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SUMMARY:Cybersecurity for Educators
DESCRIPTION:Designed for non-technical end-users (teachers\, support staff\, division-office\, school/divisional admin\, etc)  \n\nGeneral information and reminders on best practice surrounding:  \n\n\nPassword creation \n\n\nWhen and where to use your work email versus personal \n\n\nAt-home and personal-device access to work systems \n\n\nWork accounts on shared devices  \n\n\nWork accounts on public wifi \n\n\nBest practices for classroom teachers and EAs with students and families \n\nContact us for more information. \nRegistration closes Wednesday\, September 23rd at 12 noon.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/cybersecurityfored/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:MERLIN Training
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SUMMARY:Windows Server Hybrid
DESCRIPTION:This four-day course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity\, management\, compute\, networking\, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment. \nContact us for more information. \nRegistration closes one month prior to training date.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/windows-server-hybrid/
LOCATION:SmartPark\, Winnipeg
CATEGORIES:MERLIN Training
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SUMMARY:Microsoft Endpoint Administrator (Intune)
DESCRIPTION:Students will learn to plan and execute an endpoint deployment strategy using contemporary deployment techniques and implementing update strategies. The course\nintroduces essential elements of modern management\, co-management approaches\, and Microsoft Intune integration. It covers app deployment\, management of browser-based applications\, and key security concepts such as authentication\, identities\, access\, and compliance policies. \nContact us for more information. \nRegistration closes one month prior to training date.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/microsoft-endpoint-administrator-intune-3/
LOCATION:SmartPark\, Winnipeg
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SUMMARY:MERLIN Technical Training Day [Winnipeg/Central]
DESCRIPTION:This event is designed specifically for Manitoba’s K–12\, post-secondary\, and independent school technical teams and will feature a series of hands-on workshops that provide a robust training opportunity on key MERLIN tools and services\, how to get the most out of them\, and the people behind them. \nFull agenda to be released Fall 2026.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/merlin-technical-training-day-winnipeg-central/
LOCATION:SmartPark\, Winnipeg
CATEGORIES:MERLIN Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270111
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Power BI Desktop
DESCRIPTION:This course is designed as an introduction to the Microsoft Power BI Desktop app. Throughout the course\, participants will work in Power BI Desktop to connect to data\, create visualizations (charts) based on that data\, and then publish the reports they build. They will use the Power BI Query Editor to perform data modelling techniques to prepare data for visualizations. They’ll also experience publishing Power BI reports both locally and to the online Power BI Service\, including creating dashboards and mobile phone views. By the end of the course\, participants will have a solid foundation of the essential skills in Power BI needed to create Power BI reports\, including connecting to data\, modelling data\, creating visualizations\, and publishing \nContact us for more information. \nRegistration closes one month prior to training date.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/introduction-to-power-bi-desktop-4/
LOCATION:SmartPark\, Winnipeg
CATEGORIES:MERLIN Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270206
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SUMMARY:Prairie Rose School Division - Topic: AI
DESCRIPTION:MERLIN will be working with Prairie Rose School Division on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI). \nLearn more about custom training sessions by visiting our Training webpage.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/prairie-rose-school-division-topic-ai/
CATEGORIES:MERLIN Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270210
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SUMMARY:Power BI Intermediate
DESCRIPTION:In this course\, participants will work in Power BI Desktop to connect to data sets\, create visualizations\, and publish reports. They will deepen and expand the knowledge they gained in the Intro to Power BI Desktop course in data transformation and modelling\, utilizing DAX functions\, and data models.  Course participants should have taken the Intro to Power BI Desktop course or equivalent. They need to be comfortable with essential Power BI Desktop skills such as connecting to datasets\, creating and formatting visualizations\, creating custom columns\, creating measures\, using basic DAX functions\, and performing basic data modelling with the Query Editor \nContact us for more information. \nRegistration closes one month prior to training date.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/power-bi-intermediate-4/
LOCATION:SmartPark\, Winnipeg
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