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Teaches you how and what to study in order to be best prepared for the Certified OpenStack Administrator exam. This fast-growing technology is creating a market that needs more qualified IT specialists with proven skills. This book covers 100% of the exam requirements for both The OpenStack Foundation and the Mirantis OpenStack Certification Exam.Each theme is taught using practical exercises and instructions for the command line and for the graphical client (Horizon). Each chapter is followed by review questions, complete with answers. Even after you have taken and passed your OpenStack exam, this book will remain a useful reference. What You Will LearnUnderstand the components that make up the cloud.Install and make an OpenStack distribution from Mirantis, Red Hat or another community version.Work with OpenStack Identity Management, Dashboard, CLI, Object Storage, Block Storage, Networking, Telemetry, Orchestration, and Image Services.Learn how to troubleshoot all the main OpenStack services.Understand where to find information for future work with OpenStack.Who This Book Is ForCertified OpenStack Administrator Study Guide is for Cloud and Linux engineers looking for a better understanding of how to work with the modern OpenStack IaaS Cloud, and wants to prove their knowledge by passing a Certified OpenStack Administrator Exam. 

Use this book to study for the PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst exam. The book follows the ¿Skills Measured¿ outline provided by Microsoft to help focus your study. Each topic area from the outline corresponds to an area covered by the exam, and the book helps you build a good base of knowledge in each area. Each topic is presented with a blend of practical explanations, theory, and best practices.Power BI is more than just the Power BI Desktop or the Power BI Service. It is two distinct applications and an online service that, together, enable business users to gather, shape, and analyze data to generate and present insights. This book clearly delineates the purpose of each component and explains the key concepts necessary to use each component effectively. Each chapter provides best practices and tips to help an inexperienced Power BI practitioner develop good habits that will support larger or more complex analyses. Manybusiness analysts come to Power BI with a wealth of experience in Excel and particularly with pivot tables. Some of this experience translates readily into Power BI concepts. This book leverages that overlap in skill sets to help seasoned Excel users overcome the initial learning curve in Power BI, but no prior knowledge of any kind is assumed, terminology is defined in non-technical language, and key concepts are explained using analogies and ideas from experiences common to any reader. After reading this book, you will have the background and capability to learn the skills and concepts necessary both to pass the PL-300 exam and become a confident Power BI practitioner. What You Will LearnCreate user-friendly, responsive reports with drill-throughs, bookmarks, and tool tipsConstruct a star schema with relationships, ensuring that your analysis will be both accurate and responsivePublish reports and datasets to the Power BI Service, enabling the report (and the dataset) to be viewed and used by your colleagues Extract data from a variety of sources, enabling you to leverage the data that your organization has collected and stored in a variety of sourcesSchedule data refreshes for published datasets so your reports and dashboards stay up to dateDevelop dashboards with visuals from different reports and streaming contentWho This Book Is ForPower BI users who are planning to take the PL-300 exam, Power BI users who want help studying the topic areas listed in Microsoft¿s outline for the PL-300 exam, and those who are not planning to take the exam but want to close any knowledge gaps they might have

This study companion helps you prepare for the SnowPro Core Certification exam. The author guides your studies so you will not have to tackle the exam by yourself. To help you track your progress, chapters in this book correspond to the exam domains as described on Snowflake¿s website. Upon studying the material in this book, you will have solid knowledge that should give you the best shot possible at taking and passing the exam and earning the certification you deserve. Each chapter provides explanations, instructions, guidance, tips, and other information with the level of detail that you need to prepare for the exam. You will not waste your time with unneeded detail and advanced content which is out of scope of the exam. Focus is kept on reviewing the materials and helping you become familiar with the content of the exam that is recommended by Snowflake.This Book Helps YouReview the domainsthat Snowflake specifically recommends you study in preparation for Exam COF-C02Identify gaps in your knowledge that you can study and fill in to increase your chances of passing Exam COF-C02Level up your knowledge even if not taking the exam, so you know the same material as someone who has taken the examLearn how to set up a Snowflake account and configure access according to recommended security best practicesBe capable of loading structured and unstructured data into Snowflake as well as unloading data from SnowflakeUnderstand how to apply Snowflake data protection features such as cloning, time travel, and fail safeReview Snowflake¿s data sharing capabilities, including data marketplace and data exchangeWho This Book Is ForThose who are planning to take the SnowPro Core Certification COF-C02 exam, and anyone who wishes to gain core expertise in implementing and migrating tothe Snowflake Data Cloud

