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Course Outline | OS X 301: Directory Services v10.8 — NEW!

Description

This four-day course focuses on both OS X Mountain Lion as a directory service client, and OS X Mountain Lion Server as a directory server. Cross platform solutions are emphasized in both instances. In working with Mountain Lion, students learn how to use network accounts and Kerberos authentication with any common directory service, such as Apple's Open Directory, Microsoft's Active Directory, or an industry-standard LDAP Server. Students learn both basic and advanced options via the user interface and command line including scripting options to facilitate easier integration

In working with Mountain Lion Server, students learn how to run a robust, scalable directory system using Apple's Open Directory service. Students also learn how to integrate Mountain Lion Server into an Active Directory environment, and to provide management using both dual-directory and profile based solutions. This course is a combination of lecture and hands-on case study exercises that provide practical, real-world experience.


Who Should Attend

This course is designed for system administrators and IT professionals who need to gain specific knowledge about directory services, how to effectively configure Mountain Lion computers to access directory services, and how to effectively configure Mountain Lion Server to provide and supplement directory services in a mixed-platform environment.


Certification Track

There is no certification offered as this is not an Apple Certification class, but rather is intended as a compliment to the Apple Certification curriculum.


What You Will Learn
  • The troubleshooting process and how to become more efficient with available tools and resources
  • Mac OS X 10.8 features in depth, including how to find additional information
  • How to prepare for Apple Certified Support Professional certification

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

  • Basic troubleshooting experience or  Mountain Lion 101
  • Basic Mac OS X Server experience or  Mountain Lion 201
  • Understanding of basic IP networking, including IP address, subnet masks, ports, and protocols
  • Experience using the command-line interface with Mac OS X

Course Outline

OS X Mountain Lion Local Directory Services

Creating and editing local users; creating and editing local groups; using command-line and GUI tools; troubleshooting login issues

OS X Mountain Lion Network Directory Services

Configuring OS X to log in using an Open Directory master; configuring Directory Services search paths; troubleshooting binding issues; troubleshooting login issues; configuring, using, and managing Kerberos and single-sign on infrastructures; troubleshooting Kerberos with GUI and command-line tools

Integrating OS X Mountain Lion into Active Directory and Third Party Directory Services

LDAP fundamentals; understanding and populating an LDAP server with the attributes required by OS X for network login; configuring Mountain Lion to log in using a standard LDAP server; configuring Mountain Lion to connect to Active Directory via the GUI and the command line; writing a simple Active Directory binding script; troubleshooting binding and login issues

Configuring & Managing Open Directory Server

Configuring OS X Mountain Lion Server as an Open Directory Master; configuring Mountain Lion Server as an Open Directory Replica; managing Mountain Lion Server Masters and Replicas using SSL, GUI and command-line tools; locales; writing an Open Directory archive script; troubleshooting issues promoting Mountain Lion Server to an Open Directory Master or Replica

Integrating OS X Mountain Lion Server with Open Directory and Active Directory

Configuring OS X Mountain Lion Server to connect to existing Open Directory and Active Directory servers; configuring services to use Open Directory or Active Directory accounts; verifying proper Kerberos configuration; troubleshooting authentication issues

Management and Policy Enforcement

Overview of Managed Preferences (MCX); Configuring OS X Mountain Lion Server to function in both dual-directory and magic triangle scenarios in order to manage Mountain Lion clients effectively; Extending the Active Directory Schema; Managing Mountain Lion clients with configuration profiles using Mountain Lion Server's Profile Manager

Course Outline | OS X 302: Deployment v10.8 — NEW!

Description

This three-day course focuses on solutions for deploying software, ranging from the installation of individual files to the deployment of complete system images to multiple computers. Students then apply what they’ve learned to create a full deployment plan that includes testing, hardware and software deployment, auditing and maintenance.

The course also teaches students how to create a tiered Software Update server solution, as well as about third-party solutions to supplement tools provided by Apple. Students get hands-on experience in using tools such as Apple Remote Desktop, Disk Utility, PackageMaker, Property List Editor, DeployStudio, and System Image Utility and discuss the pros and cons of each for different deployment situations.


Who Should Attend

This class is for OS X system administrators who need to know how to streamline the process of installing and configuring a large number of devices running OS X or iOS.


Certification Track

There is no certification offered as this is not an Apple Certification class, but rather is intended as a compliment to the Apple Certification curriculum.


Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

  • Understanding of Mac OS X
  • Basic troubleshooting experience or  Mountain Lion 101
  • Basic Mac OS X Server experience or  Mountain Lion 201
  • Experience with Mac OS X in a network environment
  • Experience using the command-line interface with Mac OS X

Course Outline

Deployment Design & Logistics

Understanding primary deployment concepts; planning hardware deployment logistics; planning usage management

Item Distribution and Scripting OS X file deployment considerations, using archive (zip) files for deployment, using ARD 3 to deploy items; using disk images for deployment. Discussion of package features, creation and deployment of packages

Client Management with MCX and Profiles

Using MCX (Managed Client for OS X) for client management with Workgroup Manager; Understanding the use of profiles for client and computer management. Deploying profiles with Profile Manager

System Image Creation

Understanding system image creation, integrating systems with managed preferences, customizing a system prior to imaging, preparing a system for image creation, creating a cloned system image with Disk Utility; using System Image Utility to create NetBoot, NetInstall, and NetRestore images including images via the modular build method

System Image Deployment

Understanding system image deployment; Understanding the NetBoot service, configuring the NetBoot service, configuring clients to boot with a network disk image, monitoring and troubleshooting the NetBoot service, deploying system images with NetRestore, configuring ASR network multicast, deploying systems with NetInstall, using System Image Utility workflow actions, MDM and Configuration Profiles, and post-imaging considerations. Using DeployStudio for deployment and creation of images along with running post imaging scripts

System Maintenance

Understanding system maintenance concepts; using Apple tools for system maintenance; using the Apple Software Update service; third-party system maintenance tools

Course Outline | OS X 303: Mobile Device & Profile Manager v10.8 — NEW!

Description

This three-day course focuses on securely deploying iOS devices, utilizing certificates and the Mountain Lion Server certificate authority. Students will learn about the core elements of digital certificates, practical digital certificate usage, managing iOS using configuration profiles, and mass deployment of iOS devices.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for system administrators and IT professionals who need to deploy large numbers of iOS devices in an enterprise or educational environment.


Certification Track

There is no certification offered as this is not an Apple Certification class, but rather is intended as a compliment to the Apple Certification curriculum.


Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

  • Basic troubleshooting experience or  Mountain Lion 101
  • Basic Mac OS X Server experience or  Mountain Lion 201
  • Understanding of basic IP networking, including IP address, subnet masks, ports, and protocols
  • Experience using the command-line interface with Mac OS X

Course Outline

Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption

Fundamental underpinnings of encryption

Certificates and X.509 PKI Content and structure of a certificate; certificate authorities and the chain of trust; Keychains

Practical Certificates

How to obtain a certificate; how to install on on MOSXS; how to store certificates and their private keys securely

Configuration Profiles

Learn about the settings that can be managed; learn about the settings that cannot be managed; structure of a configuration profile

Provisioning Profiles

Ad hoc application installation

Profile Manager

Mass deployment of configuration profiles to iOS devices

Working with Third-Party Management Tools

iOS and Microsoft Exchange server; Mobile device management

Individual Sync

Tools for individual sync deployments; App Store Volume Purchase Program

Central Sync

Building a device configuration; Creating generic, master, and replica sync stations

Course Details

Mountain Lion 301    $1,500

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Mountain Lion 302    $1,500

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Mac OS X Deployment 10.8
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Mountain Lion 303    $1,500

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Mac OS X Mobile Device & Profile Manager v10.8
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What's Included?

Included In The Cost Of The Course: Customized training from an Apple Certified Trainer, Course Book, Parking Vouchers and Certification Test Voucher.

Instructor

Rich Baim

An Adobe Certified Instructor for Adobe Premiere Pro with over twenty years of video editing experience. Rich has a Master of Science degree in Instructional Media and was one of the beta testers for Premiere Pro 1.5. He currently works in the eLearning department at a technology center and specializes in streaming media for health education. Rich emphasizes real-world problem solving and provides "hands-on" experiences for students.

Margaret A. Gaeddert

Margaret "Margee" Gaeddert, is a certified professional designer and owner of G Art & Design in Oklahoma City. A 30 year career in design as an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer has awarded her regional, national and international awards. She has worked with Fortune 500 and 1000 corporations such as AOL, Avon, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Sony Music, CNBC.com and Gucci. Local corporations include American Fidelity, KOCO Television, Metropolitan Library Association and Sperry Van Ness. She teaches design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Gaeddert enjoys serving on the board of the Oklahoma Watercolor Association, and two design advisory boards supporting education in Oklahoma. She holds a bachelor's of fine arts degree and is an accomplished award winning fine artist in watercolor media, calligraphy and caricature art.

Jason Gaines

Mr. Gaines is a certified professional in both Logic Pro 8 and Soundtrack 2. He is currently in demand as an instructor of both applications. Current projects include independent film work and collaboration on the television series, LA Ink. Jason Gaines is a New York City based trumpeter, composer and arranger. He has performed and recorded with some of the most influential performers in the jazz idiom including Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Gerald Wilson and others. He holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music, New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Foster Johnson

Foster Johnson is one of only a handful of instructors with multiple Adobe Creative Suite Master Designations. He currently holds one each for Web, Video and Design. An Adobe Certified Instructor since 2006, he provides relevant instruction due to real world work experience with the entire Adobe Creative Suite. He maintains application development and interactive concentrations in HTML 5, CSS, PHP, SQL, AJAX, XML and JavaScript. Mr. Johnson is the Owner and lead Pre Visualization Producer for Clarendon Cr Design in Southern California. He has 16 years of professional creative development and management experience in interactive, entertainment, advertising and print. He is an architect of numerous web based commerce and database connectivity solutions, as well as a developer of e-commerce systems for telecoms and Southern California entertainment studios. He is a specialist in digital photography and video for broadband.

