Altiris Course

SKU: 3040
11 Lesson
|
30 Hours
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.

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

Course Curriculum

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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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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US $ 799.00
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  • Duration : 30 Hrs
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  • Fast Track Batch 29 May 2026
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Earlier, Symantec (now part of Broadcom Inc.) offered:

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

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