll examine how HTTP uses the reserved port 80 and enables computers to send and receive Web client-based communication and messages from a Web server, including web site pages and data. Next, you'll explore other key ports including, port 25, reserved for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and how SMTP allows e-mail clients and services to send out e-mails. You'll learn how port 100, reserved for Post Office Protocol v3 and port 143, reserved for Internet Message Access Protocol, allow for e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail messages from a mail server over a TCP/IP connection. Lastly, you'll learn about Secure Sockets Layer and how it can be incorporated into POP3 and IMAP implementations to enable more secure encrypted e-mail communications
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 159
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Authentication & Authorization
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1 hour 50 minutes
Controlling access to network resources is a vital security concern. Resource access is controlled first by authentication, then by specific permissions for authorized resource use. Physical security strategies allow controlled access to IT computing equipment at the user and server levels. In this course, you will first list physical security strategies then determine how to harden specific systems and limit the use of USB removable media through Group Policy. Next, you will manage users and groups in Active Directory, Linux, and the AWS and Azure clouds. You'll then configure multi-factor authentication (MFA) in AWS and Azure. Finally, you'll define how identity federation works and enable access control through cloud-based RBAC roles and attribute-based access control. This course is part of a collection that prepares you for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 111
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Configuring Server Components
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1 hour 5 minutes
Virtualization has become a foundation for on-premises and cloud computing. Therefore server administrators and data center technicians need to know how to configure virtual machine (VM) CPU and RAM settings. Take this mostly hands-on course to learn what's involved in virtualization. Start by exploring how hypervisors relate to virtual machines (VMs). Distinguish between the two types of hypervisors. And look into hypervisor hardening. Getting hands-on, practice configuring virtual CPUs for VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V VMs. Manage CPU settings for AWS and Azure. And configure memory, or RAM, for VMware Workstation, Microsoft Hyper-V, and AWS and Azure instances in alignment with IT workload requirements. Upon completion, you'll be able to plan and configure the setup for both on-premises and cloud VMs. You'll also be more prepared for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 63
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Deploying Cloud IaaS
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1 hour 35 minutes
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) concerns storage, networking, firewalls, virtual machines, and other cloud services. To be at the top of their game, server admins should know how to deploy various IaaS solutions. Learn how to deploy IaaS solutions related to storage, networking, and virtual machines in this wide-spanning course. First, get a theoretical overview of IaaS. Then, practice deploying AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud storage solutions, virtual networks, and Windows and Linux virtual machines (VMs). After that, create a custom cloud-based VM. Next, deploy cloud services using cloud automation templates. And finally, use role-based access control (RBAC) and cloud policies to limit the cloud administrative activities available to cloud technicians. When you're done, you'll be able to deploy several IaaS solutions and restrict cloud server access. You'll also be more prepared for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 97
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Deploying Cloud PaaS & SaaS
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45 minutes
Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) are two popular and valuable cloud service models. Both play a unique role in managing certain aspects of cloud computing. If you're an IT professional working in server environments, you need to know what these two cloud service models entail. Take this course to learn all about PaaS and SaaS solutions. Furthermore, practice deploying databases in the AWS and Microsoft Azure clouds. Configure a SaaS cloud solution. Use an automation template to deploy a PaaS solution. And use several strategies and tools to keep cloud computing costs to a minimum. Upon course completion, you'll be able to deploy PaaS and SaaS solutions and control cloud computing costs. This course also helps prepare you for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 46
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: File System Security
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1 hour 20 minutes
Today's IT security ecosystem requires strong file system security. This is achieved not only through a robust file system permissions implementation but also controlled network access. Learn how to handle file system security in this mostly hands-on course. First, get a theoretical overview of how file system security works in Windows and Linux environments. Then, practice configuring permissions for network shared folders and setting NTFS file and folder permissions. Next, use the Windows built-in Encrypting File System (EFS) option to encrypt files and folders. Enable disk volume encryption using Microsoft BitLocker. Encrypt files using OpenSSL. Configure Linux file system permissions. And work with file hashing in Windows and Linux. Upon course completion, you'll be able to implement and manage Windows and Linux file system permissions, encryption, and file system hashes. You'll also be more prepared for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 78
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Network Directory Services
