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Discover the top 5 highest-paying and popular Cisco certifications from the IT Skills and Salary Report. Learn how to get certified and unlock IT career opportunities.

Virtualization is a constantly evolving process, with new platforms introducing tools every day that are designed to make the process of moving to the cloud simpler.

Most of us have heard of "oversharing" in the social sense (i.e. giving out too many details of your personal life), but how about "under sharing" in the Windows Server realm? What does that even mean? Well, I sort of just made that up, but it does actually make some sense when you think about it in terms of creating a Windows Share that doesn’t provide enough permissions.

From analyzing your data and allowing to ask natural language questions to working with and building huge data models, this version of Excel has a lot to offer. These are some of the best features that Excel has to offer. Some haven’t finished their evolution yet either.

Next Hop Resolution Protocol enables businesses to have a way for next-hop servers and next-hop clients to communicate with each other directly, bypassing a central hub and preventing potential bottlenecks.

Policy-based routing (PBR) provides network administrators with agility and flexibility to better manage traffic. With carefully architected policies, you can optimize how segments of your network process data, as well as how bandwidth is managed for business-critical applications.

Getting the best possible performance from a SQL server can become more complicated as you add more operations to your database.

This webinar is examining the process of how to best prepare for the Cisco Certified Network Professional in Enterprise skill set. We will look at the process to become certified including which exams to take; look at the available resources for study, including the blueprint for the exams and courses that are applicable. We will look at why someone might want to get certified as a CCNP Enterprise. We will also examine the process to maintain the certification. View slide deck>>

Look back at the some of the highest paying IT certifications of 2020.

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your certification exam.

System Administrators, or SysAdmins, are the “installation specialists,” “configuration specialists” and “fixers” in IT. If you’ve ever seen Pulp Fiction, SysAdmins are like Winston Wolfe — their job is to solve problems.

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your certification exam.

This Webinar will focus on addressing the issues of an unsecure data center network and how to address the security concerns with Cisco ACI. The key components of how to create an ACI whitelist will be covered. View slide deck>>

Join us for this exciting journey through Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity (SCI) new security-focused certifications. We will discover the complete portfolio of associate training and certification for Microsoft Security, designed to meet industry and market needs, with roles, skills and capabilities needed for the job, including specializations, hands-on experience and practice requirements. We will also discuss the skills gap in security professionals. View the slide deck>>

This webinar will focus on addressing the issues of an unsecure campus network and how to address the insecurity with ISE. We then will look at how Cisco ISE can add security to devices beyond initial connectivity. View the slide deck>>

This webinar focuses on addressing the issues of an unsecure campus network and how to address the insecurity with 802.1X. We then will look at how Cisco ISE can centralize campus access with 802.1X. View the slide deck>>

This Microsoft and Global Knowledge 1-hour webinar event gives you an overview to the different Microsoft solutions for managing security in your organization. Explore how Microsoft provides a holistic approach to security, helping you to protect identities, data, applications, and devices across on-premises, cloud, and mobile.

Every second of every day, data is being sent and received. Billions of data packets are processed by your company’s network every day. In fact, you received dozens of packets just to read this article, but the vast majority of us have no idea how this works. People have no clue as to what goes on behind the scenes to ensure data actually gets to the right device.

Microsoft retired the MCSA and MCSE certifications on January 2021. Does that really mean it is the end? It isn’t. Join this webinar to understand the logical next steps and new certification paths. View the slide deck>>

For organizations getting started with RHEL, Red Hat Training has developed a series of courses to develop the skills needed for basic administration and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These courses introduce key command line concepts and enterprise-level tools, laying the foundation for the rapid deployment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The curriculum also introduces the basic administration skills needed for resolving configuration issues and integrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems with other existing environments. View the slide deck>>

An quick fundamental overview of layer two devices.   To learn more about this and similar topics, enroll in our exclusive Understanding Networking Fundamentals course.    

Explore how Azure provides easy-to-use services to help you get started with building Data and AI solutions. Learn about many areas of AI, including machine learning, and how many modern applications and services depend on predictive machine learning models. We will also talk about the fundamentals of database concepts in a cloud environment and how to build your foundational knowledge of cloud data services within Azure.

