Overview/Description Access 2010 allows you to make a variety of changes to the look and feel of a form. These changes range from resizing columns and controls to applying Office 2010 themes and managing records in a form. Access 2010 also introduces a new form type, the navigation form, which you can use as a switchboard to navigate the various objects in a database. This course covers how to use these methods to customize and format forms in Access 2010 as well as how to create and modify navigation forms. Target Audience A broad range of business users Expected Duration (hours) 1.0 Lesson...

Overview/Description With the wide array of server roles and services provided in Windows Server 2008, it is more important than ever to adequately fine-tune and monitor the server's configuration and performance. Windows Server 2003 administrators will be familiar with many of the tools included in Windows Server 2008 but will find some key improvements. This course provides a look at the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) function that has been updated to interoperate with Windows Server 2008, allowing it to act as an update server for network clients. The course also describes the new...

Overview/Description Performance management is all about results. But how do you measure those results? What do you do with the data that you collect? And what do you do if you discover that some employees are underperforming? Unless you set targets that can be monitored and measured, you won't know if your unit is doing well and you won't know which areas need attention. This course shows you how to monitor and improve your employees' performance using a four-step process that covers setting targets, collecting the necessary information, analyzing that information, and responding to...

Overview/Description Once project planning is complete, the actual project work begins. Your job as a project manager is to diligently track the progress of this work so that if schedule slippage occurs, you can make adjustments and manage the remaining work effectively. This course covers setting and maintaining project baselines, which are used to compare the planned work with actual work. This course also covers the procedure for updating project progress at the task level in order to track variance, as well as rescheduling incomplete work when an unanticipated work interruption occurs....