Prepare for the Azure AI Fundamentals certification examination. This book covers the basics of implementing various Azure AI services in your business. The book not only helps you get ready for the AI-900 exam, but also helps you get started in the artificial intelligence (AI) world.The book starts with a short overview of the AI-900 exam and takes you through the exam prerequisites and the structure of the exam. You will then learn basic and advanced AI in Azure. Principles of responsible AI, Azure Machine Learning (ML), Azure Cognitive Services, and Bot Services are covered, followed by a practice test. You will go through ML fundamental concepts, model training, and validation along with case studies and a practice test for better preparation. The book includes the fundamentals of Azure and computer vision cognitive services. Various vision services and face services are demonstrated as well as analyzing image and text using OCR. You will understand concepts of natural language processing (NLP) such as text analysis, language modelling, entity recognition, sentiment analysis, speech recognition, and synthesis and also learn how to leverage Microsoft Azure for NLP.After reading this book, you will be able to implement various Azure AI services and prepare for the Azure AI Fundamentals certification exam, AI-900. What Will You Learn Understand AI fundamentals and responsibilities Know the Microsoft Azure offerings for AI Understand foundational concepts for ML and Azure offerings for ML Understand Azure Cognitive Services such as Custom Vision, Face, Form Recognizer, Text-to-Speech, and Image Analysis Who This Book Is For Azure and AI users working with ML services

Master the intricacies of Snowflake and prepare for the SnowPro Advanced Architect Certification exam with this comprehensive study companion. This book provides robust and effective study tools to help you prepare for the exam and is also designed for those who are interested in learning the advanced features of Snowflake. The practical examples and in-depth background on theory in this book help you unleash the power of Snowflake in building a high-performance system. The best practices demonstrated in the book help you use Snowflake more powerfully and effectively as a data warehousing and analytics platform.Reading this book and reviewing the concepts will help you gain the knowledge you need to take the exam. The book guides you through a study of the different domains covered on the exam: Accounts and Security, Snowflake Architecture, Data Engineering, and Performance Optimization. Yoüll also be well positioned to apply your newly acquired practical skills to real-world Snowflake solutions. You will have a deep understanding of Snowflake to help you take full advantage of Snowflake¿s architecture to deliver value analytics insight to your business.What You Will LearnGain the knowledge you need to prepare for the examReview in-depth theory on Snowflake to help you build high-performance systemsBroaden your skills as a data warehouse designer to cover the Snowflake ecosystemOptimize performance and costs associated with your use of the Snowflake data platformShare data securely both inside your organization and with external partnersApply your practical skills to real-world Snowflake solutionsWho This Book Is ForAnyone who is planning to take the SnowPro Advanced Architect Certification exam, those who want to move beyond traditional database technologies and build their skills to design and architect solutions using Snowflake services, and veteran database professionals seeking an on-the-job reference to understand one of the newest and fastest-growing technologies in data

Improve your odds of passing one of the most highly sought-after exams for developers working with Microsoft¿s cloud platform: Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure. This book guides you through practical examples of each of the technologies covered by the exam while exposing you to the settings and interactions between platform solutions that you will need to be in command of to prepare for the exam and to use on your job in Azure development.Chapters in this book correspond directly to the exam skills outline and are delivered in a ¿from-the-ground-up¿ approach, allowing you to build your knowledge as you go. This approach serves to help even novice developers get up to speed quickly, while allowing more experienced developers to find the exact topics and scenarios they need to hone their skill sets as they both prepare for the exam and reference information for real-world solutions.As you work through each chapter, you will get an introduction to the topic of the chapter followed by a comprehensive discovery of the key elements of the Azure service(s) being covered. Yoüll be guided through solutions by studying typical, real-world scenarios. Each chapter concludes with review questions to solidify your learning and includes links to the corresponding Microsoft Learn modules that are relevant to the concepts in the chapter and associated with each section of the AZ-204 exam.What You Will LearnKnow the essential platform services of AzureDevelop and deploy secure and robust web solutionsArchitect and create serverless solutionsManage containers in the Azure Containers ecosystemChoose the correct messaging and event-handling tools for your applicationsMaster real-world examples and challenges that help prepare you for the AZ-204 examWho This Book Is ForDevelopers planning to take the AZ-204 exam, and developers who want to learn more about development on the most common Azure platform services

