Deploying and Administering Cisco Spaces

This 5-day, hands-on course provides a practical, end-to-end understanding of Cisco Spaces for administrators, wireless engineers, collaboration engineers, smart building teams, and technical decision makers. The course teaches students how Cisco Spaces turns Cisco infrastructure into a smart spaces platform by using wireless networks, collaboration devices, sensors, maps, location metadata, telemetry, analytics, and partner integrations.

How you’ll benefit

This class will help you:

• Understand Cisco Spaces architecture and capabilities
• Plan and design Cisco Spaces deployments
• Deploy and integrate Cisco Spaces
• Implement indoor location and asset tracking using Wi-Fi, BLE, FTM, UWB, maps, tags, and location services.
• Use occupancy and environmental analytics to understand space utilization, density, workplace patterns, and environmental conditions.
• Deploy Smart Workspaces, Space Manager, and Space Experiences to manage rooms, desks, maps, digital signage, indoor navigation, and wayfinding.
• Configure smart desking and room booking, including calendar integrations, Room Navigator workflows, Microsoft Teams Rooms, and customized experiences.
• Integrate smart rooms and building systems using gateways, sensors, BACnet, equipment mapping, and energy and sustainability capabilities.
• Implement guest and visitor experiences
• Integrate Cisco Spaces with enterprise applications
• Understand Commercial and FedRAMP deployment differences
• Monitor and troubleshoot Cisco Spaces deployments

Why Attend with Current Technologies CLC

• Our Instructors are in the top 10% rated by Cisco
• Our Lab has a dedicated 1 Gig Fiber Connection for our Labs
• Our Labs run up to Date Code for all our courses

• Cisco Spaces Fundamentals
• Smart Spaces Planning, Licensing, ROI, and Design
• Wireless Design for Cisco Spaces
• Spaces OS Foundation
• Maps and Validation
• Indoor Location
• IOT and Sensors
• Asset Tracking
• Occupancy and Analytics
• Smart Workspaces Integration
• Space Manager
• Space Experiences
• Smart Desking and Room Booking
• Smart Rooms and BMS
• Guest Access, Captive Portals, Open Roaming, and Offload
• Personas, Contextual Engagements, Retail Analytics, and Webex Connect
• Commercial vs FedRAMP
• Operations and Troubleshooting

Who Should Attend 

The primary audience for this course is as follows: 

• Wireless Network Administrators & Engineers
• Collaboration Administrators & Engineers
• Cisco Spaces Administrators
• Network Administrators & Engineers
• Smart Building / IoT / OT Support Teams
• Facilities and Workplace Technology Teams
• Retail, Venue, Healthcare, Education, Manufacturing, and Hospitality Technology Teams
• Helpdesk and NOC Support Teams
• Deployment Partners and Contractors
• IT Managers responsible for workplace technology or smart building projects

Prerequisites

The following background knowledge and preparation are strongly recommended:

• Working knowledge of enterprise wired and wireless networking concepts.
• Familiarity with Cisco Catalyst Wireless or Cisco Meraki Wireless Administration is recommended.
• Basic familiarity with Cisco Collaboration Control Hub and Webex collaboration devices is helpful.
• Comfort using browser-based administration portals, VPN access, and multi-factor authentication for remote lab work.

OUTLINE

Module 1: Cisco Spaces Fundamentals

• Lesson 1: Cisco Spaces Fundamentals
• Lesson 2: Platform Architecture
• Lesson 3: Spaces OS
• Lesson 4: Network as a Sensor
• Lesson 5: Applications and Product Tour
• Lesson 6: Platform Value and IT Ownership
• Lesson 7: Industry Outcomes
• Lesson 8: Future-Ready Smart Buildings

Module 2: Smart Spaces Planning, Licensing, ROI, and Design

• Lesson 1: Planning Cisco Spaces
• Lesson 2: Understanding Packages
• Lesson 3: ROI, Business Case, and Economic Justification
• Lesson 4: Design and Deployment Planning
• Lesson 5: Evaluation, Trial, and Proof-of-Value Planning
• Lesson 6: Find My License Workflow

Module 3: Wireless Design for Cisco Spaces

• Lesson 1: Connectivity Design vs. Location Design
• Lesson 2: AP Density
• Lesson 3: AP Placement
• Lesson 4: Catalyst AP Capability Matrix
• Lesson 5: Triangulation
• Lesson 6: BLE
• Lesson 7: UWB
• Lesson 8: Validation Best Practices

Module 4: Spaces OS Foundation

• Lesson 1: Spaces OS Architecture
• Lesson 2: Tenant Preparation
• Lesson 3: On-Premise Networking
• Lesson 4: Wireless Onboarding
• Lesson 5: Catalyst Integration
• Lesson 6: Meraki Integration
• Lesson 7: Cisco Spaces Connector
• Lesson 8: Cisco Collaboration Control Hub Integration

Module 5: Maps and Validation

• Lesson 1: Map Types
• Lesson 2: Location Hierarchy
• Lesson 3: Network Maps
• Lesson 4: Digital Maps
• Lesson 5: AP Auto Location
• Lesson 6: Navigation Architecture
• Lesson 7: Workspace Maps

Module 6: Indoor Location

• Lesson 1: Location Architecture
• Lesson 2: Location Math
• Lesson 3: Wi-Fi Location
• Lesson 4: BLE Location
• Lesson 5: FTM and UWB
• Lesson 6: CMX Location Engines
• Lesson 7: Detect & Locate
• Lesson 8: Accuracy Testing
• Lesson 9: Location Troubleshooting

