Franske ITC-2300 Schedule

Date	Week	Session	Before Class	In Class	Due In Class	Due Online
28-Aug	1	1		Syllabus/Schedule/Introduction
4-Sep	2	2	Read: Introduction to Virtualization (complete whitepaper), vmWare vSphere Basics (complete whitepaper), vSphere 6.5 Installation and Setup Guide (Pages 82-85, 193-217)	vmWare ESXi Installation Lab		VMware Week 1 Questions (Intro/ESXi)
11-Sep	3	3	Read: vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Administration (p. 8-23), VCSA 6.5 Installation Walkthrough, vSphere 6.5 Installation and Setup Guide (p. 10-18, 232-240), vCenter 6.5 Server and Host Management (p. 23-61)	vmWare vCenter Installation Lab	VMware ESXi Install Lab Report	VMware Week 2 Questions (vCenter)
18-Sep	4	4	Read: vSphere 6.5 Command Line Concepts and Examples (p. 11-31), vmWare KB1038043, vCenter 6.5 Server and Host Management (p. 113-124), vSphere 6.5 Virtual Machine Administration (p. 24-50) (Notes: Add AD Integration)	vmWare VM Administration Lab	VMware vCenter Install Lab Report	VMware Week 3 Questions (Administration); VMware ESXi Exam
25-Sep	5	5		BEN GONE: vmWare Virtualization Catch Up Week
2-Oct	6	6	Read: Proxmox VE Fundamentals, Installing Proxmox VE	Proxmox Installation Lab	Vmware VM Administration Lab Report
9-Oct	7	7	Read: Cluster and VM Management, Creating Containers	Proxmox VM Administration Lab	Proxmox Installation Lab Report	VMware vCenter Exam and Proxmox Week 1&2 Questions Combined (Installation/Administration)
16-Oct	8	8	Read: Introducing the Cloud Materials	Introducing the Cloud Labs	Proxmox VM Administration Lab Report	Proxmox Exam; Introducing the Cloud Questions
23-Oct	9	9	Read: Using Azure Virtual Machines Materials	Using Azure Virtual Machines Labs	Introducing the Cloud Lab Report	Using Azure Virtual Machines Questions
30-Oct	10	10	Read: Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Materials	Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Labs	Using Azure Virtual Machines Lab Report	Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Questions; Introducing the Cloud Exam
6-Nov	11	11	Read: TBD	Introduction to VoIP	Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Lab Report	Introduction to VoIP Questions; Using Azure Virtual Machines Exam
13-Nov	13	13	Read: TBD	VoIP 2	Introduction to VoIP Lab Report	VoIP 2 Questions; Scaling Azure Virtual Machines Exam
20-Nov	14	14	Read: TBD	VoIP 3	VoIP 2 Lab Report	VoIP 3 Questions; Introduction to VoIP Exam
27-Nov	15	15	Read: TBD	VoIP 4	VoIP 3 Lab Report	VoIP 4 Questions; VoIP 2 Exam
4-Dec	16	16	Readings as required for your case study projects	Case Study Projects	VoIP 4 Lab Report	VoIP 3 Exam
11-Dec	16	16		Case Study Projects	Case Study Projects	VoIP 4 Exam
18-Dec	FE				All Remaining Work	Online Final Exam

Online Reading Links

Introducing the Cloud

• Cloud Concepts
• Azure Architecture
• Manage Services with the Azure Portal
  • NOTE: Skip the 3 "Exercises" for now, they will be labs in class
• Azure Compute Options
• Azure Data Storage Options
• Azure Networking Options
• Security, Responsibility, and Trust in Azure
• Control and Organize Azure Resources with Azure Resource Manager

Using Azure Virtual Machines

• Introduction to Azure Virtual Machines
  • NOTE: Skip the "Exercise" for now, it will be a lab in class
• Choose a Data Storage Approach in Azure

Scaling Azure Virtual Machines

• Keep Your Virtual Machines Updated
• Configure the Network for your Virtual Machine
• Build Azure Resource Manager Templates
• Add and Size Disks in Azure Virtual Machines

Introduction to VoIP

• VIDEO: Asterisk from Scratch - Part 1 - Intro to Asterisk & Asterisk Architecture
• VIDEO: Asterisk from Scratch - Part 2 - Installing Asterisk & Intro to Dial Plan
• VIDEO: Asterisk from Scratch - Part 4 - Introduction to Dial Plan