While many guides exist to help software engineers learn cloud networking design and architecture concepts, and even prepare for cloud network certifications on AWS and Azure, far fewer resources are available covering the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification exam. Well, look no further! This self-paced guide book is designed to help engineers learn cloud networking best practices on GCP, and prepare for the GCP Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification exam.You will waste no time when you use this study companion. It lets you dive in and learn how GCP differs from other public cloud providers (AWS and Microsoft Azure). You will understand GCP's unique ability to allow virtual private clouds (VPCs) that span across multiple regions. You will know how to leverage GCP as a competitive advantage in the IT engineering community. Key concepts covered on the exam are called out and applied in each chapter of this book, giving you both practice and reinforcement, a far more effective learning tool than rote learning or similar approaches typically enlisted in exam preparation.Enterprises are looking for developers with Google networking skills. Now is the time to skill up! This book shows you how to leverage GCP¿s developer-focused, user-friendly approach to understand how the networking components enabling the popular 1B-user Google products (e.g., Gmail, Google Search, YouTube, Google Workspace (formerly G-Suite), Google Maps, Google Photos, and many others) work behind the scenes.What You Will LearnIn addition to preparing for the GCP Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification exam, you will learn how to:Architect and design a virtual private cloudImplement a virtual private cloudConfigure network servicesImplement hybrid connectivityImplement network securityManage network operationsOptimize network resourcesWho This Book Is ForSoftware engineers (network, DevOps, SecOps, DataOps, engineers skilled with SDLC), software architects (solution, security, data, infrastructure, cloud, those skilled with TOGAF), and IT professionals. Prerequisites: While this study companion is intended to be self-contained, a basic knowledge of cloud computing along with hands-on experience with a minimum of two modern programming languages (Java, C#) is beneficial in order for readers to fully achieve the objectives of the book.

This book will help prepare you for the Microsoft DP-420 exam. Whether you are new to Azure Cosmos DB or have experience working with the platform, Designing and Implementing Cloud-Native Applications Using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB is organized to address the specific skills measured in the DP-420 exam. The topics covered include NoSQL models, code, and real-world scenarios aimed at helping you to understand and solve the case studies included in the exam. Beyond the exam, this book will assist you in your journey to adopt Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB for your own projects. Yoüll learn what makes Azure Cosmos DB such a robust NoSQL service, as well as how NoSQL approaches help enable modern applications. Yoüll also get practical guidance for your own implementations. The topics covered in this book are essential to knowing how to leverage the Cosmos DB service and provide best practices that will guide you to success both on the exam and in your career. What You Will LearnUnderstand and hone the skills needed to pass the DP-420 examGain insight into the test-taking experience, whether at a testing center or virtuallyEvaluate and understand features of Azure Cosmos DB using real-world use cases and code samplesLearn from case studies in the book that will help you to correctly address case studies in the examBuild a foundation that goes beyond the exam and gives you the confidence to implement Azure Cosmos DB in your own projectsDetermine the trade-offs between different configurations, whether your implementation is small and local or large and requires global scale Who This Book Is ForAnyone planning to take the DP-420 exam, as well as developers, engineers, and architects seeking a better understanding of Azure Cosmos DB and how it is used in developing modern applicationsusing a NoSQL approach.

This is a comprehensive guide for individuals preparing for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam. The book's main focus is to provide readers with a wealth of practice questions and expert tips to help them pass the CISSP exam.The demand for certified information security professionals continues to increase, and the CISSP exam is widely recognized as one of the most challenging and comprehensive information security certification exams. This book will provide readers with the practice and exam strategies they need to pass the CISSP exam and launch their careers in information security. It covers all of the topics tested on the exam, including security management practices, access control systems and methodology; laws, regulations, standards, and compliance; and telecommunications and network security.In addition to providing practice questions, this book also includes background information on the CISSP exam, including the exam format, content, and best ways to study for the exam. It is designed to be user friendly and easy to follow, with clear explanations and examples for all the practice questions.What You Will LearnGain a comprehensive understanding of the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK)Gain background information on the CISSP exam, including the exam format, content, and best ways to study for the examDevelop the critical thinking skills that are essential for success on the CISSP examMaster test-taking strategies for successfully passing the CISSP examPrepare through a realistic simulation of the actual CISSP examWho this book is for:Individuals preparing for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam¿someone who has a background in information technology or information security and is looking to pass the CISSP exam and become a CISSP-certified professional.Secondaryaudiences include information technology professionals looking to expand their knowledge and skills in the field of information security, individuals interested in pursuing a career in information security and considering the CISSP certification, and current or aspiring information security managers who want to advance their careers and take on more responsibilities in their organizations.