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Book SynopsisThis book provides solutions, best practices, tips, and workarounds to plan, design, customize, implement, and manage Microsoft Teams in any environment. This revised edition has been updated to reflect all the latest techniques and products, including migration from Skype for Business On-Prem to Microsoft Teams, along with Teams for Education, which includes a range of features and tools that enable teachers and students to collaborate, communicate, and learn in a virtual environment.The book begins with an overview of Microsoft Teams, including its architecture, teams/channels, audio/video meetings, and the phone system. The authors then take you deeper into deployment and management of teams, clients, guests and external access, and live events, followed by a walk-through of network assessment and bandwidth planning for Teams. Here, you will learn about deployment of quality of service and how to configure your phone systems using direct routing and calling plans. Moving forward, you will learn Microsoft Teams administration and policy management along with the migration process of Skype from Business On-Prem to Microsoft Teams. To wrap things up, the authors demonstrate some troubleshooting techniques for call quality issues in Teams, and walk you through various features of Teams for Education and how to utilize them. By the time you turn the last page of Understanding Microsoft Teams Administration, you'll be fully equipped to configure, customize, and control Teams with confidence. Don't just adapt to the future of collaboration—lead it. What You Will Learn Kickstart your journey: Get acquainted with the Teams architecture, from teams and channels to audio/video conferencing and beyond Master the mechanics: Dive deep into deployment, including crucial aspects like guest access, such as events, and network assessment Elevate call quality: Learn the nuts and bolts of Quality of Service (QoS) and phone systems, including direct routing and calling plans Admin like a pro: Gain insights into robust policy management, and understand how to navigate the Teams admin portal with finesse Get a grip on network assessment and bandwidth planning tailored specifically for Teams Unlock secrets of quality of service, direct routing, and customized calling plans Migration simplified: Seamlessly shift from Skype for Business On-Prem to Teams without missing a beat Edu-tech unveiled: Explore Teams for Education and how its myriad features can enrich virtual learning experiences for teachers and students alike What's new: A dedicated chapter exclusively covering Microsoft Teams for Education, focusing on empowering both educators and students Who This Book Is For Administrators and technical consultants focused on Microsoft Teams. This book serves as an invaluable resource for those looking to optimize team collaboration and communication within their organizations.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Microsoft Teams Overview.- Chapter 2: Managing and controlling Microsoft Teams.- Chapter 3: Organization Readiness for Microsoft Teams.- Chapter 4: Teams Audio Conferencing and Phone system management.- Chapter 5: Microsoft Teams Governance and lifecycle management.- Chapter 6: Migration from Skype for Business (Lync) on-prem and online to Microsoft Teams.- Chapter 7: Microsoft Teams troubleshooting approaches.- Chapter 8: Teams Reporting and Monitoring. – Chapter 9: Microsoft Teams for Education. - Chapter 10: Microsoft Teams Learning to the Next Level and Get Certified.

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Book SynopsisExamine the complexities of detecting ransomware and the potential rocky road to recover after it has infected a system environment. This book addresses the topic of Disaster and Ransomware Recovery in the VMware Cloud. You'll start by examining the challenge of implementing a robust disaster recovery solution, and how to address it through a Disaster Recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) approach. The book then introduces the basics of the VMware Live Cyber Recovery solution and how it is fully integrated with VMware Cloud on AWS to offer an easy-to-use SaaS-based solution with a pay-as-you-go model for a faster recovery at a very low TCO. It also provides a technical deep dive into VMware Live Cyber Recovery architecture by detailing the features and capabilities of the solution including the concepts of Protected Sites, Protection Groups, Disaster Recovery Plans, and Failover testing. In subsequent chapters, you'll review in depth the Ransomware recovery case where you will learn more on the impact of Ransomware on IT organizations and how to address ransomware recovery. Finally, you'll take a deep dive into the technical architecture and features of the VMware Live Cyber Recovery Ransomware recovery capabilities, and how it can address ransomware threats with a very flexible, on-demand and easy-to-use SaaS delivery model with cloud economics. Mastering VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and Ransomware Resilience provides you with the best practices on how to recover from ransomware. What You'll LearnReview the different concepts of VMware Live Cyber RecoveryUnderstand the complexity of ransomware attacks and how it can impact your business. Recover data after a ransomware attackImplement a ransomware recovery solution. Who This Book Is ForIT managers, IT architects, Cloud architects, network engineers, security officers, backup administrators, and infrastructure managers

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Book SynopsisVMware Workstation is a software solution that provides a type-2 hypervisor, or desktop hypervisor, that runs on x64 Windows and Linux-based operating systems. It enables users to create and run virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes clusters simultaneously on their physical devices without having to reformat or dual-boot the underlying device. There are several use cases for VMware Workstation. For IT pros, it allows them to test applications andoperating system builds, as well as enable remote control of vSphere datacenter infrastructure. Developers can run multiple different operating systems or different versions of operating systems on a single device giving them the platform flexibility to test, develop, and troubleshoot applications cost-effectively. Finally, for the greater workforce, VMware Workstation can enable BYOD device initiatives allowing employees to run a full corporate environment on their device without deleting or reformatting it. Learning VMware Workstation Pro for Windows Part 2 provides the reader with a practical, step-by-step guide to creating and managing virtual machines using VMware Workstation, starting with an overview of hypervisors and desktop hypervisors. Next, it talks about each resource, such as CPU, memory, and networking, and how these are configured in a virtual environment. After that, it demonstrates the installation of VMware Workstation, configuration, and then building and managing different virtual machines running on different operating systems such as ChromeOS, and Linux, and building an ESXi lab environment. Towards the end, readers will learn how to use command line tools, such as the REST API, and vmrun, before going on to discuss upgrading and troubleshooting your VMware Workstation environment. By the end of this book, readers will have full knowledge of VMware Workstation Pro. This book is a continuation of Learning VMware Workstation Pro for Windows Part 1 where readers learn how to build and manage different virtual machines running on different operating systems and build an ESXi lab environment with VMware Workstation.You Will:Learn how to run containers on a VMware workstationUnderstand how to use the command line to configure and control Workstation Pro and virtual machinesPractice the use of REST API for Workstation ProThis book is for: Developers, IT professionals, VMware certified professionals both remote and Bring your device (BYOD).

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Book SynopsisIntroduction Chapter 1: The quest for effectiveness.- Chapter 2: Foundations: Making sense of change.- Chapter 3: Foundations: The art and science  of change.- Chapter 4: Foundations: The patterns of change.- Chapter 5: Foundations: The layers of change.- Chapter 6: Foundations: The cycles of change.-Chapter 7: Foundations: The practice of change.- Chapter 8: Step 1: Identify the enterprise.- Chapter 9: Step 2: Get ready for action.- Chapter 10: Step 3: Set out the stall.- Chapter 11: Step 4: Interact with the market.- Chapter 12: Step 5: Interact with the enterprise.- Chapter 13: Engaging others in the architecture.- Chapter 14: Wrapping up.- Appendix A: Glossary.- Appendix B: Sources and Resources.

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