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Storage Spaces Direct

4/9/2018 by Penny Morgan

What is it? Storage Spaces Direct, or S2D, is a feature introduced by Microsoft in Windows Server 2016 that makes it possible to easily enable the creation of highly-available (HA) storage systems with local storage. The primary goals of S2D are to help simplify the deployment and management of software-defined storage systems as well as to open the use of…
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The Amazing Adobe Acrobat

3/29/2018 by Kelly Cummings

The Amazing Adobe Acrobat Kelly Cummings I’ve worked in technology since before the days of GUIs, so Adobe Acrobat has been nothing new to me over the past 20 years or so. We have all used it. Even the most computer illiterate person in your office has more than likely read a file in PDF…
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Digital options for viewing games during 2018 NCAA March Madness!

3/12/2018 by LRS Education Services

This blog is a little out of the norm for us, but the first round of the NCAA National Tournament begins tomorrow night…with the championship game scheduled April 2! Have you created your strategy to watch while you are away from home? If not, read on!
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The NIST Framework Has Become A Leading Standard For Cybersecurity Policy

1/4/2018 by LRS Education Services

I read an article today that is relevant to any company doing business with the Federal government titled “Cybersecurity in the First Year of the Trump Administration”.
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Nano Server – The Good, the Bad, and the Future

11/15/2017 by LRS Education Services

Nano Server – What is it (the Good)?

How Many Days Since Previous/First Order?

10/10/2017 by LRS Education Services

Some of the most popular courses we teach are the ones dealing with writing SQL queries against SQL Server. Recently I had some students ask how, for each order, can I see the number of days since the customer’s most recent order, as well as the number of days since the customer’s first order. Actually, these students were working in the healthcare industry, and they wanted to know the number of days since a patient’s most recent appointment and the number of days since the same patient’s first appointment, but we’ll adopt the question to order data to make it easy to practice with the many variations of SQL Server sample databases. How to solve the problem? SQL Server Window Functions to the rescue.

Are you using Microsoft badging to differentiate yourself?

9/27/2017 by LRS Education Services

Master Amazon Web Services Training!

7/5/2017 by LRS Education Services

I’m excited that the relationship LRS Education Services has with our EPIC Learning Network partners allows us to bring new topics of training to our clients!

Introduction to Windows Server 2016 Containers

5/25/2017 by LRS Education Services

Introduction to Windows Server 2016 Containers

Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 – Dashboard Capabilities

2/15/2017 by LRS Education Services

Are you ready to learn more about the dashboard capabilities in Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015? Check out the video blog by our own MCT Jeff Cargill…these 10 minutes will be worth your while!

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Adobe 2019 Revealed

Recently I realized I could no longer support living in the past. It was time to loosen up the purse strings, latch on to this Adobe Creative Cloud subscription concept and start appreciating the benefits that this new business model now provides.

Office 365 security – do you know where to start?

Microsoft’s cybersecurity team has provided some top recommendations for implementing security to protect your Office 365 environment. The Office 365 security roadmap provides these recommendations in a staged timeframe so you can easily identify where your priorities should be in the first 30-90 days and beyond

NIST Cybersecurity Framework – A Risk Assessment Process

In partnership with itSM Solutions LLC and UMass Lowell, a NSA/DHS National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R), LRS Education Services is proud to offer the NIST Cybersecurity Professional (NCSP) training curriculum. The curriculum is designed to train how to engineer and implement a cybersecurity program to protect critical assets using the NCSF.

MS-500 Microsoft 365 Security Administration Track.…is this course for you?

Whether you are a seasoned administrator looking to confirm or polish your skills and/or prepare for an exam, or an admin who is fairly new to the world of identity management, security and compliance in Microsoft Azure and/or Office 365 and wanting to get some resources to help you advance your skills and maybe eventually go through the certification process, I think this course has some very valuable lessons to offer.

Fun with Kali

Admittedly the vast majority of my technical background is on the Windows side. Like many of you I’ve spent years in the field and through training courses improving my Windows skills and gathering a bunch of certifications from Microsoft. Windows is powerful and ubiquitous. I have a great time working in Windows networks and teaching Microsoft courses. But sometimes we all need to broaden our horizons.