Course number HE674S

Delivery method
Onsite dedicated training (OST)

Special notes
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Course overview
This 2-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.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:

• Completed or have equivalent knowledge and skills in 5115: Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System
• Familiarity with PC hardware and devices. For example, ability to look into device manager and look for unsupported devices
• Basic TCP/IP knowledge. For example, that you need to have a valid IP address
• Basic Windows and Active Directory knowledge. For example, domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership
• Experience with mapping network file shares. For example, familiar with UNC paths, mapping local resources to server/share
• Experience with running commands from a command window. For example, 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.

Audience
This course is intended for 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. Technology specialists:

• Value and may be working toward an extensive, deep technical knowledge in a particular technology
• Are interested in drilling down into the details of Windows Vista technologies
• 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, and they are interested in drilling down into the details of the technologies themselves
• On the job, work from functional specifications, defined polices/conventions/standards, and documented operational procedures from superiors
• Windows Vista technology specialists may work for an enterprise, a medium sized organization, a small organization, or a retail organization

Benefits to you
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

Course outline

Module 1: Maintaining and Optimizing Windows Vista Systems

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

Module 2: Configuring Windows Vista Media Applications

Lessons

• Configuring Windows Vista Media Player
• Configuring Windows Media Center

Lab: Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Vista Media Applications

• Configuring Windows Media Center
• Configuring Windows Media Player
• Troubleshooting Windows Media Player

Module 3: Configuring Windows Vista Productivity Applications

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

Module 4: Configuring Mobile Computers

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

Module 5: Configuring Tablet PC Settings

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

Module 6: Networking Mobile Computers

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

• Upis u radnu knjižicu: ne
• Certifikat: ne
• Uvjerenje: ne
• In-house: ne
• Svjedodžba: ne
• Diploma: ne