Rick Allen Lippert

Rick Allen Lippert is president of Lippert Media in Oklahoma City with 30 years experience on both sides of the camera. Specializing in industrial production, he has won numerous awards for his writing, producing, and directing for clients such as the Oklahoma Arts Institute, Oklahoma City University, the City of Oklahoma City, the University of Central Oklahoma, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.His commercial clients include CompSource Oklahoma and Dane Design. Rick has been using Final Cut Pro since version 1.25. As an adjunct instructor, he teaches video production at Oklahoma City Community College and media writing at the University of Oklahoma.

Kiri Roberts

Kiri Christopher Roberts is the creative director of One Media USA, a media production house located in Albany, NY. Born in Zimbabwe, Kiri migrated to the UK where he received a Masters in Audio Production from the University of Westminster in London. With a diverse international experience he has worked on music production, TV commercials, documentary films, music videos and currently ‘Frozen River’ the movie. Kiri is also a contributing writer for the Edit-Well magazine whose editor is Larry Jordan of LA. Kiri balances his time between his business and as a trainer for Apple Pro Apps. He is an Apple Certified end user and trainer for Motion, FCP, STP & Logic.

Adam Karneboge

Adam Karneboge, an avid road warrior and trainer for Metro Technology Centers, is a partner, and Director of Services & Technology, for MacSpecialist, a full-service Apple shop with locations in Villa Park and Chicago, IL. Adam is an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator and Apple Certified System Administrator, teaching all of Apple's IT courses. including Xsan. Over the past five years, Adam has taught more than 160 classes for Apple, MacSpecialist, AATC's, and various companies and school districts, to outstanding reviews. He is also an avid fan who wholeheartedly stands with the Chicago Cubs. He wants you to know that he has a brick in the pavement outside Wrigley Field reading, "The Karneboge's, If It Takes Forever.”

Rob Daniels

Rob Daniels is President and Owner of Tech Wyze, Inc., in Kansas City, a computer consulting and training company. Rob began his career in professional digital photography in the early 1990s and found himself supporting his employer's computer imaging systems. After making a transition into the IT world, he became network manager of a publishing company and spent four years training graphics professionals across North America. Later, Rob established his own IT company to support such clients as Hallmark Cards, Kansas City Power & Light, and many more. Rob is a CompTia Certified Technical Trainer +, Apple Certified Trainer, and Adobe Certified Instructor. He holds numerous other IT certifications.

Cameron L. Fadjo

Cameron L. Fadjo is an instructor of iPhone/Objective-C 2.0 and Java development at Columbia University's Teachers College. A former Business Specialist with Apple and product specialist for Native Instruments, GmBH, Mr. Fadjo has over seven years of experience as a corporate trainer and leader. He holds a certification as a teacher in the state of New Hampshire and as a certified professional in Logic Pro 8. In addition, he holds a Bachelor of Music (B.M) in Music Synthesis from Berklee College of Music and an M.A. (Instructional Technology and Media) and Ed.M. (Cognitive Studies in Education) both from Teachers College, Columbia University. While he is pursuing his PhD from Columbia University, Mr. Fadjo is the lead researcher on a 4-year project using innovative and experimental ways to teach computer science and is concurrently the Director of the iPhone Development Group at Teachers College.

Jessica Thornhille-Skeete

Jessica Thornhille-Skeete is a recent Masters graduate from Columbia University in the area of Instructional Technology and Media, with a focus on mobile learning management system design. Ms. Skeete teaches iOS app development across the US, and enjoys introducing students of varying programming backgrounds to the wonderful world that is app development. Working in technical support for a top telecommunications company enriched Ms. Skeete's understanding of mobile devices and their capabilities ensuring her classroom a technilogically advanced environment. Ms. Skeete caters the hands-on-lab courseware to the level and interest of her students so they learn information relevant to their industry. Additionly, she is working on multiple apps, two of which will be available in the app store by September 2012.

Shelley Weiner

President of Business Rules, Inc., was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated from Colby College and Columbia University. She started her career in graphic arts production management and spent eight years in commercial printing sales before turning her hand to technology. Shelley moved to rural Columbia County, NY in 2002, and opened her own Apple authorized training center in Rhinecliff, NY in 2006. Jazzing jaded technicians and opening PC minds to the joys of Apple hardware and software are two of her biggest highs, along with cooking with, and for, friends, listening to everything from fado to opera to samba, and reading non-fiction of all types.




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