Training Classes for
FreePBX®
Attend our 4 day training class to learn all about FreePBX from setup to managing and troubleshooting your installs. Taught by experts in FreePBX® with 24 plus years experience using and building FreePBX into the world class product it is.
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Who would
Benefit From Our Training Class
Our training classes are designed for professionals with some prior exposure to VoIP telephony and enterprise PBX deployments.
- Telecom/IT professionals
- IT professionals deploying and maintaining PBX systems for their own organizations
- Service providers technical personnel for deploying and supporting end-users
- Individuals/organizations selling, configuring and deploying enterprise communication systems
Why you should
Attend Our Training Class
If you use FreePBX® in your company or resell/install FreePBX systems for customers. This is a must attend 4 day training class to learn all about FreePBX.
Classes are designed around labs that build up towards more advanced concepts and go over many aspects of configuring both inbound and outbound call flows, interconnecting to remote systems and learning how to troubleshoot your PBX as part of the lab exercises. We leverage the technical learnings and supplement it with significant real world experiences to teach how to effectively market and sell to succeed in the lucrative PBX market.
Learn Advanced Topics to
Market, sell, deploy, troubleshoot, customize and administer FreePBX based systems.

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Meet Our Trainers
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Tony Lewis
CEO, Clearly IP Inc.
Chris Sherwood
Owner, Crosstalk Solutions
Class Agenda
Labs will be mixed in through different parts of each day
1st Day of Class
9 AM – 12 PM
Morning Training
- Intro to FreePBX
- Deployment Planning
- Linux Basic
- Initial Setup
- SysAdmin
12 PM – 1 PM
Lunch
1 PM – 5PM
Afternoon Training
- Extension Setup
- SIP Settings
- User Management
- User Control Panel
- Trunking
2nd Day of Class
9 AM – 12 PM
Morning Training
- Inbound Routes
- Distributed Calling
- Recordings & Annoucements
- IVRs & Misc Applications
- Call Flow Toggles
12 PM – 1 PM
Lunch
1 PM – 5PM
Afternoon Training
- Outbound Routes
- Caller ID
- Follow Me
- VMX Locator
- DND
3rd Day of Class
9 AM – 12 PM
Morning Training
- Time Conditions/Groups
- Sound Languages
- Inter Company Trunks
- Company Directory
- Queues In Depth
12 PM – 1 PM
Lunch
1 PM – 5PM
Afternoon Training
- Voicemail Admin
- Call Parking
- Intercom
- Paging
- DISA
Last Day of Class
9 AM – 12 PM
Morning Training
- Call Recordings
- Conference Rooms
- Faxing
- Contact Manager
- Presence
12 PM – 1 PM
Lunch
1 PM – 5PM
Afternoon Training
- FreePBX Menus
- Log Files
- Firewall
- Asterisk CLI and Debugging
- Backup and Restore
What you’ll need to
Bring to Class
A laptop is necessary for the class, you’ll be able follow along and try out the new capabilities that you will be learning. There will be some lab times outside of the scheduled agenda to give you the chance to work closer with some of the instructors.
Besides that, bring lots of questions and enthusiasm to participate and help make this a great class!
Fully Catered
Daily Lunches and Snacks
We provide catered lunch every day from a variety of local restaurants.
We also offer many different types of snacks and beverage options during the day to satisfy your cravings.
Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions when registering for a class, so we can prepare accordingly.
Venue
Our location and how you can get here
Address
Clearly IP
3255 W Highview Drive
Appleton, WI 54914
USA
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Tony Lewis
CEO, Clearly IP Inc
Description
Prior to Co-founding Clearly IP, Tony was the COO of Sangoma Technologies. Sangoma Technologies Corporation is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX VENTURE: STC). In the 4 years at Sangoma he oversaw the explosive growth of Sangoma from a stagnant 12 Million dollar a year micro cap company to over 120 Million in Revenue. He joined Sangoma through the acquisition of his former start up company called Schmooze Com Inc in 2015 which included the SIPStation and FreePBX product lines. Tony has expert knowledge of FreePBX, Asterisk and other open source platforms and their capabilities, he has taught numerous classes and speaks at international events.
Tony comes from an entrepreneurial background successfully starting and running various companies and brings a wide background in aggressive management in sales, development and marketing to Clearly IP along with a good understanding of public markets, raising capital and the selling or purchasing of complex businesses from the actual purchase and financing down to the integration of two businesses post closing. He has overseen and lead acquisitions ranging from 300 thousand to 36 million dollars ranging from simple capitalization structures to complex multi tier shareholders and stock preferences.
When he is not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and 9 kids at their summer lake cottage and tries to keep current with his Private Pilots license as his primary hobbies.
Chris Sherwood
Owner, Crosstalk Solutions
Description
Chris Sherwood (writing about myself in 3rd person here) is the owner and main workhorse of Crosstalk Solutions, a network and VoIP consulting firm, but known more widely as a YouTube channel focusing on VoIP, networking, WiFi, and security.
Chris has over 20 years of experience in project management, network administration, VoIP, legacy telephony, and security.
When it comes to FreePBX, Chris has been a community leader since about 2007 creating community documentation, and more recently video tutorials on YouTube ranging from phone and equipment reviews to full courses on many different subjects.