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55 minutes
A network directory service uses a distributed database, which contains various objects, replicated among multiple servers. When working with servers, you need to know how to manage these directory services. Take this mostly hands-on course to learn how to achieve this. Discover how Microsoft Active Directory works. Then, try your hand at creating a new forest and domain in an on-premises virtualized environment. Join computers to the domain for centralized authentication and management purposes. And plan Group Policy settings for domain users and computers. Moving on, inventory servers before configuring a cloud-based directory service and joining devices to it. When you're done, you'll be able to plan, deploy, and manage on-premises and cloud-based directory services. You'll also be more prepared for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 57
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Role-specific Server Deployment
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1 hour 30 minutes
Specific server roles have different uses and software installation requirements. Server technicians need to know about these as well as how to manage servers locally and remotely. Use this mostly practical course to learn what's involved in managing servers and deploying server roles. Examine several GUI and command-line management tools and standards. Then, practice installing a Windows and Linux on-premises virtual machine (VM). Remotely manage the Windows server using RDP and the Linux server through SSH. And learn how to configure SSH public key authentication. Moving on, deploy specific server roles, such as an email, web, hypervisor, and update server. Finally, configure VMs in the cloud. When you're done, you'll be able to install on-premises VMs, manage servers remotely, deploy server roles, and enable server updating. You'll also be more prepared for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 91
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Server Components
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1 hour 25 minutes
Server technicians are now responsible for both on-premises and cloud-based servers. There are many factors to consider when managing these environments. Learn how to plan for server component configuration and environmental conditions in this thorough course. Explore how servers solve business problems. Examine server firmware components, such as Basic Input Output System (BIOS) settings and its successor, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Then, practice configuring BIOS settings. Next, examine server form factors that help determine the space needed in an equipment rack. Study the roles that CPU, RAM, buses, and interfaces play in a server environment. Plan server power draw and server room HVAC and fire suppression. And learn how to prevent static charge damage to sensitive electronic components. Upon completion, you'll be able to better plan for specific server environments and requirements. You'll also be more prepared for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 85
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Server Roles
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55 minutes
A crucial part of deploying and managing physical and virtual servers is determining the proper licensing requirements. Factors to consider are the number of physical or virtual CPUs and concurrently connected users. Find out more about server roles and licensing in this theory and practice-based course. Explore various server roles and the licensing requirements for specific server use cases. Look at the ways servers can be installed. And see how scripting environments can not only automate server deployment but also help with ongoing server management. Moving on, practice creating a Linux BASH shell script, a Windows PowerShell script, and a Python script. Upon completion, you'll be able to plan server role deployments and licensing requirements and use scripting to automate server management. You'll also be more prepared for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 55
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Server Storage
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1 hour 35 minutes
Many storage solutions and characteristics available on-premises are also available in the cloud. These storage solutions are often primarily based on the hard disk drive (HDD) and solid state drive (SSD) technologies. Learn about HDD and SDD as well as other technologies in this technical course. In addition to a theoretical explanation of HDD and SDD storage, learn how to configure virtual HDD and SSD disks for cloud virtual machines. Configure cloud files in various cloud storage tiers. Examine when NAS (network-attached storage) and SAN (storage area network) storage should be used and how RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is used. Then, practice configuring software RAID in Windows and Linux. Upon completion, you'll be able to work with HDD and SDD storage as well as NAS, SANs, and software RAID levels. This course also helps prepare you for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 95
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Server+: Servers & Cloud Computing
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50 minutes
Cloud computing has become increasingly common in the second and third decades of the 20th century, with no signs of cloud adoption slowing down. Therefore, as someone working in a server environment, you'll need to be confident in your understanding of cloud computing characteristics, tools, and service agreements. Use this course to bring your cloud computing acumen up to speed. Explore the benefits and characteristics of cloud computing. Examine various cloud types, including public, private, hybrid, and community clouds. Moving along, practice using GUI (graphical user interface) and CLI (command line interface) tools to manage cloud services. Then, examine various cloud service-level agreements. When you're done, you'll be able to distinguish cloud deployment types and SLAs for cloud services. You'll also be more prepared for the CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 51
Compliance Standards: AICC