Below is an indicative list of skill transfer sessions, that Quadra currently offers at its Technology Labs. We also offer customized sessions, and also on technologies such as Oracle, Symantec, Linux and BusinessObjects. Please call us or email us for more details on course content, schedules and costs.

Active Directory

• Overview – Overview of Windows Active directory services (Forests, Domains, Child Domain) and its dependencies
• Overview of Domain and Forest functional levels
• DNS – Configuring Forward Lookups, Reverse Lookups, creating Host records, CNAMEs, Pointers, Mx records. Forwarding the DNS queries to other DNS Servers
• DHCP – Creating scopes, lease period, reservation of IPs
• FSMO roles – Overview of FSMO roles, transferring FSMO roles to another DC, Seizing FSMO roles to another DC
• Active Directory Metadata cleanup – Deleting unnecessary or unwanted objects from the Active Directory
• Group Policy – A walkthrough of Group Policy Objects
• Delegation – Delegating Active Directory objects for administration
• Trusts – Creating trusts (one way and two way trusts)
• ADMT – Overview of Active Directory Migration Tool
• Security – Securing Active Directory boundaries, Domain Controllers, Active Directory objects (Users, Groups, OUs, etc)
• Backup and Restore

Exchange Server 2007

• Overview  - Overview of Exchange Server 2007 features and roles
• Installation of Exchange Server 2007 – Different scenarios like multiple roles in a single server, delegating the roles to different hardware, implementation of Edge Servers
• Mailbox Quota – Configuring quota limits for Entire Database, individual mailbox
• Using PowerShell – Using PowerShell to do administrative activities in easy and very effective way
• Administrating Non-Exchange protocols – Administrating Non-Exchange protocols such as IMAP and POP3
• Compliance – Implementing Exchange compliance features like Transport rules, Messaging Records Management, Journal rules
• Business Continuity – Implementing Local Continuous Replication, overview of Cluster Continuous Replication
• Web based messaging – Exploring OWA features, Customizing OWA, Remote Document Access, Remote WSS Access, Web ready document viewing, implementing security for OWA Access
• Mobile messaging – Overview of Exchange Active sync, Direct Push
• Unified Messaging – Overview of Voice messaging system, Outlook Voice Access
• Exchange Server Tools – Exploring Queue Viewer, Message Tracking, Database Troubleshooter, Best Practice Analyzer, Database defragmentation
• Securing the Edge Transport Server
• Securing the E-Mail Environment – Fighting against SPAM, Denial of Service Attacks, Spoofing of E-Mail address, etc and implementing Content Filtering, Connection filtering, Sender and Recipient Filtering, Sender ID Filtering
• Backup and restore

Systems Management Server 2003

• Overview – Overview of SMS 2003 features and its components
• SMS Site Configuration – Creating Sites (Parent and child), adding site systems and assigning roles such as Reporting Point, Distribution point. Configuring the Management Point, Client Access Point for Legacy clients and Server Locator point
• Configuring Agents – Configuring of agents like Remote tools agent, Advertised program agent, Software inventory agent, Hardware inventory agent
• Configuring Discovery methods – Active directory System Group discovery method, Active Directory Users Group discovery methods, Network discovery method
• Client Installation – Configuring client push installation method
• Application Deployment – Detailed application deployment planning, targeting the distributions, Delta distribution between site servers and DPs
• Asset Management – Detailed Software Inventory, Hardware Inventory, Application usage monitoring
• Patch Management – Scanning for the updates, targeting the updates to the appropriate machines
• OS Deployment – Image creation, installing fresh machines, upgrading to latest OS
• Remote Tools – Using the remote tools to do various tasks such as transfer files to remote computer, remotely executing commands, reboot the remote computer, assisting the remote user by establishing remote session
• Reports – Exploring the built-in reports, creating new reports, dashboards
• Backup & Restore

ISA Server 2006

• Overview – Overview of ISA Server 2006 features and functionalities
• Firewall Access rules – Writing rules to for different scenarios such as restricting particular URLs, Domains, IPs, Users, etc
• Server Publishing – Web Server publishing, Terminal Server publishing, Mail server publishing, etc
• VPN – Configuring site-to-site VPN, remote client VPN (both PPTP and L2TP)
• Logging – Configuring Firewall and web proxy logging and customizing the log contents
• Real-time monitoring – Real-time monitoring and filtering of firewall sessions, log entries, VPN clients monitoring
• Reports – Customizing the reports and scheduling the reports
• Alerts – configuring alerts to send notifications whenever attack occurs
• Filtering – Configuring HTTP content filtering, controlling HTTP file downloads through file extensions, blocking applications using signatures
• Web proxy configuration
• Backup and Restore