Windows Vista Upgrade

Summary:

This training teaches you about the new Vista interface, features, and applications.

You will also gain an understanding of important topics to consider when deploying the new software.

Learning Segment 1: Understanding the New Interface

This learning segment provides you with an introduction to the new Windows Vista interface. You will learn to interact with new features and organise information more effectively.

Objectives:

• Differentiate between the Aero and basic experiences
• Interact with desktop elements
• Navigate among folders and files
• Organize files, searches, and folders

Topics:

• User Experience Overview
• Interacting with the Desktop Folders and Navigation

Learning Segment 2: Using New Features and Applications

This learning segment provides an introduction to the new features and applications in the various editions of Windows Vista. You will learn about new digital media, security, networking, and personal productivity applications.

Objectives:

• Differentiate between the various editions of Windows Vista
• Describe Windows Vista's digital media features
• Identify the security, backup, and performance innovations of Windows Vista
• List Windows Vista's networking and productivity applications
• Describe Windows Vista's innovations with emerging technologies and accessibility

Topics:

• Windows Vista Editions
• Digital Media Security
• Backup
• Performance Applications and Technologies

Learning Segment 3: Planning a Corporate Deployment

This learning segment provides an overview of the process for planning a Windows Vista deployment in a corporate environment.

You will also learn about Windows Vista-related hardware requirements, software compatibiltiy issues, and organizational needs assessment.

Objectives:

• Describe organisational needs assessments to conduct prior to a Windows Vista deployment
• List the features of Windows Vista that help organisations meet their assessed organisational needs
• Identify the hardware requirements for operating Windows Vista at two levels of performance
• Describe various tools that assist organisations to identify and mitigate application compatibility issues
• Explain the basic elements of a deployment plan
• Explain the phases of a Windows Vista rollout

Topics:

• Organisational Considerations
• Hardware Considerations
• Software Considerations
• Planning a Deployment

Features:

• Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
• Audio accompanies each lesson page throughout the course.
• Show Me Hows allow learners to access instructional demonstrations from all courses in the series.
• Simulations teach learners to perform specific tasks in applications through guided, multi-step exercises.
• Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
• Full-page images allow learners to experience an application as if it were open on their computer.
• Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
• A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
• Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary.
• In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
• Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
• Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
• A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
• A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
• Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.

Technical Requirements:

P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.