Tutorials

Tutorials

• How to install and configure vCenter Update Manager

  Follow these steps to install and configure VMware vCenter Update Manager, which can help solution providers with patching hosts and virtual machines.  Continue Reading

• How to manage Windows 7 user accounts and groups

  Whether your customers operate in a workgroup or a domain/Active Directory environment, user account setup and group memberships control their rights, permissions and roles.  Continue Reading

• Blockchain: Oil and gas emerges as consulting market

  Blockchain opportunities in the oil and gas sector are beginning to surface, attracting the attention of consulting firms and integrators such as Accenture, Deloitte and Quisitive.  Continue Reading

• The NVMe spec: A channel partner primer

  The NVMe spec has taken hold in storage systems and servers and is now targeting network connections via the NVMe over Fabrics spec, opening partner opportunities.  Continue Reading

• Cloud podcast archive: A roundup from CloudCast Weekly

  Miss an episode of CloudCast Weekly? Use this podcast archive to find new episodes or to peruse older podcasts.  Continue Reading

• A guide to Wi-Fi-cellular integration in the enterprise

  Wi-Fi-cellular integration could address the influx of mobile devices in the enterprise. While there's no sure-fire integration strategy, there are technologies that can help.  Continue Reading

• Penetration testing tutorial: Guidance for effective pen tests

  This penetration testing tutorial contains essential tips to help solution providers uncover vulnerabilities in clients’ networks.  Continue Reading

• Cloud provider tutorials for beginners

  SearchCloudProvider.com's tutorials offer expert insight, technical tips and best practices on building cloud services with robust data center, network, storage and security elements; enabling service delivery and management; delivering specific ...  Continue Reading

• PCI compliance guide: A resource for solution providers

  This PCI compliance guide covers everything PCI DSS, from a brief overview to more advanced PCI offerings.  Continue Reading

• Application-aware firewall strategies for the channel

  With the emergence of virtualization and converged data center networks, it is crucial for systems integrators to educate their customers on application-aware firewall strategies.  Continue Reading

• Mobile endpoint management guide: Essential knowledge for partners

  This mobile endpoint management guide offers management, security and storage solution essentials to help channel partners make the best choices for customers in the enterprise.  Continue Reading

• IT channel tutorials

  SearchITChannel.com’s tutorials provide value-added reseller-focused tutorials on information technology consultants and other information technology resellers. They feature topics such as networking, systems and security.  Continue Reading

• Networking channel tutorials

  SearchNetworkingChannel.com’s tutorials provide specialized information for value-added resellers (VARs), information technology resellers and systems integrators in the networking channel marketplace. Our project tutorials will allow you to uncover...  Continue Reading

• Systems channel tutorials

  SearchSystemsChannel.com’s tutorials offer comprehensive systems management guides for value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators, information technology consultants and other information technology resellers.  Continue Reading

• Security channel tutorials

  SearchSecurityChannel.com's tutorials walk readers step by step though the process of selecting and managing security technologies as a service in the channel. These tutorials are full of useful tips and strategies for assessing a customer’s system ...  Continue Reading

• Xen vs. KVM virtualization study guide for VARs

  The Xen vs. KVM debate brings a few factors to the table that solution providers need to consider during the hypervisor decision process. Test your KVM virtualization knowledge in this study guide.  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice quiz: Law, investigations, ethics

  Take this CISSP practcie quiz to ensure your knowledge of information security laws, investigations and ethics and in turn help you prepare for and pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• CISSP quiz: Business continuity and disaster recovery

  This CISSP quiz, which is a part of the SearchSecurityChannel.com CISSP Study Guide will test your knowledge of business continuity and disaster recovery best practices and help you pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• Data center energy efficiency, consolidation study guide

  Test your expertise in maintaining data center energy efficiency in your customers' environments, while brushing up on topics such as data center consolidation and cooling methods.  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice exam: Network security architecture design, security model

  This CISSP quiz, which is a part of the CISSP Study Guide, will test your knowledge of network security architecture design and security model and will help you pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• SCVMM 2008 R2 task management, features: Study guide

