ACS Master Class Series

Learn from industry experts how to centralize security event log collection, analysis and reporting across the enterprise using the Audit Collection Service (ACS) provided with Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manager.

This free online training series provides IT Administrators with essential guidance and knowledge about planning, deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting ACS. From the novice to the experienced professional, these courses provide the real world guidance you’ve been looking for.

The series will include 5 core courses, 5 deep-dive electives and 5 optimization sessions all targeted at helping you optimize your use and investment in the Audit Collection Service.

Where: Online Live-Meeting Events & Post Event Recordings When: Every Thursday at 8am PST from July 10th through October 9th 2008

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Core Sessions

SessionDescriptionWebcastPresenter
ACS OverviewProvides technical overview of ACS logical components, architecture, business value, reporting and Frequently Asked Questions.07/10/2008Rory McCaw
Design and PlanningCommon configuration best practices, scalability and capacity performance planning plus architecture options.07/17/2008Pete Zerger
DeploymentQuick and easy installation of the ACS Collector, database, forwarders and reporting plus post installation validation07/24/2008Raymond Chou
Optimization and TuningRoutine ACS health analysis, advance configuration scenarios, noise filtering plus tips and tricks from the field.07/31/2008Ryan Brennan
TroubleshootingQuickly troubleshoot and resolve common events, access issues with reporting and common performance constraints.08/07/2008 DownloadChance Folmar

Elective Session

SessionDescriptionWebcastPresenter
ACS Access HardeningLockdown database and reporting access and improve audit controls on both online and offline data 09/11/2008TBD
Audit Policy PlanningBest practices and guidance on planning your Windows Audit Policy to support your audit and reporting requirements09/18/2008Randy Franklin Smith
Disaster Recovery and FailoverConsiderations for disaster recovery, the realities of failover and general configuration implementation 09/25/2008Steve Ross
Gateways and CertificatesGateway Servers, certificate configuration and general troubleshooting in secured environments10/02/2008Maarten Goet
Noise FilteringIn-depth analysis and tuning of ACS noise filters10/09/2008Chance Folmar

Secure Vantage Sessions

SessionDescriptionWebcastPresenter
Security Auditing OverviewOptimize ACS with a series of solution accelerators to enable archiving, improve audit reporting and simplify Collector administration08/14/2008Jeremiah Beckett
Audit Collection AdministrationLearn about a new OpsMgr administrative extension that provides centralized visibility and management of ACS Collectors and Forwarders in your environment08/21/2008Ryan Brennan
Archive and Report PlanningLearn how to plan and implement event log archiving and historical reporting for ACS Collectors 08/28/2008Chance Folmar
SYSLOG Auditing with ACSIntegrate SYSLOG auth events with ACS for centralized audit reporting and analysis across AD and UNIX environment09/04/2008Jeremiah Beckett

News & Events

Press Release 07/08/08: Secure Vantage Technologies and Infront Consulting join forces to offer free training and education series for the Audit Collection Service


Press Release 05/21/2008: Secure Vantage Technologies partners to create a Security Management Partner Solutions bundle for System Center customers


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