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Nov 29th
The New CompTIA A+ Core Series
CompTIA A+ is the foundation of your IT career
CompTIA A+ is the preferred qualifying credential for technical support and IT operational roles. It is about much more than PC repair.
- Candidates are better prepared to troubleshoot and problem solve.
- Technicians understand a wide variety of issues ranging from networking and operating systems to mobile devices and security.
- A+ supports the ability to connect users to the data they need to do their jobs regardless of the devices being used.
Coming in January 2019 – The New CompTIA A+ Core Series
CompTIA A+ Exam Codes 220-1001 & 220-1002 (Core 1 & Core 2) will be available January 15, 2019. The new CompTIA A+ Core Series covers expanded content on these growing parts of the IT support role including an expansion of baseline security topics and a different approach in defining competency in operational procedures.
Why is it different?
CompTIA A+ is the only industry-recognized credential with performance-based items to prove pros can think on their feet to perform critical IT support tasks in the moment. It is trusted by employers around the world to identify the go-to person in endpoint management & technical support roles. CompTIA A+ is regularly re-invented by IT experts to ensure that it validates core skills and abilities demanded in the workplace.
About the exam
CompTIA A+ is the preferred performance-based qualifying credential for technical support and IT operational roles. A+ certified professionals identify issues and problem solve more effectively than those without certification. CompTIA A+ supports the ability to connect users to the data they need to do their jobs regardless of the devices being used. In order to receive the CompTIA A+ certification, candidates must pass two exams: Core 1 (220-1001) and Core 2 (220-1002). Successful candidates will have the skills to:
- Support basic IT infrastructure, including endpoint management, advanced device connectivity troubleshooting, and basic networking
- Configure and support PC, mobile and IoT device hardware, including components, connectors, and peripherals
- Implement basic data backup and recovery methods and apply data storage and management best practices
- Demonstrate baseline security skills for IT support professionals, including detecting and removing malware, addressing privacy concerns, physical security and device hardening
- Configure device operating systems, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and iOS and administer client-based as well as cloud-based (SaaS) software
- Troubleshoot and problem solve core service and support challenges while applying best practices for documentation, change management, and the use of scripting in IT support
What’s in this Version?
The new CompTIA A+ Core Series includes expanded content on these growing parts
of the IT support role:
A general expansion of baseline security topics core to the IT support role, including
- Physical versus logical security concepts and measures
- Social engineering
- Malware detection and removal
- Device hardening for not just PCs but devices in general
A dramatically different approach in defining competency in operational procedures
- Importance of documentation and using best practices
- Change management
- Basic disaster prevention and recovery
- Privacy concerns, including GDPR and handling PII
- Scripting basics
- Use of remote access
Networking and device connectivity are broadened
- Cloud and virtualization are now weighed more heavily
- Managing networking and device connectivity includes IoT devices
and related protocols - Includes the concept of Internet appliances and endpoint management servers
- Added wireless mesh networks to network types
Learn with Babbage Simmel
A+1001: CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 1 (220-1001)
Gain the knowledge to assemble personal computer (PC) components to customer requirements and install, configure and maintain PCs, mobile devices and end-user software in this 5-day CompTIA A+ (220-1001) certification training course. Students will acquire a solid understanding of the basic networking and current security requirements such as diagnosis, resolution, and documentation of common hardware issues, troubleshooting and customer support. Students will also explore virtualization concepts, hardware, and network troubleshooting, understand desktop imagining procedures and software deployment throughout this in-depth course.
A+1002: CompTIA A+ Certification Exam: Core 2 (220-1002)
Acquire the essential skills needed to install, configure, optimize, troubleshoot, upgrade, secure, and perform preventive maintenance on PC and digital device operating systems (OS). In this 5-day CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1002) certification training course, students will explore various operating systems including Windows, MAC, and Linux. Throughout the course, students will work with Microsoft command line tools and control panels with the desktop environment and learn basic scripting. Students will also explore security and troubleshooting objectives for desktop, mobile and wireless systems as well as operational procedures.
Click HERE to learn more about CompTIA Training Opportunities at Babbage Simmel or call (614) 481-6555.