  Before making a decision on whether a customer needs SCVMM 2008 R2, solution providers should be an expert on its features, pricing and capabilities.  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice test: Enterprise application security

  In this CISSP practice test, you will test your knowledge on enterprise application security in order to help you train for and pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice quiz: Access control and authentication

  This CISSP quiz, which is a part of the SearchSecurityChannel CISSP Study Guide will test your knowledge of access control and authentication and help you pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare networking: Healthcare IT services guide

  Planning to offer healthcare IT consulting services? Make sure you know the ins and outs of healthcare networking and other healthcare IT services, which are covered in this comprehensive guide for networking solution providers and consultants.  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice exam: Physical security

  In this CISSP practice exam you can test your knowledge of physical security measures and threats in order to prepare for and pass the CISSP test.  Continue Reading

• CISSP Domain quiz: Operations Security

  This CISSP quiz, which is a part of the SearchSecurityChannel CISSP Study Guide will test your knowledge of operations security , including network security management, risk assessments and network environment maintainance, in order to help you pass...  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice test: Cryptography

  This CISSP practice test, which is a part of the SearchSecurityChannel.com CISSP Study Guide, will test your knowledge of cryptography and help you pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• Windows Server 2008 R2 features and backup guide

  Browse through the new Windows Server 2008 R2 features, and learn best practices for Windows Server 2008 R2 backup, which can help boost sales for solution providers.  Continue Reading

• CISSP quiz: Telecommunications and network security

  In this CISSP quiz, which is a part of the SearchSecurityChannel CISSP Study Guide, you can test your knowledge of telecommunications and network security.  Continue Reading

• VAR guide: Breaking into the cloud services market

  With cloud computing taking hold, it's time for resellers to learn how to offer cloud computing services. This VAR guide shows resellers how to offer cloud services.  Continue Reading

• Data center virtualization and energy-efficiency guide

  Managing an energy-efficient, green data center may seem like a lot to handle, but this guide provides the expertise necessary for saving money and reducing power consumption.  Continue Reading

• Citrix XenServer guide: Hypervisor comparison and configuration

  When helping customers make decisions during a hypervisor comparison, Citrix XenServer licensing, Active Directory integration and other features are important factors to consider.  Continue Reading

• Snort Tutorial: How to use Snort intrusion detection resources

  In this Snort Tutorial, you will receive advice from the experts on Snort rules, installation best practices and unified output. You will learn how to use Snort, how to test Snort and how to upgrade to different versions of the intrusion detection ...  Continue Reading

• VAR guide: Wireshark, the open source network monitoring tool

  Your customers rely on you to monitor their networks to keep them safe and efficient. This VAR guide with Richard Bejtlich outlines the importance of Wireshark, the open source network monitoring tool, and why networking service providers that offer...  Continue Reading

• VAR guide: Unified fabric services

  Unified fabric combines a traditional LAN and SAN on the same network to improve data flow efficiency. As a networking solution provider, customers will come to you for answers about unified fabric and other network convergence services. But a poor ...  Continue Reading

• VoIP system security: VoIP security issues, training, best practices

  This Learning Guide is designed to provide value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators with a basic framework for improving VoIP system security and addressing VoIP security issues and vulnerabilities before malicious intruders take ...  Continue Reading

• Managed network security services learning guide

  The management of network security services is a unique offering for a security solution provider. In this guide, we review all the steps that will help you assess and maintain the security of your customers' networks.  Continue Reading

• Citrix XenServer 5.5 requirements and installation: Study guide

  Test your knowledge of Citrix XenServer 5.5 hardware and software requirements as well as the installation process for XenCenter and XenServer virtual machines.  Continue Reading

• Cloud computing platforms, applications study guide

  Learn about cloud computing platforms and cloud computing applications with this study guide and get information on cloud requirements, pricing, categories and features.  Continue Reading

• The director switch: Basic SAN switch, plus scalability and high availability

  One director-class switch can supplant multiple SAN switches and deliver scalability, high availability and a number of advanced features for Fibre Channel SANs.  Continue Reading

