All companies are looking for that perfect metric, the one data point that will tell them everything they need to be successful. Measuring errors abound, but developing better metrics can be difficult. In this course, ASU instructor Eddie Davila walks you through how to create metrics that work well for your company. Eddie explains why it is important to measure performance and what some of the most common errors are in measuring your own company’s performance. He goes over what makes a good metric, how to evaluate your current measurement system to see if it aligns with your organization goals and how you can develop and test a system of measurement from scratch. Eddie also covers the importance of data visualization tools, such as dashboards and infographics.

Get up and running with Media Composer, the feature-rich video editing software from Avid. In this project-based course, the first installment in a two-part series, learn how to approach each aspect of the editing process with Media Composer 2020. After familiarizing you with the software's interface, Maxim Jago—an Avid Certified Instructor with 20 years of experience—demonstrates how to create a brand-new project and import media. He then helps you get comfortable with each stage of the editing workflow. Learn how to prepare the timeline for editing, add audio and effects, create titles, manage media, export a video sequence, and much more. Maxim thoroughly explains each technique within the post-production workflow, using real-world examples along the way.

This course is an official companion to Media Composer 101: Media Composer Fundamentals I, the introductory book from Avid. In each chapter, Maxim expands on the lessons and exercises found in the book. Together, these resources can help novice users quickly start leveraging this powerful software.

This course was created by Maxim Jago. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

Learn to import, edit, refine, and output video using Avid Media Composer. This course is the second part of a two-part, start-to-finish, project-based training series designed to get you up to speed on the Media Composer environment in context of the Avid Everywhere model. Maxim Jago —an Avid Certified Instructor with 20 years of experience—focuses on getting users comfortable with each aspect of the editing process—from preparation and organization, to editing and trimming video, to audio mixing and effects, to media management and output. You can also learn creative techniques for retiming footage, tracking and blurring objects, creating precise mattes, and more. Each technique within the post-production workflow is explained thoroughly and concisely, using real-world examples from a documentary-style promotional project.

This course is an official companion to Media Composer 101: Media Composer Fundamentals I, the introductory book from Avid. In each chapter, Maxim expands on the lessons and exercises found in the book. Together, these resources can help novice users quickly start leveraging this powerful software.

This course was created by Maxim Jago. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

If you want your business to succeed, you need as much brand recognition as you can get. In fact, getting media coverage can be a vital part of your company's success. But how do you find and secure coverage? In this course, Jessica Chen, an Emmy Award-winning TV reporter before becoming founder and CEO of Soulcast Media, shows how to build a compelling story for your business that will grab the media’s attention. Jessica also covers the methods for highlighting your business in the best light, pitching stories to the media, tips for navigating interviews, and how to build strong relationships with the media so you'll always be top of mind. After this course, you’ll have a solid idea of how to leverage the media to get your business in front of the right audience.

There are more opportunities than ever to get your ideas in front of large audiences. You have TV, radio, and digital news, but you also have podcasts and social media sites. Many of these interviews can also be conducted from almost anywhere in the world. In this course, Jessica Chen, the founder and CEO of Soulcast Media--a global business communications agency--takes you through exactly what you need to do to prepare for any media interview. As a former Emmy Award-winning TV news reporter, Jessica knows firsthand the kinds of questions interviewers ask, and how you can navigate the conversation strategically using your words, tone of voice, and body language. After watching this course, you’ll be better prepared to project confidence and control your own narrative in all media interview settings.

Science has proven what contemplative traditions have taught for centuries: Meditation holds a key to a life of balance, peace, and joy. Join neuropsychologist Rick Hanson, PhD, and neurologist Richard Mendius, MD, as they present several different meditation techniques to promote concentration, reduce stress, and cultivate a more positive outlook. Explore a collection of guided meditations picked for the kinds of challenges modern workers face: stress, focus, gratitude, and more. Reshape your brain with exercises including “Steadying your mind” to tap the full creative power of your attention, “Taking in the good” to maintain a positive emotional landscape, “Antidote to stress,” a conscious way to activate your body’s relaxation response, and more.

