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Course Overview
This two-day
instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and
skills to successfully configure mobile computers and applications
that run Windows Vista.
It will also provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to
ensure successful configuration of the IT Pro tools and productivity
applications that ship with Windows Vista.
Students will focus on six main areas: maintenance and optimization
tools, media applications, productivity applications, notebook
computers, mobile devices, and Tablet PCs.
Audience
This course is intended for IT Professionals who want 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. Technology specialists:
• Value and may be working toward an extensive, deep technical
knowledge in a particular technology.
• Are interested in learning about Windows Vista technologies in
greater detail.
• Want to learn or test that they know and can apply existing
concepts, practices, procedures, policies, and guidelines.
• Work in roles where most questions have clear right and wrong
answers.
• Focus primarily on the “how to” associated with Windows Vista
technologies.
• On the job, work from functional specifications, defined
polices/conventions/standards, and documented operational procedures
that they have received from superiors.
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:
• Maintain and optimize Windows Vista systems.
• Configure Windows Vista Media Applications.
• Configure Windows Vista Productivity Applications.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
• Completed or have equivalent knowledge and skills to 5115:
Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System.
• 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.
In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have
completed:
• First Look Clinic 5056 - First Look: Getting Started with Windows
Vista for IT Professionals.
• Hands-on-Lab 5057 - First Look: Getting Started with Windows Vista
for IT Professionals.
Important: This learning product will be most useful to people who
intend to use their new skills and knowledge on the job immediately
after training.
Course Outline
Module 1: Maintaining and Optimizing Windows Vista Systems
This module explains how to use the performance tools and
diagnostics tools to maintain and optimize Windows Vista systems.
This module also explains how to configure Windows Update.
Lessons
• Maintaining Performance by Using Windows Vista Performance Tools
• Optimizing Windows by Using Windows Vista Diagnostics Tools
• Configuring Windows Update
Lab: Maintaining and Optimizing Windows Vista
• Monitoring General System Activity by Using Resource
Overview
• Viewing System Stability by Using Reliability Monitor
• Configuring Windows Update
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Maintain performance by using Windows Vista performance tools.
• Optimize reliability by using Windows Vista diagnostic tools.
• Configure Microsoft Windows Update.
Module 2: Configuring Windows Vista Media
Applications
This module explains how to configure the Microsoft Windows
Media Player and the Windows Media Center.
Lessons
• Configuring Windows Media Player for Windows Vista
• Configuring Windows Media Center
Lab: Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Vista Media
Applications
• Configuring Windows Media Center
• Configuring Windows Media Player
• Troubleshooting Windows Media Player
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Configure Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 for Windows Vista.
• Configure Microsoft Windows Media Center.
Module 3: Configuring Windows Vista Productivity Applications
This module explains how to configure the productivity tools
included with every edition of Windows Vista.
Lessons
• Configuring Windows Sidebar
• Configuring Windows Mail
• Configuring Windows Meeting Space
• Configuring Windows Calendar
• Configuring Windows Fax and Scan
Lab : Configuring Windows Vista Productivity Applications
• Setting Up Windows Vista Productivity Applications
• Configuring Windows Mail
• Configuring Windows Sidebar
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Use and configure Windows Sidebar.
• Use and configure Windows Mail.
• Use and configure Windows Meeting Space.
• Use and configure Windows Calendar.
• Use and configure Windows Fax and Scan.
Module 4: Configuring Mobile Computers
This module explains how to configure the settings in
Windows Vista specifically for mobile computers, and also
explains how to configure power management.
Lessons
• Configuring Mobile Computer Settings
• Configuring Mobile Devices
• Configuring Power Options
Lab: Configuring Mobile Computers
• Configuring a Sync Partnership for a Mobile Device
• Configuring Power Options
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Configure mobile computer settings.
• Configure mobile devices.
• Configure power options.
Module 5: Configuring Tablet PC Settings
This module explains how to configure the options in Windows
Vista specifically for a Tablet PC.
Lessons
• Configuring Windows Vista Tablet PC Settings
• Configuring Pen and Input Devices
Lab: Configuring a Windows Vista Tablet PC
• Configuring the Tablet PC Settings
• Configuring Pen and Input Devices
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Configure Windows Vista Tablet PC settings.
• Configure Pen and Input Devices.
Module 6: Networking Mobile Computers
This module explains how to configure wireless networking and
how to use Windows Vista tools to use offline files.
Lessons
• Networking Without Wires
• Connecting to a Wireless Network
• Working with Offline Files
Lab : Networking Mobile Computers
• Configuring a Wireless Network
• Troubleshooting a Wireless Network
• Using Offline Files
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Configure networks without wires.
• Configure a connection to a wireless network.
• Configure Offline Files. |