• VAR guide: Virtualization certifications and storage certifications

  IT certifications can bolster business for any networking solution provider. In this guide, you'll learn about virtualization certifications and storage certifications as they pertain to networking solution providers.  Continue Reading

• HITECH Act and HIPAA: Guidelines for data security compliance

  Value-added resellers and security consultants can help healthcare practitioners comply with HIPAA by educating these SMBs during product sales, and by implementing risk analysis and management processes. This HIPAA Compliance Guide will help you ...  Continue Reading

• NAS systems implementation guide

  Use this NAS systems implementation guide to navigate the issues related to customers' existing or new network-attached storage systems, including techniques to curb the growth of data on their NAS and advice on how to size a NAS.  Continue Reading

• Network security study guide: Test your knowledge

  Network security is one of the most important aspects of a modern business network. Make sure your network security knowledge is up to snuff with this network security study guide, which is packaged with network security resources and includes a ...  Continue Reading

• Windows Server 2008 R2 upgrade and features study guide

  This Windows Server 2008 R2 upgrade and features study guide tests your knowledge of key topics, including performance monitoring and hardware requirements.  Continue Reading

• Security in cloud computing: Risks, remedies and priorities

  Solution providers face the task of securing cloud computing projects, and they often lack comprehensive work papers to help them along the way. To help you along the way, here's a collection of original SearchSecurityChannel.com content that ...  Continue Reading

• VSphere features and upgrade guide

  This vSphere features and upgrade guide has information on the six vSphere editions, the proper steps to perform a vSphere upgrade and ways to effectively monitor performance.  Continue Reading

• Windows 7 hardware requirements and tools: Study guide

  This study guide tests solutions providers' knowledge of Windows 7 hardware requirements and provides resources on Windows 7 tools, upgrades and licensing.  Continue Reading

• Web application firewall security guide: Stop vulnerabilities, threats

  This Web application firewall security mini guide offers a deeper look at how Web application firewalls work, how they can help protect your customers' environments, assist corporations in achieving compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data ...  Continue Reading

• Xen vs. KVM and KVM migration guide

  This Xen vs. KVM and KVM migration guide offers solutions providers information on both sides of the Xen vs. KVM debate and the best KVM migration strategies for RHEL 5.4.  Continue Reading

• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) implementation

  Your customers are going to start asking about Fibre Channel over Ethernet, if they haven't done so already. Use this tutorial to find out how to develop FCoE expertise, determine which customers are good candidates for it, guide those customers ...  Continue Reading

• Guide: Offering mobile device management services

  Mobile device management services could prove to be a lucrative addition to your portfolio, but there are obstacles you may face along the way. Learn how to help your customers manage mobile devices via the cloud, as well as offering mobile device ...  Continue Reading

• Desktop virtualization software and virtual desktop management guide

  From evaluating virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) tools to improving desktop performance, this VDI management guide can help solutions providers weigh the benefits of VDI.  Continue Reading

• Windows 7 upgrade, performance monitoring tools and features guide

  Use this guide to offer Windows 7 upgrade services to your customers and learn more about Windows 7 performance monitoring tools and other features.  Continue Reading

• Hyper-V R2 Live Migration and other features: Study guide

  This study guide on Hyper-V R2 features, including Live Migration and Jumbo Frames support, offers a quiz and access to more learning resources.  Continue Reading

• Cloud computing applications and services guide

  Taking advantage of cloud computing seems like a tough task, but this guide explains the role that solutions providers play and the technologies they should know about.  Continue Reading

• Study guide: Offering MPLS services

  Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) technology is being requested more and more by enterprises and companies that need their networks to work more efficiently. In this study guide, we'll test your knowledge of MPLS services, including the security ...  Continue Reading

• Software as a Service application implementation study guide

  Test your knowledge of Software as a Service and get information on SaaS tools and business intelligence services.  Continue Reading

• VSphere upgrade and performance study guide

  Take our 10-question quiz on VMware vSphere implementation and performance, and you'll get access to a variety of resources that cover key vSphere topics.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft Hyper-V R2 features and comparison guide

