SpanDock Administration
Run it for a whole team
Scale SpanDock across a team: satellites and failover, networks and relays, routing and budgets, the MCP gateway, guardrails, skills, notifications and the phone app.
- hours
- 7.5
- hours
- modules
- 7
- modules
- lessons
- 27
- lessons
- labs
- 6
- labs
7 modules, 27 lessons
About 7 h 21 min in all, at your own pace. Choose any lesson to hear when it opens.
- Video
- Reading
- Hands-on lab
- Assessment
Module 1: Satellites and scaling
Spread clients and delivery across machines.
4 lessons · 58 min
- When to add a satellite (Video, 8 min)Signs a hub is busy, and what a satellite takes off it.
- Join a satellite (Video, 10 min)Join codes, what a satellite inherits from the hub, and updates.
- Failover and fallback lists (Video, 10 min)Sticky primaries, spread fallbacks and replaying the queue.
- Lab: add a satellite and fail over (Hands-on lab, 30 min)Join a satellite, stop it, and watch clients move.
Module 2: Networks and relays
Every way clients reach a server, and how to choose.
4 lessons · 54 min
- The built-in tunnel and relays (Video, 10 min)How the encrypted tunnel picks the closest relay, and what to check when it can't.
- Use your existing private network (Video, 12 min)Carry traffic over a mesh VPN your company already runs, with or without the built-in tunnel.
- Public endpoint and service keys (Video, 12 min)Automatic HTTPS for cloud services and CI that can't pair a client.
- Lab: diagnose a client that can't connect (Hands-on lab, 20 min)Read the relay status and connection checks to find the cause.
Module 3: Routing and budgets
Decide which model answers, and how much anyone can spend.
4 lessons · 57 min
- Routing rules (Video, 12 min)Match on person, tool or model, and how rules are ordered.
- Budgets per person (Video, 12 min)Periods, soft limits, and block, floor or alert when over.
- SpanDock Mind in depth (Video, 8 min)When SpanDock Mind is asked, what it sees and how its choices are recorded.
- Lab: set a budget and watch it act (Hands-on lab, 25 min)Give a person a small budget and push them past it.
Module 4: The MCP gateway
One governed MCP server for every AI tool.
4 lessons · 59 min
- One MCP server for every tool (Video, 10 min)What the gateway does, and how tools on each computer reach it.
- Servers, credentials and per-person access (Video, 12 min)Shared or personal credentials, and who can use which server.
- Permissions and approvals (Video, 12 min)Read and write permissions, approvals and what is recorded.
- Lab: connect a tool through the gateway (Hands-on lab, 25 min)Add an MCP server, grant one person access and approve a call.
Module 5: Guardrails and skills
Company policies your AI tools can follow and you can enforce.
4 lessons · 52 min
- Guardrails and policies (Video, 12 min)Upload policies, suggest rules and decide what is enforced.
- Guardrails on computers (Video, 10 min)What runs on each computer, and how a blocked call looks.
- Publish skills to your team (Video, 10 min)Starter skills, your own skills and how they reach each computer.
- Lab: publish a skill and a guardrail (Hands-on lab, 20 min)Roll both out to a client and check them in action.
Module 6: People, notifications and the phone app
Teams, remote settings, and staying informed on the go.
4 lessons · 36 min
- Teams and access control (Video, 10 min)Groups, permissions and what each person can see.
- Manage client settings from the server (Video, 10 min)Change settings on many computers without touching them.
- Server notifications (Video, 8 min)What the server tells you, and where it sends it.
- Pair the phone app (Video, 8 min)Pair your phone, read the server's health and approve requests.
Module 7: Assessment and certificate
A question exam and a practical task on a demo server.
3 lessons · 2 h 5 min
- Practice quiz (Assessment, 20 min)Unlimited attempts, with explanations for every answer.
- Practical task (Hands-on lab, 45 min)Configure a demo server to a written brief; it's checked automatically.
- Final assessment (Assessment, 1 h)50 questions; pass with 80% and the practical task to receive your certificate.
Earn the SpanDock Administrator Certificate
- Questions
- 50, drawn from a bank of 250+
- Pass mark
- 80%
- Time limit
- 60 minutes
- Retakes
- Up to 3 attempts in 30 days, 48 hours apart
- Practical
- A configuration task on a demo server, checked automatically
- Valid
- For 2 years, then a short renewal
Your certificate has your name and a unique ID. Download it as a PDF or an image, add it to LinkedIn in one click, and share its link: anyone can check it on the SpanDock verification page.
SpanDock Academy
Certificate of achievement
This certifies that
Alex Rivera
has passed the assessment for
SpanDock Administrator Certificate
- Certificate ID
- SDA-L2-7K3M-Q9TG
- Verify at
- spandock.com/academy/verify