May 11th
Select Upcoming Courses – by date
Below you will find a number of courses scheduled between now and the end of June 2018. If you don’t see a course you are looking for please let us know info@babsim.com. (614) 481-4345
Week of 5/28 |
| Introduction to SQL Databases M-10985 |
If you don’t see a course you are looking for please let us know info@babsim.com. (614) 481-4345
May 7th
Select Upcoming Courses
Below you will find a number of courses scheduled between now and the end of June 2018. If you don’t see a course you are looking for please let us know info@babsim.com. (614) 481-4345
If you don’t see a course you are looking for please let us know info@babsim.com. (614) 481-4345
Apr 21st
VMware vSphere 6.5 Training
This powerful 5-day class is an intensive introduction to VMware vSphere™ including VMware ESX™ 6.5 and vCenter™. This course has been completely rewritten to reflect the most recent changes and improvements introduced in vSphere 6.5. The courseware and labs have been fully updated and now use Host Client and Web Client rather than legacy vSphere Client for both presentation material and lab procedures.
Assuming no prior virtualization experience, this class starts with the basics and rapidly progresses to advanced topics. With 40+% of class time is devoted to labs, students learn the skills they need to become effective vSphere administrators.
Labs start with installation and configuration of stand-alone ESXi servers and progress to shared storage, networking, and centralized management. The class continues to advanced topics including resource balancing, high availability, power management, back up and recovery, performance, vCenter redundancy, VM redundancy. Disaster recovery, rapid deployment and VM cold, hot and storage migration.
This class is unique in its approach; which is to identify and eliminate common IT pain points using vSphere. Students learn how to deliver business value; not just the technical or mechanical aspects of the software.
By the end of the class, attendees will have learned the skills and best practices of virtualization. Attendees will be able to design, implement, deploy, configure, monitor, manage and troubleshoot vSphere 6.5.
Apr 17th
Top 10 Java Questions Explained
“How do I split a string in Java?” Join us for an interesting look at the answer to this and other common questions and issues that developers run into when using Java. Java is a relatively easy language to learn but a hard one to master. It’s one of the most popular and useful languages in the software industry today, whether you’re working in mobile development or in desktop enterprise applications.
Get helpful details on comparing two strings for equality, iterating through a Set, and converting an array to an ArrayList. Wondering how to generate a Random Integer in a Given Range? Find out! Plus, see how to easily read input from the console, convert a numeric string to an integer, and much more. Join us to skill up on Java, whether you’re learning Java as a second language or it’s your first foray into programming.
Apr 12th
Learn Business Analysis Essentials
Join us June 14th and 15th, 2018 for this introductory course designed to provide participants with a basic understanding of the benefits, functions and impact a business analyst has within an organization.
The course discusses the business analysis process as it is applied throughout a project as well as the pre-project activities that comprise strategy analysis. Participants learn how a business analyst supports the project throughout the solution development lifecycle, from defining business needs and solution scope to validating that requirements have been met in the testing phase and ensuring the solution continues to provide value after implementation.
After completing this course, participants will fully understand the characteristics of the business analyst role and the components that comprise the profession of business analysis. Students will obtain a solid working vocabulary to enable effective communication about business analysis activities and deliverables across the project team.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of the business analyst
- Discuss industry standards/resources for obtaining more information about business analysis
- Acquire a solid understanding of the various tasks/activities that comprises business analysis
- Recognize the pre and post project business analysis activities
- Learn how to plan, elicit, analyze, model, and test requirements
This course is compliant with IIBA’s Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK® Guide) version 3 standard of business analysis.
We hope to see you there. For additional information please email info@babsim.com or call 614-481-4345.
Apr 10th
DevOps Practices and Principles
If you’re a Development or Operations professional, and you’re interested in learning and adopting DevOps practices, this course is for you. Explore fundamental concepts, and get prepared for deeper dives into specific DevOps practices.
First, take a look at deploying and configuring standardized infrastructure, automating builds and deployments using continuous integration and continuous deployment with Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), and automating testing before release and while in production. Plus, get the details on continuous learning from production and see how to improve and scale business results based on application monitoring. By the end of this DevOps course, you should know how to begin crafting a release pipeline that includes continuous integration techniques, continuous testing practices, monitoring, treating infrastructure and configuration as code, and deploying frequently and automatically.