This course was created by Sounds True. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

In this course, Mel Robbins—an expert on creating confidence, a best-selling author, and the most-booked female speaker in the world—presents relatable, actionable, and proven techniques for building and maintaining confidence at work, at home, and in life. She teaches skills based on behavioral science and real-life experience. Mel shows you the surprising definition of confidence and explains the science of the confidence-competency loop. She debunks three myths about confidence and shows you how to kill doubt and fear in five seconds flat. Mel discusses the three types of confidence and how to build confidence in three simple steps. She concludes with ways you can strengthen your confidence by putting it into action.

Microsoft 365 is an integrated IT solution that brings together the productivity of Office 365 with advanced security and device management capabilities. In this course, instructor Andrew Bettany covers the specifics of Microsoft 365 Business—a solution intended for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with up to 300 users—to help IT administrators and business owners manage and safeguard their organization. Andrew kicks off the course with an introduction to Microsoft 365 Business, discussing its services and configuration. He then moves on to the specifics of managing user devices and deploying and securing Windows 10 with Windows Autopilot. He wraps up with best practices on how to secure your users and their data, providing practical demonstrations along the way.

Is earning the Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate certification the next milestone in your cybersecurity career? If so, then this course can help you get there. Join Microsoft MVP Pete Zerger as he prepares you for the Microsoft 365 Security Administration exam (MS-500)—the required exam for the Security Administrator Associate certification. Pete dives into key topics such as how to install, configure, monitor, and manage Microsoft Defender for Identity; plan a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint deployment; plan for device and app protection with Microsoft Intune; use Azure Sentinel to monitor and respond to threats in Microsoft 365; and more. By the end of this course, you'll be ready to confidently tackle exam questions drawn from the second domain of the MS-500 exam: Implement and Manage Threat Protection.

Cybersecurity skills are in high demand, and the Microsoft 365 Security Administration exam (MS-500) is the perfect opportunity for IT professionals to demonstrate their skills to current and future employers. This course, the third in a series that maps to the Microsoft 365 Security Administration exam, prepares students to excel in the Implement and Manage Information Protection domain on the MS-500 exam. Instructor Pete Zerger shows you how to implement and manage the Office 365 Customer Lockbox, configure data protection in Office 365 collaboration scenarios, and configure secure sharing with users outside of your organization. Pete explains how to plan, configure, and use sensitivity labels, including Azure Information Protection (AIP) deployment. He discusses how to plan a data loss prevention solution and manage DLP policies, sensitive information types, and DLP reports and notifications. Pete also steps through how to implement and manage Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS).

Cybersecurity skills are in high demand, and the Microsoft 365 Security Administration (MS-500) exam is the perfect opportunity for IT professionals to demonstrate their skills to current and future employers. In this course, instructor and Microsoft MVP Pete Zerger gives you the tools to prep for the Manage Governance and Compliance Features in Microsoft 365 domain of the MS-500 exam. Pete covers important topics like configuring and analyzing security reporting, managing audit logs and reports, and data privacy and regulation compliance. By the end of the course, you will be better positioned on the path to earning your Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate certification.

Cloud computing is playing an increasingly important role in how both organizations and individuals work. Consequently, it's essential to know how to keep data safe when working with this essential technology. In this course, Microsoft Certified Trainer Ugo Lopez goes over the security capabilities of Microsoft 365—focusing on the area of information protection—as he helps you prepare for the Microsoft 365 Security Administration exam (MS-500). Ugo covers email and document encryption, working with Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME), and leveraging Office 365 Message Encryption (OME) features. Plus, he goes over Azure Information Protection (AIP) options, how to implement Windows Information Protection (WIP) in your enterprise, and essential data loss prevention (DLP) and cloud application security concepts.

Note: This course is aligned with the objectives in the Implement and Manage Information Protection domain of the Microsoft 365 Security Administration exam (MS-500).

With the dizzying array of tools included in Microsoft 365, it can be hard to know where to turn for common business tasks. Is it better to organize information in Excel or Microsoft Lists? Should files be shared via OneDrive or SharePoint? What’s the best way to communicate with colleagues: Teams, Outlook, or Yammer? In this short course, Nick Brazzi walks through the key features of the most commonly used tools in Microsoft 365, explaining the pros and cons of each for a variety of business tasks. Nick also shares little-known yet powerful uses for standard Office tools like Word and PowerPoint. This course can help you learn to be more efficient with Microsoft 365—no matter what the job.

