Category: Technical IT training

How to actually change the way you work with design thinking

    Welcome to our guest blog for January, written by one of our preferred training providers for Design Thinking:

    How do you make design thinking stick in your organization? Spoiler: it’s not through conventional workshops and trainings.

    Design thinking is a creative and collaborative approach to problem-solving that focuses on understanding the needs of users and developing solutions that are both effective and user-friendly. Design thinking has become a well-worn buzzword with many organizations professing to use it, yet it is still rare to find an organization that genuinely applies its principles. That is because despite all good intentions, as anyone who has tried will know, it’s incredibly difficult to bring lasting change to the way teams work.

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    The value of value streams in ITIL

      A lot of water has passed under the bridge since ITIL4 was launched back in 2018.

      One of the key objectives from the updated best practice framework for IT Service Management was to bring it in line with “new ways of working”. Well, not quite what was intended from the ITIL development team, but the global pandemic forced every organisation to consider new ways of working to adapt business models to cope with more flexible working arrangements, potentially changing the working landscape forever. Continue reading “The value of value streams in ITIL”

      Getting business agility right

        Agility has most definitely been the buzz word for several years, with organisations from just about every sector from fashion to pharmaceuticals citing this as part of their strategy. Recent global events such as Brexit and the Covid pandemic seem to have added fuel to the fire, however, achieving the benefits from Agile transformation remains the challenge.

        In this article we’ll explore what is meant by agility in the workplace, why the benefits are often not achieved and how this situation can be turned around.

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        Microsoft training updates

          New Microsoft certifications

          At the latest Windows Server Summit, Microsoft announced a new certification: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate.

          To achieve this certification, you need to pass two exams:
          AZ 800 – Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure
          AZ 801 – Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services

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          The power of Power BI

            Demand is rising for Power BI training as businesses look to improve their grips with big data through understanding and visualising multiple data sources for valuable business insight.

            Microsoft PowerBI is one of the most popular tools for this area but can be complex with the availability of many features and particularly if it is to be used effectively across the wider business.

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            Getting ahead of Cyber Security threats

              You probably made new year’s resolutions, but did you think to add improve cyber security …

              In today’s ever changing workplaces with increased remote working so prevalent, IT security teams and organisations as a whole simply cannot easily afford to ignore such security threats.

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              Microsoft Azure Administrator MAZ103 Training Course

                Microsoft Azure Administrator MAZ103 training replaces the Microsoft Azure Infrastructure & Deployment MAZ100 training.

                This Microsoft Azure Administrator MAZ103 training course is designed for system administrators who are transitioning into Azure, as well as IT professionals who have experience with Azure and want to expand their competencies. Students will learn about virtual machines, virtual networks, and storage options through expert instruction and hands-on experience.  Each of these topics is covered over a full day, giving the opportunity to dive deep into topics such as virtual machine customization, hybrid networking, and storage security.  Finally, the course covers authentication, account management, and integration using Azure AD.

                This training course helps prepare IT professionals for the Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate Certification by passing exam AZ-103.

                Course length – 4 or 5 days depending on the provider.  

                Price – from £1400 + VAT

                Courses run on a regular basis – contact us via microsoft@optimuslearningservices.com or call 0845 519 7408 for dates and prices

                This Azure Administratortraining course is for Azure Administrators. Azure Administrators manage the cloud services that span storage, networking, and compute cloud capabilities, with a deep understanding of each service across the full IT lifecycle. They take end-user requests for new cloud applications and make recommendations on services to use for optimal performance and scale, as well as provision, size, monitor and adjust as appropriate. This role requires communicating and coordinating with vendors. Azure Administrators use the Azure Portal and as they become more proficient they use PowerShell and the Command Line Interface.

                Pre-requisites

                • Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
                • Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
                • Understanding of Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, domain controllers, replication, Kerberos protocol, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
                • Understanding of resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

                 

                Microsoft Azure Administrator MAZ103 Training Course

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