Asterisk Fast Start Training

April 30th to May 2nd, 2012 – Montreal (QC)

Get up to speed quickly on Asterisk technology

Asterisk Fast Start is a three-day hands-on course designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary for an entry-level Asterisk Administrator to be successful on the job.

Using a combination of information rich lectures and practical lab excerises this course familiarizes students with Asterisk and the environment in which it operates, both in terms of operating system and telephony (traditional and IP) connections.

This course will take students (who do not need to have previous experience with Linux, telephony or Asterisk) from a freshly installed Linux PC through to a fully configured and working Asterisk implementation.

Course Objectives

Asterisk Fast Start is a three-day hands-on course designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary for an entry-level Asterisk Administrator to be successful on the job. Using a combination of information rich lectures and practical lab excerisesword this course familiarizes students with Asterisk and the environment in which it operates, both in terms of operating system and telephony (traditional and IP) connections. This course will take students (who do not need to have previous experience with Linux, telephony or Asterisk) from a freshly installed Linux PC through to a fully configured and working Asterisk implementation.

At the end of the training class, participants will be able to:
• Identify the purpose and primary functionality of Asterisk as a PBX and as an application development platform
• List the functionality associated with a traditional PBX
• Explain the background to Asterisk in terms of the history of Digium and the open source community of which it is a part
• Define the operating system environments in which Asterisk is developed and supported
• Describe the telephony connections which Asterisk supports and identify the Digium hardware needed to enable this connectivity
• Identify the basic characteristics of analog and digital PSTN connections and how VoIP compares and contrasts with these
• Install and run Asterisk from the packages available for download from www.asterisk.orgs
• Configure Asterisk to deliver basic PBX functionality, including basic call routing, voicemail and directory services
• Learn the basics of Linux in order to be an effective Asterisk administrator

Course Format

The Asterisk Fast Start course is a three-day course. Class will begin at 9:30 AM on the first day and each day thereafter at 8:30 AM. The class will consist of a combination of lectures and lab exercises. Class typically runs until 5:00 PM, except for the last day where it goes until 3:00 PM, depending on circumstances in the classroom.

The labs will be presented in a workbook which the student gets to keep. The lecture notes and sample configurations will also be included. As each lab and lecture builds on the results of the previous lab and lecture, the workbook is a great way for students to work through the process at their own pace, as well as ensure that they have learned all the relevant material.

Accomodation

Information on the recommended hotel will be sent with your registration confirmation.

To register for the April 2012 training session, simply complete the form to the right.

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