Description

Microsoft Visio For Network Engineers

Learn how to create Visio network drawings, L2/L3 logical, physical, wiring closet, WAN, remote, multi-floor, AWS cloud

What you’ll learn
Learn how to create, manage, and share Microsoft Visio network drawings
Create drawing templates and stencils for physical, logical, and cloud
Learn how to do L2/L3 logical drawings and hyperlinks to connection tables
Learn how to create reference architecture drawings from PowerPoint icons

Requirements
none

Description
This course is designed exclusively for network engineers, support technicians, security and cloud engineers. Learn how to create network drawings with Microsoft Visio diagramming software. Linkedin study recently identified written communication as a crucial soft skill for networking positions.

Why Microsoft Visio?

The old adage that “a picture is worth a thousand words” is true. Visio drawings convey a lot of information much faster and easier than pages of written text.

Visio is the most popular drawing tool used within networking groups for decades now. As a result there are extensive drawings that form the basis of company documentation. As a network engineer you must learn how to create, manage, read, and share drawings. That includes communication with internal groups, management, vendors, and contractors. Make troubleshooting easier with drawings that have hyperlinks to Infoblox, physical drawings, and connection tables.

Faster and easier troubleshooting

Data center implementation

New employee training

Third party knowledge transfer

Effective multi-audience communication

What You’ll Learn

It is well-known that network engineers do not particularly like to do documentation. They are busy and there is the learning curve associated with full feature drawing tools. The course also includes coverage of rack elevations, connection tables, and external data links.

Physical and Logical Drawings

Connectors, Interface Labels

Templates and Title Blocks

Hyperlinks, Export, and Publish

Convert Icons to Stencils

L2/L3 Drawing Types

Network Discovery Tools

Switch Port Trace

Data Rack Wiring

This course will teach you how to easily create a variety of drawing types whether physical, logical, or cloud. Learn how to create Visio templates to do your drawings in minutes. There are also downloadable ready-made stencils included for Cisco PowerPoint icons, AWS cloud, and JPEG. Learn how to create Layer 2 and Layer 3 drawings for single and multi-page implementation. There are free drawing tools included such as worksheets, multi-vendor stencils, cheat sheet, and documentation tips and tricks.

The following is a list of popular standard drawing types included with the course.

Basic Shapes (Quick and Dirty)

Remote Office (SOHO)

Layer 2 Drawing

Layer 3 Drawing

Wiring Closet

Reference Architecture

Multi-Floor Building

AWS Virtual Private Cloud

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Who this course is for:
Network Engineers
IT Support Technicians
Security Engineers
Cloud Engineers
Solutions Architects