Apr 5th
SQL Database Fundamentals
Would you like to learn the basics of relational databases? Join us for this look at SQL Database fundamentals, along with those of database management systems and database components. Get an in-depth introduction to the terminology, concepts, and skills you need to understand database objects, administration, security, and management tools. Plus, explore T-SQL scripts, database queries, and data types.
Start with a look at creating tables, inserting data, and querying data in tables. Then, learn about data manipulation, optimize database performance, and work with non-relational data. Get practical help on basic database administration, including installation and configuration, backup and restore, security, monitoring, and maintenance.
Apr 3rd
JavaScript Fundamentals for Absolute Beginners
If you don’t have any coding experience but want to learn the world’s most popular programming language, we’ve got the perfect course for you! Learn the “what,” “how,” and “why” of JavaScript through the Microsoft Virtual Academy.
Begin with the very basics of the JavaScript language, and learn everything you need to know to get started. Watch lots of helpful demos —from getting the tools, setting up the development environment, and exploring expressions, operators, and arrays, to options, classes, functions, and actually writing code. Each concept in this course is broken into its own video so you can search for and focus on the information you need.
Oct 7th
Which TFS Developer Course Is Right for You?
Regardless of the type of development you do, be it web, mobile, windows, or services, you need proficiency with the core skills that facilitate development in a team.
Two courses are offered that have been designed with the developer in mind.
1. TFS 2015 Developer Fundamentals
This popular developer fundamentals course is targeted at the developer new to Microsoft Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Team Services. The course starts by getting developers familiar with the product suite before they create a new Team Project to organize their work. We then move onto Work Item Tracking, which is where requirements, tasks, bugs, and more are defined and tracked throughout the project.
The central part of the course provides a deep dive into version control topics that are central to a developer’s day-to-day work. This includes defining a branching model for the team and how to branch and merge following best practices. The course then examines unit testing and code quality features before moving onto the new build automation introduced in the 2015 product release.
2. TFS 2015 Advanced Developer Features
Many developers have been using Visual Studio for many years and continue to use the same features they have always used. This 2-day course is designed to educate developers on many of the features available in Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise edition that could greatly improve their code quality and productivity.
The Enterprise Edition is the “fully loaded” edition of Visual Studio and includes features that can improve your code testing, including the Fakes Framework and IntelliTest. There are also many new features to improve debugging and troubleshooting your code, such as IntelliTrace as well as the Performance and Diagnostics Hub. Finally, we’ll take a look at Code Visualisation and some of the modeling tools available to you.
Both of these courses are offered on a regular basis throughout the year on the public schedule but they can also be delivered as a private onsite course to help get your entire team up to speed quickly and efficiently.
TFS 2015 Classes
TFS 2015 Configuration & Administration 10/10, 11/15, 12/19
Build and Release Management Using TFS 2015 10/17, 12/1, 3/27
Managing Agile Projects Using TFS 2015 or VSTS 10/19, 12/5, 1/9
TFS 2015 Immersion 10/24, 12/12, 2/13
TFS 2015 Developer Fundamentals 10/31, 12/8, 1/30
Software Testing Using Microsoft Test Manager 2015 10/31, 12/12, 1/16
TFS 2015 Advanced Developer Features 11/2, 1/12, 4/5
Test Automation, Web Performance, and Load Testing with Visual Studio 2015 11/3, 12/15, 1/19
DevOps Using Visual Studio TFS 2015 11/28, 2/1, 4/5
BizTalk Server 2013 Classes
BizTalk 2013 Developer Immersion 10/17, 11/14, 12/12
BizTalk 2013 Developer Deep Dive 10/24, 12/19, 2/13
BizTalk 2013 Administrator Immersion 11/7, 1/9, 4/3
BizTalk 2013 Administrator Deep Dive 11/28, 2/6, 5/15
BizTalk Server Classes
BizTalk Expert Series: EDI 11/16, 3/20, 7/5
BizTalk Expert Series: ESB 11/21, 2/22, 7/5
Azure App Service Classes
Cloud-Based Integration Using Azure App Service 12/5, 3/20, 6/5