This webinar begins with a general introduction to Microsoft SQL Server editions and versions. We will then highlight several scalability features of SQL Server. Next we will look at the High Availability Options of SQL Server. Finally we will look at Azure SQL deployment and Availability solutions. View the slide deck>

This webinar will provide a high level overview of Microsoft SCCM 2012R2 and the new features available. You will learn day-to-day management tasks, including how to query data, manage applications, hardware and software inventory and software updates by using Configuration Manager. View the slide deck>

Here are 18 certification options, in no particular order, that are worth your effort based on site searches, feedback from subject matter experts and data in the Global Knowledge 2019 IT Skills and Salary Report.

With Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) as popular as it is in the provider space and private MPLS clouds for larger enterprise, we needed some tools to help troubleshoot and maintain these networks. With the providers in mind, the normal ping or traceroute may not be enough.

The key difference between hubs, switches and bridges is that hubs operate at Layer 1 of the OSI model, while bridges and switches work with MAC addresses at Layer 2 of the OSI model.

Early one morning, an engineer end user discovered that the Engineer servers were unreachable, and he didn’t know if he could reach the Internet. The administrator investigated the user’s PC with the IPCONFIG /ALL command and verified that the PC was a DHCP client, but it had received an address from the Accounting DHCP server, not the Engineering DHCP server.

When you connect your server or storage, it will send a Fabric login (FLOGI) request. This FLOGI request serves two purposes: Fibre Channel ID is the WWPN connection to this port from the FLOGI server Exchange buffer credits with the switch To better understand the first function, it is exactly the same if I rewrite it as, “request an IP address for a MAC address from the DHCP server”.

The session will start with a general introduction to Microsoft SQL Server editions and versions. We will then highlight several scalability features of SQL Server. Next we will look at the High Availability Options of SQL Server. Finally we will look at Azure SQL deployment and Availability solutions. View the slide deck>

This Certification Prep Guide provides an overview of the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification and offers helpful tips that you can use when preparing for your certification exam. 

Have you ever wondered which skills are required for a successful career in technology at Microsoft? Whether you are an aspiring future Microsoft employee, or just looking for expert advice and inspiration on what skills to add to your toolbelt to build a career in the tech premier league, this webinar is for you. Watch this webinar as Andrew Ludlow, Enterprise Security Executive, and Jason Johnson, who leads the Microsoft Aspire Experience program, share discuss in-demand certifications and soft skills for careers at Microsoft, with an additional focus on the importance of cybersecurity skills.

Prepping for a Microsoft certification exam? Global Knowledge's own Tracy Wallace has you covered with these six tips for passing any Microsoft exam.

Microsoft is retiring the MCSA and MCSE certifications January 31st, 2021. Does that really mean it is the end? It isn’t.Join this webinar to understand the logical next steps and new certification paths. View the slide deck>

As IT departments struggle with skills gaps and businesses attempt to recovery economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, these 10 IT skills are essential to drive success. Job roles in these areas pay well, but decision-makers are struggling to find qualified candidates. If you’re looking to make an IT skills investment or start a new career path this year, these are the areas to consider.

This webinar will examine how to create various services in Azure. We will consider the different ways available to create resources in Azure. View the slide deck>>

Discover what's possible with unlimited Microsoft training. The GK Polaris Discovery subscription includes access to over 100 Microsoft courses, allowing you to prep for the Microsoft certification of your choice. Learn about the value of certification, the benefits of virtual classroom training, and how GK Polaris can help boost your career.

IT administration tasks have usually required manual, point and click operations. Those days are gone; not only is manual action no longer necessary, but your IT technologists can’t afford the time to manually do what can be easily automated and taken off their plate. PowerShell provides an intuitive way to turn time-consuming grunt work into simple, repeatable, scriptable commands. Is your organization taking advantage of PowerShell? Your competitors are. View the slide deck>

While cybersecurity remains the most popular certification category in our IT Skills and Salary Report, foundational-level certifications highlight our list of the most popular IT certifications of 2020. 

Microsoft Power Automate/Flow is a cloud-based service that makes it practical and simple for end users to build workflows that automate time-consuming tasks and processes across many Microsoft and Non-Microsoft applications and services.