Altiris Course

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30 Hours

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Altiris Training equips learners with the skills to manage, deploy, and maintain enterprise endpoints using a centralized IT Management Suite. This course covers essential concepts such as software deployment, inventory management, OS imaging, patch distribution, device configuration, and much more. Enroll in this Altiris Course to gain practical experience in creating modern, scalable, and efficient endpoint management workflows through hands-on exercises and real-world projects. This training is ideal for IT professionals looking to expand into enterprise endpoint management within the Symantec/Broadcom ecosystem.

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Overview

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of how computers, networks, and servers operate
Understanding endpoint management concepts (software deployment, updates, inventory)
Experience working with Windows client and server OS
Knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, subnetting & DHCP

What Will You Learn

What is Altiris? Importance in modern endpoint & lifecycle management
Altiris Console interface fundamentals (views, panes, tasks, filters)
Understanding the Symantec Management Agent
Configuring and distributing plug-ins (Inventory, Deployment, Patch, etc.)
Troubleshooting agent installation and connectivity
Software Inventory scanning, signatures & metering basics
Viewing, exporting & automating inventory reports
Creating and capturing system images (Ghost, RDeploy or Linux-based imaging)
Configuring PXE servers, Automation Folders & preboot environments
Deploying third-party updates using Patch Management
Importing external data (AD, HR systems, CSV, API)

Key Features

1 On 1 Training Option Available
24 X 7 Lifetime Support & Access
Small Batches Upto 10 Participants
Experienced & Professional Trainers
100% Job Assistance
Flexible Schedule

Course Curriculum

Lesson 1 - Introduction to Altiris & IT Management Suite

1. What is Altiris? Importance in modern endpoint & lifecycle management

2. Overview of ITMS components: Notification Server, Site Server, Agents

3. Altiris Console interface fundamentals (views, panes, tasks, filters)

4. Understanding Policies, Tasks, Packages & Plug-ins

5. Client/server communication concepts & data flow

6. Altiris database fundamentals & configuration basics

7. Starting a new environment: prerequisites, installation overview

Lesson 2 - Altiris Agent & Plug-ins Deployment

1. Understanding the Symantec Management Agent

2. Deploying the Altiris Agent across endpoints

3. Configuring and distributing plug-ins (Inventory, Deployment, Patch, etc.)

4. Agent health checks, communication profiles & security settings

5. Troubleshooting agent installation and connectivity

6. Managing agent updates and plug-in versions

7. Client grouping, collections & targeting fundamentals

Lesson 3 - Inventory Management Essentials

1. Hardware Inventory collection concepts

2. Software Inventory scanning, signatures & metering basics

3. Creating custom inventory rules

4. Inventory plug-in configuration & scheduling

5. Resource Filters, Organizational Views & Groups

6. Viewing, exporting & automating inventory reports

7. Software/Hardware compliance & lifecycle tracking

Lesson 4 - Deployment Solution – Core Modeling Tools & OS Provisioning

1. Creating and capturing system images (Ghost, RDeploy or Linux-based imaging)

2. Editing and updating images (Sysprep, drivers, pre/post configuration)

3. Slabs of deployment automation: tasks, jobs, workflows

4. BootWiz & Preboot configuration (WinPE, PXELINUX)

5. Configuring PXE servers, Automation Folders & preboot environments

6. Deploying OS images & scripted OS installations

7. Computer naming, domain join & personality migrations (PC Transplant)

Lesson 5 - Software Delivery & Application Lifecycle Management

1. Creating Software Packages & Detection Rules

2. Managed Delivery Policies — installation, repair, uninstall

3. Quick delivery tasks vs scheduled deployments

4. Application metering & usage monitoring

5. Software compliance rules & license usage visibility

6. Working with SWD libraries, catalogs & dependencies

7. Versioning, rollback & delivery optimization

Lesson 6 - Patch Management for Windows & Third-Party Updates

1. Understanding Patch Management architecture

2. Patch Assessment Scan, Compliance, and Remediation Flow

3. Configuring Patch Management for Windows

4. Deploying third-party updates using Patch Management

5. Creating Patch Policies & scheduling rollout

6. Patch filters, supersedence, dependencies & exclusions

7. Patch reporting, dashboards & compliance automation

Lesson 7 - Asset Management & CMDB Foundations

1. Understanding CMDB structure & asset relationships

2. Creating and managing asset types, associations & lifecycle states

3. Contract, warranty & vendor management

4. Software license tracking — entitlement vs usage

5. Asset reconciliation & normalization

6. Importing external data (AD, HR systems, CSV, API)

7. Running asset reports and monitoring asset lifecycles

Lesson 8 - Site Server Roles & Distributed Infrastructure

1. Understanding Site Server roles: Task, Package, Deployment, Network Boot

2. Configuring Package Servers for distributed delivery

3. Replication rules & bandwidth throttling

4. Hierarchy design for multi-location environments

5. Load balancing & scaling Altiris in large enterprises

6. Server health, diagnostics, logs & monitoring tools

7. Failover strategies & high-availability concepts

Lesson 9 - Automation Policies, Workflows & Remediation

1. Event-triggered automation fundamentals

2. Creating Automation Policies for compliance & remediation

3. Scripted tasks: PowerShell, VBScript, Bash

4. Using Task Server: parallel execution & job chaining

5. Auto-remediation for missing software/patches

6. Process automation using logic rules & conditional tasks

7. Real-world automation scenarios (inventory → detect → fix)

Lesson 10 - Reporting, Dashboards & Data Visualization

1. Using the built-in report catalog

2. Creating custom SQL-based reports

3. Managing dashboards and KPI boards

4. Publishing reports & automated email schedules

5. Performance monitoring views & alerts

6. Customizing report permissions and access control

7. Using data cubes and drill-down analytics

Lesson 11 - Security, Compliance & Role-Based Access Control

1. User roles, privileges & scoped administration

2. Securing communication between servers & agents

3. Certificate management & encryption options

4. Managing administrative access

5. Endpoint compliance policies & health validation

6. Auditing & activity logs

7. Security best practices in Altiris environments

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Duration : 30 Hrs
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Classes Starting From

Fast Track Batch 29 May 2026
Weekday Batch 01 Jun 2026
Weekend Batch 30 May 2026

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Altiris Certification Exam

Certification Name

Earlier, Symantec (now part of Broadcom Inc.) offered:

Symantec Certified Specialist (SCS) - IT Management Suite (Altiris)

Course Completion Certificate

We will provide a well-recognized Course Completion Certificate to all learners after successfully completing Altiris training.

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