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How to Scale IT Training and Reduce Costs Using
the Cloud
April 29, 2011
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Discussion
Real-World Scenario
Challenges
Cloud-based Training Solution
Benefits
Live Walkthrough
Q&A
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Real-World Scenario
5-day on-site instructor-led SharePoint developer boot camp
Goals Get developers up and running with SharePoint
Go beyond usual canned lab exercises
Have trainees get hands-on with a project featuring real-word experiences
Provide opportunity to use the training environment following course completion
Most importantly, reduce time and cost of lab set-up and tear-down
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The Challenge
It is difficult, time-consuming and expensive to provide IT training environments on-demand
Physical lab set-up and tear down
Shipping machines and training staff
Older laptops with limited RAM
Scaling courses and number of studentsWeeks
Days
Days
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The Solution: CloudShare ProPlus
Instructors set up training environment in just a couple of hours
Students received instant access to independent copies of the environment using only a Web browser
No lab set-up or tear-down, physical servers, recoding, VMware on laptops or maintenance required
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Benefits
HOW SHAREPOINT TRAINING IN THE CLOUD WORKS
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Specific Features
Complete cloud platform for IT training Preinstalled, fully licensed templates, including many SharePoint
templates and multi-machine farms
Ability to upload and install other software packages as needed for training
Ability to increase and edit RAM and disk, up to 10 GB and 300 GB each
Drag-and-drop files from your desktop
Unlimited # of environment clones to share with trainees
On-demand environment snapshots and reverting
VMs, applications, networking, storage, backup and CPU usage included
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Summary
Cloud-based training can replace or supplement:
On-site instructor led training
Training conducted at customer locations
Virtual, self-paced training
Significant time, cost and competitive advantages to using the cloud for IT training
Additional use cases
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Useful Resources
CloudShare ProPlus 14-day free trial http://www.cloudshare.com/proplus
Multi-machine SharePoint farm permalinks: http://www.cloudshare.com/permalinks
ThreeWill training information http://www.threewill.com/training
Next boot camp: week of May 16http://sharepoint-boot-camp-june-2011.eventbrite.com/?discount=webinar
25% discount for webinar attendees with promo code “webinar”
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Contact Information
CloudShare
Guillaume Vives, VP, [email protected]
ThreeWill
Danny Ryan, Co-Founder, VP, Business [email protected]
John Underwood, Technical [email protected]
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