Module 7: IOT and Sensors

• Lesson 1: IOT Architecture
• Lesson 2: Catalyst IOT Activation
• Lesson 3: Device Compatibility
• Lesson 4: Meraki MT Telemetry
• Lesson 5: Partner Sensors
• Lesson 6: Sensor Health
• Lesson 7: Meraki MT Lifecycle
• Lesson 8: Sensor Placement
• Lesson 9: IOT Troubleshooting

Module 8: Asset Tracking 

• Lesson 1: Asset Tracking Architecture
• Lesson 2: Wi-Fi, BLE, and UWB
• Lesson 3: Design and Infrastructure
• Lesson 4: IoT Services and Tags
• Lesson 5: Asset Locator and Inventory
• Lesson 6: UWB Mobile Finding
• Lesson 7: Rules, Reporting, and Support

Module 9: Occupancy and Analytics

• Lesson 1: Occupancy Architecture, and Outcomes
• Lesson 2: Occupancy Sources
• Lesson 3: Wi-Fi People Counting and Deduplication
• Lesson 4: Live Occupancy and Density Analytics
• Lesson 5: Location Analytics and Behavior Metrics
• Lesson 6: Space Utilization and Work Pattern
• Lesson 7: Environmental Analytics
• Lesson 8: Portal Beam Deployment
• Lesson 9: PIR Sensor Deployment
• Lesson 10: Calculation Models, Dashboards, and Reports
• Lesson 11: Operations, Validation, and Troubleshooting

Module 10: Smart Workspaces Integration

• Lesson 1: Smart Workspaces Architecture
• Lesson 2: Collaboration Device Readiness
• Lesson 3: Smart Rooms and Device Context

Module 11: Space Manager

• Lesson 1: Space Manager Architecture
• Lesson 2: Space Data Model and Map Readiness
• Lesson 3: Manage Rooms
• Lesson 4: Manage Desks
• Lesson 5: Device and Sensor Associations
• Lesson 6: Bulk Administration
• Lesson 7: Troubleshooting Space Manager

Module 12: Space Experiences

• Lesson 1: Display Publishing
• Lesson 2: Digital Signage
• Lesson 3: Display Endpoint and Browser Readiness
• Lesson 4: Experience Design and Governance
• Lesson 5: Space Explorer Web App and Discovery
• Lesson 6: Indoor Navigation Readiness
• Lesson 7: Wayfinding Routes
• Lesson 8: QR Handoff and Blue-Dot Guidance
• Lesson 9: Walk Testing and Troubleshooting

Module 13: Smart Desking and Room Booking

• Lesson 1: Booking Architecture
• Lesson 2: Licensing and Readiness
• Lesson 3: Desk Modeling
• Lesson 4: Desk Booking and Check-In
• Lesson 5: Room Booking
• Lesson 6: Calendar Integration
• Lesson 7: Room Navigator Workflows
• Lesson 8: Microsoft Teams Rooms
• Lesson 9: Customization and Macros
• Lesson 10: Validation and Troubleshooting

Module 14: Smart Rooms and BMS

• Lesson 1: Smart Rooms Architecture
• Lesson 2: Readiness and Survey
• Lesson 3: Gateway Onboarding
• Lesson 4: Network and OT Security
• Lesson 5: BACnet Integration
• Lesson 6: Equipment Mapping
• Lesson 7: Energy and Sustainability
• Lesson 8: Operations and Failback

Module 15: Guest Access, Captive Portals, Open Roaming, and Offload

• Lesson 1: Captive Portal Basics
• Lesson 2: Network Readiness
• Lesson 3: Portal Publishing
• Lesson 4: Authentication Design
• Lesson 5: SSID and Redirect
• Lesson 6: Catalyst Wireless Infrastructure Configuration
• Lesson 7: Portal Rules
• Lesson 8: Trusted Devices
• Lesson 9: Open Roaming Foundations
• Lesson 10: Open Roaming Profiles and Policy
• Lesson 11: Hotspot Connector and Meraki RADSEC
• Lesson 12: Carrier Offload
• Lesson 13: Onboarding SDK
• Lesson 14: Operations and Validation

Module 16: Personas, Contextual Engagements, Retail Analytics, and Webex Connect

• Lesson 1: Retail Outcomes and the Connected Store
• Lesson 2: Personas, Identity, Consent, and Context
• Lesson 3: Cisco Spaces Retail Analytics
• Lesson 4: Acquisition and Onboarding Sources
• Lesson 5: Webex Connect Architecture
• Lesson 6: Cisco Spaces and Webex Connect
• Lesson 7: Measurement, Optimization, and Business Operations
• Lesson 8: Security, Privacy, Reliability, and Troubleshooting

Module 17: xAPIS and Integrations

• Lesson 1: Developer Access
• Lesson 2: Data Export
• Lesson 3: Streaming API
• Lesson 4: Meta API Events
• Lesson 5: Firehose and Partners
• Lesson 6: Detect & Locate APIs
• Lesson 7: Connector APIs
• Lesson 8: CMX APIs
• Lesson 9: AI Maps SDK
• Lesson 10: Wayfinding SDK
• Lesson 11: Enterprise Integrations
• Lesson 12: API Troubleshooting

Module 18: Commercial vs FedRAMP 

• Lesson 1: Security Boundary and Access
• Lesson 2: Licensing and Application Availability
• Lesson 3: Integration and Deployment Restrictions
• Lesson 4: Operational Delta and Acceptance

Module 19: Operations and Troubleshooting

• Lesson 1: Troubleshooting and Evidence
• Lesson 2: Connector and Data Path Health
• Lesson 3: Integrations and Location Context
• Lesson 4: Applications and Analytics
• Lesson 5: Administration and Change Control
• Lesson 6: Escalation and Handoff