  You may already know about Live Migration, but this guide provides information about other new Hyper-V R2 features and explains how R2 fares compared to its competition.  Continue Reading

• Desktop virtualization and VDI management study guide

  Take this quiz to find out how much you know about desktop virtualization, and you'll get access to information on VDI tools, overcoming management and licensing issues and more.  Continue Reading

• Solution provider tutorial: Network disaster recovery

  Value-added resellers (VARs) and solution providers can widen their customer base by offering network disaster recovery planning and business continuity services and software. Learn how to package disaster recovery products and services in this ...  Continue Reading

• SOA governance and implementation guide

  This guide defines service-oriented architecture (SOA) while explaining the significance of SOA governance and the roles solutions providers play in successful implementation and data standardization practices.  Continue Reading

• Green IT tutorial: Offering green networking services

  Offering green IT services can prove to be lucrative in these environmentally conscious times. Learn how to offer green networking and other energy-efficient IT services, including understanding green networking technology, navigating the green IT ...  Continue Reading

• 10 gigabit Ethernet offers opportunities for VARs and integrators

  The current economic climate has limited customer spending to projects that demonstrate measureable savings. 10 GbE makes possible reducing the number of ports and switches required, thereby simplifying the task of combining multiple small data ...  Continue Reading

• CCDA study guide: Internetwork design

  Whether you are preparing for CCDA certification or just want a better understanding of network design principles, this guide will help you understand designing enterprise networks. Learn about the major concepts of internetwork design in this CCDA ...  Continue Reading

• Data protection services guide: A resource for solution providers

  Data protection is a major concern for any customer company, regardless of what vertical they're in or the size of their company. This data protection guide will get solution providers prepared to work with customers on data protection.  Continue Reading

• SQL Server 2008 features study guide

  Reading this guide will help you become the SQL Server 2008 features guru. Take the quiz and get more resources on key features, including high availability and data encryption.  Continue Reading

• A guide to selling managed WAN services

  WAN services offerings provide a revenue opportunity for MSPs and VARs as more companies seek reliable service to branch offices while fighting staff shortages and reduced budgets. In this guide to WAN services for the channel, you'll learn about ...  Continue Reading

• Google reseller guide to Apps, Chrome and Android

  If you're thinking about becoming a Google reseller, use this guide to learn the pros and cons of working with Google Apps and the Chrome and Android operating systems.  Continue Reading

• VMware ESX and ESXi Server management study guide

  This study guide tests your knowledge of VMware ESX and ESXi and covers performance monitoring tools and troubleshooting methods. Take the quiz to find more learning resources.  Continue Reading

• Managed security service provider guide

  Breaking into the managed security service field requires time and research to make sure that you get it right. In this managed security service provider guide, you'll find everything you need to get started in this lucrative industry.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 study guide

  Use this Exchange Server 2007 study guide to test your knowledge of its features, deployment guidelines and monitoring tools. Take the quiz to get additional learning resources.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft Hyper-V study guide: Benefits and requirements

  Use this study guide to test your knowledge of Microsoft Hyper-V and get more resources on Hyper-V's pricing, features and core components.  Continue Reading

• VMware ESX Server installation, troubleshooting and management guide

  Use this guide to compare VMware ESX Server with Microsoft Hyper-V, and learn about VMware ESX licensing, features and deployment concerns.  Continue Reading

• Server virtualization technology guide

  Virtualizing servers can be a daunting task, but this server virtualization technology guide has information that will make you a virtualization expert. Get a general overview of virtualization, its advantages and disadvantages, tips on ...  Continue Reading

• CCNA certification guide with Wendell Odom

  CCNA certification can give you and your employees a competitive edge over other channel partners. Prepare for the exam with our Study Guide, which includes quizzes and resources to make sure you know your Cisco networking.  Continue Reading

• A guide to selling managed services: VoIP and unified communications

  In this guide to selling managed services in VoIP and hosted unified communications and collaboration, VARs can learn how to capitalize on these fast-growing markets by becoming service providers.  Continue Reading

• ITIL guide: Best practices, implementation and training

  This Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) guide has all you need to know about ITIL best practices, implementation, certification, training and tools. Learn about the ITIL framework and IT change management from our compilation of ...  Continue Reading

• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 guide

  This Microsoft SQL Server 2008 guide covers new features and tools, security considerations and product comparisons.  Continue Reading

• Service-oriented architecture study guide

  Use this service-oriented architecture study guide to test your knowledge on governance, business process management and more. Take the quiz to get additional learning resources.  Continue Reading

• Oracle Database 11g study guide

  Use this Oracle Database 11g study guide to test your knowledge of the features, software tools and upgrades available in Oracle 11g.  Continue Reading

• VoIP implementation and management study guide

  Use our VoIP implementation and management study guide to quiz yourself and bolster your knowledge of IP voice.  Continue Reading

• Data center power and cooling study guide

  Use this study guide to test your data center power and cooling knowledge.  Continue Reading

• Cisco Study Guide: CCNA certification part 3

  This study guide consists of test questions from "CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide." Test your knowledge of Cisco CCNA security in our study guide, compiled from questions from part 3 of the book, to see which topics you know and ...  Continue Reading

• Routers study guide

  Before you begin selling and configuring routers, test your knowledge and understanding of routers with this routers study guide, and explore our related links to learn more.  Continue Reading

• Cisco Study Guide: CCNA certification part 2

  This study guide consists of test questions from "CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide." Test your knowledge of Cisco CCNA security in our study guide, compiled from questions from part 2 of the book, to see which topics you know and ...  Continue Reading

• Wireless LAN (WLAN) troubleshooting study guide

  Do you know enough about common wireless LAN problems to troubleshoot them for your customer? Test your knowledge of WLAN troubleshooting, from security to planning, with this study guide.  Continue Reading

• Cisco Study Guide: CCNA certification part 1

  This study guide consists of test questions from "CCNA Security Official Exam Certification Guide." Test your knowledge of Cisco CCNA security in our study guide, compiled from questions from part 1 of the book, to see which topics you know and ...  Continue Reading

• Access control study guide

  Find out how much you know about access control and what you need to study up on with this quiz.  Continue Reading

• Windows Server 2008 study guide

  Before you can profit from Windows Server 2008 and related services, you'd better know how the operating system differs from its predecessors. Make sure your knowledge of Windows Server 2008 measures up with our study guide.  Continue Reading

• Wireless LAN study guide

  With more and more companies turning to wireless LANs (WLANs) for their networking needs, channel professionals must be up to speed on this ever-changing technology. Before choosing a WLAN solution, you'll need to evaluate what kind of capacity ...  Continue Reading

• Business continuity, disaster recovery plan best practices: CISSP Study Guide

  Test your knowledge of business continuity and learn about disaster recoverry plan best practices in this part of our CISSP Study Guide, geared towards the CISSP certification exam.  Continue Reading

• Storage services study guide

  Preparing to offer storage services? Know the topic before you dive into that project. Test your knowledge of storage services with this study guide.  Continue Reading

• Study Guide: New technology trends

  Test your knowledge of the latest and greatest new technology trends -- in networking, security, storage and systems -- that you told us are big priorities in the coming year.  Continue Reading

• How to connect a Vista workstation to a VPN server

  Learn how to establish a connection from a Windows Vista PC or workstation to a VPN server in this VPN setup guide.  Continue Reading

• How to configure a Vista VPN connection to use SSL

  Learn how to configure a Vista VPN connection to use SSL instead of PPTP as the final step in setting up a Windows Vista VPN.  Continue Reading

• How to install a certificate on a Windows Vista client

  Learn how to install a certificate onto a Windows Vista client after downloading the certificate from the enterprise certificate authority.  Continue Reading

• How to establish trust between a Vista client and certificate

  Learn how to tell a Windows Vista VPN client that an enterprise certificate authority is trustworthy in this VPN setup guide.  Continue Reading

• Law, investigations, ethics: Security incident response management

  The CISSP exam covers 10 domains, one of which is law, investigations and ethics. In this section of the SearchSecurityChannel.com CISSP Study Guide, you will ensure your knowledge of law, investigations and ethics and security incident response ...  Continue Reading