Linux for Business: Workstation Integration
Price:
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Course duration:
1 dayCourse dates:
Friday 8th October 2010Wednesday 1st December 2010Are you looking to upgrade your operating systems?
Linux is now a mainstream operating system. This course will help you make Linux a part of your network and make the most of its stability and cost advantage.
You’ll learn to integrate Linux effortlessly synchronising users with your Windows Active Directory and Windows file-shares.
We’ll show you how you can continue to use your windows based software with WINE.
Learn to configure the desktop so that your users will feel comfortable with their new computers.
Save time in image deployment using Clonezilla. Find out about office alternatives and how you can access your MS Exchange Mailboxes with a free email client.
You will have a dramatic effect on your IT support effort and expenditure! Your boss will love you!
Recommended for:
Technical people responsible for the office network and, in particular, the workstations; and who are looking to save money and time.
This is a hands-on course which will lead you through the installations and integrations so that you fully understand the procedures required to confidently make the switch.
You will learn how to:
Confiure Likewise for Active Directory integration
Samba for Windows (and Apple Mac) Sharing
Partake in a WINE demonstration displaying how to use software originally designed for a Windows environment
Clone your workstations using free software, Clonezilla, to rapidly deploy over multiple machines.
All our labs are presented on the renowned Ubuntu distribution of the Linux operating system and the Gnome Desktop .
Course outline:
| Day 1 | ||
| Lesson | Description | |
| 1 | Introduction | We spend a few moments to review Linux . We discuss how such a great product can be free and yet, still sustain itself.
We will have a look at the choices and chat about some fundamental differences in the different distributions. This introduction will set the scene for the practical work. |
| 2 | Installation | This is a hands on course; so we'll move quickly into practical elements of installing and updating to familiarise you with the user interface from a system administrators perspective,
You will feel comfortable installing additional software and confident with how the files are laid out within the system. We will also chat about essential tools like text editors and moving files around. |
| 3 | Enterprise Integration | File format compatibility options
MS Active Directory (Overview & installation) Domain networking (Interface configuration + VPN options) Likewise Open (Installation + client connection into Active Directory) User admin (local sudoers + domain accounts) Network shares (Samba connectivity + mappings) WINE (Utilitiy for running Windows applications - overview) eMail (MS Exchange connectivity - overview) Terminal clients (Terminal services & thin client solutions - overview) Deployment (Image creation & redistribution via Clonezilla) |
| 4 | Linux Support | Vendor support (commercial contracts)
Community support (Web portals & knowledge bases) Third party support Partners (Programs & commitment requirements - overview) Training & certification (Linux + distribution specific tracks) |
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