Microsoft - Windows Vista
Course : Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System (5115)
Description
This three-day Microsoft Windows Vista provides students with the knowledge and skills to install and configure Windows Vista desktops.
By the end of the course, the student will have installed and configured a Windows Vista desktop that is secure, on the network, and ready for browsing. This is the first course in the Windows Vista curriculum and will serve as the entry point for other Windows Vista Technology Specialist courses.
Audience
The primary audience for this course is IT Professionals wishing to become technology specialists. A Windows Vista technology specialist is defined as a technology specialist interested in learning about, assessing skills, using reference products, or taking exams to prove his or her knowledge/skills/experience related to Microsoft’s Windows Vista technologies. Windows Vista technology specialists may work for an enterprise, a medium-sized organization, a small organization, or a retail organization.
At course completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Install Windows Vista
- Upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
- Configure post-installation system settings
- Configure basic networking
- Configure advanced networking
- Configure user account security
- Configure network security
- Configure Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
- Familiarity with computer hardware and devices, such as the ability to look into device manager and look for unsupported devices
- Basic TCP/IP knowledge, such as knowing why you need to have a valid IP address
- Basic Microsoft Windows® and Active Directory® knowledge, such as knowledge about domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership
- Experience with mapping network file shares, such as being familiar with UNC paths and mapping local resources to server/share
- Experience with running commands from a command window, such as the DOS command prompt
- Experience with reviewing BIOS settings
Course outline
Module 1: Installing and upgrading Windows Vista
Module 2: Configuring and troubleshooting Post-installation system settings
Module 3: Configuring Windows security features
Module 4: Configuring network connectivity
Both courses, software, documentation and exams are given in french or english.