Microsoft 365 comprises apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as powerful cloud services, device management, and advanced security. The MS-100 Microsoft Identity and Services exam helps enterprise administrators prove their M365 expertise. In this course, instructor Ed Liberman covers one domain of the MS-100 exam: Design and Implement Microsoft 365 Services. Ed shows you how to prepare to move your on-premises infrastructure to the Microsoft 365 cloud. He goes over how to set up and deploy a Microsoft 365 tenant. Once your tenant is deployed, Ed discusses how to configure your tenancy and subscription, including how to manage and upgrade subscriptions, create users, configure and review security reports, and more. He concludes by describing how you can migrate users, groups, and data successfully.

In today’s complex computing environment, you need more than simple on-premises solutions. Microsoft 365 helps move networking solutions out to the cloud. A successful Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator needs to know how to plan, implement, and manage access and authentication. In this course, instructor Ed Liberman details how to manage authentication, plan and implement secure access, and configure application access in Microsoft 365. This course also maps to the corresponding domain of the exam MS-100: Microsoft 365 Identity and Services.

Identity management is a key element of Microsoft 365 enterprise administration. A successful Microsoft 365 administrator will need to know how to plan, implement, and manage user identities and roles with Azure Active Directory (AD) features such as AD Connect and role-based access control (RBAC). This course shows you how. Instructor Ed Liberman explains how to design an identity strategy, plan and manage identity synchronization, manage Azure AD identities, and manage user and admin roles. The lessons can be used as a guidebook to identity synchronization, management, and authentication in Microsoft 365, and to prepare for the associated domain of the Microsoft 365 Identity and Services (MS-100) certification exam.

In today’s complex computing environment, your organization needs more than simple on-premises solutions. Microsoft 365 can help businesses move networking solutions out to the cloud. And to be a successful Microsoft 365 Enterprise administrator—and ensure that your organization can collaborate at the highest level—you need to know how to plan Office 365 workloads and applications. In this course, instructor Ed Liberman course shows how to plan for Microsoft 365 app and messaging deployments. Plus, discover how to plan for Microsoft SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams, and Power Platform integration.

Cloud-Services und eine hybride Infrastruktur werden immer mehr zu relevanten Szenarien in der IT-Infrastruktur von Unternehmen. Karsten Ulferts zeigt Ihnen in diesem Video-Training, welche Rolle Azure Active Directory dabei spielt. Ausgehend von den grundlegenden Prinzipien und der Abgrenzung zum Windows Server Active Directory, erklärt er Ihnen das Identity-Management – die Verwaltung von Nutzer- und Administratoren-Konten – und das Enterprise Application Management – die Veröffentlichung und Freigabe von Applikationen. Abschließend geht er auf zur Verfügung stehendes Reporting und Sicherheitsdienste in Azure AD ein.

Confident in your understanding of the Microsoft cybersecurity stack? Taking and passing the Microsoft Azure Security Technologies (AZ-500) exam can help you validate your skills—and, in turn, give your IT career a boost. In this course, instructor Pete Zerger lays out what you need to know to tackle the fourth domain of the AZ-500 exam: Secure Data and Applications. Pete takes a deep dive into the concepts covered in the second half of domain four, including how to configure encryption for data at rest, configure security features to protect web apps, and manage access to Key Vault. When coupled with Microsoft Azure Security Technologies (AZ-500) Cert Prep: 4 Policy and Data Infrastructure—which covers the first half of the Secure Data and Applications domain—this course can help ensure that you walk into the test center feeling prepared to tackle this key portion of the exam.

In today’s world, businesses are relying more and more on big data for their daily operations. This is a trend that is not likely to reverse. Azure Synapse is a great tool to handle all that data, as it blends big data analytics with data warehousing, offering organizations a way to store large amounts of incoming data for a reasonable cost. In this course, Nertil Poci shows you how to get up and running with Azure Synapse Analytics as your data warehouse in the cloud. He explains how to load, process and query data, and covers the benefits of Synapse Analytics, creating workspaces, processing data from storage, and loading data into dedicated SQL pools using different data loading tools and querying data. Along the way, he shares challenges that allow you to practice your new skills. If you’re ready to start building your data warehouse in the cloud, join Nertil in this course.